R2026-37 Resolution Authorizing Payment to the Decatur Civic Center Authority for Operations and Other Services as Provided to the City of Decatur by the Civic Center Authority

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LETTER to the DECATUR CITY COUNCIL Finance Department DATE: February 10, 2026 TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Melissa Hon, City Manager Gregg D. Zientara, City Treasurer& Interim Finance Officer SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Payment to the Decatur Civic Center Authority for Operations and Other Services as Provided to the City of Decatur by the Civic Center Authority SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: City Administration recommends Council approval of the attached Resolution. BACKGROUND: The City of Decatur, Illinois and the "Decatur Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority ("Authority") was created with an Intergovernmental Agreement, authorized by the State of Illinois, dated March 14, 1977, by which the city agreed to contribute funds in an amount of$3,327,000 of the cost of property acquisition and construction for the property located at 1 Gary K Anderson Plaza, Decatur, Illinois. This arrangement provided city office space in the civic center facility at no cost to the city subject to agreement provision that the city provide certain funding monies to the "Authority". The city obligated funding requirements "morphed" from original intergovernmental definition to the operational funding arrangement that exists at the present time, whereas, the city funds the Authority with a front of year payment that is adjusted annually by the percentage change in the 12 months ended, All Urban Consumers, All Items, Consumer Price Index("CPI"). The Intergovernmental agreement defined cost sharing of utility costs, repair & maintenance expense, and other cost sharing matters concerning the facility. Coincident with city acquisition and buildout of the 707 Southside Drive Police Headquarter Facility circa 2014, city entered into an arrangement with the Authority to provide facility maintenance and other services in this city facility. At this time, city decided to consolidate other facility(MSC, SWTP) maintenance and services into a single master arrangement whereby the Authority would provide such services to city facilities Page 1 of 2