60 ILCS 1/85-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 85 - Township Corporate Powers, Generally

Sec. 85-13. Township services, generally.(a) The township board may either expend funds directly or may enter into  any cooperative agreement or contract with any other governmental entity,  not-for-profit corporation, non-profit community service association, or any  for-profit business entity as provided in subsection (b) with respect to the  expenditure of township funds, or funds made available to the township under  the federal State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, to provide any of  the following services to the residents of the township:(1) Ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating     expenses for the following:(A) Public safety (including law enforcement,         fire protection, and building code enforcement).(B) Environmental protection (including sewage         disposal, sanitation, and pollution abatement).(C) Public transportation (including transit         systems, paratransit systems, and streets and roads).(D) Health.(E) Recreation.(F) Libraries.(G) Social services for the poor and aged.(2) Ordinary and necessary capital expenditures     authorized by law.(3) Development and retention of business,     industrial, manufacturing, and tourist facilities within the township.(b) To be eligible to receive funds from the township under this Section, a  private not-for-profit corporation or community service association shall have  been in existence at least one year before receiving the funds. The township  board may, however, for the purpose of providing day care services, contract  with day care facilities licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969, regardless  of whether the facilities are organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit  basis.(c) Township governments that directly expend or contract for day care  shall use the standard of need established by the Department of Children and  Family Services in determining recipients of subsidized day care and shall use  the rate schedule used by the Department of Children and Family Services for  the purchase of subsidized day care.(d) Township governments that directly expend or contract for senior  citizen services may contract with for-profit (or not-for-profit) and  non-sectarian organizations as provided in Sections 220-15 and 220-35.(e) Those township supervisors or other elected township officials who are  also members of a county board shall not vote on questions before the township  board or the county board that relate to agreements or contracts between the  township and the county under this Section or agreements or contracts between  the township and the county that are otherwise authorized by law.(f) The township board may enter into direct agreements with for-profit  corporations or other business entities to carry out recycling programs in  unincorporated areas of the township.The township board may by ordinance administer a recycling program or adopt rules and regulations relating to  recycling programs in unincorporated areas of the township that it from time to  time deems necessary and may provide penalties for violations of those rules  and regulations.(g) For purposes of alleviating high unemployment, economically depressed  conditions, and lack of moderately priced housing, the trustees of a  township that includes all or a portion of a city that is a "financially  distressed city" under the Financially Distressed City Law may contract with  one or more not-for-profit or for-profit organizations to construct and operate  within the boundaries of the township a factory designed to manufacture housing  or housing components. The contract may provide for the private organization or  organizations to manage some or all operations of the factory and may provide  for (i) payment of employee compensation and taxes; (ii) discharge of other  legal responsibilities; (iii) sale of products; (iv) disposition of the  factory, equipment, and other property; and (v) any other matters the township  trustees consider reasonable.       (Source: P.A. 95-119, eff. 8-13-07.)