Title
Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Lindenhurst to provide administrative adjudication services by the Lake County Department of Planning, Building, & Development.
Staff Summary
· The Village of Lindenhurst currently has an agreement with the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department that allows for the County to assist the Village with building inspections, plan reviews, and enforcement services.
· The Village of Lindenhurst has worked with the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department on a proposal to enter into an agreement for an expansion of County services to allow for the use of the County’s administrative adjudication program.
· The County will also be able to further assist the Village with ticketing and hearing representation on an as-needed basis for non law-enforcement violations on the Village’s behalf.
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WHEREAS, both the COUNTY and the VILLAGE are governmental agencies of the State of Illinois vested with the authority to conduct administrative adjudication of ordinance violations; 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 COUNTY has entered into a contract with a hearing officer and currently holds monthly administrative hearings and such contract between the COUNTY and the hearing officer provides that other municipalities will be allowed to hold administrative hearings in conjunction with the COUNTY’s hearing time; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY currently conducts administrative adjudication hearings through the Planning, Building and Development Department (the “DEPARTMENT”) at the Lake County Central Permit Facility in Libertyville, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the VILLAGE has passed an o...
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