Title
Joint resolution amending the Lake County Health Department Environmental Health Fees Schedule (as authorized in Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 178).
Staff Summary
• Revisions are proposed to make language adjustments to accommodate new terminology in the recently implemented Illinois Food Code.
• Other proposed revisions are to:
o Correct typographical errors;
o Replace an outdated reference to “individual sewage disposal systems” in favor of “onsite wastewater treatment systems;” and
o Add the fee of $115 for a “Holding Tank Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Annual Site Inspection,” which was inadvertently left off of the last revisions to the EH Fees Schedule that were made in 2018.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is authorized to enforce local environmental health ordinances to protect the public’s health; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated the Health Department Fee Schedules into the Lake County Code of Ordinances at Chapter 178 on November 12, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 178 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances codifies the establishment and amendment of a schedule of fees and charges for services provided by the Lake County Health Department under Title XVII of the Lake County Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the fees for Environmental Health services are contained in the Environmental Health Fees Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department has proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule that pertain to the assessment of fees for services related to onsite wastewater treatment systems and to adjust terminology and correct typographical errors; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has approved the proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule on April 24, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has recommended that the proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule be referred to the County Board for approval; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule herewith be approved and made a matter of Lake County law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Clerk is hereby authorized to distribute certified copies of the amended Ordinance to the County Administrator, Comptroller, and the Executive Director of the Lake County Health Department.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 14, 2019.