R2011-160 AUTHORIZING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

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AGREEMENT This Agreement is made between the City of Decatur, Illinois ("City"), a municipal corporation, Macon County, Illinois, ("County"), and the Village of Mt. Zion, Illinois, ("Village"), a municipal corporation, body politics and units of local government. WHEREAS, the City, County and the Village are units of local government, as defined by Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois ("Constitution"); and, WHEREAS, the City, the County and the Village are authorized and empowered by Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et. seq., to enter into intergovernmental agreements; and, WHEREAS, the City, the County and the Village utilize a common Communication Dispatch Center ("Center") which is the emergency dispatch center for the emergency services of the parties; and, WHEREAS, the City, the County and the Village are parties to an Agreement previously entered into in which the City is responsible for the operation of the Center, owns the equipment used in the operation of the Center and employs the employees of the Center; and, WHEREAS, the County is responsible under an Agreement with the City for the preservation and retention of police records and reports; and, WHEREAS, the City, the County and the Village recognize and agree that the software currently utilitzed by the Center requires updating and replacing in order to provide an efficent and reliable system for dispatching emergency services and report writing; and, WHEREAS, the City, the County and the Village agree that they will each benefit by a software upgrade to the dispatch and report writing system currently utilized. NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises and covenants made herein and for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the public, industry and business, the City, the County and the Village agree as follows: Pagel of 5