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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Bureau of Technology
Other Part(ies): South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, Hazel Crest, Illinois
Request: Approval of an intergovernmental agreement
Goods or Services: Broadband maintenance, monitoring, and other related services
Agreement Number(s): N/A
Agreement Period: 10/1/2016 - 4/9/2034
Fiscal Impact: $1,399,845.00
Accounts: 490-441
Summary: The Bureau of Technology respectfully requests Board approval of an intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) with the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (“SSMMA”) for broadband maintenance, monitoring, and other related services.
As an owner and operator of public broadband infrastructure, the County requires expertise normally developed for internal operations purposes by broadband providers. SSMMA possesses a sophisticated public broadband program and currently provides the County with an indefeasible right of use (“IRU”) to broadband assets integral to the County Wide Area Network (“WAN”). SSMMA is therefore in a unique position to provide the County with access to expertise and services that the County would otherwise have to develop at great cost.
The proposed IGA provides access to such services on an as-needed basis and is coterminous with the existing IRU IGA.
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