Title
Joint resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Winthrop Harbor and Lake County for utilization of the Lake County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) shared Infor/EnRoute Computer Aided Dispatch system.
Staff Summary
* This agreement is made pursuant to the Illinois Constitution of 1970, Article VII, Section 10 and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 Illinois Complied Statutes (ILCS) 220/1 et seq., between Lake County and the Village of Winthrop Harbor.
* The Infor/EnRoute Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD) allows for timely and efficient transmittal of crucial public safety data to first responders in a shared environment in accordance with the Lake County ETSB's Vision Statement.
* This agreement was approved by the Lake County ETSB on June 5, 2018, and the Village of Winthrop Harbor approved this agreement on August 7, 2018.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Emergency Telephone System Act, 50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq., authorizes units of local government to own and operate emergency telephone systems; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY owns and operates, through its agency, the Lake County
Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB), a Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD); and
WHEREAS, the CAD is an automated police and fire call dispatch system; and
WHEREAS, the CONTRACTOR seeks to contract with the COUNTY to utilize the CAD for dispatch purposes; and
WHEREAS, the CONTRACTOR is ready, willing, and able to pay for all costs associated with its use of the CAD; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and CONTRACTOR are authorized by the Illinois
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq., to enter into intergovernmental agreements, ventures and undertakings, to perform jointly any governmental purpose, or undertaking, either of them could do singularly.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties agree that the CONTRACTOR shall be allowed to utilize th...
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