Prairie SHIELD  Regional Alliance

If you represent a unit of local government in Illinois, and would like to join PSRA, the following is needed for membership:

1. One Time Fee (See Schedule Below)

2. Memorandum of Understanding

   (Amended June 11, 2009) Click Here

3. Approval of Application for Membership by Governance 

    Group.

PRAIRIE SHIELD FEE STRUCTURE

Base Fee    Population Served       Graduated Fee

$750         Under 5000 population         $500        Total  $1250

$750         5001 - 9000                         $750        Total  $1500

$750         9001 - 16,000                      $1000       Total  $1750

$750         16,001 - 23,000                   $1500        Total  $2250

Over 23,000 and/or entities not serving a specific location population Total $2500

Explanation : Each new member agency would be assessed the $2500 fee if over 23,000 population served, or the Base Fee if their population was under 23,000.  The remainder of their fee would be graduated based on the population served, to make up the total fee for the new member agency.

Example : Village X, population 9480, wishes to join Prairie SHIELD.  Based upon the above table they would pay the base fee of $750 and then their graduated fee would be an additional $1000, for a total of $1750.

"Entities not serving a specific population" would be organization such as IPSAN, The Illinois Tollway Authority, a regional airport authority, etc.

For any additional information, please call Boone County Administrator Ken Terrinoni at 815-547-4770