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Ordinance amending Chapter 51: Water and Sewer Rates and Charges of the Lake County Code of Ordinances to amend water and sewer rate and connection fees for certain Lake County systems.
Staff Summary
* The Rate Ordinance establishes all water and sewer user rates and connection fees for the County's water and sewer systems and is modified as needed.
* This Ordinance modification makes one technical correction to the previously approved metered sewer rate for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 by removing the 4.3 percent annual escalator to the Northwest Consolidated II charge which shall remain $50.95 for FY 2021 or until such time the Village of Fox Lake elects to change its pass-through rate.
* An additional footnote was also added to provide customers with information on third-party pass-through fees.
* Laboratory testing fees have been modified to eliminate charges for testing no longer performed, include pricing for materials used to run samples on a new instrument the lab has acquired, and increase costs to fair market pricing for consumables used for testing.
* A $100 processing fee has also been added to cover shipping and time and materials for samples that are sent to outside labs for the testing.
* The modifications are reflected in sections 51.17, 51.19 and 51.24 of the Ordinance and have been reviewed by the State's Attorney's Office.
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O R D I N A N C E
WHEREAS, the County Board incorporated Chapter 51: Water and Sewer Rates and Charges, into the Lake County Code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 51 establishes all water and sewer user rates, connection fees and additional charges for use of the County's water and sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance is revised periodically to modify rates and fees, as necessary; and
WHEREAS, the modified rate established in Section 51.17 and Laboratory Testing Fees are attached as Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the water and sewer rates, connection fe...
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