Title
Joint resolution authorizing a Host Agreement between Lake County and Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. for siting of a Waste Transfer Facility in Unincorporated Lake County.
Staff Summary
• The 2024 Solid Waste Management Plan Update for Lake County, Illinois sets forth recommendations related to the development of waste transfer stations throughout the County.
• Waste Management desires to file with Lake County a request for siting approval to construct and operate a transfer facility.
• An applicant proposing to site a transfer facility must enter into host agreements with Lake County and the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO).
• Host agreements have been negotiated amongst all parties and the proposed agreement between Waste Management and Lake County is attached.
• The host agreement requires various control measures that Waste Management must adhere to minimize the impact to the surrounding areas, as well as a fee paid to the County and the operation of a recycling drop-off center.
• The host agreement will be in effect until the transfer facility ceases to operate, with Waste Management agreeing to exercise all commercially reasonable efforts to operate the transfer facility for a minimum of twenty years.
Body
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A HOST AGREEMENT BETWEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS AND LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, Lake County, Illinois, is a public body and corporate; and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. is an Illinois corporation that desires to file with Lake County a request for a siting approval to construct and operate a waste transfer facility; and
WHEREAS, the 2024 Solid Waste Management Plan Update for Lake County, Illinois sets forth recommendations related to the development of transfer stations throughout the County; and
WHEREAS, an applicant proposing to site a transfer facility must enter into host agreements with Lake County and the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO); and
WHEREAS, the attached Host Agreement would fulfill this requirement; and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. desires to provide certain benefits to Lake County and its residents with respect to the transfer facility if the transfer facility obtains all required approvals and satisfies all conditions provided for in the Host Agreement; and
WHEREAS, if Lake County grants siting approval for the transfer facility, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issues appropriate and necessary permits for the development and operation of the transfer facility, and the transfer facility is constructed, commences operations and receives waste, then Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. is willing to afford certain benefits as set forth in the Host Agreement to Lake County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the County Board be hereby authorized and directed to execute the Host Agreement between Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. and Lake County, Illinois.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 14, 2025.