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Lake County, IL
File #: 26-0147    Version: 1 Name: Approval of Watershed Management Board (WMB) and Watershed Management Assistance Grant (WMAG) Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026.
Type: commission action item Status: Passed
File created: 1/22/2026 In control: Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
On agenda: Final action: 2/5/2026
Title: Approval of Watershed Management Board (WMB) and Watershed Management Assistance Grant (WMAG) Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026.
Attachments: 1. FY26 WMB Project Overviews, 2. FY26 WMB Approved Projects Location Map VER.02

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Approval of Watershed Management Board (WMB) and Watershed Management Assistance Grant (WMAG) Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026.

 

Staff Summary

                     The annual WMB meeting was held on December 10, 2025, and the WMB and Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) staff reviewed 16 submitted projects.

                     WMB funding available for FY2026 is $236,100 and SMC received 16 project proposals with a combined total cost of $13,265,577 and $608,908 in requested WMB funding.

                     WMB and SMC staff are recommending funding for ten (10) projects and WMB Application Summary and Recommendations attached.

                     Recommended were nine (9) WMB projects with a total project cost of $1,802,707 and WMB funding of $220,100 and one (1) WMAG, with a total project cost of $20,000 and a total WMAG funding of $12,000.