R-264-93 Resolution Extending the Period of Partcipation in the Southwest Agency for Health Management for a Period of Three Additional YearsRESOLUTION NO. 264
A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION IN THE
SOUTHWEST AGENCY FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR A PERIOD
OF THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS.
WHEREAS, the Southwest Agency for Health Management ( "SWAHM "),
which is an intergovernmental entity providing employee benefits to
the officers and employees of this municipality; and
WHEREAS, through its membership in SWARM, this
intergovernmental entity gains the ability to achieve economies of
scale in the administration of the benefit claims of its requisite
Members and the other benefits of membership provided for in the
Contract and By -Laws of that Cooperative; and
WHEREAS, the Contract and By -Laws of the SWAHM provide that
SWAHM shall operate in three (3) year cycles with the governing
board of each Member being required to pass an ordinance or
resolution agreeing to continue as a Member for the new three -year
cycle; and
WHEREAS, failure to pass a timely ordinance or resolution, at
least sixty (60) days before the commencement date of a new three -
year cycle shall constitute a withdrawal from the Cooperative; and
WHEREAS, the next three -year cycle of the Cooperative
commences on July 1, 1993; and
WHEREAS, this municipality desires to express, through the
passage of this Resolution, its desire to continue as a Member of
the Cooperative for the three -year cycle commencing on July 1,
1993, provided that an adequate number of other Members of the
Cooperative, as is set forth within the Contract and By -Laws
document, also agree to continue as Members for the next three -year
cycle;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, as follows:
SECTION 1: The Village or City of Lemont
shall continue as a member of the Southwest Agency for Health
Management for a three -year term commencing on July 1, 1993, in
accordance with the Contract and By -Laws of that entity as they
currently exist or as they may be validly amended in the future.
SECTION 2: The obligation of the Village or City of
Lemont to be a Member of the Southwest Agency for Health
Management shall obligate the Village or City of
Lemont to make financial contributions to the
Southwest Agency for Health Management only to the extent required
form time -to -time by the Contract and By -Laws of the SWARM.
SECTION 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED this 26th day of April 1993.
AYES: 4
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 2
APPROVED this 26th day of April
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, 1993.
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