TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jeff Carey, Chief of Fire
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement between the City of Joliet and the Joliet Fire Department Cares Foundation, Inc
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BACKGROUND:
The Will-Joliet Bicentennial Park Inc, a former 501(c)(3), cooperatively operated the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park with the City of Joliet since the construction of the Park in 1989. The Will-Joliet Bicentennial Park Inc. was dissolved in 2023 and is no longer a registered non-profit entity. In order to continue a cooperative operation between the City of Joliet and the local community, it is imperative the City partner with a local 501(c)(3) organization to ensure continued success at Bicentennial Park.
The purpose of the Joliet Fire Department Cares Foundation, Inc (Foundation) is to “provide financial assistance to the Joliet Fire Department, Will County, Illinois for the support of its public service functions and community risk reduction programs and by undertaking itself to carry on or to assist in carrying on such programs for the exclusive benefit of the Joliet Fire Department, Will County, Illinois.”
Both Bicentennial Park and Foundation will work cooperatively with one another to ensure success of community events at the Bicentennial Park and increase fundraising efforts to benefit the Foundation.
CONCLUSION:
The cost to the City may include maintaining a Certificate of Insurance naming the Foundation as an additional insured on the City’s policy in compliance with City Ordinances.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Based on the above, it is recommended that the Mayor and City Council adopt the attached Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Agreement between the City of Joliet and the Joliet Fire Department Cares Foundation, Inc.
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