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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 amend the 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 the Forest Preserves.
Goods or Services: The County and the Forest Preserves wish to amend and restate the agreement to allow for additional grass cutting and snow removal services to be provided by the Forest Preserves to Cook County’s Department of Facilities Management and to allow for additional payment from the County to the Forest Preserves for such additional services.
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: 1/1/2021 (retroactive) - 12/31/2021
Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $2,094,643.00 in expenditures and $1,096,312.00 in revenue, which includes $166,312.00 for snow removal and grass cutting at Oak Forest Hospital location.
Accounts: Various districtwide corporate 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 on 4/25/2013, 6/18/2014, 9/8/2015, 11/15/2016, 6/6/2017, 4/25/2018, 9/26/2018, 2/21/2019 and 10/22/2020 to allow for additional cooperation. The Ninth Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement consolidates the prior agreements into one (1) Intergovernmental Agreement, so the parties can refer to one (1) agreement and allows for grass cutting and snow removal services to be provided by the Forest Preserves to Cook County’s Department of Facilities Management at the Oak Forest Hospital location.
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