AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER
IN THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
MUTUAL AID SYSTEM RESPONSE PURSUANT TO AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A MUTUAL AID INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board has long since, pursuant to Ordinance, established an Emergency Management Agency/Emergency Services and Disaster Agency of the DuPage County Board, known as the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (OHSEM), pertaining to appropriate functions in the case of an emergency; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that at any given time emergency situations may occur that are beyond the capacities of the DuPage County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (OHSEM) to deal effectively with in terms of personnel, equipment and material resources; and
WHEREAS, in adopting the Illinois Emergency Management Mutual Aid System Intergovernmental Service Agreement the DuPage County Board, as one of the Members thereof, hereby expresses its intent to assist a nearby member jurisdiction by assigning as appropriate some of its personnel, equipment or material resources to the requesting member jurisdiction as situations allow; and
WHEREAS, said Service Agreement is authorized by the Illinois Emergency Management Act, Section 3305/13 and pursuant to the Ordinances of the DuPage County Board, DuPage County, Illinois County Code, Chapter 10-6, allowing for the participation in various mutual aid agreements; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the DuPage County Board to provide as much as possible for assistance to the residents of the DuPage County and other Members of said Mutual Aid Service Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the DuPage County Board, as follows:
Section 1: That the above and foregoing recitals are incorporated as findings of fact in this Resolution.
Section 2: That the DuPage County Board, a body politic, may participate as a Member of the Illinois Emergency Management Mutual Aid System pursuant to that certain Mutual Aid Intergovernmental Service Agreement which is attached to this Resolution hereto and incorporated herein and identified as “Exhibit A”.
Section 3: That the DuPage County Board Chair be and is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the DuPage County Board, said Agreement and that the DuPage County Clerk is authorized to attest to said Agreement.
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Enacted and approved this 26th day of November, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK