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4-R-79
A RESOLUTION
Northwest Municipal Conference
Emergency Mutual Aid In Public Works _
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference is a corporate organiza-
tion representative of municipalities and townships chartered within the State
of Illinois and the County of Cook; and '
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of the State
,of Illinois, and Chapter 127, paragraphs 741 through 748, of the Illinois Re-
vised Statutes, authorize and encourage intergovernmental association and co-
operation; and
WHEREAS, the public officials of the Northwest Municipal Conference
represent twenty-eight (28) local government bodies and a population of over
750,000 Illinois residents; and
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference Public Works Departments
(have met regularly since January, 1976, for purposes of exploring and promot-
ing those programs and policies of mutual interest; and
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WHEREAS, the potential for public works emergency manpower and equip-
ment sharing has received considerable attention as a necessary and worthwhile
activity for the combined efforts of the Conference municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the incidence of natural and man-made disasters in the
northwest suburban area offers particular concern for those municipalities and
those residents in need of immediate and sustained relief in times of emergen-
cy; and
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WHEREAS, most emergency situations in the Conference area require
large and timely concentrations of public works manpower and appropriate equip-
ment for such relief; and
WHEREAS, individual municipalities are not always in the position to
provide emergency concentrations of men and equipment; and
WHEREAS, the Conference has actively pursued the formation of an
!'area -wide mutual aid agreement and plan for emergency action in the area of f
public works; and
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WHEREAS, the effective sharing of manpower and equipment on an emer-
gency basis should be free of the restrictions imposed by economic and politi-
cal considerations;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, that the City of Evanston give full support
and approval to the development of a voluntary area -wide mutual aid agreement
for the use and exchange of public works manpower and equipment on an emergency
basis.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any such voluntary exchange of manpower
'or equipment on an emergency basis be at no cost to the City in receipt of such
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services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the discretion for equipment use and gen-
eral assistance be the prerogative of the Director of the Department of Public
Works for the duration of voluntary compliance with the mutual aid plan. i
ATTEST:
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/ City Clerk
Adopted: %Ue 1979
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