Title
SD 135 Indoor/Outdoor Recreation Agreements
History
Village Staff, along with Village Attorney Walsh, have been working with staff from School District 135 regarding the renewal of Intergovernmental Facilities Agreements. These agreements are renewed every five years between the Village and School District 135 for use of various indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.
These facilities are used to accommodate use of fields/courts at Center School, Prairie School, Jerling Junior High/Liberty School, Park School, High Point School/Orland Junior High, and Meadow Ridge School/Century Junior High as well as the Village’s summer camp. The previous agreements expired in August 2019 and were extended through the end of 2019 via an understanding with the former Assistant Village Manager. The attached new agreements would be valid through 2025.
The use of these facilities benefits both School District 135 and the Village. In exchange for use of their facilities, in the Indoor Recreation Agreement, the Village is obligated to pay for increased costs of indoor air conditioning during periods where the Village uses those facilities. However, these fees are waived so long as the Outdoor Recreation Facility Agreement is in effect, which agreement requires the Village to fertilize the School District athletic fields and inspect the playground equipment monthly (both of which the Village also uses). Under these agreements, the Village schedules use of the outdoor recreation fields and the School District schedules use of the indoor recreation facilities. These arrangements have been the practice for the last several iterations of the contracts
Financial Impact
These agreements, when adopted in tandem, contain no financial obligations to the Village which are above and beyond the Village’s normal annual operations.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve the Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Village of Orland Park and The Board of Education of...
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