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Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (IPWMAN) for Membership Participation and Mutual Aid Assistance
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WHEREAS, the County of Kane, Illinois (“County”) is a body politic and corporate of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (“IPWMAN”) was organized beginning in 2009 to coordinate mutual aid across the state. The system is designed to facilitate all levels of mutual aid, from day-to-day non-emergent sharing of resources, to major incidents and disasters requiring significant deployment of resources; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1970, Article VII, Section 10, authorizes units of local government to contract or otherwise associate among themselves, with the State, with other States and their units of local government, and with the United States to obtain and share services and to exercise, combine, or transfer any power or function in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and to further contract or otherwise associate with individuals, associations, and corporations in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Section 5 of the “Intergovernmental Cooperation Act” (5 ILCS 220/5), provides that any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity or undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract; and
WHEREAS, the County and IPWMAN are public agencies within the meaning of the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.) and as authorized by Article 7, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, since the last revision of the master IPWMAN intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”), IPWMAN has grown exponentially to its current composition of over 400 Illinois member agencies; and
WHEREAS, Kane County Board of Trustees have determined that it is in the best interests of the health, welfare and safety of Kane County and its residents, to approve the intergovernmental agreement pertaining to Kane County’s participation in the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network, in order to secure the benefits of public works mutual aid and assistance and the purposes referenced herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board:
SECTION ONE: INCORPORATION OF RECITALS That the recitals set forth above are incorporated here by reference.
SECTION TWO: APPROVAL OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT That the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network Agreement is hereby approved, and the County Board Chairman is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.
SECTION THREE: REPEALER All prior ordinances, resolutions or motions, or parts of ordinances, resolutions, or motions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution shall be, and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
SECTION FOUR: SEVERABILITY This Resolution and every provision thereof shall be considered severable. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Resolution is declared by a court of law to be invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity of any other provisions of this Resolution.
SECTION FIVE: EFFECTIVE DATE This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Passed by the Kane County Board on April 8, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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