R-418-96 04/08/96ITEM V.C.2
RESOLUTION /a
RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION IN THE
SOUTHWEST AGENCY FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR A PERIOD
OF THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS.
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont did previously through the passage of Ordinance
#736, become a member of 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 SWAHM, this intergovernmental entity gains
the ability to achieve economics 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, 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, 1996;
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, 1996, 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 of Lemont shall continue as a member of the Southwest
Agency for Health Management for a three -year term commencing on July 1, 1996,
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 of Lemont to be a Member of the
Southwest Agency for Health Management shall obligate the Village of Lemont to
make financial contributions to the Southwest Agency for Health Management only
to the extent required from time to time by the Contract and By -Laws of SWAHM.
SECTION 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and
approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DU PAGE, ILLINOIS
on this 8th day of April , 1996.
Barbara Buschman
Alice Chin
Keith Latz
Connie Markiewicz
Richard Rimbo
Ralph Schobert
Approved by me this 8th day,
Attest:
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
pril
, 1996.
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
KWASNESKI, Village President