DeSutter v. South Moline Township Board

This taxpayers’ action seeking an accounting of expense allowances paid by the defendant, South Moline Township Board, to the township officers who are defendants requires us to consider the application and meaning of article VII, section 9(b), of the Illinois Constitution. It provides:

“(b) An increase or decrease in the salary of an elected officer of any unit of local government shall not take effect during the term for which that officer is elected.”

The question presented is whether expense accounts in a fixed amount, for which the recipient need not account, provided by a township board…