R-864 - 12/09/2003 - AGREEMENT - ResolutionsRESOLUTION 2003- AG -EXI -R -864
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF
OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS AND COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF VEGETATION TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN ELECTRIC DELIVERY SERVICE
WHEREAS, Commonwealth Edison Company ( "ComEd ") provides electric delivery services to electric
customers in the Village of Oak Brook ( "Village "), and
WHEREAS, ComEd and the Village agree to the common goal of providing adequate, efficient, reliable
and safe electricity at the least cost, and
WHEREAS, ComEd and the Village agree that vegetation should be maintained so as to i mrruze the risk
of electrocution from distribution circuit wires, and
WHEREAS, ComEd and the Village agree that proper management of vegetation, including the iinumng of
trees and the proper selection of appropriate species near electric distribution wires is critical to the maintenance of
adequate, lefficient, reliable and safe electric delivery service, and
WHEREAS, ComEd and the Village agree that ComEd's vegetation management should be performed so
as to nummize the effect on trees, to the extent reasonable possible given the goal of maintaining adequate, efficient,
reliable and safe electric delivery service, and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook find and hereby declare that
it is in the best interests of the Village to enter into an agreement with ComEd for the management of vegetation to
properly maintain electric delivery service,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS as follows
Section 1 That the recitals set forth above shall be and are hereby incorporated as if said recitals were fully
set forth herein
Section 2 That an "Agreement" between the Village and ComEd is hereby approved for management of
vegetation to properly maintain electric delivery service (the "Agreement "), and the Village President and Village
Clerk are, respectively, authorized to execute and attest the Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit "A"
Section 3 That any ordinance or resolution of the Village that conflicts with the provisions of this
resolution is hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict
Section 4 That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as
provided by law
Resolution 2003- AG- EXI -R- $'64
ComEd Agreement, Page 2
PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of December , 2003 by the President
and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook, DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois,
according to a roll call vote as follows:
Ayes: Trustees Aktipis, Caleel, Craig, Korin, Miologos and Yusuf
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
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