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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE, ILLINOIS
AND THE CHILD FRIENDLY COURTS FOUNDATION
FOR LEASE OF SPACE AT DU PAGE COUNTY
JUDICIAL OFFICE FACILITY
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (“County”) operates and maintains a facility at the County’s seat of government in accord with the authority granted by the Illinois General Assembly at 55 ILCS 5/5-1001, et. seq., which facility is commonly known as the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility; and
WHEREAS, the Child Friendly Courts Foundation operates a not-for-profit corporation utilizing volunteers to provide childcare services to eligible persons within DuPage County, in accordance with the Rules and Orders of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, including but not limited to guests and invitees of the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility; and
WHEREAS, The County has office space available at the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility for use by non-profit agencies that support the Judicial process; and
WHEREAS, the Child Friendly Courts Foundation desires to operate and maintain a Safe Harbor children’s waiting room in the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility, Wheaton, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the County of DuPage, it’s residents and the Judicial process, to enter into a lease agreement with the Child Friendly Courts Foundation to allow its operation of a Safe Harbor children’s waiting room at the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility, subject to terms and conditions of the attached lease; and
WHEREAS, the County Board has established an annual rate of One Dollar ($1.00), and other good and valuable consideration, including but not limited to the societal services and benefits to the public described above, for the Child Friendly Court Foundation lease of approximately One Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Six (1,496) square feet of office space at the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility; and
WHEREAS, the lease term shall be in effect commencing, approximately May 1, 2025, and expiring May 31, 2026.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of the County of DuPage that the County Board Chair and the County Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the County of DuPage the attached lease of office space for use by the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution along with copies of the lease, be transmitted by the County Clerk to the Child Friendly Courts Foundation, Attention: Irene Bahr, 1751 S. Naperville Road, Wheaton, IL 60189 and to ASA Nicholas Alfonso, Civil Division / DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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Enacted and approved this 13th day of May, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK