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3/4/2011
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to sign a Resolution for Maintenance of
Streets and Highways in order to transfer funds from the
Motor Fuel Tax fund to the General Fund
for the General Maintenance of 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 2011 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
forces for street cleaning and for snow and ice removal.
• WHEREAS, the MFT Fund is distributed to the City through the Illinois
Department of Transportation ("IDOT") and held by IDOT for the City as an
unobligated balance in the City's MFT Account.
WHEREAS, the City Council must approve the attached Resolution for
Maintenance of Streets and Highways by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code,
in order to transfer the unobligated balance of the MFT Fund to the General Fund for
general maintenance of streets (the "Resolution"). The Resolution is attached as
Exhibit "A".
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 authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City the
Resolution for Improvement by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code, attached
hereto and marked as Exhibit "A".
SECTION 2: That the City Manager shall direct the Municipal Budget
Officer to effect such transfer promptly, as soon as may be practicable. That the City
Budget Officer shall transfer from the MFT Fund to the General Fund for the purpose
of general maintenance of streets in the principal amount of $586,886.00 (Five
Hundred Eighty -Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty -Six and no/100 Dollars).
SECTION 3: That the uses and expenditures from the General Fund for
general maintenance of streets within the City are all for lawful corporate purposes.
SECTION 4: That 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.
Attest:_
Rodney Greene, City Clerk
Adopted: '�-tn aACA--� I (' , 2011
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Eliz eth 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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Illinoianss Deprtationartment
of Trpo
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council
City of Evanston
(City, Town or village)
appropriated the sum of $586,886.00
Resolution for Maintenance of
Streets and Highways by Municipality
Under the Illinois Highway Code
of the
(Council or President and Board of Trustees)
Illinois, that there is hereby
(Name)
of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the purpose of maintaining
streets and highways under the applicable provisions of the Illinois Highway Code from January1, 2011
to December 31, 2011 (Date)
(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.
I, Rodney Greene Clerk in and for the City
of Evanston , County Cook Coun of (City, Town or Village)
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true, perfect and complete copy of a resolution adopted by
the Evanston City Council atameeting on March 14, 2011
(Council or President and Board of Trustees) Date
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2 9 th day of March 2011
(SEAL) ,/�� City Clerk
/ (City, Town or Village)
Approved
Date
Department of Transportation
Regional Engineer
Printed 3/4/2011 BLR 14230 (Rev. 11/06)
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