File #: 23-4919    Version: 1 Name: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ENGINEERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ENGINEERS 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 9/13/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/21/2023 Final action: 9/21/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ENGINEERS 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHEREAS, the National Association of County Engineers (NACE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional association established in 1956 to advocate for the importance of funding county-owned roads and bridges to federal officials and lawmakers; and WHEREAS, counties own and maintain 46% of the nation's roads and 40% of the nation's bridges, making them the single largest stakeholder in local road and bridge construction, rehabilitation, expansion, and maintenance; and WHEREAS, NACE encourages the development and growth of individual state organizations of county engineers and county road officials; works to improve relations and cooperation among county engineers, county road officials, and other agencies; and monitors national legislation affecting county transportation/public works departments and, through the National Association of Counties, provides legislative opinions; and WHEREAS, NACE member...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), STANLEY MOORE, Monica Gordon, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ENGINEERS 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

WHEREAS, the National Association of County Engineers (NACE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional association established in 1956 to advocate for the importance of funding county-owned roads and bridges to federal officials and lawmakers; and

WHEREAS, counties own and maintain 46% of the nation's roads and 40% of the nation's bridges, making them the single largest stakeholder in local road and bridge construction, rehabilitation, expansion, and maintenance; and

WHEREAS, NACE encourages the development and growth of individual state organizations of county engineers and county road officials; works to improve relations and cooperation among county engineers, county road officials, and other agencies; and monitors national legislation affecting county transportation/public works departments and, through the National Association of Counties, provides legislative opinions; and

WHEREAS, NACE members include nearly 3,000 county engineers, road managers, and related professionals in the United States and Canada; and

WHEREAS, to further its cause and mission, NACE holds an annual conference, which serves as an essential forum for its members to develop policy and exchange ideas and information for the advancement of county engineering and management aimed at improving safety and mobility for people and goods; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Association of County Engineers (IACE) will chair NACE's 2025 Annual Conference, which will be held in Schaumburg, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, IACE has nominated Superintendent Jennifer "Sis" Killen to serve as co-chair of the 2025 Annual Conference; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby recognize and express Cook County's and Superintendent Killen's commitment to co-chair the NACE 2025 Annual Conference and to provide vital assistance and resources to ensure its success; and...

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