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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE, ILLINOIS
AND THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
FOR LIGHTED STREET NAME SIGNS
AT CH 18/KRESS ROAD AND IL 38/ROOSEVELT ROAD
AND CH21/FABYAN PARKWAY AND IL 38/ROOSEVELT ROAD
(ESTIMATED COUNTY COST $10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY") and the City of West Chicago (hereinafter referred to as "MUNICIPALITY") are public agencies within the meaning of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois encourages and provides for units of local government to contract and otherwise associate with each other to exercise, combine or transfer any power or function; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY by virtue of its power set forth in "Counties Code" (55 ILCS 5/1001 et seq.) and "Illinois Highway Code" (605 ILCS 5/5-101 et. seq.) and the MUNICIPALITY by virtue of its power set forth in the "Illinois Municipal Code" (65 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq.) are authorized to enter into agreements and contracts; and
WHEREAS, the MUNICIPALITY has entered into a separate agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (hereinafter "IDOT") for roadway improvements along IL 38/Roosevelt Road (hereinafter "PROJECT"); and
WHEREAS, as part of the PROJECT, the MUNICIPALITY has requested the COUNTY to reimburse the MUNICIPALITY for the fabrication and installation and any future maintenance of two (2) lighted street name signs and associated cables at the intersections of the two (2) County Highways included in the PROJECT; at Roosevelt Road (IL 38) and CH18/Kress Road and at Roosevelt Road (IL 38) and CH 21/Fabyan Parkway (hereinafter "STREET NAME SIGNS"); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and MUNICIPALITY, in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic and ensure the safety of the public desire to enter into an intergovernmental agreement to define the con...
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