CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement between DuPage County and the City of Naperville for the continued operation of the regional 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 operated at the Environmental Campus on Fort Hill Drive in Naperville. The facility was originally permitted in 1992 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 operational costs of the HHW facility, the City is responsible for capital costs of the facility, and the IEPA is responsible for hiring a contractor to pick up, transport, and dispose of the HHH collected at the facility. In addition, the IEPA
IEPA: On June 22, 2018 the City and the IEPA entered into a five-year Intergovernmental Agreement effective from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023. In July of 2018, the City received notification from the IEPA that $545,000 was allocated in the State’s 2019 fiscal year (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019) for the transportation and disposal of material from the Naperville facility. This was the first time that the IEPA imposed a cap on the amount of funds that it will provide for collection and disposal of HHW from the Naperville facility. Staff has been closely monitoring the disposal costs and has been working with the IEPA on funding options should the disposal costs of household hazardous waste brought into the facility exceed the funding cap imposed by the IEPA before June 30, 2019.
Funding Partners:
DuPage County - The existing one-year agreement with DuPage County expired on December 31, 2018. The agreement provides $100,000 of funding for the facility.
Will County - The existing one-year agreement with Will County expired on December 31, 2018. The City is currently working with Will County on renewing the agreement and it is anticipated that the new agreement will be ready for the City Council’s review in June of 2019. The agreement provides $25,000 of funding for the facility.
Kane County - The Intergovernmental Agreement with Kane County contains an automatic renewal provision and therefore does not need to be renewed at this time. Kane County annually contributes $10,000 of funding for the facility.
City of Aurora - The Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Aurora contains an automatic renewal provision and therefore does not need to be renewed at this time. Aurora annually contributes $20,000 of funding for the facility.
DISCUSSION:
The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Naperville and DuPage County (Attachment 1) is similar to the agreement that it replaces except that it includes language giving the City additional flexibility to meet the IEPA’s disposal funding cap if necessary.
Approximately 60% of the more than 22,000 visits to the facility in 2018 originated from DuPage County. Per the agreement, DuPage County will reimburse the City for a portion of the expenses related to the operation of the HHW facility. The City will receive four quarterly payments of $25,000 for a total of $100,000 in 2019.
The agreement will be in effect from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and shall automatically renew for three additional years if the IEPA, City, and County each appropriate adequate funding.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City will receive $100,000 for DuPage County for the operation of the regional Household Hazardous Waste facility.