(70 ILCS 1505/15d)
Sec. 15d.
Assistance agreements; facilities; private seat licenses; naming rights. In addition to the powers and authority now possessed by it, the Chicago Park District shall have the power and authority:
(1) to enter into and perform its obligations under
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| one or more "assistance agreements" with respect to any "facility" of which the Chicago Park District is the "governmental owner", as each of those terms is defined in the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, and to enter into and perform its obligations under other contracts related thereto, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Chicago Park District; |
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(2) to enter into and perform its obligations under a |
| lease, license, or agreement with a professional sports team or other sports team with respect to a "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Chicago Park District; |
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(3) to sell, convey, lease, or grant a permit or |
| license with respect to, or authorize another person on its behalf to sell, convey, lease, or grant a permit or license with respect to: (A) the right to use or the right to purchase tickets to use, or any other interest in, any seat or area within a "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, (B) the right to name or place advertising in all or any part of such a facility, or (C) any intangible personal property rights, including intellectual property rights, appurtenant to any such facility; and to enter into and perform its obligations with respect to any contract, understanding, agreement, or arrangement related thereto, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Chicago Park District; |
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(4) to accept the transfer of and assume the |
| obligations under a contract or contracts entered into by the "Authority" or its agent for the design and construction services or design/build services for a "facility", as each such term is defined in the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, and exercise such rights and perform such obligations thereunder without regard to the procedures, regulations and laws which would otherwise have been applicable to the Chicago Park District had the Chicago Park District originally entered into such contract or contracts; and |
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(5) to enter into leases, license agreements, permit |
| agreements or other agreements with respect to parking facilities, concessions, restaurants and other facilities providing goods and services relating to a "facility" of which the Chicago Park District is the "governmental owner", as each such term is defined in the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Chicago Park District. |
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(Source: P.A. 91-935, eff. 6-1-01.) |
(70 ILCS 1505/16a)
(from Ch. 105, par. 333.16a)
Sec. 16a.
Personnel code.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Park System Civil Service Act or the provisions of any other law, the board of commissioners by ordinance may establish a personnel code for the Chicago Park District creating a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods.
(b) The passage by the board of commissioners of a personnel code that complies with the provisions of this Section shall suspend the applicability to the Chicago Park District of the Park System Civil Service Act. That Act shall again become applicable to the Chicago Park District immediately upon the repeal by the board of commissioners of the personnel code or of any provision of that Code that is required by this Section.
(c) Any personnel code passed by the board of commissioners under the authority of this Section shall contain provisions necessary to create a personnel system based on merit principles and scientific methods and shall at a minimum contain the following provisions:
(1) The code shall create the office of Director of
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| Human Resources. The Director of Human Resources shall be a resident of the district and shall be appointed by the board of commissioners. |
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(2) The code shall provide for a personnel board |
| consisting of 3 members. Two members shall be commissioners and the third shall be the Director of Human Resources or the person lawfully acting in that capacity. Terms for members shall be prescribed by the personnel code. The commissioner members of the personnel board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses. The personnel board may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any hearing authorized by this Section. Any circuit court, upon application by the personnel board or any member of the board, may, in its discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and the giving of testimony before the board or its hearing officer in relation to a hearing. Any person who shall refuse to comply with a lawfully served order to appear or testify before the personnel board or its hearing officer, or to produce books and papers relevant to the hearing as commanded in a lawfully served subpoena, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Any person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before the board or its hearing officer, knowingly swears or affirms falsely is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly. |
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(3) The code shall subject all positions of |
| employment in the Park District to the jurisdiction of the personnel board, with the exception of offices or high-ranking senior executive positions, confidential positions, or special program positions that cannot be subject to career service due to program requirements. The board of commissioners shall, by resolution, specifically exempt those offices or positions from the jurisdiction of the personnel board. |
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(4) The substantive provisions of the code shall |
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(A) With the exceptions listed below, all |
| vacancies in positions of employment subject to the jurisdiction of the personnel board shall be filled only after providing reasonable public notice of the vacancy and inviting those who meet the published minimum requirements for the position as further provided in this Section to apply for it. The district shall specify in the announcement of the vacancy the minimum requirements necessary to be considered for the position, as contained in the official position description for the position. The district shall specify in the announcement of the vacancy whether competition for the vacancy is open to non-employees of the district, or to employees of the district, or to both. The district may dispense with this requirement of public announcement when a vacancy, for reasons promoting the efficiency of the district service, is to be filled by demotion, recall from layoff or leave of absence, or lateral transfer of an employee; or as the result of a lawful order of a court, arbitrator, or administrative agency; or as the result of a bona fide settlement of a legal claim; or in accordance with the provisions of this Section governing emergency appointments; or as a result of a reclassification of an employee's job title made in accordance with rules prescribed by the district for correcting misclassifications; or as the result of a need to correct or avoid violations of any ethics ordinance of the district. |
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(B) All vacancies that have been publicly |
| announced in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4) shall thereafter be filled by a competitive evaluation of the relative qualifications of those who apply for it. Any method of evaluation shall be reasonably designed to select candidates on the basis of job-related criteria. The personnel board shall prescribe by rule the various methods of evaluation that may be used. The public announcement of the vacancy shall specify the method that will be used for the particular vacancy. The Director of Human Resources shall document the process of conducting each competitive evaluation for each vacancy in sufficient detail that the personnel board may determine the process by which, and the basis on which, the person selected to fill the vacancy was selected. |
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(C) The district, where it determines that it is |
| in the interest of the efficiency of the service, may specify reasonable lines of promotion or "career ladder" progressions grouping related positions. The district may, in its discretion, restrict competition for a particular vacancy (i) to existing employees who seek promotion to that vacancy from the position class at the next lower step in the relevant line of promotion or career ladder progression or (ii) if there is no such lower step, to existing employees seeking promotion from a particular job classification or classifications whose duties are reasonably related to the duties of the vacancy being filled. No restriction of competition for a vacancy to be filled by promotion shall be applied unless the line of promotion or similar restriction has first been approved by the personnel board. |
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(D) Persons appointed to a position of permanent |
| employment shall acquire "career service" status following successful completion of a 6-month period of probation. |
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(E) The district may prescribe reasonable rules |
| that extend appropriate preference in filling vacancies to qualified persons who have been members of the armed forces of the United States in time of hostilities with a foreign country or to qualified persons who, while citizens of the United States, were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States in time of hostilities with a foreign country. A "time of hostilities with a foreign country" means the period of time from December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1945, and from June 27, 1950, to December 31, 1976 and during any other period prescribed by the Board of Commissioners to take account of periods in which the armed forces were subjected to the risks of hostilities with a foreign country. To qualify for this preference, a person must have served in the armed forces for at least 6 months, been discharged on the ground of hardship, or been released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; the person must not have received a dishonorable discharge. |
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(F) The district may make emergency appointments |
| without public announcement or competition where immediate appointment is required for reasons of the security or safety of the public or of the district's property. Emergency appointments shall be immediately reported to the personnel board, which may disapprove them and order them ended. No emergency appointment may last more than 30 days, and no emergency appointment shall be renewed. |
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(G) The district may make temporary appointments |
| to positions in which it is determined by the personnel board that the continuous services of the employee will be needed for less than 12 months. Appointments shall be made by public announcement and competitive methods as provided in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4), but the employee thus appointed shall not acquire career service status during the period of his or her temporary appointment. |
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(H) The district may transfer employees without |
| competitive procedures from a position to a similar position involving similar qualifications, duties, responsibilities, and salary ranges. |
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(I) The district may make layoffs by reason of |
| lack of funds or work, abolition of a position, or material change in duties or organization. The personnel code may provide for reemployment of employees so laid off, giving consideration in both layoffs and reemployment to performance record, seniority in service, and impact on achieving equal employment opportunity goals. |
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(J) Any employee with career service status shall |
| be discharged or suspended without pay for more than 30 days only for cause and only upon written charges for the discharge or suspension. The employee shall have an opportunity to appeal the action to the personnel board and to receive a hearing before the personnel board or a hearing officer appointed by it. The district may suspend, without pay, the charged employee pending a hearing and determination of an appeal by the personnel board. All final administrative decisions by the personnel board discharging or suspending, for more than 30 days, an employee with career service status are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. |
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(K) The district shall extend, to persons who are |
| working in a position in which they lawfully acquired civil service status by virtue of being examined under the Park System Civil Service Act, career service status in that position without further examination. |
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(L) In filling any position subject to the |
| jurisdiction of the personnel board and not exempted under paragraph (3) of subsection (c), the district shall take no account, whether favorably or unfavorably, of any candidate's political affiliation, political preferences or views, or service to any political party or organization. The district shall maintain procedures through which employees may complain of violations of this prohibition and through which any established violation may be corrected. |
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(M) The district shall provide, by rule of the |
| personnel board, by collective bargaining agreements with the appropriate collective bargaining representatives, or both, for continued recognition of any right acquired on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an employee of the district to be employed or reemployed, as the result of a layoff or a recall, in a position in which the employee previously held civil service status. Those previously acquired rights may be modified by mutual agreement between the district and the appropriate collective bargaining representative. |
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(N) The code shall provide that in filling |
| vacancies, the district will follow the provisions of any lawful affirmative action plan approved by the board of commissioners. |
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(O) The code shall set forth specific standards |
| of employee performance that all district employees shall be required to follow. |
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(5) The code shall provide for the preparation, |
| maintenance, and revision by the personnel board of a position classification plan for all positions of employment within the district, based on similarity of duties performed, responsibilities assigned, and conditions of employment, so that the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to all positions in the same class. Every class of positions shall have a position description approved by the personnel board, specifying the duties expected of the occupant of the position, the minimum requirements of education, training, or experience required for the position, and any other information the personnel board by rule may prescribe for inclusion in the position descriptions. No position shall be filled, and no salary or other remuneration paid to an occupant of a position, until the position has been incorporated by the personnel board into the position classification plan. |
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(6) The code shall provide for the preparation, |
| maintenance, and revision of a pay plan. The pay plan shall be approved, and all revisions to it shall be approved, by the board of commissioners. The pay plan shall assign rates of pay to each position within the approved position classification plan of the district. No salary for any position of employment in the district shall be paid unless and until that position has been lawfully included in the pay plan. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the district from the obligation to bargain over rates of pay under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act or any other statute that regulates the labor relations of the district. |
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(7) The code shall provide that no disbursing or |
| auditing officer of the district shall make or approve any payment for personal service to any person holding a position in the service of the district unless the payroll voucher or account of the payment bears the certification of the Director of Human Resources that each person named therein has been appointed and employed in accordance with the provisions of the personnel code and the provisions of this Section. The certification shall be based either upon verification of the individual items in each payroll period or upon procedures developed for avoiding unnecessary repetitive verification when other evidence of compliance with applicable laws and rules is available. The procedures may be based either upon a continuation of payroll preparation by individual departments or upon the use of a central payroll preparation unit. The Director of Human Resources shall furnish the personnel board with a copy of each payroll as certified. |
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(Source: P.A. 91-918, eff. 7-7-00.) |
(70 ILCS 1505/21)
(from Ch. 105, par. 333.21)
Sec. 21.
The commissioners of the Chicago Park District, without submitting the question to the legal voters for approval, are authorized to issue negotiable coupon bonds to refund and/or fund outstanding indebtedness hereinafter described of the several park districts which were superseded by it, together with accrued interest and interest on bonds after their maturity, on such indebtedness as is evidenced by bonds.
Refunding and/or funding bonds of a superseded park district shall be issued by the Chicago Park District for and on behalf of such superseded park district and shall be payable from taxes levied upon the taxable property within the territory of such superseded park district.
Such indebtedness as is evidenced by bonds of superseded park districts issued for proper corporate purposes is described as follows:
Total of bonds
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Name of Park District
| outstanding | Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| $ 568,000.00 | Calumet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 82,000.00 | Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 88,666.67 | Fernwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 95,000.00 | Forest Glen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 7,000.00 | Hollywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 99,000.00 | Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,598,000.00 | Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 876,000.00 | Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 18,534,000.00 | North Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 692,000.00 | Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 4,518,000.00 | Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 171,000.00 | Old Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,392,000.00 | Ravenswood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 22,000.00 | Ridge Avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 373,000.00 | Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 892,500.00 | River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,387,500.00 | Sauganash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 83,000.00 | South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 48,267,000.00 | West Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 14,273,338.87 | West Pullman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 46,000.00 | | .............. | Total
| $94,065,005.54 |
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Indebtedness in the amount of $3,137,045 evidenced by bonds and interest coupons of Lincoln Park District that were paid at maturity from bond and/or corporate funds to avoid default thereof which bonds and interest coupons have not been cancelled and such funds have not been reimbursed.
Indebtedness as of May 1, 1934 represented by unfunded and floating obligations of superseded park districts incurred for proper corporate purposes is described as follows: Total of unfunded |
Name of Park District
| indebtedness | Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| $ 21,130.81 | Calumet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 3,255.86 | Forest Glen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 643.55 | Hollywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 17,815.98 | Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 861.23 | Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 46,983.02 | North Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 52,014.06 | Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 370,561.10 | Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,148.47 | Old Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 839.65 | Ridge Avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,032.97 | Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 5,000.00 | River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 5,113.68 | Sauganash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 974.32 | South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 113,132.57 | West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 1,518,393.78 | West Pullman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| 249.80 | | .............. | Total
| $2,159,150.85 |
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Indebtedness existing by reason of unauthorized expenditure of money from special funds of West Chicago Park District and which funds have not been reimbursed described as follows:
Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$593,135.25
Park Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund . . . . . . . . . . .
$11,084.38
Public Benefit Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$371,769.47
Additional Land Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$107,182.79
Special Assessment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$492,867.28
Indebtedness of the Northwest Park District in the amount of $1,283,876.09 existing by reason of unauthorized expenditure for corporate purposes of money received from the proceeds of the sale of its bonds issued and sold for park improvements.
Refunding bonds may be issued to refund any of said bonds prior to their maturity; to refund any of said bonds that have matured; to refund any matured coupons evidencing interest on any of said bonds; to refund any of said bonds which by their terms are subject to redemption before maturity; to refund any of said bonds and interest coupons that were paid at maturity from bond and/or corporate funds to avoid default thereof where such bonds and interest coupons shall not have been cancelled and such funds shall not have been reimbursed; and to refund interest at the coupon rate upon any of said matured bonds that has accrued since the maturity date thereof.
The refunding of bonds, of interest coupons and/or of interest not represented by coupons may be authorized by one ordinance or by several ordinances.
Refunding bonds may be exchanged on the basis of par for par for the bonds, interest not represented by coupons and/or interest coupons refunded, or refunding bonds may be sold at not less than their par value and the proceeds received shall be used to pay the bonds, interest not represented by coupons and/or interest coupons refunded; such payment may be made without any prior appropriation thereof under any budget law.
Bonds and interest coupons refunded shall be cancelled and interest not represented by coupons shall be cancelled and payment thereof evidenced by written acknowledgment.
Funding bonds may be issued to fund the floating and unfunded indebtedness of the superseded park districts and to reimburse the special funds of the West Chicago Park District and the bond proceeds fund of the Northwest Park District hereinabove described.
Funding bonds may be exchanged on the basis of par for par for the indebtedness funded or reimbursed or the funding bonds may be sold at not less than their par value and the proceeds received shall be used to pay such floating indebtedness and/or to reimburse such special funds; such payment may be made without any prior appropriation thereof under any budget law.
Floating indebtedness funded shall be cancelled and payment thereof and reimbursement of special funds shall be evidenced by written acknowledgment.
Refunding and/or funding bonds shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made registerable as to principal and shall be of the form and denomination, payable at the place and bear such date as may be determined by the commissioners and shall mature within not to exceed 20 years from their date or, for bonds issued after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, within not to exceed 30 years from their date, but may be made callable on any interest payment date at the price of par and accrued interest after notice shall be given by publication or otherwise and at the time or times and in the manner as may be provided in the bond ordinance. Such bonds may bear interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent per annum payable at the time and place provided in the bond ordinance.
The ordinance authorizing such refunding and/or funding bonds of any superseded park district shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax upon all the taxable property within the superseded park district sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as it matures which tax shall be in addition to and exclusive of the maximum of all other taxes authorized to be levied by said commissioners.
A duly certified copy of the bond ordinance shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk of Cook County and shall constitute authority for the extension and collection of such bond and interest taxes as required by the constitution.
Refunding and funding bonds shall be signed by the facsimile signature of the president with like effect as if signed with his genuine signature and shall be signed by such other officers of the Chicago Park District as may be designated in the bond ordinance.
The validity of any refunding and funding bonds shall remain unimpaired although one or more of the officers executing same shall have ceased to be such officer or officers before delivery thereof.
Prior to the maturity of the refunding and/or funding bonds, after setting aside a sum of money equal to the amount of interest that will accrue thereon within the next six months period from the time it is proposed to purchase and/or redeem any such refunding and/or funding bonds, or the commissioners may require that said sum of money be equal to the amount of interest that will so accrue within the next twelve months period, the treasurer of the Chicago Park District shall use the money available from the proceeds of taxes levied for the payment of the refunding and/or funding bonds, first, in the purchase of such refunding and/or funding bonds at the lowest price obtainable, but not to exceed their par value and accrued interest, after sealed tenders for such purchase shall have been advertised for as may be directed by the commissioners thereof and thereafter such money shall be used by said official in calling said bonds for payment, if, by their terms, they are subject to redemption.
Refunding and funding bonds called for payment and paid or purchased shall be marked paid and cancelled.
Whenever refunding or funding bonds are purchased and/or redeemed and cancelled, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of interest shall be reduced in an amount equal to the interest that thereafter would have accrued upon such refunding and funding bonds so cancelled and a resolution shall be adopted by the commissioners finding such facts and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of Cook County whereupon it shall be the duty of such official to reduce and extend such tax levies in accordance therewith.
After bonds are refunded proper reduction of taxes theretofore levied for the payment of the bonds refunded and next to be extended for collection shall be made by the County Clerk upon receipt of a certificate signed by the secretary of the Chicago Park District describing the bonds refunded and amount thereof and the tax to be abated.
Money available from uncollected taxes levied for prior years for payment of bonds and/or interest coupons that have been paid or refunded, after payment of all warrants that may have been issued in anticipation of such taxes shall be placed in the Sinking Fund Account hereinafter designated and used to purchase, call for payment or to pay at maturity such refunding bonds and interest thereon as herein provided.
Money received from the proceeds of taxes levied for the payment of principal of and interest upon such refunding and funding bonds shall be deposited in the depositary bank or savings and loan association of the Chicago Park District in a special account designated as "Chicago Park District and Superseded Park Districts Bond and Interest Sinking Fund Account." Said money shall be faithfully applied to the payment of the refunding and/or funding bonds and interest thereon for which such taxes were levied.
If such money is not immediately necessary for the payment or redemption of refunding and/or funding bonds or if such bonds cannot be purchased before maturity, then said money may be invested under the direction of the commissioners in bonds or other interest bearing obligations of the United States and bonds of the State of Illinois.
The maturity date of the invested securities shall be prior to the due date of the refunding and/or funding bonds for the payment of which said money was collected. Such securities may be sold when ordered by the commissioners if necessary to obtain cash to meet bond and interest payments.
The commissioners of the Chicago Park District are authorized to take any action that may be necessary to inform the owners of such outstanding bonds and floating indebtedness of the financial condition of the superseded park districts and the necessity of refunding said outstanding bonds and readjusting their maturities and funding such floating indebtedness in order that sufficient taxes may be collected to take care of all financial obligations. Said commissioners may enter into such agreements as may be deemed essential to prepare and complete any refunding and funding plan and are authorized, without previous appropriation therefor under any budget law, to incur and pay from any available revenues all expenditures necessary to complete the refunding of such bonds and the funding of such floating indebtedness of the superseded park districts and reestablish the credit of the Chicago Park District.
The outstanding indebtedness of the several superseded park districts as evidenced by their official records and described in this section is declared to be the legal and binding obligation of said several superseded park districts in the amounts therein described, respectively, and when refunding and/or funding bonds shall have been issued in lieu thereof, such bonds will constitute the legal and binding obligation of the superseded park districts, respectively, for the payment of which all taxable property therein will be liable.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the commissioners of the Chicago Park District from accepting the provisions of and issuing funding and refunding bonds under "An Act authorizing the Chicago Park District to assume and become liable for the payment of certain indebtedness of superseded park districts and to issue its bonds to refund and/or fund same, legalizing such indebtedness and providing for the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of such bonds," enacted at the regular session of the 59th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93-338, eff. 7-24-03 .) |
(70 ILCS 1505/25.1)
(from Ch. 105, par. 333.23b)
Sec. 25.1.
The Chicago Park District is hereby authorized to:
(a) Acquire by purchase or otherwise, own, construct,
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| equip, manage, control, erect, improve, extend, maintain and operate motor vehicle parking lot or lots, underground garage or garages, parking meters, and any other revenue producing facilities necessary or incidental to the regulation, control and parking of motor vehicles (hereinafter referred to as parking facilities), as the Commissioners of the Chicago Park District may from time to time find the necessity therefor exists, and for that purpose may acquire property of any and every kind or description, whether real, personal or mixed, by gift, purchase or otherwise; |
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(b) Maintain, improve, extend and operate any such |
| parking facilities and charge for the use thereof; |
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(c) Enter into contracts dealing in any manner with |
| the objects and purposes of sections 25.1 to 25.9, both inclusive, of this Act as now enacted and as may hereafter be amended; |
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(d) Acquire sites and facilities by gift, lease, |
| contract, purchase or condemnation under power of eminent domain, and to pledge the revenues thereof for the payment of any bonds issued for such purpose as provided for in sections 25.1 to 25.9, both inclusive, of this Act as now enacted and as may hereafter be amended. In all cases where property or rights are acquired or sought to be acquired by condemnation the procedure shall be, as nearly as may be, like that provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act; |
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(e) Borrow money and issue and sell bonds in such |
| amount or amounts as the Commissioners may determine for the purpose of acquiring, completing, erecting, constructing, equipping, improving, extending, maintaining or operating any or all of its parking facilities, and to refund and refinance the same from time to time as often as it shall be advantageous and to the public interest to do so. |
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(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.) |
(70 ILCS 1505/26.3)
(from Ch. 105, par. 333.23n)
Sec. 26.3.
The Chicago Park District, to carry out the purposes of this section, has all the rights and powers over its harbor as it does over its other property, and its rights and powers include but are not limited to the following:
(a) To furnish complete harbor facilities and
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| services, including but not limited to: launching, mooring, docking, storing, and repairing facilities and services; parking facilities for motor vehicles and boat trailers; and roads for access to the harbor. |
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(b) To acquire by gift, legacy, grant, purchase, |
| lease, or by condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, any property necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this Section, including riparian rights, within or without the Chicago Park District. |
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(c) To use, occupy and reclaim submerged land under |
| the public waters of the State and artificially made or reclaimed land anywhere within the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park District, or in, over, and upon bordering public waters. |
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(d) To acquire property by agreeing on a boundary |
| line in accordance with the provisions of "An Act to enable the commissioners of Lincoln Park to extend certain parks, boulevards and driveways under its control from time to time and granting submerged lands for the purpose of such extensions and providing for the acquisition of riparian rights and shore lands and interests therein for the purpose of such extensions and to defray the cost thereof," approved May 25, 1931, and "An Act to enable Park Commissioners having control of a park or parks bordering upon public waters in this state, to enlarge and connect the same from time to time by extensions over lands and the bed of such waters, and defining the use which may be made of such extensions, and granting lands for the purpose of such enlargements," approved May 14, 1903, as amended, and the other Statutes pertaining to Park Districts bordering on navigable waters in the State of Illinois. |
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(e) To locate and establish dock, shore and harbor |
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(f) To license, regulate, and control the use and |
| operation of the harbor, including the operation of all water-borne vessels in the harbor, or otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park District. |
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(g) To establish and collect fees for all facilities |
| and services, and compensation for materials furnished. Fees charged nonresidents of such district need not be the same as fees charged to residents of the district. |
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(h) To appoint a director of special services, harbor |
| masters and other personnel, defining their duties and authority. |
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(i) To enter into contracts and leases of every kind, |
| dealing in any manner with the objects and purposes of this section, upon such terms and conditions as the Chicago Park District determines. |
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(j) To establish an impoundment area or areas within |
| the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park District. |
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(k) To remove and store within the impoundment area |
| or areas a water-borne vessel that: |
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(1) is tied or attached to any docks, piers or |
| buoys or other moorings in or upon any harbors or waters of the park system in contravention of those Sections of the Code of the Chicago Park District pertaining to the use of harbors or any rules promulgated by the general superintendent thereunder; |
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(2) is located in the waters or harbors for a |
| period of 12 hours or more without a proper permit; |
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(3) is abandoned or left unattended in the waters |
| or harbors that impedes navigation on the waters; |
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(4) is impeding navigation on the waters, because |
| the persons in charge are incapacitated due to injury or illness; |
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(5) is abandoned in the waters or harbors for a |
| period of 10 hours or more; |
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(6) is seized under Article 36 of the Criminal |
| Code of 1961, having been used in the commission of a crime; |
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(7) is reported stolen and the owner has not been |
| located after a reasonable search. |
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(l) To impose a duty on the director of special |
| services or other appointed official to manage and operate the impoundment process and to keep any impounded vessel until such vessel is repossessed by the owner or other person legally entitled to possession thereof or otherwise disposed of in accordance with ordinances or regulations established by the Chicago Park District. |
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(m) To impose fees and charges for redemption of any |
| impounded vessel to cover the cost of towing and storage of the vessel while in custody of the Chicago Park District. |
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(n) To release any impounded vessel to a person |
| entitled to possession or to dispose of such vessel which remains unclaimed after a reasonable search for the owner has been made in full compliance with ordinances and regulations of the Chicago Park District. |
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(o) To control, license and regulate, including the |
| establishment of permits and fees therefor, the chartering, renting or letting for hire of any vessel operating on the waters or harbors within the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park District. |
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(p) To rent storage space to owners of vessels during |
| such seasons and at such fees as are prescribed from time to time in regulations of the Chicago Park District. |
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(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.) |
(70 ILCS 1505/26.10-6)
Sec. 26.10-6.
Solicitation of design-build proposals.
(a) When the Chicago Park District elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to receive proposals for the project at least 14 days before issuing the request for the proposal. The Chicago Park District must publish the advance notice in a daily newspaper of general circulation in Cook County. The Chicago Park District is encouraged to use publication of the notice in related construction industry service publications. A brief description of the proposed procurement must be included in the notice. The Chicago Park District must provide a copy of the request for proposal to any party requesting a copy.
(b) The request for proposal shall be prepared for each project and must contain, without limitation, the following information:
(1) A preliminary schedule for the completion of the
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(2) The proposed budget for the project, the source |
| of funds, and the currently available funds at the time the request for proposal is submitted. |
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(3) Prequalification criteria for design-build |
| entities wishing to submit proposals. The Chicago Park District shall include, at a minimum, its normal prequalification, licensing, registration, and other requirements, but nothing contained herein precludes the use of additional prequalification criteria by the Chicago Park District. |
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(4) Material requirements of the contract, including |
| but not limited to, the proposed terms and conditions, required performance and payment bonds, insurance, and the entity's plan to comply with the utilization goals established by the corporate authorities of the Chicago Park District for minority and women business enterprises and to comply with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
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(5) The performance criteria.
(6) The evaluation criteria for each phase of the |
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(7) The number of entities that will be considered |
| for the technical and cost evaluation phase. |
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(c) The Chicago Park District may include any other relevant information that it chooses to supply. The design-build entity shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of this documentation in the development of its proposal.
(d) The date that proposals are due must be at least 21 calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for proposal. In the event the cost of the project is estimated to exceed $12,000,000, then the proposal due date must be at least 28 calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for proposal. The Chicago Park District shall include in the request for proposal a minimum of 30 days to develop the Phase II submissions after the selection of entities from the Phase I evaluation is completed.
(Source: P.A. 96-777, eff. 8-28-09.) |