Title
Joint resolution authorizing a five-year renewal of a delegation agreement through an Intergovernmental Delegation Agreement between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and Lake County for the solid waste management site inspection and enforcement program.
Staff Summary
• The $123,411.96 per year will be used to support salaries, fringe benefits, operational supplies, computer equipment, contractual services, and training.
• On February 9, 1993, the County Board authorized the execution of a delegation agreement with the IEPA for a landfill inspection and enforcement program.
• There are 24 operating solid waste facilities and 22 closed landfills regulated under this agreement, with inspections and enforcement carried out by the Health Department pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with the County.
• The current delegation agreement is set to expire June 30, 2021.
• IEPA has provided a renewal of the delegation agreement for a five-year period, through June 30, 2026.
• Funding for the inspection and enforcement program comes from the Solid Waste Management Tax Fund and an IEPA Enforcement Grant.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois Public Act 85-1195 states, in part, that if proceeds from a fee, tax or surcharge imposed by a local government on local landfills are to be used to conduct a local solid waste management site inspection and enforcement program, then the unit of local government must enter into a delegation agreement with the Illinois EPA pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/4(r) (1992); and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board passed the Lake County Solid Waste Management Tax Ordinance in April 1989, amended July 13, 2010, pursuant to PA 85-1195;
WHEREAS, the Ordinance sets forth a priority protocol to be followed in expending the proceeds from the Tax, with one of the activities pursuant to that protocol being the funding of an inspection program for solid waste disposal facilities within Lake County; and
WHEREAS, on February 9, 1993, the County Board authorized the execution of a delegation agreement with the IEPA for the purpose of implementing a local solid waste management site inspection and enforcement program; and
WHEREAS, in the same action, the County Board authorized an intergovernmental agreement with the Lake County Health Department providing for the implementation of the delegation agreement; and
WHEREAS the IEPA and County Board have renewed the Delegation Agreement seven times and the current Delegation Agreement is set to expire June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2021, the IEPA provided a revised renewal Delegation Agreement, referred to as an Intergovernmental Delegation Agreement (IGA), for the next five-year period, through June 30, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the County Board is hereby authorized to request the Illinois EPA to extend the current Delegation Agreement through June 30, 2026.
DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2021.