O-90-32ORDINANCE NO. 0 -90 -32
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE SOLID WASTE
AGENCY OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS (SWALCO) AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT OF AN INITIAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION TO SAID AGENCY
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act, Illinois
Revised Statutes, Chapter 85 par. 5951 et seq., requires certain
counties to develop comprehensive waste management plans that place
substantial emphasis on recycling and other alternatives to landfills;
and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Solid
prepared by the intergovernmentally
Planning Agency, adopted by the Lak
1989, and favorably reviewed by the
Agency in accordance with the Solid
and
Waste Management Plan has been
organized Lake County Solid Waste
a County Board on September 12,
Illinois Environmental Protection
Waste Planning and Recycling Act;
WHEREAS, the County of Lake and selected municipalities within
its boundaries have determined that it is appropriate and necessary to
join together to create a joint action agency by intergovernmental
agreement to provide an efficient and environmentally sound waste
disposal system for their use and mutual benefit; and
WHEREAS, the County of Lake has agreed to formally delegate its
authority to implement the Lake County Solid Waste Management Plan via
an intergovernmental joint action agency such as SWALCO to be formed
in the manner provided in the attached intergovernmental agreement
(Resolution #20 of April 10, 1990); and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Illinois State
Constitution authorizes units of local government to contract and
associate among themselves to obtain and share services and to
exercise, combine, or transfer any power or function, in any manner not
prohibited by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperative Act, as amended,
Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 127, par 741 et seq. authorizes
units of local government to exercise and enjoy jointly their powers,
privileges, or authority and to enter into intergovernmental
agreements for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, the intergovernmental agreement, attached herewith and
made a part hereof, provides for the establishment of the Solid Waste
Agency of Lake County, Illinois (SWALCO) to implement the Lake County
Solid Waste Management Plan; and
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -90 -32
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE SOLID WASTE
AGENCY OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS (SWALCO) AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT OF AN INITIAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION TO SAID AGENCY
WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate and necessary that the Village
of Deerfield, Illinois, become an Original Member of SWALCO.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That the Mayor and the Village Clerk are hereby
ONE: authorized to execute an intergovernmental agreement,
attached herewith and made a part hereof, to establish
SWALCO and become an Original Member thereof.
SECTION That the Village of Deerfield agrees to pay $12,500.00
TWO: as an initial capital contribution to SWALCO, paid in
accordance with Exhibit Two of said intergovernmental
agreement.
SECTION That the Village Clerk is hereby directed to publish
THREE: this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
FOUR: from and after its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law.
AYES: Ehlers, Marovitz, Rosenthal, Seidman, Swanson, York (6)
NAYS: None '(0)
ABSENT: None (0)
PASSED this 20th day of August A.D. , 1990.
APPROVED this 20th day of August , A.D. , 1990.
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AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING THE
SOLID WASTE AGENCY
OF
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
(SWALCO)
SIXTH DRAFT
JULY 1, 1990
AN AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AS A MUNICIPAL JOINT ACTION AGENCY
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and among the municipalities and the
County which under ordinances duly adopted by their respective corporate
authorities have executed this Agreement pursuant to its terms, and is dated as
of , 1990.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Constitution of the State
of Illinois authorizes units of local government to contract and associate
among themselves to obtain or share services and to exercise, combine, or
transfer any power or function, in any manner not prohibited by law or ordi-
nance; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, Ill.
Rev. Stat., ch. 111 Z, par. 7051 -7057, is to reduce reliance on land disposal
of solid waste and to encourage and promote alternative means of managing solid
waste; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act, Ill, Rev. Stat.,
ch, 85, par. 5951 et. seq., requires certain counties to develop comprehensive
waste management plans that place substantial emphasis on recycling and other
alternatives to landfills; and
WHEREAS, under Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Constitution of the
State of Illinois and pursuant to the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended, Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 85, par. 5901 -5906; ch. 24, par. 11 -19 -1, 11 -19 -4
and 11 -19 -7; ch. 34, par. 25.11a, 25.11 b and 418; and ch. 127 par. 743.2
(hereinafter "the Disposal Act "), units of local government may use their
credit, revenues, and other resources to pay costs and to service debt related
to intergovernmental activities; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as amended, (Ill. Rev.
Stat., ch. 127, par. 741 et seg., as amended, (the "Coop Act "), also authorizes
units of local government to exercise and enjoy jointly their powers,
privileges or authority and to enter into intergovernmental agreements for that
purpose; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.2 of the Coop Act, authorizes any two or more munici-
palities and counties as units of local government to establish, by an inter-
governmental agreement, a municipal joint action agency as a municipal corpora-
tion and public body politic and corporate in order to provide for efficient
and environmentally sound collection, transportation, processing, storage and
disposal of municipal waste; and
WHEREAS, the Disposal Act authorizes units of local government to enter
into intergovernmental agreements to develop, prepare and implement solid waste
management plans and adopt such procedures as are necessary for the preparation
and implementation of such plans; and
WHEREAS, the Disposal Act authorizes units of local government to
delegate any power to another unit of local government or agency created by
intergovernmental.agreement for the specific purpose of preparing a solid waste
management plan; and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement have determined that they need to
join together to create a joint action agency by intergovernmental agreement to
provide an efficient and environmentally sound waste disposal system, (that may
include Waste Projects), for their use and mutual benefit; and
WHEREAS, the units of local government which are parties to this Agree-
ment ( "Members ") have determined that there is a need to take a comprehensive
regional approach to solid waste management by implementation of a regional
solid waste management plan which addresses the significant economic, political
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and environmental problems associated with solid waste disposal and management;
and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Solid Waste Management Plan (the "Plan ") has
been prepared by the Lake County Joint Action Solid Waste Planning Agency and
adopted by the Lake County Board on September 12, 1989 in accordance with the
Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 85, par. 5951 et
seq.; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Members that it is necessary and
in their best interests to establish a joint action agency by intergovernmental
agreement whose function it would be to implement the recommendations of the
Plan in furtherance of the regional solid waste management policies set forth
therein, and to exercise the powers granted herein and in the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Agency, when formed, may enter into System Development and
Implementation Agreements with Members and Customers providing for the Agency
to develop and operate a Waste Project(s), providing for the rights of Members
and Customers to use the Waste Project(s), assessing charges for such use or
providing for payment of amounts without regard to use of the project, and
establishing conditions with respect to use of the Waste Project(s), including,
but not limited to, conditions requiring a Member to make exclusive use of the
Waste Project(s) for all or a specified portion of the Municipal Waste within
its jurisdiction, all as may be agreed to by the Member or Customer and the
Agency in a System Development and Implementation Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for purposes of economy and environmental
safety that the parties form a municipal joint action agency to exercise the
powers and duties conferred by law for their benefit; and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement have approved this Agreement by
ordinance duly adopted by their respective corporate authorities.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Agreement each of the following words and
phrases shall have the meaning set forth following the word or phrase, unless
the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
1.1 The word "Act" shall mean the Environmental Protection Act'(1ll.
Rev. Stat., ch. 1112, par. 1001 et seg.), as it has been and as it may be
amended from time to time.
1.2 The phrase "Additional Member" shall mean any municipality or the
County which becomes a Member of the Agency pursuant to paragraph 5.3 of this
Agreement. An Original Member which withdraws from the Agency pursuant to this
Agreement may become an Additional Member of the Agency in the manner provided
in Section 5.3 of this Agreement.
1.3 The word "Agency" shall mean the Solid Waste Agency of Lake
County, Illinois established by this Agreement.
1.4 The phrase "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors
of the Agency.
1.5 The word "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness of the Agency.
1.6 The term "By- laws" shall mean By -laws of the Agency as adopted and
as amended from time to time by the Board of Directors.
1.7 The word "Compost" or "Composting" shall mean the controlled
biological decomposition of organic solid waste under aerobic conditions.
1.8 The words "Coop Act" shall mean the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 127, par. 741 et seq.), as it has been and as it may
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be amended from time to time.
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1.9 The word "County" shall mean the County of Lake, Illinois.
1.10 The word "Customer" shall mean any person, corporation, unit of
government or other entity which is not a Member but which has entered into a
System Development and Implementation Agreement with the Agency with respect to
a Waste Project.
1.11 "Disposal Act" shall mean the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act,
(Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 85, par. 5901 -5906; ch. 24, par. 11 -19 -1, 11 -19 -4, and
11 -9 -7; ch. 34 par. 25.11a, 25.11b, and 418; and ch. 127, par. 743.2), as it
has been and as it may be amended from time to time.
1.12 The phrase "Effective Date" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13 hereof.
1.13 The phrase "Executive Committee" shall mean the Executive Com-
mittee of the Board of Directors of the Agency.
1.14 "Jurisdiction" shall mean (a) in the case of a Municipality, the
territory within the corporate limits of the Municipality now or in the future;
(b) in the case of a county, the territory within the corporate limits of the
County which does not lie within the corporate limits of any Municipality that
are party to this Agreement; and (c) in the case of a Municipal Joint Action
Agency, the territory within the corporate limits of each Municipality which is
a member of such Municipal Joint Action Agency and the territory within the
corporate limits of the County in which the Joint Municipal Action Agency is
located which does not lie within the corporate limits of any Municipality.
1.15 The word "Member" shall mean the County or any municipality which
is an Original Member or which becomes an Additional Member of the Agency
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
1.16 "Municipality" shall mean a city, village or an incorporated town.
1.1
1.17 "Municipal Joint Action Agency" shall mean a municipal corporation
and a public body politic and corporate organized and existing under and
pursuant to the Act.
1.18 The phrase "Municipal Waste" shall mean any garbage, refuse,
industrial, lunchroom, or office waste, and other material resulting from the
operation of residential, commercial, or institutional establishments and from
community activities or such other definition as the Board of Directors may
lawfully determine.
1.19 The phrase "Original Member" shall mean the County or a munici-
pality which becomes an Original Member of the Agency as provided for in
paragraph 5.2 of this Agreement.
1.20 "Plan" shall mean the Lake County Solid Waste Management Plan
approved by the Lake County Board on September 12, 1989, and as thereafter
amended and adopted pursuant to State law.
1.21 "Planning and Recycling Act" shall mean Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 85,
par. 5951 et sec.., as it has been and as it may be amended from time to time.
1.22 The phrase "System Development and Implementation Agreement" shall
mean the interim or long term contract or contracts between the Agency and a
Member or Customer establishing the rights and obligations of the parties with
respect to development and use of a Waste Project(s) and assessing charges for
such use or providing for payment of amounts by the Member or Customer without
regard to use of the Project(s), as amended and supplemented from time to time.
1.23 "Public Agency" shall mean the State of Illinois, any agency of
the State, and any units of local government as defined in the Illinois Consti-
tution of 1970.
1.24 "Recyclable Materials" shall mean materials that are separated
from solid waste by the generator.or during collection, for the purpose of
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recycling, including, but not limited to, paper, glass, metals, automobile oil,
and batteries.
1.25 "Recycling" shall mean the process of collecting and preparing
recyclable materials and reusing said materials in their original form or using
them in manufacturing processes.
1.26 "Regional Pollution Control Facility" shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3 of the Environmental Protection Act, except
that such term shall not include sewers and sewage treatment facilities owned
or operated by sanitary districts.
1.27 "Solid Waste" shall mean "waste ", as defined in Section 3 of the
Environmental Protection Act, which is in solid or semi -solid form.
1.28 "State" shall mean the State of Illinois.
1.29 "Unit of Local Government" shall mean a county, municipality,
township, special district or unit, designated as a unit of local government by
law, including a Municipal Joint Action Agency, which exercises limited govern-
mental power or powers in respect to limited governmental subjects, but not
including-school districts, or, if the context requires, the member munici-
palities of any such entity or their respective territories.
1.30 The phrase "Waste Project" shall mean land, any rights therein and
improvements thereto; one or more buildings, structures or other improvements;
machinery; equipment; vehicles; other facilities; and the specialized consulta-
tion, engineering, design, and administrative expenses incidental to the
procurement, construction, operation and /or maintenance of the foregoing owned,
operated or used by the Agency for the collection, transportation, transfer,
storage, disposal, processing, treatment, recovery and re -use of Municipal
Waste. A Waste Project shall include land held for a planned Waste Project or
used to buffer a Waste Project from adjacent land uses.
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Section 2. Establishment
A municipal joint action agency is hereby established by this
Intergovernmental Agreement among the Members. The Agency shall be a municipal
corporation and a public body politic and corporate and not a joint venture or
partnership among the Members. The corporate name of the Agency so established
is the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, Illinois.
Section 3. Purpose
The Agency is established for the purpose of efficient and environmen-
tally sound management and disposal of Municipal Waste generated and disposed
of within the jurisdiction of the Members all as provided by law and this
Agreement.
Section 4. Duration
The Agency shall have perpetual duration unless dissolved and terminated
as provided in Section 6 of this Agreement or as otherwise provided by law.
Section S. Membership
5.1 The Members of the Agency shall be any municipality or the County
which becomes an Original Member as provided in paragraph 5.2 or an Additional
Member as provided in paragraph 5.3. However, any Original Members or Addi-
tional Members which shall have withdrawn from the Agency pursuant to this
Agreement shall no longer be Members.
5.2 Any Illinois municipality which is listed on Exhibit One which is
attached to and made a part of this Agreement and the County of Lake may become
an Original Member of the Agency upon execution of this Agreement no later than
the Effective Date of this Agreement and upon payment of an initial capital
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contribution as outlined in Exhibit Two which is attached to and made part of
this Agreement. Execution of this Agreement by an Original Member shall be
authorized by ordinance adopted by the corporate authorities of the Member.
5.3 (a) Any Illinois municipality which is listed on Exhibit One
which is attached to and made a part of this Agreement and the County of Lake
and which is not an Original Member may become an Additional Member of the
Agency, provided: (1) the corporate authorities of said municipality or the
County of Lake have adopted an ordinance authorizing execution of this Agree-
ment; (2) a majority of the then Directors of the Agency has adopted an ordi-
nance consenting to the Additional Member; (3) the corporate authorities of a
majority of the then Members have adopted an ordinance consenting to the
Additional Member; (4) the Additional Member has accepted any conditions
imposed by the Agency under subparagraph (b); and (5) the Additional Member has
.paid to the Agency its initial capital contribution and a late fee. The late
fee shall be determined at the time the corporate authorities of the Additional
Member authorize by ordinance execution of this Agreement. The late fee shall
equal the population of the municipality as determined by the most recent
federal census or, if available, a more recent corrected, revised or special
federal census as reported in Illinois Counties and Municipalities, dated June
1, 1989 and published by the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois
multiplied by: (i) Twenty -five (25�) cents, if the time of determination is
less than thirty -one (31) days after the Effective Date of this Agreement; (ii)
Fifty (50�) cents, if the time of determination is greater than thirty (30)
days, but less than sixty -one (61) days after the Effective Date of this
Agreement; (iii) One ($1) Dollar if the time of determination is greater than
sixty (60) days, but less than ninety -one (91) days after the Effective Date of
this Agreement; (iv) Five ($5) Dollars if the time of determination is greater
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than ninety (90) days, but less than one year and one day after the Effective
Date of this Agreement; (v) Ten ($10) Dollars if the time of determination is
greater than one year, but less than two years and one day after the Effective
Date of this Agreement; (vi) Fifteen ($15) Dollars, if the time of determina-
tion is greater than two years, but less than three years and one day after the
Effective Date of this Agreement; and (vii) Twenty ($20) Dollars, if the time
of determination is greater than three years after the Effective Date of this
Agreement.
(b) The Board of Directors may establish conditions with respect
to any municipality or the County becoming an Additional Member under subpara-
graph 5.3(a). These conditions may be in addition to the initial capital
contribution required under paragraph 5.3 and may include, without limitation,
the making of a capital contribution to the Agency, reimbursements to Members
for costs incurred in organization and start -up of the Agency and any Waste
Project, the payment of differential rates, fees or charges with respect to the
Agency or use of a Waste Project, and the assumption of all or a portion of
contracts, debts and obligations of the Agency, or of Members with respect to
the Agency.
5.4 Promptly upon the county or any municipality becoming an Addi-
tional Member, that fact shall be certified by the Secretary of the Agency to
the Illinois Secretary of State.
Section 6. Withdrawal, Termination and Dissolution.
6.1 Any Member may withdraw as a Member of the Agency without the
consent of the Board of Directors, provided that the withdrawing Member shall
remain obligated (i) as provided in paragraph 9.7; (ii) under the terms and
conditions of any outstanding System Development and Implementation Agreement
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to which the withdrawing Member is a party; and (iii) for any liabilities
imposed by law. No Member may withdraw from the Agency while and so long as
any Bonds of the Agency are outstanding., except as permitted by the resolution
or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such Bonds. No Member may withdraw
while and so long as any Bonds are outstanding, if such withdrawal would reduce
the number of Members to less then three.
6.2 Any Member may withdraw pursuant to paragraph 6.1 of this Section
only upon filing with the Secretary of the Agency no less than 180 days before
the intended effective date of withdrawal a certified copy of an ordinance of
the Member determining so to withdraw.
6.3 The Agency shall be dissolved and terminated (i) upon the with-
drawal of one or more Members so as to reduce the number of Members to less
than three; or (ii) upon the filing with the Secretary of the Agency of certi-
fied copies of ordinances of three - fifths (3/5) of the Members determining to
dissolve and terminate the Agency.
6.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 6.3, as long as any
Bonds of the Agency are outstanding and unpaid, the Agency shall not dissolve
and terminate.
6.5 Promptly upon any Member withdrawing from the Agency, or upon
action having been taken to dissolve and terminate the Agency, that fact shall
be certified by the Secretary of the Agency to the Illinois Secretary of State.
Section 7. Powers
7.1 In addition to any powers, and subject to any limitations, set
forth elsewhere in the Agreement, the Agency shall have the following powers:
(a) To sue or be sued;
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(b) To apply for and accept gifts, grants or loans of funds,
property or financial or other aid from any public agency or private entity;
(c) To invest available funds as provided by law;
(d) To plan, finance, construct, reconstruct, acquire, own, lease
as lessor or lessee, equip, extend, improve, manage, operate, maintain, repair
and close any Waste Project and to take any and all action necessary or inci-
dental thereto;
(e) To acquire, hold, sell, lease as lessor or lessee, lend,
transfer or dispose of real or personal property, including intangible prop-
erty, or interests therein, as it deems appropriate in the exercise of its
powers, and to provide for the use thereof by any Members upon such terms and
conditions and with such fees or charges as it shall determine, and to mort-
gage, pledge or otherwise grant security interests in any such property;
(f) To make and execute all contracts and other instruments
necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers, including System
Development and Implementation Agreements with Members or with Customers;
(g) To adopt, amend and repeal ordinances, resolutions, rules and
regulations with respect to its powers and functions and not inconsistent with
Section 3.2 of the Act or this Agreement, including, but not limited to the use
of a Waste Project;
(h) To provide for the insurance, including self- insurance, of
any property or operations of the Agency or of its Members, directors, officers
and employees, against any risk or hazard, and to indemnify its Members,
directors, officers and employees against any risk or hazard;
(i) To appoint, retain and employ officers, agents, independent
contractors and employees to carry out its powers and functions hereunder and
to fix their compensation and terms and conditions of employment;
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(j) To make and execute any contract relating to a Waste Project
with the federal or a state government or any agency thereof, with a Member or
any unit of local government or with any person including, but not limited to,
contracts which require:
(1) The contracting party to pay the Agency an agreed amount
for the collection, transportation, transfer, processing, storage, treatment,
disposal, recovery or re -use of a stated amount of Municipal Waste (whether or
not the stated amount of waste is collected, transported, transferred, pro-
cessed, stored, treated, disposed of, recovered or re- used), or pay all or a
portion of the capital and operating expenses of a Waste Project;
(2) The contracting party make exclusive use of a Waste
Project for collecting, transporting, transferring, processing, storing,
treating, disposing, recovering, or re -using all or any portion of Municipal
Waste over which the party has control;
(3) The abandonment, restriction, or prohibition on comple-
tion or construction of competing waste projects by the contracting party;
(4) Specific provisions with respect to the collection,
transportation, transfer, processing, storage, treatment, disposal, recovery
and re -use of Municipal Waste; and
Project;
(5) Payment of fees and charges with respect to a Waste
(k) To enter into contracts which provide or which may provide
for compensation to areas affected by an Agency Waste Project;
(1) To enter into contracts with the community in which an Agency
Waste Project is located controlling location, use, operation, maintenance and
closing of a Waste Project;
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(m) To create and fund reserves for the purpose of planning,
constructing, reconstructing, financing, acquiring, owning, managing, insuring,
leasing, equipping, extending, improving, operating, maintaining, repairing,
and closing Waste Projects and /or the potential effects resulting from oper-
ating a Waste Project;
(n) To create, develop and implement plans for closing and re -use
of sites on which Waste Projects are located, which plans may provide for
various uses, including but not limited to, residential, recreational, commer-
cial, office, institutional, public and industrial uses. Such plans shall
comply with all applicable local zoning;
(o) To prepare, submit and administer plans, and to participate
in intergovernmental agreements, pursuant to the Disposal Act and the Planning
and Recycling Act;
(p) To prescribe, fix, establish and collect fees, rentals or
other charges from Members, Additional Members, Customers, licensees of Members
or Customers, and franchisees of Members or Customers, sufficient to fund the
planning, development, permitting, construction, and operation of any Waste
Project of the Agency including, but not limited to any costs or expenses
incurred by the Agency in the exercise of its powers as set forth herein;
(q) To borrow money and, in evidence of its obligation to repay
the borrowing, to issue Bonds for any of its corporate purposes, all as pro-
vided in the Act; and, for the purpose of securing and paying any Bonds, to
pledge, assign or provide for a lien or security interest on (1) any or all
revenues derived from the operation of a Waste Project, and investment earnings
thereon; (2) proceeds of any of its Bonds and investment earnings thereon; (3)
receipts of the Agency under any System Development and Implementation Agree-
ments or any other contracts with any Member or Customer which provide that
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such receipts may be used for that purpose, and investment earnings on any such
receipts; (4) amounts.received from a bank, savings and loan association or
other financial institution under a contract or other agreement to lend money
or purchase obligations; (5) proceeds of any insurance policy or other contract
of insurance; (6) awards from any condemnation or other eminent domain proceed-
ing; (7) proceeds from the sale, lease or other disposition of any property;
(8) any funds or accounts securing payment of Bonds, as established by the
resolution authorizing the Bonds; and (9) any other amounts which by law may be
applied to such obligations, all as and to the extent as provided by law and
the resolution authorizing the issuance of'the Bonds;
(r) To exercise any or all powers specifically granted to munici-
pal joint action agencies by law;
(s) To exercise all other powers incident to the purposes and
objectives of the Agency which may be provided for by law;
(t) To exercise any power with respect to the Municipal Waste of
any Member or any Member's municipal waste system that may be delegated to it
by that Member pursuant to law;
(u) To enter into agreements for the sale of any materials and
energy recovered or produced in connection with the operation of any Waste
Project and to apply the revenues derived therefrom to the expenses of oper-
ating and maintaining any Waste Project of the Agency, including all debt
service, administrative, operating, planning, permitting, development and
maintenance costs and expenses, or any and other related costs of the Agency or
any Waste Project of the Agency;
(v) To expend funds for administrative and incidental expenses
including, but not limited to, clerical expenses, office supplies, travel
expenses and operational supplies;
Agency;
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(w) To adopt By -Laws to govern the function and operation of the
(x) To review and, from time -to -time, prepare and recommend
amendments to the Plan in furtherance of the Agency's responsibilities pursuant
to this Agreement and applicable provisions of State law, as delegated by the
County of Lake; and
(y) To make grants of money and render technical assistance to
any Member or other party relative to matters.of solid waste disposal.
7.2 The Agency shall have no taxing power.
7.3 Upon request from the Agency, each Member shall formally consider
the exercise of its power of eminent domain to obtain property, easements,
rights -of -way or other interests in property within such Member's Jurisdiction
which are'necessary for, and consistent with, the implementation of the Plan
adopted by each such Member and the purposes of the Agency. Should such Member
favorably consider exercising said eminent domain power, the Agency shall be
responsible for paying such Member for its costs and expenses incurred in the
performance of its obligations pursuant to the terms hereunder, including any
required payments to the owner(s) of such property, easements, rights -of -way,
or other property interest.
Section S. Governance
8.1 The Agency shall be governed and administered as provided in this
Section and in the By -Laws, adopted pursuant to, and subject to the limitations
of, this Agreement.
8.2 The governing body of the Agency shall be the Board of Directors.
There shall be one Director for each Member, who shall be appointed by vote of
the corporate authorities of the Member and who at the time of appointment
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shall be: (i) the Mayor or President of a Member (if such Member is a munici-
pality) or the Chairman of the Board (if such Member is the County); (ii) a
Trustee, Councilperson, or Alderman (if such Member is a municipality) or a
Board Member (if such Member is the County); or (iii) the chief administrative
officer of the Member. The term of each initial Director shall begin when he
or she is appointed and shall continue until April 30, 1993 or until his or her
successor is appointed, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, all Directors shall
be appointed for two -year terms expiring on April 30 of odd numbered years.
Except as provided in paragraph 8.4, a person serving as a Director shall serve
until his or her term expires, and thereafter until his or her respective
successor is appointed. Each Director shall have one vote on the Board of
Directors.
8.3 Any Member may appoint one or more persons to serve as the Alter-
nate Director. Any such appointee shall meet the qualifications for office as
a Director established in paragraph 8.2. The Alternate Director may attend any
meeting of the Board of Directors and may vote as the Director in the absence
of the Director from that Member or if there is a vacancy in the position of
Director from that Member. The term of an Alternate Director shall be the same
as the term of the Director from the appointing Member. Except as provided in
paragraph 8.4, a person serving as Alternate Director shall serve until his or
her term expires and thereafter until the successor is appointed.
8.4 All appointments of Directors and Alternate Directors shall be by
ordinance or resolution of the corporate authorities of the appointing Member,
a certified copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of the Agency.
Should any Director or Alternate Director cease to serve as the President,
Mayor, Chairman, elected member of the corporate authorities or chief adminis-
trative officer of the appointing member, that person shall simultaneously
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cease to serve as Director or Alternate Director of the Agency and the position
shall be vacant. Any vacancy in the office of Director of Alternate Director
shall be filled by appointment by the Member with respect to which the vacancy
exists. Directors and Alternate Directors shall receive no compensation for
their service in this capacity but may be reimbursed by the Agency for reason-
able and necessary expenses incurred in performance of their.duties.
8.5 The Board of Directors shall elect one Director to serve as
Chairman and another Director to serve as Vice - Chairman. The Chairman shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Vice - Chairman shall
preside over meetings of the Board of Directors in the Chairman's absence. The
Board of Directors shall elect other persons, who need not be Directors, to the
positions of Secretary and Treasurer and may elect other persons, who need not
be Directors, to such other offices as the Board shall determine. The duties,
terms of office, and manner of selection of the officers shall be prescribed in
the By -laws. The Board of Directors may .provide that any officer of the Agency
who is not a Director may be compensated for service in such capacity.
8.6 The Board of Directors shall determine the general policy of the
Agency, shall approve the annual budget, shall make all appropriations (which
may include appropriations made at any time in addition to those made in any
annual appropriation document), shall determine the admission of Additional
Members, shall approve all'System Development and Implementation Agreements;
shall impose any charge on Members not provided for in a System Development and
Implementation Agreement, shall adopt any ordinances or resolutions providing
for the issuance of Bonds of the Agency, shall adopt the By -laws, rules and
regulations of the Agency, shall undertake siting of all Waste Projects as
required by law, and shall exercise such powers of the Agency and perform such
duties as may be prescribed in the Act, this Agreement or the By -laws.
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8.7 Except as a greater majority is otherwise provided in this Agree-
ment or the By -laws, actions required by law or by this Agreement to be taken
by the Board of Directors shall be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority
of the then Directors.
8.8 Upon the written request of any Director, any matter with respect
to the Agency shall be placed on the agenda of the Board of Directors.
8.9 There is established an Executive Committee of the Agency. The
Executive Committee shall consist of seven (7) Directors if the Agency is
composed of twenty (20) Members or less and nine (9) Directors if the Agency is
composed of twenty -one (21) Members or more. The Executive Committee shall be
selected by vote of the Board of Directors of the Agency. If the Executive
Committee consists of seven (7) Directors, the persons appointed to the Execu-
tive Committee shall include two (2) persons who are Directors from Members
having a population of more than 30,000 persons, provided that there are two
(2) Members having such population. If the Executive Committee consists of
nine (9) Directors, the persons appointed to the Executive Committee shall
include three (3) persons who are Members having-a population of more than
30,000 persons, provided that there are three Members having such population.
Population shall be determined on the basis of the most recent federal census
or, if available, a more recent corrected, revised, or special federal census
as reported in Illinois Counties and Municipalities, dated June 1, 1989 and
published by the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois. The terms of
office of members of the Executive Committee shall be established in the
By -laws. With the consent of the Member, a specified Alternate Director for
that Member may be elected to the Executive Committee on behalf of that Member.
The Executive Committee, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the then
Committee members, may take any action with respect to the Agency which the
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Board of Directors is authorized to take, except the Board of Directors shall
have the sole authority to: approve the annual budget; to make all appropria-
tions; to adopt any ordinances or resolutions providing for the issuance of
Bonds; to adopt rules, regulations and By -laws of the Agency; to admit Addi-
tional Members; to approve-all System Development and Implementation Agree-
ments; to undertake siting of all Waste Projects; to impose any charge on.
Members not provided for in a System Development and Implementation Agreement;
and to take such other action as may be reserved to it in the rules, regula-
tions, By -laws or Ordinances of the Agency. Members of the Executive Committee
shall not be compensated for their service in such capacity, but may be reim-
bursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in performance of their
duties.
Section 9. Rights and Responsibilities of Members.
9.1 The Members intend that operational expenses and debt service with
respect to Bonds or Notes issued by the Agency with respect to any Waste
Project shall be self- sustaining from revenues derived from the operation of
such Waste Project, or from revenues derived from the operation the combined
Waste Projects implemented by the Agency in accordance with the Plan. However,
the Members intend this Section 9 to provide for a method to collect additional
funds necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of the Agency as pre-
scribed herein.
9.2 The Board of Directors shall determine the costs to be paid by the
respective Members as provided in this paragraph:
(a) With respect to capital costs of planning, acquiring, finan-
cing, constructing and equipping a Waste Project (or improvements or extensions
to a Waste Project), the Agency may itself finance these costs from borrowed
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money or retained amounts and it may enter into System Development and Imple-
mentation Agreements providing for the other party to the System Development
and Implementation Agreement to make capital contributions and payments to the
Agency (at the times specified by the Board of Directors and in proportionate
shares as provided in the System Development and Implementation Agreement). No
System Development and Implementation Agreement with a Member shall be executed
by the Agency except upon authorization by a resolution or an ordinance ap-
proved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the then Directors.
(b) With respect to annual costs of operation and maintenance of
the Agency, the Board of Directors shall establish cost- sharing charges for
Members based upon usage of the Waste Projects in amounts sufficient to provide
the funds required by the annual budget to the extent that such costs are not
anticipated to be paid from other revenues of the Agency. Such costs shall be
provided for in the System Development and Implementation Agreement between the
Agency and a Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by an affirmative vote of
3/4 of the then Directors, the Board of Directors may establish from time to
time charges with respect to Members for the Agency's annual budgeted expendi-
tures which may be payable regardless of actual or estimated use of Waste
Projects.
(c) Members shall appropriate their funds to pay their share of
the costs of the Agency and to service their obligations related to the Agency.
Members may use their credit, revenues and other resources including the power
to borrow money, to incur debt and to issue and sell bonds, if necessary, to
pay such costs and service such obligations as they individually determine,
unless otherwise provided for in a System Development and Implementation
Agreement.
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9.3 Each Member shall be obligated to adopt an ordinance, consistent
with State law and in substantially the form recommended by the Plan as adopted
by the Members, providing for the regulation and enforcement of disposal of
Solid Waste within its jurisdiction in furtherance of and consistent with the
provisions of the Plan. Such ordinance shall be adopted by every Member on or
before a date set by the Board of Directors.
9.4 Each Member shall be responsible for the enforcement within its
Jurisdiction of any ordinance adopted by such Member as contemplated by this
Agreement and shall diligently take such steps as are necessary, or as are
consistent with any actions recommended by the Agency, to continually assure
the enforcement of any such adopted ordinance, consistent with the provisions
of State law. Each Member shall be responsible for the cost of administering
and maintaining any such enforcement program.
9.5 (a) The Board of Directors may suspend the membership on the
Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of any Member whose capital
contributions and payments or charges for operation and maintenance due to the
Agency, as determined by the Board of Directors as provided in this Agreement,
have not been paid in full within sixty days after demand by the Agency. A
Member under suspension shall have no power to make or second motions or to
vote either as a Member or through its Director or Alternate Director, nor
shall it be counted for the purposes of the establishment of a quorum or the
determination of the vote needed to pass or approve any matter coming before
the Agency, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. A Member under
suspension shall continue during its suspension to be responsible for its share
of any unpaid contracts, debts and obligations incurred by the Agency. Upon
payment of all amounts due the Agency under this Agreement, including those
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accrued during the suspension, a Member under suspension shall be reinstated to
membership on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.
(b) The Agency may refuse access to a Waste Project to any Member
whose contributions, payments and charges under this Agreement or any System
Development and Implementation Agreement have not been paid within sixty days
after billing by the Agency. Further, a reasonable penalty charge for late
payments may be established and imposed by the Board of Directors.
9.6 The Agency shall not be liable for any liability or obligation
incurred by any Member except as agreed by the Board of Directors or except
pursuant to paragraph 7.3 of this Agreement.
9.7 Any withdrawing Member shall remain liable with respect to any
contracts, debts and obligations incurred by the Member with respect to the
Agency prior to the date of withdrawal, including any costs imposed on it as
provided in paragraph 9.2 of this Agreement. Further, a withdrawing Member
shall pay to the Agency in full at the time of withdrawal from the Agency an
amount determined by the Agency to be sufficient to pay any and all additional
direct costs occasioned to the Agency by reason of a Member's withdrawal.
Payment by a withdrawing Member to the Agency of all amounts due upon with-
drawal shall be a condition precedent to withdrawal.
9.8 If withdrawal of one or more Member results in dissolution and
termination of the Agency as required by Section 6 of this Agreement, then the
withdrawing Member shall participate in the dissolution of the Agency as set
forth in paragraph 9.9 of this Agreement.
9.9 Upon the termination and dissolution of the Agency:
(a) All liabilities and obligations of the Agency shall be paid,
satisfied and discharged,.or adequate provisions made therefor; and
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(b) The assets of the Agency remaining after dissolution shall be
distributed among the Members who had participated in the Agency within one
year prior to such dissolution and termination as shall be determined by the
Board of Directors, except as may be provided with respect to a Waste Project
in a System Development and Implementation Agreement, after any setoff with
respect to the provision for payment of that Member's shares of its contracts,
debts and obligations to the Agency.
Section 10. By -Laws
The Board of Directors shall adopt By -laws for the Agency which shall,
among other matters, set forth provisions for the holding, notice, call and
conduct of meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, the
adoption of annual budgets and appropriations, the entering into of contracts
and purchases by the Agency, the adoption of regulations, approval of amend-
ments or updates to the Plan, or such other measures as are necessary to the
performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. The By -Laws may be
adopted or amended only upon the affirmative vote of not less than 3/4 of the
then Directors. The By -laws may provide additional requirements and procedures
with respect to amendment of the By -laws.
Section 11. Amendment
This Agreement may be amended by written agreement of all Members,
authorized by ordinances adopted by their respective corporate authorities,
certified copies of which shall be filed with the Secretary of the Agency.
Promptly upon there being any amendment to this Agreement, the Secretary of the
Agency shall cause a copy of the amendment to be filed in the office of the
Illinois Secretary of State, Index Division.
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Section 12. Enforcement
The Agency, any Member of Members thereof, shall have the right to
enforce this Agreement, the By -laws, a System Development and Implementation
Agreement or any other agreement among or between the Agency and any one or
more Members against any Member and to compel payment of contributions and
charges as provided in this Agreement, the By -laws, a System Development and
Implementation Agreement or any other agreements. If suit is necessary to
compel enforcement of provisions of this Agreement, the By -laws, a System
Development and Implementation Agreement or any other such agreement or to
compel payment of contributions and charges of the Agency, any Member or
Members thereof, the prevailing party shall have its reasonable legal fees and
costs pertaining to the suit, paid for in such amount as determined by the
court.
Section 13. Effective Date
This Agreement shall become effective upon execution at Closing (the
"Effective Date "). Closing shall occur: (i) on the date ten (10) days after
twenty (20) Members have adopted and published ordinances authorizing execution
of this Agreement; or (ii) on such later date as the Original Members shall
determine, but in no event shall closing occur prior to August 1, 1990. A
certified copy of said ordinances shall be provided to the Lake County Adminis-
trator.
Section 14. Filing with Secretary of State
Promptly upon this Agreement becoming effective, a copy of this Agree-
ment shall be filed with the Illinois Secretary of State, Index Division.
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Section 15. Organization of the Agency
Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement by a Member it shall
make its appointments to the Board of Directors. Within thirty days of the
effective date of this Agreement the Board of Directors shall meet and as soon
as may be practicable shall elect the Executive Committee and officers of the
Agency and adopt such By -laws as may be appropriate.
Section 16. Non - Waiver
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any power
granted by law to a Member with respect to the location and operation of a
Waste Project of the Agency within the corporate limits of the Member.
Section 17. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall.be held illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
other provisions of this Agreement which can be given effect without the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision and to this end, the provisions of
this Agreement are severable.
Section 18. Execution in Several Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of
which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original; and all such counter-
parts, or as many of them as the Agency and the Members or Additional.Members
shall preserve undestroyed, shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be
executed in their respective names, and have caused this Agreement to be
attested, all by their duly authorized officers and representatives, and have
caused this Agreement to be dated as of the date and year first written above.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD:
Board of Trustees FAWt3 B, S&t►r"q -r3
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ViUage Clerk
EXHIBIT ONE
Eligible Municipalities under Agency Agreement
paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3(a)
Village of Antioch
Village of Bannockburn
Village of Barrington
Village of Barrington Hills
Village of Beach Park
Village of Buffalo Grove
Village of Deer Park
Village of Deerfield
Village of Fox Lake
Village of Fox River Valley Gardens
Village of Grayslake
Village of Green Oaks,
Village of Gurnee
Village of Hainesville
Village of Hawthorn Woods
City of Highland Park
City of Highwood
Village of Indian Creek
Village of Island Lake
Village of Kildeer
Village of Lake Barrington
Village of Lake Bluff
City of Lake Forest
Village of Lake Villa
Village of Lake Zurich
Village of Lakemoor
Village of Libertyville
Village of Lincolnshire
Village of Lindenhurst
Village of Long Grove
Village of Mettawa
Village of Mundelein
Village of North Barrington
City of North Chicago
Village of Old Mill Creek
City of Park City
Village of Riverwoods
Village of Round Lake
Village of Round Lake.Beach
Village of Round Lake Heights
Village of Round Lake Park
Village of Third Lake
Village of Tower Lakes
Village of Vernon Hills
Village of Wadsworth
Village of Wauconda
City of Waukegan
Village of Wheeling
Village of Winthrop Harbor
City of Zion
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1?XT4TRTT TWO
Initial Capital Contribution Schedule under
Agency Agreement paragraph 5.3
Member's Population Based on the
most recent federal census or if
available, a more recent corrected,
revised or, special census as reported
in Illinois Counties and Incorporated
Municipalities, dated June 1, 1989
and published by the Secretary of State
the State of Illinois
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Amount of Initial
Capital Contribution.
Less than 5, 000
.......... ..............................$
5,000.00
Above
5,000
to
10, 000 .. ...............................
7,500.00
Above
10,000
to
15,000 .................................
10,000.00
Above
15,000
to
20, 000 .. ...............................
12,500.00
Above
20,000
to
25, 000 .. ...............................
15,000.00
Above
25,000
to
30, 000 .. ...............................
17,500.00
Above
30,000
to
35, 000 .. ...............................
20,000.00
Above
35,000
to
40, 000 .. ...............................
22,500.00
Above
40, 000
............
...............................
25,000.00