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Joint resolution amending the adopted Capacity Management Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) Program for the Northwest Lake Facilities Planning Area (NWFPA) to meet new reporting requirements.
Staff Summary
• The County Board previously approved an Agreement for Sewage Disposal by and between the County and the Village of Fox Lake on July 15, 2010 (the Fox Lake Agreement).
• As part of the Fox Lake Agreement, the County and the Village of Fox Lake, in consultation with the Wholesale Advisory Committee of the Northwest Lake Facilities Planning Area (the NWFPA WAC), were required to develop a Capacity Management Operation and Maintenance (CMOM) Program for the NWFPA.
• The Villages of Hainesville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Round Lake Heights, Lake Villa, the Lakes Region Sanitary District, and Harbor Ridge Utilities (the Communities) have agreements for sewage disposal with the County, and the Communities participate in the NWFPA WAC.
• The CMOM program aims to optimize the sanitary sewer systems across jurisdictions to benefit the system as a whole, ultimately improving system operations and reducing instances of sanitary sewer overflow events.
• The County adopted the CMOM Program on March 11, 2014, and the CMOM document is updated periodically.
• This resolution amends the adopted CMOM Program to authorize implementation of the CMOM Program on an ongoing basis and to allow further modifications to the CMOM program documents to approved by the Lake County Public Works Department Director.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board previously approved an Agreement for Sewage Disposal by and between the County and the Village of Fox Lake (the Fox Lake Agreement) on July 15, 2010; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Fox Lake Agreement, the County and the Village of Fox Lake, in consultation with the Northwest Lake Facilities Planning Area Wholesale Advisory Committee (NWFPA WAC), were required to develop a Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance (CMOM) Program for the NWFPA; and
WHEREAS, the Villages of Hainesville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Round Lake Heights, Lake Villa, the Lakes Region Sanitary District, and Harbor Ridge Utilities (the Communities) have agreements for sewage disposal with the County; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Communities participate in the NWFPA WAC; and
WHEREAS, as part of the sewage disposal agreements, the communities have adopted CMOM Programs and have established an “Annual CMOM Investment”; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted the CMOM Program on March 11, 2014; and
WHEREAS, a review of the 2013 CMOM Program was conducted by the NWFPA WAC and resulted in development of a 2018 CMOM Program that was approved and endorsed by the NWFPA Policy Committee. The 2018 CMOM Program document is set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County to continue implementation of the CMOM program to optimize system operations and reduce instances of sanitary sewer overflow events.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that:
Section 1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated as part of this resolution by this reference.
Section 2. The County hereby acknowledges and approves the “2018 CMOM Program” document.
Section 3. The County hereby authorizes and directs County staff to take necessary and appropriate steps to continue to implement the CMOM Program.
Section 4. The County hereby authorizes and directs County staff to amend the Capacity Management Operations and Maintenance CMOM Program report format as necessary to reflect routine amendments by the Northwest Lake Facilities Planning Area Wholesale Advisory Committee (NWFPA WAC).
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on this 12th day of March A.D. 2019.