R-67-08r
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RESOLUTION NO. R -67-
WHEREAS House Bill No. 599 provides that two or more municipalities
may create a joint refuse disposal commission, which commission could acquire
property, would have the right of condemnation and could issue revenue bonds
for the purchase of property and equipment to carry out the function of
creating a place for garbage disposal; and
WHEREAS, House Bill No. 600 would amend the Section of the Criminal Code
which prohibits the dumping of garbage within the corporate limits of a
municipality or within a mile thereof, to make an exception to the disposal
of garbage in a sanitary landfill meeting the standards of the Department of
Public Health and State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS these bills are detrimental to the best interests of the Village
of Deerfield and to other municipalities which have within their boundaries
or nearby areas potential sites for garbage disposal; and
WHEREAS garbage disposal by incineration is a source of air pollution,
and by landfill a source of water pollution; and
WHEREAS various agencies, including the Federal Government, are engaged
in research on the problems of refuse disposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Deerfield, Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois, that the
enactment of House Bills Nos. 599 and 600 would be a threat to the welfare
and best interests of the Village of Deerfield; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED 'thatthe Municipalities Committee be respectfully
requested to,-report unfavorably on these Bills; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a Bill be introduced and passed to provide
for the appointment of an InterimeCommittee to study the problems of refuse
disposal in the State of Illinois and more particularly, in the Chicago
Metropolitan area, and sufficient funds be appropriated to carry out this
study.
PASSED th.i s 0 61-day of March, A.D. 1967.
APPROVED this o`:f' day of March, A.D. 1967.
President
ATTEST:
Village Cleric