R-07-01VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. R -07 -01
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ILLINOIS
TELECOMMUNICATOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TASK
FORCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and
the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq) authorizes units of local
government to contract or otherwise associate among themselves to obtain or share services and
to jointly exercise, combine or transfer any power or function in any manner not prohibited by
law or by ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, units of local government in Illinois, together with the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency (IEMA), have determined that it is in the best interests of the residents of
the State of Illinois to establish the Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency Response Task Force
(IL- TERT);
WHEREAS, the purpose of IL -TERT is to provide emergency telecommunications
personnel and resources to a stricken unit of local government when natural or man-made
occurrences create emergencies that exceed the resources, equipment and/or telecommunications
personnel of that unit of local government; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield have
determined that the public health, safety, and welfare of the Village of Deerfield will be served
by entering into the Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency Response Task Force Agreement
attached hereto and to participate in IL -TERT as provided therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS, in the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: That the President of the Village of Deerfield is hereby authorized and
directed. to execute the Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency Response Task Force attached
hereto and made a part hereof for and on behalf of the Village of Deerfield.
SECTION 2: That the Village Manager and the Chief of Police are hereby authorized
and directed to take any and all other actions necessary to effectuate membership in the Illinois
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Task Force.
SECTION 3: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED this 2nd day of January. , 200:_7.,
AYES: Benton, Feldman, Rosenthal, Seiden, Struthers, Wylie (6)