The Village of Orland Park, was incorporated May 31, 1892. The Manager Form of Government which was adopted on November 5, 1983, is available to all municipalities under 500,000 in population and allows the municipality to retain its governmental structure as an aldermanic-city form, trustee-village form, or commission form while adopting the features of the manager form.

Local legislation in the Village of Orland Park is provided by the elected Board of Trustees. The elected officials include the Village President (Mayor), Village Clerk and six Village Trustees, each of whom is elected at large (village wide) to a four year term. The Village Board meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 P.M., in the Board Room of the Frederick T. Owens Village Hall, 14700 South Ravinia Avenue, one block west of LaGrange Road/U.S. Route 45. These meetings, as well as the committee meetings held at the same time on alternating Mondays, are open to the public. Meeting agendas are subject to change up to and including the time of the meeting.