SR0709 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois Department on Aging is currently located in two State-owned facilities where it pays no rent; and

WHEREAS, The Department is planning to move to a leased space where it will be paying more than $530,000 per year; and

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is facing a fiscal year 2011 budget deficit of historic proportions; and

WHEREAS, Many of the facts used to justify these leases are uncertain and have been disputed; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Departments on Aging and Central Management Services to work with the Procurement Policy Board to review current leases as well as existing space in State facilities to find the solution that imposes the smallest burden on Illinois taxpayers in this time of budget challenge; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Procurement Policy Board should report to the General Assembly within six weeks of passage of this resolution on the status of the leases.