CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the intergovernmental agreement between the City of Naperville and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to continue the operation and management of a long term household hazardous waste facility
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Richard Dublinski, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City currently has funding agreements in place with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), DuPage County, Will County, Kane County and the City of Aurora for the regional Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program. The HHW program is operated at the Environmental Campus on Fort Hill Drive in Naperville. The facility was originally permitted in 1992, at a different location, in cooperation with the IEPA as the first permanent Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off in the State of Illinois. The City and its funding partners (DuPage County, Will County, Kane County, and the City of Aurora) are responsible for facility operational costs, the City is responsible for capital costs, and the IEPA is responsible for hiring a contractor to pick up, transport, and dispose of the HHW collected.
On June 22, 2018 the City of Naperville and the IEPA entered into a new five-year Intergovernmental Agreement effective from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023. On August 15, 2023 the City Council approved an Interim Intergovernmental Agreement. As provided for in the Interim Agreement, the City Manager approved an extension to extend the Agreement to September 4, 2024 since the IEPA was in the process of bidding for a new contractor agreement for the disposal of HHW.
At the same time the 2018 Intergovernmental Agreement began, the IEPA began assigning a funding cap for how much they would spend for the collection and disposal of HHW at each of the HHW facilities within the state, including the Naperville facility. This was the...
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