Title
Joint resolution approving an amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Lindenhurst for the Lake County Department of Planning, Building and Development to provide plan review and inspection services for the Village.
Staff Summary
? The Department has had a long standing Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Village for building plan review and inspection services.
? The current agreement fee structure (Lake County receives 50 percent of the permit revenue) has consistently raised challenges from an accounting and administrative standpoint.
? The proposed agreement brings the IGA in line with a majority of the Department's current IGA's which use an hourly rate fee structure, and has been evaluated by PBD and FAS to include all costs associated with providing the services.
Body
RESOLUTION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
FOR
BUILDING INSPECTION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
FOR THE VILLAGE OF LINDENHURST, ILLINOIS
This agreement made and entered into this ____________ day of ____________, 2017 by and between the County of Lake, a body politic and corporate hereinafter referred to as the "County", and the Village of Lindenhurst, a municipal corporation within the boundaries of the County of Lake, hereinafter referred to as the "Village."
WHEREAS, both the County and the Village are governmental entities within the State of Illinois vested with the responsibility and authority to enforce and uphold building, fire, and safety codes and other related services in their respective jurisdictions; 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, pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement dated June 14, 2010 (the "2010 Intergovernmental Agreement") the County has been prov...
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