Title
Joint resolution providing notice to the municipalities receiving wholesale sanitary sewer service from the County of an adjustment in the user rates.
Staff Summary
• A comprehensive rate study was completed by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, Inc. that identified the need to make adjustments to the wholesale sewer user rates.
• A connection fee study was completed by Applied Technologies that established the need to adjust water and sewer connection fees.
• Under the terms of the agreement between the County and various Village’s receiving wholesale sewer service, notification is required prior to new rates and fees becoming effective.
• The effected communities include Hainesville, Grayslake, Gurnee, Waukegan, Antioch, Lake Villa, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Round Lake Heights, Lakes Region Sanitary District, Libertyville, Green Oaks, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods, Buffalo Grove, Harbor Ridge, Lake Zurich and Bannockburn.
• This resolution provides notice to all of the wholesale municipalities and sanitary districts served by County sewers of an adjustment in user rates and fees.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake owns, operates and maintains numerous sanitary sewer systems, interceptor sewer systems and regional wastewater reclamation facilities throughout the County; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has entered into contractual Agreements for Sewage Disposal with several municipalities within the County; and
WHEREAS, these Agreements provide for adjustments in rates and charges of the County; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the County to provide notice to the individual municipalities regarding any adjustment in the rates.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the municipalities of Antioch, Buffalo Grove, Grayslake, Green Oaks, Gurnee, Hainesville, Harbor Ridge, Lakes Region Sanitary District, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Park and Waukegan be notified of a sewer rate increase effective January 1, 2016 except where noted.
The sewer rates and surcharges for wholesale sewer customers of the County are established as follows:
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A. Sewer Rates ( $ per 1,000 gallons/ $ per Residential Customer Equivalent (RCE) per month) |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
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1. Antioch |
4.00/32.00 |
4.40/35.20 |
4.84/38.72 |
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2. Buffalo Grove |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
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3. Grayslake * |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
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4. Green Oaks |
4.64/37.12 |
4.64/37.12 |
4.64/37.12 |
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5. Gurnee * |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
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6. Hainesville (Northwest) |
3.58/26.85 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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7. Hainesville (Northeast Central) * |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
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8. Harbor Ridge |
4.77/35.78 |
5.10/38.25 |
5.46/40.95 |
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9. Lakes Region Sanitary District |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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10. Lake Villa |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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11. Lake Zurich |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
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12. Libertyville |
1.08/8.64 |
1.08/8.64 |
1.08/8.64 |
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13. Lincolnshire |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
4.00/30.00 |
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14. Riverwoods |
4.77/38.16 |
5.10/40.80 |
5.46/43.68 |
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15. Round Lake |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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16. Round Lake Beach |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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17. Round Lake Park |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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18. Round Lake Heights |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
3.67/27.53 |
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19. Waukegan * |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
3.37/25.27 |
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B. Excess Flow Surcharge |
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1. Fox Lake |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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2. Hainesville (Northwest) |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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3. Harbor Ridge |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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4. Lake Villa |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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5. Lakes Region Sanitary District |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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6. Round Lake |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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7. Round Lake Beach |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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8. Round Lake Heights |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
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9. Round Lake Park |
$1.50 per RCE per month |
C. On January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020, the sewer rates established in Section A shall be automatically increased by 2% unless the County has performed a Rate Analysis Study to establish then current rates.
*Rates effective November 1, 2015; does not include the NSWRD flow component per Section 3.2 of the NSWRD Fee Ordinance.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 13th day of October, A.D., 2015.