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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE POLICE <br /> OFFICERS FOR SCHOOL SECURITY <br /> THIS AGREEMENT between the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DECAUR SCHOOL <br /> DISTRICT NO.61, Macon County, Illinois (the "District") and the CITY OF DECATUR, an Illinois <br /> Home Rule Municipality (the "City"): <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1973 <br /> authorizes units of local government to contract or otherwise associate among themselves, and <br /> to exercise, combine or transfer any power or function in any manner not prohibited by law or by <br /> ordinance; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1, et seq;, <br /> provides inter alia, that "... (A)ny power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or which <br /> may be exercised by a public agency of this State may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with <br /> any other public agency of this State..."; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City and the District now wish to enter into a formal arrangement for the <br /> provision of police officers for security at the District's various facilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the parties have mutually determined that the terms contained in this <br /> Agreement are in their mutual interests and the mutual interests of their constituents. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the covenants and <br /> conditions hereinafter set forth, the adequacy and sufficiency of which the parties hereto <br /> stipulate, the parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The recitals set forth in the forgoing preamble are <br /> specifically incorporated into and made part of this Agreement as though fully set forth in this <br /> paragraph 1. <br /> 2. City to Provide Police Officers. The City shall assign two ff-o fe (4)0 <br /> police officers to the District beginning nning at the start of the second semester of the 2014-15 school <br />