Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for Sewage Disposal between Lake County and the Village of Buffalo Grove.
Staff Summary
• The County and the Village have previously entered into an Agreement for Sewage Disposal, dated July 18, 1972, which expired on April 18, 2012.
• The Village desires to enter into a new agreement to secure a long-term source for Sewage Treatment services and the County owns and operates a system of interceptor sanitary sewers and a wastewater treatment facility to transport and treat sewage at the County’s Southeast Plant.
• The Village currently owns, operates, and contains the Municipal Sewage Collection System, that is tributary to the County Southeast Sewerage System.
• The Village shall be permitted to extend, enlarge, or otherwise modify or improve its Sewage Collection System in any manner that it determines is necessary and appropriate to serve its Customers within its Service Area; provided that any such extension, enlargement, modification, or improvement shall be undertaken in accordance with the terms of the IGA.
• The Village of Buffalo Grove approved the IGA on February 22, 2022.
• This resolution authorizes the execution of IGA between the County and the Village of Buffalo Grove.
• In accordance with County Board Rules, the State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed this Intergovernmental Agreement prior to action by the County Board.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns and operates a system of interceptor sanitary sewers and a wastewater treatment facility to transport and treat sewage at the County’s Southeast Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove (Village) owns, operates, and maintains the Municipal Sewage Collection System, that is tributary to the County’s Southeast Sewerage System; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Village desire to enter into Intergovernmental Agreement for Wholesale Sewage Disposal; and
WHEREAS, the appropriate Intergovernmental Agreement to authorize transport and treat sewage at the County’s Southeast Plant has been prepared, and ratified by the Village of Buffalo Grove; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this Intergovernmental Agreement must be authorized by Resolution of this County Board; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the County Board and the Clerk of said County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached Intergovernmental Agreement for Wholesale Sewage Disposal, in the form substantially herein.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 12th day of April, A.D., 2022.