Title
Resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between Lake County and the City of Waukegan for the sharing of Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) information and traffic monitoring video data along various county highways, state roads and toll roads in and about Lake County.
Staff Summary
• City of Waukegan CAD and Video Sharing Agreement.
• PASSAGE is Lake County’s Advanced Traffic Management System, which includes collecting traffic monitoring video images and traffic signal data.
• The City of Waukegan’s Police Department operates a CAD system to improve response time to emergency 911 traffic related event calls.
• The County and the City desire to share video and CAD information in order to improve their effectiveness and efficiency.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, through its Division of Transportation, has undertaken the development and implementation of an Advanced Traffic Management System, ATMS; and
WHEREAS, Lake County PASSAGE is the County’s ATMS, where traffic monitoring video images and traffic signal data is collected; and
WHEREAS, the city of Waukegan’s Police Department operates a CAD system throughout the city in order to improve response time to emergency 911 traffic related event calls; and
WHEREAS, the County and the City desire to share video and CAD in order to improve their effectiveness and efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the County’s Division of Transportation has adopted a video use policy entitled “A POLICY FOR THE USE OF LAKE COUNTY PASSAGE VIDEO IMAGES,” providing the terms and conditions for the use of video.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and they are directed to execute an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Waukegan for the sharing of CAD and video data along various county highways, state roads and toll roads in and about Lake County.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on December 13, 2011.