HomeMy WebLinkAbout040-R-20 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Intergovernmental Police Assistance Agreement with the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force (NORTAF)4/21 /2020
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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Intergovernmental Police
Assistance Agreement with the North Regional Major Crimes Task
Force (NORTAF)
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston ("City"), located in Cook County, Illinois,
is a home rule unit of government under the provisions of the 1970 Constitution of the
State of Illinois, can exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its
government affairs, including but not limited to the power to tax and incur debt; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 22/1 et seq.) and Sections 1-4-6 and 11-1-
2.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-1-2.1), authorize and encourage
intergovernmental cooperation among enforcement agencies to respond to, investigate
and solve crimes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution
of 1970 and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, in 1997 the City of Evanston
entered into a certain Intergovernmental Police Assistance Agreement to form the North
Regional Major Crimes Task Force ("NORTAF") to allow and govern the cooperation of
the NORTAF members when a law enforcement incident or investigation necessitates
additional resources, equipment, and personnel (the "Original Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was made in recognition of the fact
that local law enforcement capabilities are enhanced by having access to regionalized
facilities, programs and the assistance of other departments; and
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WHEREAS, the current NORTAF members include the City of Evanston,
and the Villages of Glencoe, Glenview, Kenilworth, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles,
Northbrook, Northfield, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka (the "Members"); and
WHEREAS, the Members now desire to update NORTAF's bylaws and
amend, restate and replace the Original Agreement with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement primarily to include additional provisions for legal defenses and
indemnification; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that continuing the City's
participation in NORTAF is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the
residents of the City of Evanston, and is in the public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
sign, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to attest on behalf of the City, the
Intergovernmental Police Assistance Agreement with NORTAF, attached hereto as
Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the Agreement that she deems to be in the best
interest of the City.
SECTION 3: This Resolution 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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Attest:
FduG./do Gomez
Eduardo Gomez, Deputy City Clerk
Adopted: May 11 , 2020
Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Kelley A. Gandurski, Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT 1
Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Police Assistance
Agreement and Bylaws
North Regional Major Crimes Task Force
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