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Approval of the Restated Organization Ordinance
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WHEREAS, the FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY, Kane County, Illinois, is a Special District as defined by the Downstate Forest Preserve Act, (70 ILCS 805/). The Organization is defined within the Downstate Forest Preserve Act and therefore complies with the provisions and is recognized by judicial notice as organized under this act; and
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, necessary and desirable for the FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY, Kane County, Illinois, hereafter called "District", to restate an Organization Ordinance governing the organization and rules of procedure of the Board of Commissioners of the District annually. The original Organization Ordinance was passed on June 14, 1937, and most recently revised on March 11, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the District is subject to statutory changes from time to time, as well as policy changes adopted by the District over time, and as a result of those changes, it becomes necessary to review, reconsider, and revise the Organizational Ordinance of the District to assure adherence to the changes in statute and policy that have occurred or been adopted by the District since the last formal adoption or ratification of the Organizational Ordinance by the District; and
WHEREAS, the District has the authority and power to restate and establish this Organization Ordinance and rules of procedure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, that the restated Organization Ordinance, hereto attached and identified as Exhibit A be, and hereby is, adopted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 10th day February, 2026.
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Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois