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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign an IDOT Resolution
In Order to Transfer Money from the
Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the General Fund
for the General Maintenance of City Streets
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is a home rule unit of government and
operates under the Budget Officer form of Illinois governmental budgeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously approved the 2014 fiscal year
budget, which included a fund transfer from the Motor Fuel Tax fund ("MFT Fund") to
the City's General Fund for the purpose of general maintenance of streets by City
staff, including street cleaning and snow and ice removal; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT") distributes
MFT Fund moneys to the City and! holds them for the City as an unobligated balance
in the City's MFT Fund account; anq
WHEREAS, the City Council must approve the resolution for
Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality Under the Illinois Highway
Code, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference (the "IDOT
Resolution"), in order to transfer the unobligated balance of the MFT Fund to the
General Fund for general maintenance of streets,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
81-R-14
SECTION 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
sign, and the City Clerk authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City, the
IDOT Resolution.
SECTION 2: The City Budget Officer shall promptly transfer the amount
of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000.00) from the MFT Fund to the General
Fund for the purpose of general maintenance of streets in the City of Evanston.
SECTION 3: The uses and expenditures from the General Fund for
general maintenance of streets within the City are all for lawful corporate purposes.
SECTION 4: This Resolution, 81-R-14, shall be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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Adopted: Vv )M-C k-:J, 2014
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Eliziteth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
IDOT Resolution for Maintenance of Streets and Highways
by the Municipality under the Illinois Vehicle Code
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of Transportation
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council
City of Evanston
Resolution for Maintenance of
Streets and Highways by Municipality
Under the Illinois Highway Code
(Council or President and Board of Trustees)
, Illinois, that there is hereby
of the
(City, Town or Village) (Name)
appropriated the sum of $700,000.00 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the purpose of maintaining
streets and highways under the applicable provisions of the Illinois Highway Code from January 1, 2014
(Date)
to December 31, 2014
(Date)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that only those streets, highways, and operations as listed and described on the
approved Municipal Estimate of Maintenance Costs, including supplemental or revised estimates approved in connection
with this resolution, are eligible for maintenance with Motor Fuel Tax funds during the period as specified above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk shall, as soon a practicable after the close of the period as given above,
submit to the Department of Transportation, on forms furnished by said Department, a certified statement showing
expenditures from and balances remaining in the account(s) for this period; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk shall immediately transmit two certified copies of this
resolution to the district office of the Department of Transportation, at Schaumburg , Illinois.
of
, County of
Clerk in and for the
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true, perfect and complete copy of a resolution adopted by
the
(Council or President and Board of Trustees)
at a meeting on
(City, Town or Village)
Date
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of
(SEAL) Clerk
(City, Town or Village)
Approved
Date
Department of Transportation
Regional Engineer
Printed 10/1/2014 BLR 14230 (Rev. 11/06)