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 1        AN ACT to amend the North Shore Sanitary District Act  by
 2    changing Section 11.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The North  Shore  Sanitary  District  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

 7        (70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287)
 8        Sec.  11.  Except  as otherwise provided in this Section,
 9    all contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the
10    expense of which will exceed $10,000, shall  be  let  to  the
11    lowest  responsible  bidder  therefor  upon  not less than 14
12    days' public notice of the terms and  conditions  upon  which
13    the  contract  is to be let, having been given by publication
14    in a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  published  in  the
15    district,  and  the  board  may  reject  any and all bids and
16    readvertise. In determining the  lowest  responsible  bidder,
17    the  board  shall  take  into consideration the qualities and
18    serviceability of the  articles  supplied,  their  conformity
19    with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of
20    the  district,  the  availability  of  support  services, the
21    uniqueness of the service, materials, equipment, or  supplies
22    as  it  applies  to  network integrated computer systems, the
23    compatibility  of  the  service,  materials,   equipment   or
24    supplies  with  existing  equipment,  and the delivery terms.
25    Contracts for services in excess of $10,000 may,  subject  to
26    the provisions of this Section, be let by competitive bidding
27    at  the  discretion  of  the district board of trustees.  All
28    contracts for purchases or sales of $10,000 or  less  may  be
29    made in the open market without publication in a newspaper as
30    above  provided,  but whenever practical shall be based on at
31    least 3 competitive bids.
 
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 1        Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to  award
 2    by   competitive   bidding,  including,  without  limitation,
 3    contracts for the services of individuals,  groups  or  firms
 4    possessing  a  high  degree  of  professional skill where the
 5    ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an
 6    important part, contracts for financial  management  services
 7    undertaken   pursuant   to   "An   Act  relating  to  certain
 8    investments of public funds  by  public  agencies",  approved
 9    July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the
10    purchase  or  sale  of  utilities,  contracts  for  materials
11    economically  procurable only from a single source of supply,
12    contracts for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
13    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
14    services  and  telecommunications and interconnect equipment,
15    software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and
16    supplies, contracts  for  goods  or  services  procured  from
17    another   governmental   agency,   purchases   of   equipment
18    previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,
19    and  leases  of  real property where the sanitary district is
20    the lessee shall not be subject to  the  competitive  bidding
21    requirements of this Section.
22        In  the  case of an emergency affecting the public health
23    or safety so  declared  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the
24    municipality  at  a  meeting  thereof  duly  convened,  which
25    declaration shall require the affirmative vote of four of the
26    five  Trustees elected, and shall set forth the nature of the
27    danger to the public health or safety, contracts totaling not
28    more than $40,000 $250,000 may be let to the extent necessary
29    to resolve such emergency  without  public  advertisement  or
30    competitive  bidding.  The  Resolution  or Ordinance in which
31    such declaration is embodied shall fix the  date  upon  which
32    such  emergency shall terminate which date may be extended or
33    abridged by the Board of Trustees as in  their  judgment  the
34    circumstances  require.   A  full written account of any such
 
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 1    emergency, together with a  requisition  for  the  materials,
 2    supplies,  labor  or  equipment  required  therefor  shall be
 3    submitted immediately upon completion and shall  be  open  to
 4    public   inspection  for  a  period  of  at  least  one  year
 5    subsequent to the date of such emergency purchase.
 6        To address operating emergencies not affecting the public
 7    health or safety, the Board of Trustees shall  authorize,  in
 8    writing,  officials  or employees of the sanitary district to
 9    purchase in the open market  and  without  advertisement  any
10    supplies,  materials,  equipment,  or  services for immediate
11    delivery to meet the bona fide operating  emergency,  without
12    filing  a  requisition or estimate therefor, in an amount not
13    in excess of $40,000; provided that  the  Board  of  Trustees
14    must be notified of the operating emergency.  A full, written
15    account of each operating emergency and a requisition for the
16    materials, supplies, equipment, and services required to meet
17    the  operating emergency must be immediately submitted by the
18    officials or employees authorized to make  purchases  to  the
19    Board  of Trustees.  The account must be available for public
20    inspection for a period of at least one year after  the  date
21    of   the   operating  emergency  purchase.  The  exercise  of
22    authority with respect to purchases for a bona fide operating
23    emergency is not dependent on a declaration of  an  operating
24    emergency by the Board of Trustees.
25        No  Trustee  shall be interested, directly or indirectly,
26    in any contract, work or business of the municipality, or  in
27    the  sale  of  any  article,  whenever  the expense, price or
28    consideration of the contract work, business or sale is  paid
29    either  from  the treasury or by any assessment levied by any
30    Statute  or  Ordinance.   No  Trustee  shall  be  interested,
31    directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which
32    (1) belongs to the municipality, or (2) is sold for taxes  or
33    assessments  of the municipality, or (3) is sold by virtue of
34    legal process in the suit of the municipality.
 
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 1        In all other respects such  contracts  shall  be  entered
 2    into and the performance thereof controlled by the provisions
 3    of  Division 2 of Article 9 of the "Illinois Municipal Code",
 4    approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore or hereafter amended, as
 5    near as may be. However, contracts  may  be  let  for  making
 6    proper and suitable connections between the mains and outlets
 7    of  the  respective  sanitary sewers in the district with any
 8    conduit, conduits, main pipe or pipes that may be constructed
 9    by such sanitary district.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94.)

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