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 Ho...
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