Title
Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Round Lake Beach to provide permit inspections and plan reviews for Village projects by the Lake County Department of Planning, Building, and Development.
Staff Summary
· The Village of Round Lake Beach has approached the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department with a proposal to enter into a short-term agreement for County services in the areas of permit inspections and plan reviews for Village projects.
· Due to increased efficiencies in the Department's field operations and the Village's convenient geographical location, the Department currently has the capacity to utilize existing staff to assist the Village while maintaining level of service with the Department's other clients and covering all departmental costs associated with such services to the Village.
· The proposed agreement limits inspections and plan review services to no more than 24 hours per week, effective from the date of execution through September 27, 2013.
Body
This agreement made and entered into this ____________ day of ____________, 2013 by and between the County of Lake, a body politic and corporate hereinafter referred to as the "COUNTY", and the Village of Round Lake Beach, a municipal corporation within the boundaries of the County of Lake, hereinafter referred to as the "VILLAGE."
WHEREAS, both the COUNTY and the VILLAGE are governmental agencies of the State of Illinois vested with the responsibility and authority to enforce and uphold building, fire, and safety codes and other related services in their respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the VILLAGE has determined that there presently exists a need for plan review and inspection services in building, fire, and safety code enforcement in the VILLAGE; and
WHEREAS, both the COUNTY and the VILLAGE are authorized by the terms and provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/5, to enter into intergovernmental agreements, ventures and undertakings to perform jointly any governmental purpose or undertaking either of them could do singularly; and
WHEREAS, the VILLAGE is desirous of contracting with the COUNTY to obtain and provide said services in and for the VILLAGE; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY can provide said services.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants contained herein, the parties hereby agree and covenant as follows:
1. For all assigned building construction projects within the VILLAGE, whether residential or non-residential, the COUNTY through its DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT (the "DEPARTMENT"), will be responsible for building inspections and plan reviews, and ensuring all unique site plan requirements of the VILLAGE are met.
a. The DEPARTMENT will not provide any inspections or plan review services for the Round Lake Beach Sanitary District Excess Flow Facility Improvements / Village of Round Lake Beach Lagoons Area Redevelopment (LAR) District located on Property Index Number (PIN) 06-20-100-014.
2. The DEPARTMENT will provide one staff member to provide inspection and plan review services for a target 24 hours of work per week. To the extent that 24 hours of work per week is exceeded, the DEPARTMENT will work with the VILLAGE as prudently as possible to meet their needs.
3. The VILLAGE will be responsible for processing all building permit applications, and certificates of compliance and providing the DEPARTMENT notice of pending work at least 24 hours in advance of said work.
4. The following fee schedule shall apply to this Agreement:
|
SERVICE |
FEE TO BE PAID TO COUNTY |
a. |
Residential Inspection |
Billed at an hourly rate of $60.69 per hour of inspection. |
b. |
Commercial Inspection |
Billed at an hourly rate of $60.69 per hour of inspection. |
c. |
Residential Plan Review |
Flat review fee based on project type. See attached exhibit A incorporated herein. |
d. |
Commercial Plan Review |
Billed at an hourly rate of $63.42 per hour of plan review. |
5. All notices to the COUNTY shall be sent to:
Matthew Meyers
Central Permit Facility
Planning, Building and Development Department
500 Winchester Road
Libertyville, IL 60048
All notices to the VILLAGE shall be sent to:
Jon Wildenberg
1937 North Municipal Way
Round Lake Beach, IL 60073
6. This Agreement shall be in full force and effect upon full execution through September 27th, 2013, inclusive.
7. Indemnification and Hold Harmless: The Village shall indemnify and hold harmless Lake County and the Lake County Department of Planning, Building and Development, its agents, officials and employees from and against all injuries, losses, claims, suits, costs and expenses which may accrue against Lake County or the Department as a consequence, or to have arisen out of, or in connection with the services provided in this Agreement. The foregoing indemnity shall apply except if such injury, losses, or damage is caused directly by the willful and wanton conduct of Lake County, its agents, officials, or employees.
8. The foregoing constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties, and no verbal statement shall supersede any of its provisions. This Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement, signed and executed with the same formality with which this instrument was executed.
9. This agreement may be executed in multiple identical counterparts, and all of said counterparts shall, individually and taken together, constitute one and the same Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County of Lake, by a Resolution duly adopted by the County Board of Lake County, causes this Agreement to be signed by its Chairman and its Department of Planning, Building and Development Director and attested to by its Clerk and the Village of Round Lake Beach, by order of its Board has caused these presence to be executed by the President of the Village Board and attested to by its Clerk all on the day and year hereinafter written.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on this 14th day of May, 2013.