O-897-95 08/28/95VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO, 897
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR
FIRE PROTECTION CODE ENFORCEMENT
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This 28th day of August
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will, and
DuPage, Illinois, this 28th
day of August , 1995
, 1995.
ORDINANCE 897
ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR
FIRE PROTECTION CODE ENFORCEMENT
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees have deemed it in the community's
best interest to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement for Fire Protection Code
Enforcement, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement will assist the Lemont Fire Protection District in a
uniform enforcement of its code throughout the entire district.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will and DuPage, Illinois, that the Village
Board of Trustees authorizes the President and Clerk to sign the attached Agreement.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY lit PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE: GE F LEMONT, C K, WILL AND DU PAGE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS on
this day of , 1995.
Barbara Buschman
Alice Chin
Keith Latz
Connie Markiewicz
Rick Rimbo
Ralph Schobert
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
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CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approved by me this day of �-�,a
�,�� 1995
Attest:
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
A. KWASNESKI, Village President
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR
FIRE PREVENTION CODE ENFORCEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into on the date set forth next to the signature of
each party hereunto, by and between the VILLAGE OF LEMONT, an Illinois Municipal
Corporation ( "Village ") and the LEMONT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, a Body Corporate
and Politic ( "District ").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Illinois Constitution, 1970, Article 7, Section 16, authorizes units of local
government to contract or otherwise associate among themselves in any manner not prohibited by
law or by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the 5 ILCS 220/1 et deg., entitled the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act," provides
that any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a unit of
local government of this State may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other local government;
and
WHEREAS, the Lemont Fire Protection District has heretofore adopted a Fire Prevention Code in
and for the District, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A and is, by this reference,
incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the enforcement of said Fire Prevention Code requires inspection services by
qualified personnel; and
WHEREAS, there is no qualified Village personnel available to provide such inspection services;
and
WHEREAS, the District employs qualified personnel who are able to perform the inspection
services necessary to enforce the Fire Prevention Code of the District; and
WHEREAS, the Village desires to have the District perform such inspection services as are
necessary for the proper enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code as hereinafter
provided for in this Agreement; and