APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING/INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT’S NATIONAL INTEGRATED BALLISTIC INFORMATION NETWORK (NIBIN) BETWEEN THE CITY OF AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE AND SHERIFF OF DUPAGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois authorizes units of local government to contract and associate among themselves to obtain or share services and to exercise, combine, or transfer any power or function, in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, under said Constitutional provision, participating units of local government may use their credit, revenues, and other resources to pay costs related to intergovernmental activities; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as amended (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.) authorizes units of local government to exercise, combine, transfer, and enjoy jointly any power or powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or which may be exercised by any one of them, and to enter into intergovernmental agreements for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, APD and DuPage are Illinois units of local government; and
WHEREAS, APD currently has a National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN); and
WHEREAS, APD currently allows DuPage, specifically the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office, participation in APD’s NIBIN for the purpose of enhancing efforts to combat, link, and solve violent crimes involving firearms; and
WHEREAS, APD and DuPage have determined that it would be in their best interests to allow DuPage, specifically the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office, to continue participation in APD’s NIBIN; and
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to statutory authority and their powers of intergovernmental cooperation, it is agreed by and among APD and DuPage that APD and DuPage do hereby enter into the Memorandum of Understanding attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk transmit ratified copies of this Resolution, with copies of said “MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF AURORA AND SHERIFF OF DUPAGE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE”, to the City of Aurora Police Department (Attn: Assistant Corporation Counsel Nydia Molina, City of Aurora, 44 E. Downer Pl., Aurora, IL 60507); Sheriff James Mendrick; and the Auditor.
Enacted and approved this 14th day of April, 2026 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD
ATTEST:____________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK
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