Title
Joint resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Lake Forest and the Lake County Planning, Building and Development department, to share inspection and development review services.
Staff Summary
* The City of Lake Forest has a need for periodic "back-up" inspection and plan review staffing at foreseeable times throughout the year (i.e. during planned absences, etc.).
* The Planning, Building and Development Department has a need for inspection assistance in the southeast Lake County within small sections of isolated unincorporated territory. The County's direct inspection of these properties creates route inefficiencies given the significant distance of these properties to other larger unincorporated territories.
* Lake Forest and Lake County propose to enter an agreement to support each other's respective service needs when mutually convenient and practical.
* The cost of assistance provided to each community will be tracked and settled via payment on an annual basis.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County (County) and the City of Lake Forest (City) are governmental entities of 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 City 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, the County and the City both provide a wide range of building and development services, including development review and inspections for compliance with local building and construction regulations and related activities; and
WHEREAS, in the course of providing building and development services, both the County and the City have found that th...
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