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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department: Office of the General Superintendent
Other Part(ies): Cook County Government, Cook County, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) to amend intergovernmental agreement on vaccine administration with Cook County approved 1/26/2021 (Board No. 21-0114) to increase the number of permitted sites.
Goods or Services: Cook County, via the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, to use property of Forest Preserves as vaccination site(s)
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: 1/26/2021 - 12/31/2022
Fiscal Impact: None
License Fee: Waived
License Application Fee: Waived
YELAR Fee: Waived
Tree Mitigation Fee: N/A
Accounts: N/A
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: In January 2021 the Board of Commissioners authorized the Forest Preserves to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County, via the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, to allow up to five (5) locations within the Forest Preserves to be used for drive-thru vaccine administration and auxiliary services related to pandemic response efforts. Now the Forest Preserves seeks authorization to increase the number of permitted sites from five (5) to twenty-five (25). The General Superintendent would continue to approve specific locations. The Forest Preserves would also like to clarify that these sites may include pop-up vaccination sites at Forest Preserves events. Final amendment is subject to legal review and approval.