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<br /> Agreement No.23-1439-39187
<br /> PART TWO-THE GRANTOR-SPECIFIC TERMS
<br /> In addition to the uniform requirements in PART ONE, the Grantor has the following additional requirements for its
<br /> Grantee:
<br /> Audit. Grantee shall permit, and shall require its contractors and auditors to permit, the Grantor, and any authorized
<br /> agent of the Grantor, to inspect all work, materials, payrolls, audit working papers, and other data and records
<br /> pertaining to the Project; and to audit the books, records, and accounts of the Grantee with regard to the Project. The
<br /> Grantor may, at its sole discretion and at its own expense, perform a final audit of the Project. Such audit may be
<br /> used for settlement of the grant and Project closeout. Grantee agrees to implement any audit findings contained in the
<br /> Grantor's authorized inspection or review, final audit, the Grantee's independent audit, or as a result of any duly
<br /> authorized inspection or review
<br /> Ethics.
<br /> A. Code of Conduct
<br /> 1. Personal Conflict of Interest -The Grantee shall maintain a written code or standard of conduct which shall
<br /> govern the performance of its employees, officers, board members, or agents engaged in the award and administration
<br /> of contracts supported by state or federal funds. Such code shall provide that no employee, officer, board member or
<br /> agent of the Grantee may participate in the selection, award, or administration of a contract supported by state or
<br /> federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent would be involved. Such a conflict would arise when any of the
<br /> parties set forth below has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for award:
<br /> a. the employee, officer, board member, or agent;
<br /> b. any member of his or her immediate family;
<br /> c. his or her partner; or
<br /> d. an organization which employs, or is about to employ, any of the above.
<br /> The conflict of interest restriction for former employees,officers, board members and agents shall apply for one year.
<br /> The code shall also provide that Grantee's employees, officers, board members, or agents shall neither solicit
<br /> nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to
<br /> subcontracts. The Grantor may waive the prohibition contained in this subsection, provided that any such present
<br /> employee, officer, board member, or agent shall not participate in any action by the Grantee or the locality relating to
<br /> such contract, subcontract, or arrangement. The code shall also prohibit the officers, employees, board members, or
<br /> agents of the Grantee from using their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appearance of personal
<br /> or organizational conflict of interest or personal gain.
<br /> 2. Organizational Conflict of Interest -The Grantee will also prevent any real or apparent organizational
<br /> conflict of interest. An organizational conflict of interest exists when the nature of the work to be performed under a
<br /> proposed third party contract or subcontract may, without some restriction on future activities, result in an unfair
<br /> competitive advantage to the third party contractor or Grantee or impair the objectivity in performing the contract work.
<br /> of the provisions of this Agreement, such dispute
<br /> Dispute Resolution. In the event of a dispute in the interpretationg
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<br /> shall be settled through negotiations between the Grantor and the Grantee. In the event that agreement is not
<br /> consummated at this negotiation level, the dispute will then be referred through proper administrative channels for a
<br /> decision and ultimately, if necessary, to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Grantor shall
<br /> decide all claims, questions and disputes which are referred to it regarding the interpretation, prosecution and
<br /> fulfillment of this Agreement. The Grantor's decision upon all claims, questions and disputes shall be final and
<br /> conclusive.
<br /> State of Illinois
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