§ 13 — Annual and special meetings

(a) The annual meeting of the Village for the election of officers and transaction of any other business specified in the warning of the meeting shall be held on the second Monday in April of each year at a time and place designated in the notice of such meeting. Warnings shall be signed by the trustees and the Clerk, shall specify the business to be transacted as the trustees direct, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, and shall be posted in two public places in such Village, not more than 40 days nor less than 30 days before such meeting. Such warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before it is posted.
(b) Special meetings may at any time be called by the trustees for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting. The trustees shall call a special meeting upon written application and petition of not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the Village, stating the purpose for which they wish the meeting to be called. When the office of any one or more of the trustees is vacant, the remaining trustees may call meetings. When there is no trustee who may call meetings, the Clerk may call meetings. Warnings of special meetings shall be given in the same manner as warnings for annual meetings.