HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 09-87 02/17/1987
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RESOLUTION NO.
9-87
A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO AMENDMENTS IN THE
CONTRACT AND BY-LAWS OF THE HIGH~LEVEL EXCESS
LIABILITY POOL (HELP) AND EXTENDING THE DATE
DURING WHICH THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
AGREES TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THAT POOL
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount
Prospect adopted Resolution No. 41-86, authorizing membership in
the intergovernmental self-insurance pool known High-Level Excess
Liability Pool (HELP), and authorizing execution of the HELP
Contract and By-Law; and
WHEREAS, the Contract and By-Laws authorized in Resolution No.
41-86 requires that the organization corne into existence by
January 1, 1987; and
WHEREAS, that Resolution No. 41~86 permitted the Village of Mount
Prospect to withdraw its membership in the HELP Pool if the Pool
did not come into existence by January 1, 1987, and the requisite
first year's annual payments were not achieved prior to the fixed
commencement date of the Pool; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount
Prospect and many other municipalities are still desirous of
causing the commencement of a High-Level Excess Liability Pool
and wish to extend their commitment to become Members of the
Pool; and
WHEREAS, only minimal changes in the Contract and By-Laws of the
Pool are necessary to reconfirm the desire of Member
municipalities to become Members of the Pool; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees
Prospect find that it is advantageous to
our commitment to become a Member of the
other prospective Pool members to commit
in this entity.
of the Village of Mount
the Village to extend
Pool and to encourage
themselves to membership
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That the Mayor and Village Clerk of the Village of
Mount Prospect are hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the
Village of Mount Prospect a Contract and By-Laws of the
High-Level Excess Liability Pool (hereinafter referred to as
"Agency!!) identical to that document authorized in Resolution
No. 41-86, with the exception of those changes noted in those
pages of the Contract which are appended to and made a part of
hereof, as Appendix Ae In addition, the Village of Mount
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HELP Amendment
Prospect agrees to the addition of Wilmette as a prospective
Member of the Pool.
SECTION TWO: That the powers of the Agency, unless the
Contract and By-Laws be amended, shall be limited to those
contained within Appendix 1.
SECTION THREE: The commencement of the operations of the
Agency and the obligation of the Village of Mount Prospect to
fully participate in such operations shall be effectuated in
accordance with the Contract and By-Laws.
SECTION FOUR: Except to the extent of the limited financial
contributions to the Agency set forth in the Contract and
By-Laws, the Village of Mount Prospect by its entry as a Member
of the Agency shall not be held responsible in any way for the
claims in tort made against any other Member of the Agency; and
the financial obligations are limited to the payment of claims
above the self-insured retention with claims and costs below this
amount individually assumed by each Member.
SECTION FIVE: This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner
provided by law.
AYES: Arthur~ Farley. Floros, Van Geem
NAYS: Via ttenberg
ABSENT: Murauski s
PASSED and APPROVED this
17th
day of
February
, 1987.
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carolyrV H. -Krause
Mayor'
ATTEST:
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Carol A. Fields
Village Clerk
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85~ Section 9-103 of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
Nor do
by the purchase of conventional insurance by the AGENCY.
the MEMBERS, if permitted by law, intend to waive any immunities
pre-fund the joint risk management pool, through the possible
In order to give the MEMBERS the ability to partially
sale of debt instruments, it is necessary to establish an
extended term for the AGENCY.
The obligation of the MEMBERS
to repay their proportional share of the retirement of debt
instruments shall, however, continue for whatever repayment
schedule,is contained within the debt instruments.
In addition,
by entering into a contract which will provide some coverage
on an occurrence basis, even if the claim is filed at some
time after eleven years from the date of the commencement
of this contract, the MEMBERS state and acknowledge their
continuing contractual obligations arising out of occurrences
which take place during the term of this contract.
In creating an excess self-insurance pool, the MEMBERS
of this AGENCY are entering into a type of intergovernmental
contract which has not previously existed in Illinois.
In
forming such an AGENCY, the MEMBERS state and acknowledge
that the AGENCY has no responsibility for the payment of claims
for amounts less than the level at which the scope of coverage
of this AGENCY shall from time to time cou~enceo
The scope
of coverage to be provided by the AGENCY is excess coverage
to commence only after the MEMBER or some other party on behalf
of the MEMBER has fully paid the amount of its self-insured
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ARTICLE IV.
Commencement of the Agency.
The AGENCY will commence its term at the first of the
month of any month prior to and including May 1, 1987, if
by the 15th day of the prior month the corporate authorities
of at least 10 municipalities listed on Appendix A, whose
first year1s initial payments total at least $650,000.00,
shall have passed the sample ordinance or resolution agreeing
to be bound by the terms of this Contract and By-Laws.
If
the requisite number of municipalities and initial payments
are achieved by the 15th of the month, other municipalities
listed upon Appendix A can still join the pool by passing
the ordinance or resolution before the end of that month.
The municipalities shall then promptly submit a certified
copy of the resolution or ordinance approving the Contract
and By-Laws of the AGENCY to the Steering Committee, enclosing,
if they have not already done so, a check in the amount of
50% of the first year's initial payment to the AGENCY as is
shown on Appendix A.
The other 50% shall be due within 30
days after the AGENCY commences its term.
If the required acts necessary to bring about the commence-
ment of the AGENCY have not occurred by May I, 1987, the obliga-
tion of those governmental bodies which have passed the resolu-
tion or ordinance to become a MEMBER of the AGENCY shall cease
and all funds sent to the Steering Committee will be returned
with any interest earned.
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H.E.L.P.
1 u/ . J/86
1/20/87
WHEREUPON under the authority granted to me by Resolution
No. 41-86, passed by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Mount Prospect on December 2, 1986, I do hereby
execute and the Clerk does hereby attest to my signature as
evidence that the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Mount Prospect has approved participation in the HIGH-LEVEL
EXCESS LIABILITY POOL (HELP), in accordance with this Contract
and By-Laws in its executed form and as it may subsequently be
validly amended.
Carolyn H. Krause
Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol A. Fields
Village Clerk
This
day of
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