Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement for sewage disposal with the Village of Libertyville.
Staff Summary
• The original County/Libertyville Sewer Agreement was executed in 1977 which expired in 2007, and a new 20-year agreement has been negotiated.
• Based on the new County/Libertyville agreement, the County will charge Libertyville an interceptor sewer rate of $1.08 per 1000 gallons. Libertyville will charge the County the same rate they charge their customers for treatment services which represents 75% of the total sewer charges for Village residents. The 75% represents the cost of treatment only. The current Village rate is $3.46 per 1000 gallons. Therefore, the County will pay $2.60 per 1000 gallons for sewage delivered to the Libertyville WRF.
• Sewer charges will be based on PE, not flow for consistency and uniformity. The County PE discharging into the Libertyville WRF is currently 4,600 PE. The Libertyville PE discharging into the County interceptor is currently 15,157 PE normal existing flow, plus 5,000 PE of wet weather flow.
• Based on these terms, the Libertyville payment to the County will be $597,108 annually. The County payment to Libertyville will be $327,415 annually.
• This new agreement will have a 20-year term and will expire in the year 2030.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns and operates a system of interceptor sewers in the Southeast Central Lake Facilities Planning Area (SECFPA); and
WHEREAS, the Village of Libertyville (Village) owns and operates a local sanitary sewer collection system in the SECFPA that discharges to and is transported to the Libertyville Water Reclamation Facility by the County interceptor sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Village entered into an intergovernmental agreement for sewage treatment and disposal within the SECFPA on or about March 8, 1977, as amended from time-to-time; and
WHEREAS, the 1977 Agreement has expired, and the County and Village wish to enter into a new agreement; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement incorporates many modifications to update, eliminate obsolete provisions, and extend and modify their respective sewer collection, transport, and wastewater treatment related obligations in Lake County; and to promote and provide for the efficient and economic development and use of costly public infrastructure (including the allocation of such infrastructure) pursuant to sound and logical public sewer plans in order to avoid wasteful duplication of public facilities; and
WHEREAS, execution of an Agreement for Sewage Disposal 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 Agreement for Sewage Disposal with the Village of Libertyville in substantially the form attached.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 12th day of October, A.D., 2010.