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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE AND THE VILLAGE OF WESTMONT
FOR THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS FOR THE LIBERTY PARK WATER EXPANSION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000
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WHEREAS, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) (P.L. 117-2) was signed into law on March 11, 2021 to provide COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus; and
WHEREAS, United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released the Final Rule on January 6, 2022 to provide guidance on the use of ARPA funding; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Treasury’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Grant, OMC Approval Number 1505-0271, DuPage County (“County”) has been allocated $179,266,585.00 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS); and
WHEREAS, ARPA permits the use of allocated funds for water and sewer infrastructure that that promotes clean drinking water; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Westmont (“Village”) wishes to improve water quality, reliability, accessibility, and safety by eliminating the use of well water within the Village’s Liberty Park Subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the Liberty Park Water Expansion Project (“Project”) is designed to improve water quality, reliability, accessibility, and safety by eliminating the use of well water; and
WHEREAS, the Project (i) constructs and installs approximately 2025 linear feet of 8” watermain within the Liberty Park Subdivision, (ii) builds a new watermain along Lincoln Street giving access to a watermain where none existed prior, and (iii) extends and loops a watermain along 41st Street in preparation for extending the watermain into the rest of the subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the County agrees to reimburse the Village up to $700,000 in ARPA funds for costs associated with said Project; and
WHEREAS, the County has prepared an Intergovernmental Agreement which outlines the arrangements between the County and the Village to govern the disbursement and auditing of the funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board approves the attached Intergovernmental Agreement between the County and the Village; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the DuPage Couty Board hereby directs the DuPage County Board Chair to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement between the County and the Village.
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Enacted and approved this 10th day of December, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK