ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), is a home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois State Archives, under supervision of the Illinois Secretary of State, serves by law as the depository of public records possessing permanent administrative, legal, or historical research value; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City (the "City Clerk") maintains a 58-volume set of ledger books called the "Index to Documents" (the "Index") dating from March 1833 to January 14,1998, which contains a handwritten index to legal documents produced by the City Council of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Illinois Secretary of State wish to enter into an intergovernmental agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A (the "Agreement") whereby, at no cost to the City, the Illinois State Archives shall make and retain a negative microfilm copy of the Index and provide a positive microfilm copy to the City; now, therefore
* BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated in and made a part of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. Subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel of the City as to form and legality, the City Clerk or her designee is authorized to execute and deliver the Agreement, and such other related documents as the City Clerk deems necessary, between the City and the Illinois Secretary of State, which Agreement may contain such other terms as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the parties executing the same on the part of the City.
SECTION 3. To the extent that any ordinance, resolution, rule, order or provision of the Municipal Code of Chicago, or part thereof, is in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, the provisions of this ordinance sha...
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