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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department: Department of Finance and Administration
Other Part(ies): Cook County Government, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization to enter into the Fourteenth Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement between the County of Cook (the “County”) and the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) for the reimbursement or payment for certain services rendered by various County departments and by the Forest Preserves.
Goods or Services: The County and the Forest Preserves wish to amend and restate the Thirteenth Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement (approved by their respective Boards of Commissioners on 11/21/2024 and 11/19/2024 for FY 2025) whereby they provide various services for each other.
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026
Fiscal Impact: Not to exceed $2,447,177.00 in expenditures and $1,802,845.00 in revenue
Accounts: Various districtwide corporate expenditure and revenue accounts
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: The County and the Forest Preserves entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement on 8/21/2012 authorizing the parties to perform various services for the other, in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. The parties agreed to provide various services and to provide reimbursement or payment for said services. The Intergovernmental Agreement was further amended around or about 4/25/2013, 6/18/2014, 9/8/2015, 11/15/2016, 6/6/2017, 4/25/2018, 9/26/2018, 2/21/2019, 10/22/2020, 1/28/2021, 10/5/2021, 10/18/2022, 11/14/2023, and 11/19/2024 to allow for additional cooperation. The Fourteenth Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement consolidates the prior agreements into one Intergovernmental Agreement, so the parties can refer to one agreement, and this document also contains additional services and reimbursements for FY 2026. This is a one-year agreement covering services and reimbursements from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.
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