R2006-201 AUTHORIZING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

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, � . . . � Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement This Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement (hereinafter ``Agreeinent") is entered into by the following parties: the City of Champaign and the City of Decatur and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1970, Article VII, Section 10, authorizes units of local government to contract or otherwise associate among themselves in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, � ILCS 220/1 et seq., provides that any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or which may be eYercised by a unit of local government may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other unit of local government including a unit of local government from another state; and i�'HEREAS, the Parties hereto are units of local government as defined by the Constitution of the State of Illinois and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act; and WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that thev are vulnerable to a variety of potential, natural and man-made disasters; and WHEREqS, the Parties have entered into this Agreement to: (1) Protect the people and property in the participating municipalities from damage, injury, and loss of life and property; (2) Prepare for prompt and efficient rescae, care, and treatment of threatened or affected person; (3) Provide for the rapid and orderly rehabilitation of persons an� restoration of property; and (�) Provide for cooperation and coordination of aeti�-itiP` rtla.tin� to emergency and disaster mitigation, preparedness, response. and recovery; and til HEREAS, the Parties to this Agreement ��v�ish to pro��ide mutual aid and assistancz to on� �inother during times of disaster or public �vorks emergencits. NOW; TKEREFORE, the Parties agree as follo��vs: SECTiON I: DEFINITIONS . � o t i �