Title
Joint resolution amending the Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule was last updated in 2011. It is normally updated on an as-needed basis or every five years. The county recognized that the implementation of the Energov land management software system would have significant impacts on the review of the fees; and therefore, postponed the analysis until late 2017.
• Planning, Building and Development Department staff have reviewed their methodology and proposed changes to the Land Development Fee Schedule with the Committee in a series of presentations from February to June, 2018.
• The proposed fee schedule changes are based on analysis of cost, benchmarking, and process efficiencies. Staff has also compared the current and proposed fees to more than a dozen other communities’ fee schedules. Lake County fees, in general, were in the middle range as compared to the comparable communities.
• The proposed fee schedule modification represents an aggregate increase of 6.3 percent with some fees increasing a little more and some decreasing due to efficiencies gained by the implementation of the new land management system.
• Following a discussion during the May Planning, Building and Zoning Committee, an annual escalator has been included in the fee schedule to increase annually via Consumer Price Index (CPI) or two percent, whichever is less. If Lake County had implemented an annual escalator in the same study time period of 2011 through 2017, it would have resulted in a seven percent increase in fees. Following a thorough review, the Planning, Building and Zoning Committee recommends the approval of the Fee Schedule including the annual escalator which is a gradual method for future fee adjustments.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted a Resolution amending the fees relating to services provided by the Department of Planning, Building and Development and incorporating these fees into one Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule on November 9, 1999; and
WHEREAS, there have been periodic subsequent amendments to the Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule in years since; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board wishes to further amend the existing Land Development Fee Schedule for the Department of Planning, Building and Development to continue to provide such services; and
WHEREAS, the revised fees reflect the proposal to more closely align fee revenue with the cost of providing service or reflect new services provided; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that the Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule be amended in accordance with attached EXHIBIT A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that:
SECTION 1. The Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule is amended in accordance with EXHIBIT A.
SECTION 2. The Department of Planning, Building and Development shall collect fees for the services rendered by this Department in accordance with the Lake County Land Development Fee Schedule as hereby amended in accordance with EXHIBIT A (attached).
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect on July 2, 2018.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 12th day of June, A. D., 2018.