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Meeting Jan 07, 2020 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
Category 5. CONSENT AGENDA
Subject 5.3 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
FOREST RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
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Type Action (Consent)
Preferred Date Jan 15, 2019
Absolute Date Jan 15, 2019
Fiscal Impact No
Recommended Action Approve this annual agreement required by Court Order which authorizes the Village to
provide emergency services to those in the Forest River Fire Protection District.
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Information
The Mount Prospect Fire Department provides emergency response to areas outside the Village corporate boundaries
which fall within the Forest River Fire Protection District. In 1971, the Village of Mount Prospect decided to pursue
annexation of a majority of the area referred to as the Forest River Fire Protection District. After a formal evaluation,
the Village decided not to pursue annexation of two areas within the District. These areas are:
1. The area bounded by Kensington Road, River Road, Gregory Street, and the Canadian National Railway
tracks.
2. The area bounded by Seminole Lane, Mandel Lane, Camp McDonald Road, and Wolf Road.
As a result of the Village's 1971 annexation decisions, the Circuit Court of Cook County imposed a Consent Decree
stipulating that the Forest River Fire Protection District continue to levy taxes at the maximum rate authorized by
statute. These funds were required to be given to the Village of Mount Prospect as payment for emergency response
services.
The proposed resolution is the annual resolution adopting the agreement between the Village and the District.
The Agreement may be subject to modification since the Village has filed a court action in the Circuit Court of Cook
County seeking to have the 1971 Agreed Order modified so that the costs for fire protection, fire prevention and
emergency medical services will be more equitably distributed between Mount Prospect and Forest River Fire
Protection District residents.
Alternatives
1.Pass a resolution that authorizes the execution of an agreement between the Forest River Fire Protection District
and the Village of Mount Prospect.
2. Action at discretion of Village Board.
Staff Recommendation
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Staff recommends that the Village Board approve this annual agreement required by Court Order which authorizes the
Village to provide emergency services to those in the Forest River Fire Protection District.
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Administrative Content
All items under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Village Board and will be enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion of those items unless a Board member or member from the audience so requests, in
which the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its sequence on the agenda.
Motion & Voting
Accept the monthly financial report for November 2019
Motion by Paul Hoefert, second by Colleen Saccotelli.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: William Grossi, Eleni Hatzis, Paul Hoefert, Richard Rogers, Colleen Saccotelli, Michael Zadel
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