Title
Resolution authorizing the adoption and execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) regarding Lake County Shared Services to LakeComm for the period of LakeComm’s Transition and Startup.
Staff Summary
• Since 2018, Lake County has provided general administrative and personnel support to Regional 9-1-1 Consolidation efforts at no or minimal cost to participating agencies.
• The establishment of a Shared Services Agreement is in the best interest of Lake County taxpayers and LakeComm during its establishment and first year(s) of operations.
• The IGA includes compensation to the County.
• The LakeComm Member Board of Directors approved the IGA on September 18, 2024.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake is a unit of local government established and operating under the authority of the Illinois Counties Code, 55 ILCS 5/1-1001 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, LakeComm is a unit of intergovernmental cooperation created under the authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq., encourage and authorize public agencies to cooperate and enter into agreements to promote the public welfare and accomplish the mission of local government; and
WHEREAS, LakeComm was formed by a consortium of public agencies (“LakeComm Member Agencies”) though an Intergovernmental Agreement to establish a consolidated public safety answering point (PSAP) and emergency dispatch agency for the purpose of providing all administrative and operational duties and services as generally accepted and necessary for the provision of emergency communications services; and
WHEREAS, since 2018, the County has provided general administrative and personnel support to Regional 9-1-1 Consolidation efforts at no or minimal cost to participating agencies; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the Lake County taxpayers for the County to provide general administrative and personnel support to LakeComm during its establishment and start-up; and
WHEREAS, to foster such feasibility, the Parties agree that the establishment of a Shared Services Agreement is in the best interest of LakeComm during its establishment and first year(s) of operations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Board does hereby authorize the adoption and execution of the IGA Regarding Lake County Shared Services for LakeComm attached hereto.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 8, 2024.