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; ' . <br /> AGREEMENT <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois ("City") and the <br /> Decatur Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building <br /> Authority ("Authority") are each units of local government as <br /> defined in the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the City is a home rule unit, as defined by said <br /> Constitution, with all of the powers, privileges and authority <br /> thereof; and, <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to the provision of the Intergovernmental <br /> Cooperation Act (Ill . Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 127, pars. 741 et <br /> seq. ) ("Act") , and Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution of <br /> 1970, the City and the Authority may enter into an agreement with <br /> each other whereby the City and Authority jointly obtain or share <br /> services and transfer and combine powers or functions; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Authority seeks to lease space in the Decatur <br /> Civic Center to the Democratic Party of Illinois for said Party's <br /> 1992 Convention; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Authority seeks indemnity for its officers and <br /> employees for their acts related to the holding of said <br /> convention in the said Civic Center; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the City recognizes the Community benefit in <br /> hosting the statewide convention of the Democratic Party of <br /> Illinois and wishes to assist the Authority in securing and <br /> obtaining said convention. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants <br /> and agreements herein expressed, the City and the Authority agree <br />