Title
Joint resolution requesting an emergency appropriation for transfer of a portion of the Solid Waste Management Tax Fund balance to the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County.
Staff Summary
· Subsequent to a new intergovernmental agreement between SWALCO and Lake County that was approved by SWALCO on June 24, 2010 and Lake County on July 13, 2010, an ?emergency appropriation is needed to transfer a portion of the fund balance derived from collection of the Solid Waste Management Tax, also known as the Surcharge Fees, related to the landfills in Lake County.
· In the new intergovernmental agreement SWALCO and the County made changes to how the Solid Waste Management Tax and the Affected Area Compensation Fee would be collected and transferred by and between SWALCO and Lake County.
· As part of the new intergovernmental agreement SWALCO and Lake County desire to transfer a portion of the balance $1,866,221 in the Solid Waste Management Tax Fund to the SWALCO operating fund.
Body
WHEREAS Lake County and the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, (SWALCO) have common interest in the safe and efficient operation of the treatment, storage and/or disposal of municipal waste within the corporate limits of Lake County, Illinois; and
WHEREAS Lake County has imposed a fee pursuant to the authority granted to it by 415 ILCS 5/22.15(j) upon the permanent disposal of solid waste within Lake County (Surcharge Fee); and
WHEREAS Lake County has previously used the fees collected pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/22.15(j) to fund the creation, updating and implementation of the Plan by SWALCO as well as for the operations of the Health Department inspection and/or enforcement program; and
WHEREAS Lake County and SWALCO have previously entered into intergovernmental agreements providing for the transfer of Affected Area Compensation Fees received by SWALCO from the disposal of solid waste at the Zion Landfill and the Countryside Landfill to Lake County, and for the transfer of certain Surc...
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