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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2220 - 3/10/1992 - AGREEMENT, PROJECT USE/SWANCC[Chapman and Cut r] '012192 ELK GROVE EXTRACT OF MINUTES of the regular [adjourned, special, or regular] public meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, held at 901 Wellington Avenue in said Village at 8:00 _p.•m. , on the 10th day of March , 1992. The President called the meeting to order and directed the Village Clerk to call the roll. Upon the roll being called, the following answered present: Joseph T. Bosslet, Ronald L. Chernick, Nancy J. Czarnik, J. Gallitano. James P. Petri, Michael A. Tosto The following were absent: None The President and Board of Trustees then discussed the proposed financing plans of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (the "Agency") and considered an ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a project use agreement with the Agency. Thereupon, Nancy J. Czarnik presented, James P. Petri explained, and there was read into the record in full the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROJECT USE AGREEMENT (the "Ordinance"). The Ordinance in its entirety reads as follows: NO. 2720 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROJECT USE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois (the "Municipality"), desires to provide an efficient and environmentally sound system for the collection, transportation, transfer, processing, storage, disposal, recovery and reuse of municipal solid waste, and has determined that providing such a system is in the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare of the Municipality and its inhabitants; and WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Constitu- tion of the State of Illinois authorizes units of local govern- ment 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 ordinance; and WHEREAS, under that Constitutional provision, units of local government may use their credit, revenues, and other resources to pay costs and the service debt related to inter- governmental activities; and WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as amended, found at Ill. Rev. Stat, ch. 127, paragraph 741 et sea. (the "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, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Act, the Municipality, together with other member units of local govern- ment (the "Members"), has previously entered into An Agreement Establishing the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County as a Municipal Joint Action Agency (the "Agency Agreement"), and has become a member of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (the "Agency"), in order to provide and operate an efficient and environmentally sound municipal solid waste system; and WHEREAS, to develop this solid waste system, the Agency has initiated steps to acquire, construct, operate, equip and improve a municipal solid waste project (the "Project") consist- ing of certain construction components and financing components, and toward such end the Agency has contracted for the preparation of detailed design and engineering plans for the Project, has acquired sites and options and other rights with respect to sites for the Project and has obtained certain zoning, land use and environmental permits; and the Agency now intends to obtain other necessary governmental permits, to acquire additional sites or interests in sites for the Project or to acquire options therefor, to complete the design of the Project, to acquire I equipment for the Project, to construct and operate the Project, and to do all other things necessary or desirable to acquire, construct, operate, equip and improve the Project; and WHEREAS, the Agency has heretofore issued it Contract Revenue Notes, Series 1990, on May 1, 1990 (the "Prior Notes"), to prepare for the acquisition, construction, equipping and improvement of the Project, and has entered into separate agreements with each of the Members, each dated as of April 16, 1990 (the "Prior Interim Agreements"), in order to provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the Prior Notes; and WHEREAS, the Agency will now borrow additional funds by issuing one or more series of its contract revenue bonds (the "Bonds") to finance the costs of planning and constructing the Project, to purchase or pay the Prior Notes, to pay certain costs of issuance, to provide for capitalized interest and to establish appropriate reserves; and WHEREAS, principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each series of Bonds will be payable solely from (1) revenues received by the Agency from any Members or customers (including, without limitation, from any Project Use Agreement as defined below); (2) revenues of the Agency derived from the operation of the Project; (3) any amounts on hand at any time in any funds or accounts held by the Agency or a fiduciary that are established in the master bond resolution of the Agency (the "Bond Resolu- tion") or any supplemental resolution of the Agency authorizing the issuance of a series of Bonds (a "Supplemental Resolution"), (4) bond- proceeds, (5) such other receipts of the Agency as are permitted by the Agency Agreement, and (6) investment earnings on the foregoing; and WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the best interests of the Municipality to enter into a project use agreement (the "Project Use Agreement") with the Agency (a) in order for the Municipality to participate in and make use of the Project as a means of processing, storing and disposing of its municipal solid waste and (b) so that the Agency may pay the costs of the Pro- ject; and WHEREAS, under the Project Use. Agreement, the Munici- pality will agree that it will be liable to pay amounts to the Agency which will be sufficient, when combined with the payments of the other Members that are parties to Project Use Agreements, to cover the costs of the Project; and WHEREAS, the Municipality is obligated under the Project Use Agreement to establish a solid waste disposal system, and pledge certain revenues from the operation of such system, all as provided in the Project Use Agreement; and -2- WHEREAS, the Project Use Agreement sets forth detailed provisions and requirements regarding the collection and delivery of the waste of the Municipality, the various payment obligations of the Municipality and the methods of making such payments, and certain covenants, duties and agreements of the Municipality; and WHEREAS, the Municipality is obligated under the Project Use Agreement to pay its respective share of the costs of the Project without set-off or counterclaim, irrespective of whether the Project is ever completed, made available or provided to the Municipality and notwithstanding any suspension, inter- ruption, interference; reduction or curtailment of the Project; and WHEREAS, the Project Use Agreement will not go into effect until it has been executed by the minimum number of Members provided by Section 13.4 of the Project Use Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, in the exercise of its home rule powers as follows: SECTION 1: That the Municipality approves the form of the Project Use Agreement presented to it at this meeting and the President and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Project Use Agreement, in substantially the form attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit I and made a part of this Ordinance, with such changes therein as shall be approved by the persons executing such agreement. SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall constitute an appropriation of the funds necessary to meet the Municipality's obligations to make various payments under the terms of the Project Use Agreement. SECTION 3: That the Village Clerk shall publish a full, true and complete copy of this Ordinance in pamphlet form, by authority of the President and Board of Trustees. SECTION 4: That the Village Clerk is authorized and directed to send the following to the Executive Director of the Agency: (1) two certified copies of this Ordinance, (2) two certificates of publication of this Ordinance evidencing publication of this Ordinance, and (3) two certified copies of the minutes, or extract thereof, of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted, showing the adoption of this Ordinance. SECTION 5: That the President the Village Clerk, and other officers or employees of the Municipality are authorized and directed to take whatever additional steps are necessary for the Municipality to enter into the Project Use Agreement. -3- SECTION 6: That all ordinances, resolutions and orders, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith, are to the extent of such conflict hereby superseded. SECTION 7: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage, approval and publication. VOTE: AYES Joseph T. Bosslet, Ronald L. Chernick, Nancy J. Czarnik, Dennis J. Gallitano, James P. Petri, Michael A. Tosto NAYS None ABSENT None PASSED this 10th day of March , 1992. APPROVED this 10th day of March 1992. Charles J.;2.ettek, Its PRESIDENrT , _.ATT., T : Patricia S. Smith VILLAGE CLERK Nancy J. Czarnik moved and James P. Petri second the motion that the Ordinance as presented be adopted. After discussion thereof, the President directed that the roll be called for a vote upon the motion to adopt such ordinance. Upon the roll being called, the following persons voted AYE: Joseph T. Bosslet, Ronald L. Chernick, Nancy J. Czarnik, Dennis J. Gallitano, James P. Petri, Michael A. Tosto and the following voted NAY: WHEREUPON, the President declared the motion carried and the ordinance adopted, and henceforth did approve and sign the same in open meeting, and did direct the Village Clerk to record the same in full in the records of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois. adjourned. Other business was duly transacted at said meeting. Upon motion duly made and carried, the meeting -5- Village Clerk STATE OF ILLINOIS ) ) SS COUNTY OF Cook & DuPage ) CERTIFICATION OF MINUTES, ORDINANCE AND PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM 1, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and acting Village Clerk of the Village of Elk Grove, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois (the "Municipality"), and as such official I am the keeper of the official journal of proceedings, books, records, minutes and files of the Municipality and the President and Board of Trustees (the "Corporate Authorities") thereof. I do further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete transcript of that portion of the minutes of the meeting of the Corporate Authorities held on the 10th day of March , 1992 insofar as the same relates to the adoption of an ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROJECT USE AGREEMENT (the "Ordinance") a true, correct and complete copy of which Ordinance as adopted at said meeting appears in the foregoing transcript of the minutes of said meeting. I do further certify that the deliberations of the Corporate Authorities on the adoption of the Ordinance were taken openly; that the vote on the adoption of the Ordinance was taken openly; that said meeting was held at a specified time and place convenient to the public; that notice of said meeting was duly given to all newspapers, radio or television stations and other news media requesting such notice; and that said meeting was called and held in strict compliance with the provisions of the Open Meet- ings Act of the State of Illinois, as amended, and the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and that the Corporate Authorities have complied with all of the provisions of said Act and said Code and with all of the procedural rules of the Corporate Authorities in the adoption of the Ordinance. I do further certify that on the 12th day of March , 1992 there was published in pamphlet form, by authority of the Corporate Authorities, a true, correct and complete copy of the Ordinance and that the Ordinance as so published was on said date readily available for public inspection and distribution, in sufficient number to meet the needs of the general public, at my office as Village Clerk located in the Village. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of the Village this 12th day of March 1992. Village Clerk uuser/litrwo/727792-e/04/012192 �ECEIVto MAR 3 1 1992 VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE PROJECT USE by and between SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY and iiECEIVED MAR 3 1 1992 VIUAGE CLERn OFFICE EcEIvED JUL 3 11992 VILLAGE MANAGER'S OFFICE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS Dated: March 25, 1992 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 2.6. 2.7. 2.8. 2.9. 2.10. 2.11. 2.12. 2.13. 2.14. 2.15. 2.16. 2.17. 2.18. 2.19. 2.20. 2.21. 2.22. 2.23. 2.24. 2.25. 2.26. 2.27. 2.28. 2.29. 2.30. 2.31. 2.32. 2.33. 2.34. 2.35. 2.36. 2.37. 2.38. 2.39. TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I RECITALS ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS "Act" . . . . . . . . . "Agency" . . . . . . . . "Agency Agreement" . . . "Agency Obligations" . . "Agency Waste" . . . . . "Agreement" . . . . . . . "Balefill" . . . . . . . "Board" . . . . . . . . . "Components" . . . . . . "Construction Components" "Costs of Construction" . "Customer Waste" . . . . "Deficiency" . . . . . . "Deficiency Charge" . . . "Deficiency Factor" . . . "Deposit" . . . . . . . . "Engineer" . . . . . . . "Excess Waste" . . . . . "Excessive Use Charge" . "Expected Agency Waste" . "Expected Financing Member "Financing Components" "Financing Expenses" "Financing Member" . "Financing Member Delivery Date" "Financing Member System Waste" . "Financing Member Waste System" . "Fiscal Year" . . . . . . . . . . "Fixed Costs" . . . . . . . . . . "Future User" . . . . "Independent Financial Consultant" "Inflation Adjustment" . . . . . "Initial User" . . . . . . . . . "Interim Costs" . . . . . . "Landscape Waste Facility" . . . "Majority Service Date" . . . . . "Master Bond Resolution" . . . . "Operation and Maintenance Costs" "Phase 1 Deficiency" . . . . . . System Waste" -i- Paae 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 40. "Prior Notes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 41. "Prior Notes Refundings" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 42. "Project" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 43. "Project Budget" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 44. "Required Work" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 45. "Rolling Meadows Transfer Station" . . . . . . . . 7 46. "Subsequent Phase I Deficiency" . . . . . . . . . . 7 47. "Supplemental Bond Resolution" . . . . . . . . . . 7 48. "Transfer Station" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 49. "Third Transfer Station" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 50. "Trustee" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 51. "Waste" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 52. "Wheeling Township Transfer Station" . . . . . . . 8 ARTICLE III EXPECTED FINANCING MEMBER SYSTEM WASTE 3.1. Determinations of Expected Financing Member System Waste and Deficiency Factor . . . . . 8 3.2. Reasonableness of Expected Financing Member System Waste and Deficiency Factor . . . . . . . 9 3.3. Commitment to Deliver Financing Member System Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.4. Payment Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ARTICLE IV AGENCY UNDERTAKING REGARDING THE PROJECT 4.1. Undertaking Regarding the Project . . . . . . . . . 9 4.2. Contingency of Agency Undertaking . . . . . . . 10 ARTICLE V PROCEDURE FOR ISSUING AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 5.1. Determination to Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.2. Engineer' s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.3. Costs Within Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.4. Costs Within 125& of Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.5. Costs in Excess of 125% of Estimate . . . . . . . . 12 5.6. Cumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.7 Interim Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ARTICLE VI COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF WASTE TO TRANSFER STATIONS 6.1. Financing Member Waste System . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6.2. Title to Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.3. Weighing of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.4. Record of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.5. Alternate Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ARTICLE VII PAYMENT OBLIGATION 7.1. Sufficiency of Amounts to be Paid . . . . . . . . . 13 7.2. Operation and Maintenance Costs . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.3. Fixed Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.4. Excessive Use Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.5. Deficiency Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.6. Obligations upon Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ARTICLE VIII PAYMENT MECHANISM 8.1. Project Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8.2. Bills . . . . . .16 8.3. Time of Payment; Late Charges 16 8.4. Interest on Overdue Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8.5. Reservation of Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8.6. Partial Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 17 8.7. Nature of Obligation . . . . . . 17 8.8. Payments from Revenues of Financing Member Waste System . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.9. Deficiency Charge Payment of Home -Rule Units as General Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.10. Payments from Operation and Maintenance Account . . 17 8.11. Payments from Non -Waste System Revenue . . . . . . 18 8.12. Budgets and Bills as Estimates . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.13. Disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.14. Pledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ARTICLE IX AGENCY COVENANTS 9.1. Covenants Regarding the Project . . . . . . . . . . 20 ARTICLE X FINANCING MEMBER COVENANTS 10.1. Financing Member Waste System . . . . . . . . . 21 10.2. Rules and Regulations of Financing Member . . . . . . 28 13.3. Waste System . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10.3. Enforcement of Rules and Regulations . . . . . . . 21 10.4. Financial Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10.5. Segregation of Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 10.6. Payments from Financing Member Waste System . . . . 22 10.7. Books and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 10.8. Budget Adoption . . . . . . . . 22 10.9. Financing Member Obligations Subordinate . . . . . 22 10.10. Tax Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 10.11. Financing Member Waste System Ordinance . . . . . . 24 10.12. No Competition with Financing Member Waste System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ARTICLE XI RECYCLING INCENTIVE 11.1. Recycling Incentive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ARTICLE XII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 12.1. Financing Member Defaults . . . . . . . . 26 12.2. Agency Remedies in Event of Financing Member Default . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 12.3. Defaulting Financing Member Obligations Continue to Accrue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 12.4. Agency Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12.5. Financing Member Remedies in Event of Agency Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12.6. Force Majeure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS 13.1. Distribution of Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13.2. Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13.3. Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13.4. Financing Member Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13.5. Agency Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 13.6. Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 -iv- 13.7. Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13.8. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13.9. Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13.10. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13.11. Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13.12. Governing Law . . . . . . . . 31 13.13. Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 EXHIBIT A Initial Users EXHIBIT B Financing Member Delivery Date and Expected Financing Member System Waste EXHIBIT C Financing Member Waste System EXHIBIT D Estimated Costs of Components of Project EXHIBIT E Deficiency Factor EXHIBIT F Formulas am SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY PROJECT USE AGREEMENT THIS PROJECT USE AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY and the VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS as of March 25, 1992. ARTICLE I RECITALS 1.1. Article VII, Section 10 of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and the Act authorize "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 ordinance. 1.2. Section 3.2 of the Act authorizes any two or more municipalities and counties as units of local government to establish by an intergovernmental agreement a municipal joint action agency as a municipal corporation and public body politic and corporate in order to provide for an efficient and environmentally sound municipal waste system. 1.3. Pursuant to this authority and the Agency Agreement, the Agency was established. The members of the Agency consist of twenty-six units of local government located primarily in northern Cook County, Illinois. The Agency has been created to establish a waste system to provide for efficient and environmentally sound collection, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, storage, disposal, recovery and reuse of municipal waste. 1.4. To develop this waste system, the Agency has initiated steps to acquire, construct, operate, equip and improve the Project. Toward such end, the Agency has contracted for the preparation of detailed design and engineering plans for the Project, has acquired sites and options and other rights with respect to sites for the Project and has obtained certain zoning, land use and environmental permits. The Agency now intends to obtain other necessary governmental permits, to acquire additional sites or interests in sites for the Project or to acquire options therefor, to complete design of the Project, to acquire equipment for the Project, to construct and operate the Project, and to do all other things necessary or desirable to acquire, construct, operate, equip and improve the Project. 1.5. In order to pay certain costs of the Project, the Agency issued its $5,500,000 Contract Revenue and Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1988 on May 25, 1988, its $2,000,000 Contract Revenue and Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1989 on December 6, 1989 and its Prior Notes on May 1, 1990. The Agency and each of its twenty-six members entered into separate agreements, each dated as of April 16, 1990, in order to provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the Prior Notes. In order to pay the costs of the Project, including the cost of purchasing or paying the Prior Notes and relieving the obligation of the Financing Members to pay the costs of the Prior Notes, the Agency and the Financing Members will enter into separate Agreements. 1.6. Under the Agreements, each Financing Member agrees that it will be liable to pay amounts to the Agency which together with all amounts paid by other Financing Members will be sufficient in the aggregate to pay the costs of the Project. 1.7. The Agency will issue Agency Obligations from time to time to finance certain costs of the Project. 1.8. It is necessary and in the best interests of the Financing Member and the Agency for each of them to enter into this Agreement in order for (a) the Financing Member to participate in and make use of the Project as a means of processing, storing and disposing of its municipal waste and (b) the Agency to pay the costs of the Project. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS 2.1. "Act" means the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as amended (Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 127, 11 741-749 (1989)). 2.2. "Agency" means the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County. 2.3. "Agency Agreement" means An Agreement Establishing the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County as a Municipal Joint Action Agency, dated as of May 2, 1988, as it may be amended from time to time. 2.4. "Agency Obligatione" means all bonds, notes and other forms of indebtedness of the Agency payable or secured in whole or in part from revenues derived from the operation of the Project and issued after the date hereof. 2.5. "Agency Waste" means the sum of the Financing Member System Waste of all the Financing Members accepted by the Agency for any Fiscal Year. 2.6. "Agreement" means this Agreement and a similar Agreement with each of the Financing Members. IWAN 2.7. "Balefill" means the facility which will receive waste from one or more Transfer Stations for disposal into individually constructed cells which is expected to be constructed by the Agency near West Bartlett and Gifford Roads in Hanover Township in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois as a part of the Project. 2.8. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Agency. 2.9. "Components" means the Construction Components and the Financing Components. 2.10. "Construction Components" means the Wheeling Township Transfer Station, the Rolling Meadows Transfer Station, the Third Transfer Station, the Balefill, the Landscape Waste Facility and Required Work. 2.11. "Costs of Construction" means and shall include, together with any other proper item of cost properly capitalized but not specifically mentioned herein, the following costs and expenses of the Agency in connection with or incidental to the completion of the Project or any Construction Component: (a) the costs and expenses for labor, equipment, supplies and materials, and payments to contractors, builders, suppliers and materialmen in connection with construction and improvement (excluding any costs and expenses described in subparagraph (c) below); (b) the cost of contract bonds and of insurance of all kinds that may be required or necessary during the course of development and construction; (c) the costs and expenses of test borings, surveys, site investigations, the acquisition of real or personal property or interests therein, provisions to indemnify or secure a seller of any such property or interests therein, demolition of any buildings or structures and other site preparation costs necessary for development and construction, and supervising construction, as well as the performance of all duties required by or consequent upon proper construction; (d) the costs and expenses of acquiring or leasing equipment, machinery and rolling stock to be used in conjunction with a Construction Component or the Project, including equipment used to transport Waste; (e) fees and expenses for architectural, engineering, legal and other professional services with respect to the Project or any Construction Component during construction; -3- (f) any sums required to reimburse the Agency or any other lawfully authorized person for advances made by any of them for any of the above items, or for any other costs incurred and for work done by any of them, which are properly chargeable to development and construction including, without limitation, administrative expenses attributable to the period prior to completion of the Project; (g) the payment of any obligations of the Agency (including any interest and redemption premiums) other than the Prior Notes incurred to temporarily finance the payment of any costs of the Project or any Component; and (h) such other costs and expenses not specified herein as may be necessary or incidental to development, acquisition and construction, and operation during construction, of all or any part of the Project or any Construction Component, the financing thereof and the placing of the same in use and operation. 2.12. "Customer Waste" means all waste accepted by the Agency at a Transfer Station which is not Financing Member System Waste of any Financing Member. 2.13. "Deficiency" means, as of the first day of any month, the amount by which revenues, either actual or projected, are insufficient to meet known expenses. 2.14. "Deficiency Charge" means, as of the first day of any month, the amount determined and charged by the Agency to meet a Deficiency and to be paid by the Financing Members. 2.15. "Deficiency Factor" means the factor used in allocating each Financing Member's share of a Deficiency Charge as detailed in Exhibit E to this Agreement. 2.16. "Deposit" means the deposit described in Section 8.11 of this Agreement. 2.17. "Engineer" means an engineer or engineering firm or corporation having a favorable reputation for skill and experience in the design and construction of solid waste transfer stations and landfills. 2.18. "Excess Waste" means the Financing Member System Waste which is in excess of 115% of its Expected Financing Member System Waste for that Fiscal Year. 2.19. "Excessive Use Charge" means the charge imposed pursuant to Section 7.4 for delivering more than 115% of Expected Financing Member System Waste in any Fiscal Year. SC 2.20. "Expected Agency Waste" means the sum of the Expected Financing Member System Waste of all of the Financing Members for the relevant Fiscal Year. 2.21. "Expected Financing Member System Waste" means the Waste expected to be generated within the Financing Member Waste System for any Fiscal Year, as determined under Section 3.1. 2.22. "Financing Components" means the Prior Notes Refundings and the Interim Costs. 2.23. "Financing Expenses" means expenses related to the issuance of Agency Obligations, including costs of issuance, reserve funds, capitalized interest and credit enhancement fees and expenses. 2.24. "Financing Member" means a member of the Agency which is a party to an Agreement. 2.25. "Financing Member Delivery Date" means the date on which the Financing Member is scheduled to commence delivering Waste to the Agency as detailed on Exhibit B to this Agreement. 2.26. "Financing Member System Waste" means, for each Financing Member, the Waste identified by type generated and the geographic area or areas of such generation as defined by the Financing Member Waste System. 2.27. "Financing Member Waste System" means, for each Financing Member, the waste collection and transportation system from time to time, as defined in the ordinance meeting the requirements of Article X of this Agreement. The term Financing Member Waste System includes all financial and physical assets of the Financing Member Waste System. A copy of the Financing Member's ordinance establishing such Financing Member Waste System is attached as Exhibit C to this Agreement. 2.28. "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the Agency commencing May 1 of any year and concluding April 30 of the following year. 2.29. "Fixed Costa" means an amount sufficient at all times to pay all those costs of the Project which do not vary as a function of the amount of Waste delivered to the Project, including, but not limited to, the costs (i) to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Agency Obligations, (ii) to establish and maintain an environmental fund, (iii) to establish and maintain a renewal and replacement fund, (iv) to establish and maintain a self-insurance fund, (v) to establish and maintain a rebate fund, (vi) to provide and maintain required reserves related to payment of the costs enumerated in clauses (i) through (v), (vii) to establish and maintain debt service reserve accounts, (viii) to comply with the covenants of the -5- Master Bond Resolution with respect to all costs except as they pertain to Operation and Maintenance Costs, and (ix) to pay reasonable capital costs and costs of service, equipment and supply contracts necessary to carry out the corporate purposes and powers of the Agency with respect to the Project. 2.30. "Future User" means a Financing Member not listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement. 2.31. "Independent Financial Consultant" means an individual or firm having a favorable reputation for skill and experience as a financial advisor for issuers of municipal bonds. 2.32. "Inflation Adjustment" means the adjustment to the Costs of Construction made by application of the building cost index for the Chicago metropolitan area available through the "Engineering News -Record." 2.33. "Initial User" means a Financing Member listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement. 2.34. "Interim Costs" means the costs relating to (i) the permitting, engineering and initial construction of the Balefill, and (ii) general and administrative costs of the Agency, including professional fees, until the Balefill is operational. 2.35. "Landscape waste Facility" means a facility to be built by the Agency which will dispose of landscape waste. 2.36. "Majority Service Date" means the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which at least a majority of the members of the Agency are delivering Financing Member System Waste to a Transfer Station, (ii) the date on which the Agency commences construction of or makes lease payments for a second Transfer Station,'or (iii) January 1, 1996. 2.37. "Master Bond Resolution" means the Agency's master bond resolution, as it may be amended from time to time under which the Agency will authorize the issuance of and issue Agency Obligations. 2.38. "Operation and Maintenance Costs" means an amount sufficient at all times to pay those costs of the Project which vary as a function of the amount of Waste delivered to the Project and do not constitute Fixed Costs. 2.39. "Phase I Deficiency" means a Deficiency which requires the imposition of a Deficiency Charge on Financing Members which (i) occurs prior to the Majority Service Date and (ii) occurs with respect to a month following a month with respect to which no Deficiency Charge has been imposed. ME 2.40. "Prior Notes" means the Agency's $16,250,000 Contract Revenue Notes, Series 1990, issued on May 1, 1990. 2.41. "Prior Notes Refundings" means the Financing Component pursuant to which the Agency will refund its Prior Notes. 2.42. "Project" means a "waste project" as defined in Section 3.2(j)(ii) of the Act undertaken by or on behalf of the Agency consisting of the Financing Components and the Construction Components, which may be undertaken in any order. 2.43. "Project Budget" means the budget regarding the Project adopted each Fiscal Year by the Agency. 2.44. "Required Work" shall mean repairs, maintenance, renewals, replacements, improvements or betterments required by federal or state law, a licensing or regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the Project or any Construction Component, or this Agreement, or otherwise determined to be necessary by a majority of the Directors of the Board then holding office to keep the Project or any Construction Component in good and efficient operating condition, consistent with (1) sound economics for the Project and the Financing Members and (2) standards for the industry. 2.45. "Rolling Meadows Transfer Station" means the Transfer Station expected to be constructed by the Agency at 3851 Berdnick Street in the City of Rolling Meadows, Illinois as a part of the Project. 2.46. "Subsequent Phase I Deficiency" means a Deficiency which requires the imposition of a Deficiency Charge on Financing Members which (i) occurs prior to the Majority Service Date and (ii) occurs with respect to a month following a month with respect to which a Deficiency Charge has been imposed. 2.47. "Supplemental Bond Resolution" means a resolution of the Agency authorizing the issuance of Agency Obligations in accordance with the Master Bond Resolution. 2.48. "Transfer Station" means the Wheeling Township Transfer Station, the Rolling Meadows Transfer Station, the Third Transfer Station or any other transfer station constructed, owned or leased by the Agency. 2.49. "Third Transfer Station" means the Transfer Station expected to be leased or constructed and owned by the Agency, the location of which has not been determined by the Agency as of the date hereof, as part of the Project. -7- 2.50. "Trustee" means the trustee or trustees for the benefit of the owners of the Agency Obligations, appointed as provided in the Master Bond Resolution. 2.51. "Waste" means garbage, general household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, and construction or demolition debris, excluding landscape waste, which may by law and regulation be deposited at a Transfer Station and which satisfies the Agency's requirements. 2.52. "Wheeling Township Transfer Station" means the Transfer Station, including the flood control work and the administrative building related thereto, expected to be constructed by the Agency northeast of the intersection of Central Road and Des Plaines River Road in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois as a part of the Project. ARTICLE III EXPECTED FINANCING MEMBER SYSTEM WASTE 3.1. Determinations of Expected Financing Member System Waste and Deficiency Factor. (a) The Agency and the Financing Member have determined the Expected Financing Member System Waste of the Financing Member as detailed in Exhibit B in order to design the capacity of the Project. The Agency and the Financing Member have determined the Deficiency Factor as detailed in Exhibit E in order to allocate the default risk of the Project. This determination is based, in part, on population and waste estimates for each Financing Member for the year 2003. The Agency and the Financing Member agree that the determinations made with respect to Exhibit B and Exhibit E are fair and equitable. (b) The schedule of Expected Financing Member System Waste detailed in Exhibit B will be revised annually by the Agency for each Financing Member commencing March 1 of the first Fiscal Year after the Financing Member Delivery Date for such Financing Member during the term of this Agreement. These revisions shall be effective on May 1 of each such year. The first annual revision of the Expected Financing Member System Waste shall be based on the actual Financing Member System Waste for the previous Fiscal Year. The second annual revision of the Expected Financing Member System Waste shall be based on the average of the actual Financing Member System Waste of the Financing Member for the two previous Fiscal Years. The revised Expected Financing Member System Waste for each subsequent Fiscal Year shall be based on the average of the actual Financing Member System Waste of the Financing Member for the three years prior to such Fiscal Year. The Agency shall determine such revisions after consultation with the Financing Member. Such determinations shall take into account, among other things, partial year usage, phased -delivery as indicated on Exhibit B, annexations, disconnections, consolidations, physical disasters and changes in law or Agency requirements. Upon the request of the Financing Member, the Agency may further revise the Estimated Financing Member System Waste for the then current Fiscal Year subsequent to the commencement of that Fiscal Year to accommodate unforeseen circumstances such as those listed in the preceding sentence. 3.2. Reasonableness of Expected Financing Member System Waste and Deficiency Factor. The Financing Member acknowledges that the determination of its Expected Financing Member System Waste and Deficiency Factor are reasonable. The Financing Member further acknowledges (i) that an allocation of 100% of the Fixed Costs of the Agency among the Financing Members on the basis that all Financing Members will deliver at least 85% of their respective Expected Financing Member System Waste to the Agency is an equitable method for determining its share of the Fixed Costs of the Project and (ii) that an allocation of the default risk of the Project among Financing Members on the basis of the Deficiency Factor is an equitable method for sharing risk of the Project. 3.3. Commitment to Deliver Financing Member System Waste. From and after the Financing Member's Delivery Date through the term of this Agreement, the Financing Member shall deliver or cause to be delivered its Financing Member System Waste to the Agency. 3.4. Payment Obligation. As long as Agency Obligations are outstanding, the Financing Member shall make all payments as required by this Agreement, without setoff or counterclaim and irrespective of whether the Project or any Component is ever completed, made available or provided to the Financing Member or whether any Financing Member fails to deliver its Financing Member System Waste, and notwithstanding any suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the Project or any Component. ARTICLE IV AGENCY UNDERTAKING REGARDING THE PROJECT 4.1. Undertaking Regarding the Project. On behalf of the Financing Members, the Agency shall use its best efforts to: (a) Construct and operate those Construction Components of the Project which will enable it to accept for disposal all Financing Member System Waste from and after such Waste is scheduled to be delivered to the Agency, provided that the Agency may construct any Construction Component or portion of the Project in phases and may construct the various Construction Components and portions of the Project in any order. (b) Construct and operate the Wheeling Township Transfer Station, make it available for acceptance of the Financing Member System Waste of the Initial Users on their respective Financing Member Delivery Dates and provide for disposal of the Financing Member System Waste accepted by it. (c) Construct and operate the Rolling Meadows Transfer Station, make it available for acceptance of the Financing Member System Waste of those Financing Members identified in Exhibit B on their respective Financing Member Delivery Dates and during the term of this Agreement and shall provide for disposal of the Financing Member System Waste accepted by it. (d) Provide for the Third Transfer Station, cause it to be available for acceptance of the Financing Member System Waste of those Financing Members identified on Exhibit B on their respective Financing Member Delivery Dates and during the term of this Agreement and provide for disposal of the Financing Member System Waste accepted by it. (e) Construct and operate the Balefill and make it available for disposal of Financing Member System Waste accepted at Transfer Stations. (f) Borrow in two or more phases the sums necessary to refund, or otherwise provide for the payment of, its Prior Notes. (g) Borrow the sums necessary to finance the Interim Costs. (h) Construct and operate a Landscape Waste Facility. (i) Undertake and complete all Required Work. (j) With respect to the Agency's undertakings in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this Section, the Agency may direct Financing Member System Waste to a Transfer Station other than the one identified on Exhibit B for the Financing Member, provided that access is provided to a Transfer Station by the Financing Member Delivery Date as shown on Exhibit B. 4.2. Contingency of Agency Undertaking. The Agency's obligation to initiate and complete the undertaking described in Section 4.1 above is contingent upon the issuance of the necessary permits by the federal, state and local governments. In the event the Agency is unable to complete the Project or any Component or in the event that after completion, the operation of the Project or any Component thereof is suspended, interrupted, interfered with, reduced or curtailed, the Agency shall use reasonable efforts to find alternate means of disposal of the Financing Member System Waste. Notwithstanding the Agency's -10- failure to perform its obligations under this Article, the obligation of the Financing Member to make all payments as required by this Agreement is unconditional and irrevocable, without setoff or counterclaim and irrespective of whether the Project or any Component is ever completed, made available or provided to the Financing Member or whether any Financing Member fails to deliver its Financing Member System Waste, and notwithstanding any suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the Project or any Component. ARTICLE V FOR ISSUING AGENCY OBLIGATIONS This Article provides for the procedures pursuant to which the Agency may issue Agency Obligations to finance the Project. 5.1. Determination to Issue. Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, the Agency, by a majority vote of the Directors of the Board then holding office, may determine to issue Agency Obligations to finance the various Components at such time, in such amount, and in one or more series as is in the best interest of the Agency. Before the issuance of Agency Obligations, the Agency shall notify each Financing Member of its intent to issue Agency Obligations at least 30 days prior to such issuance. 5.2. Engineer's Report. Before issuing Agency Obligations (for other than Financing Components, Required Work or refundings of Agency Obligations), the Agency shall cause to be prepared an Engineer's report estimating the cost of the Construction Component or Components of the Project to be financed by the proposed Agency Obligations and comparing such costs to be financed to the estimates contained in Exhibit D. 5.3. Costs Within Estimate. If the Engineer's report prepared pursuant to Section 5.2 estimates that the Costs of Construction of the Construction Component to be financed by the proposed Agency Obligations is not more than the cost as detailed on Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment, then the Agency may issue Agency Obligations to pay the Costs of Construction of such Construction Component and to pay Financing Expenses with respect to such Component, upon the approval of a majority of the Directors of the Board then holding office. 5.4. Costs within 125% of Estimate. If the Engineer's report prepared pursuant to Section 5.2 estimates that the Costs of Construction of the Construction Component to be financed by the proposed Agency Obligations is more than 100k but no more than 1254 of the cost detailed on Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment, then the Agency may issue Agency Obligations to pay the Costs of Construction of such Construction Component and to -11- pay Financing Expenses with respect to such Component, upon the approval of 60% of the Directors of the Board then holding office. 5.5. Costs in Excess of 125% of Estimate. If the Engineer's report prepared pursuant to Section 5.2 estimates that the Costs of Construction of the Construction Component to be financed by the proposed Agency Obligations is more than 125% but no more than 195% of the cost detailed on Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment, then the Agency may issue Agency Obligations to pay the Costs of Construction of such Construction Component and to pay Financing Expenses with respect to such Component, upon the approval of (i) 60% of the Directors of the Board and (ii) the corporate authorities of 60% of the Financing Members. Without the consent of the corporate authorities of all of the Financing Members, the Agency shall not issue Agency Obligations to pay any costs in excess of 195% of the Costs of Construction of any Construction Component (except Required Work) detailed on Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment. 5.6. Cumulation. Upon the completion of each Construction Component (except Required Work), the Engineer shall certify the Costs of Construction of such Construction Component. The positive difference between the Costs of Construction of a Construction Component described in Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment to the date of the certificate minus the certified Costs of Construction, may be used to increase the cost shown on Exhibit D for another Construction Component for the purpose of determining whether the Engineer's report delivered under Section 5.2 for that Construction Component is within the estimate for the purpose of Section 5.3. 5.7. Interim Costs. Without the consent of the corporate authorities of all of the Financing Members, the Agency shall not issue Agency Obligations for Interim Costs in excess of the estimate for Interim Costs detailed on Exhibit D, plus the Inflation Adjustment. ARTICLE VI COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF WASTE TO TRANSFER STATIONS 6.1. Financing Member Waste System. The Financing Member has created a Waste System pursuant to Article X hereof and from and after its Financing Member Delivery Date shall cause the collection and delivery of its Financing Member System Waste to the Transfer Station in accordance with the Agreement and its ordinance adopted as required by Article X hereof. A description of the geographic boundaries of the Financing Member Waste System and the type of Waste included in the Financing Member Waste System is described in Exhibit C and may not be amended without the consent of the Agency, except the geographic boundaries -12- described in Exhibit C may be amended to add any area annexed to or remove any area disconnected from, the corporate limits of the Financing Member. 6.2. Title to Waste. Title to Financing Member System Waste shall pass to the Agency when it has been accepted by the Agency at a Transfer Station. 6.3. Weighing of Waste. The Agency shall provide for and calibrate and keep in reasonable and accurate working order a measurement device for weighing Financing Member System Waste delivered to any Transfer Station. 6.4. Record of Waste. The Agency shall keep daily records of deliveries of Financing Member System Waste to the Transfer Stations and shipment of Waste from each Transfer Station in a form as designated in the rules and regulations of the Agency, which records shall be available for inspection by any Financing Member during the normal business hours of the Agency. 6.5. Alternate Measurement. In the event that the Agency measurement device is inoperable, Financing Member System Waste shall be measured by volume as provided by the rules and regulations of the Agency. ARTICLE VII PAYMENT OBLIGATION This Article establishes the obligation of the Financing Member to pay its share of the costs of the Project. Formulaic descriptions of the obligations described in this Article are included as Exhibit F to this Agreement. 7.1. Sufficiency of Amounts to be Paid. Each Financing Member shall pay an amount sufficient, when taken in the aggregate, to enable the Agency to pay the Operation and Maintenance Costs and the Fixed Costs of the Project. 7.2. Operation and Maintenance Costs. As its share of Operation and Maintenance Costs of the Project, the Financing Member shall pay an amount equal to the total Operation and Maintenance Costs for the relevant Fiscal Year multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the Financing Member System Waste accepted and whose denominator is Agency Waste accepted for the relevant Fiscal Year. 7.3. Fixed Costs. (a) As its share of Fixed Costs of the Project for any Fiscal Year during which the sum of Agency Waste and Customer Waste is less than 855k of Expected Agency Waste, the Financing Member shall pay an amount equal to the total Fixed Costs for the relevant Fiscal Year multiplied by a fraction -13- (i) whose numerator is the greater of (A) the Financing Member System Waste accepted for the relevant Fiscal Year or (B) 85% of the Expected Financing Member Waste for the relevant Fiscal Year and (ii) whose denominator is 85% of the Expected Agency Waste for the relevant Fiscal Year. (b) As its share of Fixed Costs of the Project for any Fiscal Year during which the sum of Agency Waste and Customer Waste is greater than or equal to 85% of Expected Agency Waste, the Financing Member shall pay an amount equal to the total Fixed Costs for the relevant Fiscal Year multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the Financing Member System Waste accepted for the relevant Fiscal Year and whose denominator is 85t of the Expected Agency Waste for the relevant Fiscal Year. 7.4. Excessive Use Charge. In any year in which Financing Member Waste is disposed of at the Balefill, an Excessive Use Charge will be assessed against the Financing Member if (a) the amount of Financing Member System Waste during any Fiscal Year exceeds 115W of its Expected Financing Member System Waste for that Fiscal Year and (b) the amount of Agency Waste exceeds 100% of Expected Agency Waste for that Fiscal Year. The Excessive Use Charge shall be an amount equal to (i) the sum of such Financing Member's share of Operation and Maintenance Costs and Fixed Costs for the Fiscal Year (ii) divided by ten (10). An Excessive Use Charge will not be imposed or applicable to the Financing Member until the fourth Fiscal Year after the Financing Member Delivery Date. 7.5. Deficiency Charge. (a) An Initial User's share of the Deficiency Charge from a Phase I Deficiency, if any, for each period shall be an amount equal to the Initial User's Deficiency Factor as shown in Exhibit E divided by the sum of the Deficiency Factors for all Initial Users multiplied by the Deficiency Charge for the period and multiplied by nine -tenths (9/10). A Future User's share of the Deficiency Charge from a Phase I Deficiency, if any, for each period shall be an amount equal to the Future User's Deficiency Factor as shown in Exhibit E divided by the sum of the Deficiency Factors for all Future Users multiplied by the Deficiency Charge for the period and multiplied by one-tenth (1/10). (b) The Financing Member's share of Deficiency Charges from a Subsequent Phase I Deficiency or any Deficiency subsequent to the Majority Service Date, if any, for each period shall be an amount equal to the Financing Member's Deficiency Factor as shown in Exhibit E divided by the sum of the Deficiency Factors for all Financing Members multiplied by the Deficiency Charge for the period. (c) In calculating the sum of the Deficiency Factors as described above in (a) and (b) of this Section, the Agency may exclude from any such summation the Deficiency Factor of any 14- Financing Member then in default under Section 12.1(a) of its Agreement. (d) The Agency may, but is not required to, impose a Deficiency Charge if it reasonably expects the related Deficiency to be eliminated within the subsequent month of the Agency's Fiscal Year. (e) The total amount which the Initial User, Future User or Financing Member is obligated to pay under this Section 7.5 for any Fiscal Year shall not exceed the Deficiency Factor for the Financing Member multiplied by the Fixed Costs of the Agency for such Fiscal Year multiplied by one and one-third. (f) The total amount which a Financing Member is obligated to pay under Section 7.3 and Section 7.5 for any Fiscal Year shall not exceed the greater of (i) the sum of (A) its share of Fixed Costs payable under Section 7.3 for the Fiscal Year and (B) one-third of the Fixed Costs of the Agency for the Fiscal Year multiplied by the Deficiency Factor for the Financing Member, and (ii) the Deficiency Factor for the Financing Member multiplied by the Fixed Costs of the Agency for the Fiscal Year multiplied by one and one-third. 7.6. Obligations upon Withdrawal. The Financing Member may withdraw from the Agency as provided in Section 6 of the Agency Agreement but shall remain fully obligated under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, all payment obligations, all obligations to deliver waste and all other performance obligations and covenants hereunder. If the Financing Member withdraws, it shall also be obligated to pay all Agency costs associated with the withdrawal. ARTICLE VIII PAYMENT This Article provides for the Agency to adopt a Project Budget which will estimate the costs of the Agency for the Project for each Fiscal Year and estimate the allocation of the shares of those costs for each Financing Member in that Fiscal Year. These estimated shares of certain costs will be the basis of the annual bill, payable in equal monthly installments. The Project Budget and the annual bill are designed for the convenience of the Financing Member in making its financial plans. The payment obligations of the Financing Member are estimated by the Project Budget. Should the amounts due as determined under Article VII be greater for any Fiscal Year than the amount of the annual bill for the Fiscal Year, the amount due shall be the amount determined under Article VII. Should the amounts due as determined under Article VII be less for any Fiscal Year than the amount of the bill, the Financing Member -15- shall pay during that Fiscal Year not less than the amount of the bill for that Fiscal Year, but shall be due a credit pursuant to Section 8.12. 8.1. Project Budget. The Project Budget adopted each Fiscal Year by a majority of the Directors of the Board then holding office shall contain a statement of the estimated expenses, including the Operation and Maintenance Costs and Fixed Costs for that Fiscal Year, the estimated other available revenue of the Agency from the Project, including estimated income from customer contracts, the other revenue of the Agency to be applied to the Project during the Fiscal Year and the amounts needed to be paid by Financing Members to meet the expenses of the Agency for the Project in such Fiscal Year. The Project Budget shall also show an expected allocation of the amounts needed to be paid by Financing Members to meet the expenses among the Financing Members on the basis of the Expected Financing Member System Waste to be generated during the Fiscal Year. The Agency may amend the Project Budget at any time, provided that the Financing Member shall receive 30 days' prior notice of the meeting at which such amendment is to be adopted. 8.2. Bills. The Agency shall prepare and deliver to the Financing Member not later than March 15 a statement which shall set forth the estimated amount of the Financing Member's obligations under this Agreement for the subsequent Fiscal Year. The Agency shall also prepare and deliver to the Financing Member not later than the 5th day of each month a bill for the subsequent month, the amount of which shall be 1/12th of the Financing Member's obligations under this Agreement as determined in the Project Budget for the Fiscal Year and the full amount of any Deficiency Charge and any charges imposed pursuant to Sections 8.3 and 8.4 not determined in the Project Budget. Revised bills reflecting amendments to the Project Budget shall be sent to the Financing Member within 10 days of the adoption of such amendment. 8.3. Time of Payment; Late Charges. The bill for each month shall be paid by the Financing Member no later than the 25th day of such month. A Financing Member shall pay a late charge of 3% on all amounts due and unpaid on the due date. 8.4. Interest on Overdue Amounts. In the event that the Financing Member has not paid all amounts due including any late charges by the end of the month in which they are due, the Financing Member agrees to pay interest on all such unpaid amounts at the rate of 1%* per month or portion of a month, which interest shall accrue beginning with the first day of the calendar month after the due date. 8.5. Reservation of Remedies. In addition to the right to receive a late charge and interest as provided in this Article, the Agency reserves all other rights and remedies it may have at -16- law, in equity or under this Agreement or the Agency Agreement as a result of any failure by the Financing Member to pay when due all amounts payable under this Agreement. Election of any remedy shall not be a waiver of any other remedy. 8.6. Partial Payments. Acceptance of any partial payment shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any amounts not paid. 8.7. Nature of Obligation. The obligation of the Financing Member to make all payments as required by this Agreement is unconditional and irrevocable, without setoff or counterclaim and irrespective of whether the Project or any Component is ever completed, made available or provided to the Financing Member or whether any Financing Member fails to deliver Financing Member System Waste, and notwithstanding any suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the Project or any Component. 8.8. Payments from Revenues of Financing Member Waste System. Except as provided in Sections 8.9 and 8.11 of this Agreement, all payments required to be made by the Financing Member under this Agreement shall be made from revenues to be derived by the Financing Member from the operation of its Financing Member Waste System. Except as provided in Section 8.9 of this Agreement, payments made by the Financing Member under this Agreement shall not constitute an indebtedness of the Financing Member within the meaning of any statutory or constitutional limitation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the Financing Member is not prohibited by this Agreement from using any other available funds to make the payments required by this Agreement, provided however, that the use of any such other funds shall be made only pursuant to Sections 8.9 or 8.11. 8.9. Deficiency Charge Payment of Home -Rule Units as General Obligation. If the Financing Member is a home -rule unit pursuant to Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois on the effective date of this Agreement, any Deficiency Charge payable by the Financing Member under this Agreement is a general obligation of the Financing Member to the prompt payment of which its full faith and credit and its taxing power are pledged, and unless paid from other sources, the Financing Member shall provide for the levy of a tax on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the Financing Member without limit as to rate or amount so as to provide for the payment of such obligation when due. 8.10. Payments from Operation and Maintenance Account. The obligation of the Financing Member to make payments required by this Agreement from revenues of its Financing Member Waste System shall be payable from the operation and maintenance account of its Financing Member Waste System enterprise fund and -17- from all other accounts of its Financing Member Waste System fund in which there are available funds. Except as provided in Section 10.9, no other obligation for payment may be made against the Financing Member Waste System. 8.11. Payments from Non -Waste System Revenue. (a) Prior to the beginning of the Agency's Fiscal Year, the Financing Member may choose to make payments pursuant to this Section 8.11 provided the terms of this Section 8.11 are complied with. Upon any such election, the chief administrative officer of the Financing Member shall provide a copy of the relevant resolution or ordinance making such election and a certificate stating to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency that (A) the conditions of this Section 8.11 are expected to be satisfied and (B) the source of the moneys, the projected monthly cash flow and the timing of the receipt thereof are expected to satisfy its obligations hereunder. (b) If pursuant to subparagraph (a) above a Financing Member determines to use funds other than those generated from the operation of its Financing Member Waste System, the Financing Member shall (i) deposit in the Financing Member Waste System's enterprise fund or a special revenue fund an amount of cash equal to its obligation to the Agency as estimated by the Project Budget for the next Fiscal Year or (ii) pledge and assign taxes previously and lawfully levied but yet to be collected to the Financing Member Waste System's enterprise fund or a special revenue fund in an amount equal to its obligation to the Agency as estimated by the Project Budget for the next Fiscal Year; such levy amount to be identified as being for payment to the Agency in the Financing Member's tax levy ordinance, appropriation ordinance or budget ordinance. The Financing Member may also determine to pay its obligations from any combination of (x) funds generated from the operation of its Financing Member Waste System, (y) any Deposit made pursuant to clause (i) of the previous sentence and (z) a pledge and assignment of taxes made pursuant to clause (ii) of the previous sentence. If the Project Budget for the next Fiscal Year is not available, the Financing Member may use the Project Budget for the current Fiscal Year to calculate such amounts. Such amount shall be properly budgeted and appropriated by the Financing Member from the Financing Member Waste System's enterprise fund or special revenue fund, as applicable, to the Agency to pay the Financing Member's payment obligations hereunder. 8.12. Budgets and Bills as Estimates. Although it is intended that the Project Budget will be an accurate estimate of, and the annual bills will accurately state, the payment obligations of the Financing Member, the payment obligations of the Financing Member are determined by Article VII of this Agreement. Failure by the Agency to adopt a Project Budget or to send any bill, or inaccuracies in a Project Budget or any bill, 5". shall not affect the obligations of the Financing Member to pay all amounts due pursuant to Article VII. The Agency shall calculate the actual obligations of each Financing Member for the previous Fiscal Year within 60 days after the beginning of a subsequent Fiscal Year. If the amount due under Article VII exceeds the billed amount, the Financing Member shall pay to the Agency over the four monthly payments after the actual obligations are determined all amounts due in respect of any difference between billed amounts and amounts actually due to the Agency pursuant to Article VII. If the billed amount exceeds the amount due under Article VII, the Agency shall give a credit to the Financing Member in the subsequent Fiscal Year over the four monthly bills after the actual obligations are determined for any difference between the billed amount and amount actually due to the Agency pursuant to Article VII. As long as Agency Obligations are outstanding, the Agency shall make no cash refunds to any Financing Member. Furthermore, in the event that any portion of the Fixed Costs paid by a Financing Member prior to January 1, 1996 is attributable to debt service on Agency Obligations, such Financing Member shall receive a credit for that portion of the Fixed Costs attributable to debt service. The credit shall be applied against the Financing Member's obligations to the Agency for the Fiscal Year commencing May 1, 1996. Any such credit shall be added to the Fixed Costs of the Agency for the Fiscal Year commencing May 1, 1996. 8.13. Disputes. (a) If a Financing Member desires to dispute all or any part of any payments under this Agreement, the Financing Member shall nevertheless pay the full amount of any such payment when due and include with such payment written notification to the Agency that charges are disputed, the grounds for dispute and the amount in dispute. Upon receipt of notification of dispute, representatives of the Agency shall meet with representatives of the Financing Member to resolve such dispute. No adjustment or relief on account of any disputed charges shall be made unless disputed charges are the subject of such notice within the time herein specified, or within a reasonable period from the time the Financing Member knew or should have known of the facts giving rise to the dispute. The Agency and the Financing Member shall promptly attempt and continue efforts to resolve the dispute. In the event that it is determined that the Financing Member shall have overpaid, it shall receive a credit pursuant to Section 8.12 and in no event shall it be entitled to setoff or counterclaim. (b) In no event shall the Financing Member's payment or partial payment of a bill be deemed a waiver with respect to any claims of the Financing Member. Nor shall the Financing Member's participation in the dispute resolution process pursuant to this Section limit the claims, causes of actions, rights, or remedies that the Financing Member may have at law or in equity against the Agency under this Agreement or the Agency Agreement, nor -19- shall such participation be deemed an election of remedies by the Financing Member. 8.14. Pledge. All revenues derived by the Financing Member from the operation of its Financing Member Waste System are hereby pledged to the purpose of making all payments required under this Agreement and the Agency is hereby granted a lien on all funds now or hereafter deposited in the Financing Member Waste System enterprise fund or any special revenue fund described in Section 8.11(b). ARTICLE IX AGENCY COVENANTS 9.1. Covenants Regarding the Project. The Agency covenants and agrees that it will: (a) operate and maintain the Project and each Construction Component in conformance with all laws and this Agreement; (b) make and keep separate and proper books and accounts with respect to the Project and cause those books and accounts to be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) operate and maintain the Project and each Construction Component in order to be able to perform the obligation to accept Financing Member System Waste from the Financing Member and other Financing Members; (d) maintain in effect and enforce the Agreement with each of the Financing Members as required by the Master Bond Resolution; (e) perform all of its covenants under the Master Bond Resolution and any Supplemental Bond Resolution, as may be amended from time to time; (f) issue Agency Obligations, the debt service on which will not be includable in Fixed Costs until after December 1995; provided, however, that Agency Obligations may be issued which require debt service payments prior to January 1996 if the Agency receives (i) an opinion of bond counsel that tax exemption on Agency Obligations would otherwise be jeopardized or (ii) a letter from an Independent Financial Consultant that market conditions dictate that interest rates on Agency Obligations would otherwise be materially higher; (g) impose an equity charge under the interim project use agreements relating to the Prior Notes only if the Agency pays -20- that charge for each Financing Member from the Agency's own funds; (h) prior to the Majority Service Date and to the extent permitted under the Master Bond Resolution, use any monies in the Residual Fund (as defined and created under the Master Bond Resolution) to reduce the Operation and Maintenance Costs and the Fixed Costs; and (i) enter into a contract or agreement to accept Customer Waste only if the performance of the Agency obligations thereunder do not impair the Agency's ability to perform its obligations under the Agreements. ARTICLE X FINANCING MEMBER COVENANTS The Financing Member covenants and agrees as follows: 10.1. Financing Member Waste System. The Financing Member shall and shall cause each franchisee, licensee and contractor with respect to the Financing Member Waste System to (a) maintain and keep the Financing Member Waste System in good repair and working order; (b) operate it efficiently and faithfully; and (c) conform with all laws, including the Act and the rules and regulations of the Agency as amended from time to time, this Agreement, any agreement attached as Exhibit C to this Agreement and its ordinance establishing the Financing Member Waste System. 10.2. Rules and Regulations of Financing Member Waste System. The Financing Member will establish rules and regulations for the use, operation and composition of the Financing Member Waste System which are consistent with those rules and regulations adopted by the Agency of which the Financing Member has been given notice and which will enable the Financing Member to comply with the Agency's rules and regulations. All such rules and regulations adopted by the Financing Member shall be filed with the Agency. 10.3. Enforcement of Rules and Regulations. The Financing Member shall vigorously enforce the rules and regulations of its Financing Member Waste System and its Financing Member Waste System ordinance and any agreements attached hereto as Exhibit C and shall diligently pursue the collection of rates and charges from its customers. 10.4. Financial Covenant. Subject to the provisions of Sections 8.11, the Financing Member will establish, maintain, revise as necessary, and collect rates and charges from customers of the Financing Member Waste System as shall be required from time to time, together with other available funds, to produce -21- revenues at least sufficient (a) to pay all amounts due under this Agreement; (b) to pay all other costs of operation and maintenance of the Financing Member Waste System; (c) to provide adequate depreciation and reserve funds for the Financing Member Waste System; and (d) to conform with the terms of all the resolutions or ordinances authorizing issuance of bonds payable from the revenues of the Financing Member Waste System. 10.5. Segregation of Revenue. The Financing Member will provide for segregation of all revenues, accounts and cash investments of the Financing Member Waste System, provided, however, that (i) payments made pursuant to Section 8.11 need not be so segregated, but rather only be accounted for separately and (ii) such funds may be commingled with other funds of the Financing Member for investment purposes. 10.6. Payments from Financing Member Waste System. The payments required to be made by the Financing Member under this Agreement shall be considered a portion of the operation and maintenance costs of the Financing Member Waste System. 10.7. Books and Accounts. The Financing Member will make and keep separate and proper books and accounts with respect to the Financing Member Waste System and cause those books and accounts to be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 10.8. Budget Adoption. The Financing Member will adopt a budget or appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year in accordance with all applicable law and provide for the payment of all sums anticipated to be due to the Agency during the fiscal year. 10.9. Financing Member Obligations Subordinate. Any resolution or ordinance of the Financing Member which authorizes the issuance after the date of this Agreement of any obligation of the Financing Member to be paid from revenues of its Financing Member Waste System will expressly provide that revenues of its Financing Member Waste System may be used to pay principal of and premium, if any, and interest on those obligations only to the extent that those revenues exceed the amounts required to pay the operation and maintenance expenses of its Financing Member Waste System including, expressly, all amounts payable from time to time under this Agreement. 10.10. Tax Matters. So long as any of Agency Obligations are outstanding: (a) Not more than ten percent (10U of the payments to be made to the Agency by the Financing Member pursuant to the Project Agreement has been or will be, directly or indirectly (i) secured by any interest in (A) property used or to be used in any activity carried on by any person other than a state or local -22- governmental unit or (B) payments in respect of such property, or (ii) derived from payments (whether or not by the Financing Member or to the Agency), in respect of property, or borrowed money, used or to be used in any activity carried on by any person other than a state or local governmental unit; (b) No one uses or will be permitted to use more than ten percent (10%) of the Financing Member Waste System on any basis other than the same basis as the general public; and no person other than a state or local governmental unit uses or will be permitted to use the Financing Member Waste System as a result of (i) ownership, (ii) actual or beneficial use pursuant to a lease or a management or incentive payment contract, or (iii) any other similar arrangement. As of the date hereof, there are no written contracts or agreements between the Financing Member and any person relating to the Financing Member Waste System, except those listed on Exhibit C hereto. As of the date hereof, there are no oral agreements or understandings between the Financing Member and any person relating to the Financing Member Waste System; (c) With respect to contracts, agreements, or understandings the Financing Member may enter into on and after the date hereof for the collection and transportation of Financing Member System Waste, title to the Financing Member System Waste shall at all times remain with the Financing Member until accepted by the Agency. All contracts, agreements or understandings that the Financing Member may enter into with haulers shall state that the obligations of such haulers shall relate only to the collection and transportation of Financing Member System Waste. Under any contracts, agreements or understandings that the Financing Member may enter into, no hauler shall be responsible for the disposition of any Financing Member System Waste, except at the explicit direction of the Financing Member; (d) No portion of the payments to be made to the Agency by the Financing Member pursuant to Article VII herein or any credit enhancement or liquidity device relating to the foregoing is or will be directly or indirectly guaranteed (in whole or in part) by the United States (or any agency or instrumentality thereof); (e) To the extent not prohibited by state law or pre- existing contracts or other obligations, the Financing Member will take all actions with respect to either (i) the use of the Financing Member Waste System or (ii) the investment of moneys or other property derived from the operation of the Financing Member Waste System that may be necessary to establish and maintain the tax-exempt status of the Agency obligations throughout the term of the Agency obligations, including compliance with any applicable law or regulation that may be enacted or promulgated in the future. The Agency may from time to time deliver to the Financing Member letters of counsel nationally recognized as -23- having expertise in the area of tax-exempt bonds advising the Financing Member of actions or inactions with respect to either (i) the use of the Financing Member Waste System or (ii) the investment of moneys or other property derived from the operation of the Financing Member Waste System that may be necessary to maintain or establish the tax-exempt status of interest payable on Agency Obligations. Such advice may include advice to execute supplemental agreements setting forth additional or alternate covenants of the Financing Member; and (f) The Financing Member need not comply with any covenant contained in this Section 10.10, if the Financing Member obtains an opinion addressed to the Agency and to the Financing Member of counsel nationally recognized as having expertise in the area of tax-exempt bonds and acceptable to the Agency to the effect that failure to comply with such covenant will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of interest on Agency Obligations. 10.11. Financing Member Waste System Ordinance. The Financing Member, having determined that it is in such Financing Member's interest to do so, covenants that it has enacted and will keep in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement an ordinance (attached hereto as Exhibit C) which, at a minimum, complies with subsections (a) through (j) below and if it has any agreements attached as Exhibit C or enters into any such agreements during the term of this Agreement, it covenants that it has or will require, as appropriate, the other party to any such agreement to comply with subsections (a) through (j) below. Any such ordinance or agreement shall: (a) establish a Financing Member Waste System pursuant to the Act and Chapter 24, paragraphs 11-19-1 through 11-19-10 of the Illinois Revised Statutes, as amended, for the collection, transportation and disposal of the Financing Member System Waste; (b) provide that such Financing Member Waste System is (or will be at any particular time during the existence of this Agreement) either (i) a waste disposal franchise system or licensing system under which company or companies collect, transport and dispose of the Financing Member System Waste, or (ii) a municipally owned and municipally or privately operated waste disposal system under which either the Financing Member or a private contractor or contractors collect, transport and dispose of the Financing Member System Waste, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); (c) require all Financing Member System Waste to be disposed of at a Transfer Station or at such other locations, at such times and in such amounts as are designated by the Agency, which method shall be the exclusive method of collection and disposal of all of the Financing Member System Waste, all as contemplated by this Agreement; -24- (d) prohibit the delivery by or on behalf of the Financing Member of all but Financing Member System Waste to a Transfer Station unless otherwise agreed to by the Agency; (e) require all haulers of Financing Member System Waste to observe rules and regulations pertaining to operation of the Project as promulgated by the Agency, in accordance with Section 10.1; (f) provide for the imposition of service charges, fees and rates upon the persons who are customers of the Financing Member Waste System, in accordance with Section 10.4; (g) pledge the revenues and funds of such Financing Member Waste System to secure the obligations of the Financing Member under the Agreement; (h) provide for appropriate sanctions to be applied to any persons who fail to comply with the provisions of the ordinance; (i) require all persons generating Financing Member System Waste to arrange for disposal of such Waste through the Financing Member or a hauler authorized by the Financing Member; and (j) prohibit the transportation or disposal of Financing Member System Waste by anyone other than the Financing Member or a hauler authorized by the Financing Member. 10.12. No Competition with Financing Member Waste Svstem. From and after the Financing Member's Delivery Date through the term of this Agreement, the Financing Member shall deliver or cause to be delivered its Financing Member System Waste to the Agency and the Financing Member and, without the written consent of the Agency, the Financing Member shall not create, nor permit the operation of, a waste system which competes with its Financing Member Waste System. ARTICLE XI RECYCLING INCENTIVE 11.1. Recycling Incentive. The Agency will adopt rules and regulations providing for, among other things, incentives to maintain or increase the amount of recycling undertaken by the Financing Member. -25- ARTICLE XII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES This Article sets forth the rights of the Agency in the event that the Financing Member fails to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the rights of the Financing Member in the event that the Agency fails to perform its obligations under this Agreement. 12.1. Financing Member Defaults. The following events or conditions shall be considered defaults of the Financing Member under this Agreement. (a) Failure to pay when due any amounts payable under this Agreement; (b) Failure to pay when due any other amounts payable to the Agency, including, but not limited to any charge imposed pursuant to the Agency Agreement; (c) Failure to deliver its Financing Member System Waste required to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3; and (d) Failure to perform any other obligation under this Agreement and the continuation of that failure for 30 days after written notice from the Agency or the Trustee of such failure. 12.2. Agencv Remedies in Event of Financing Member Default. In addition to any other remedy which may be available to the Agency at law or in equity or under this Agreement or the Agency Agreement, including any right to refuse to accept delivery of Financing Member System Waste, the Agency shall have the following remedies in the event of default by the Financing Member: (a) In the event of a default described in Section 12.1(a) the Agency (and the Trustee) shall have the right to compel the payment of any Deposit as described in Section 8.11 and to collect the late charge and interest provided in Sections 8.3 and 8.4. (b) In the event of a default described in Section 12.1(b), (c) or (d), the Agency shall have the rights to mandamus and specific performance of the Financing Member's obligations to the extent allowed by law. Election of any remedy shall not be a waiver of any other remedy. 12.3. Defaulting Financing Member Obligations Continue to Accrue. In the event that the Financing Member is in default under Section 12.1(a), the obligation of the Financing Member to make payments under this Agreement shall continue to accrue, notwithstanding the fact that other Financing Members may have -26- been billed for or may have paid shares of Deficiency Charges as a result of the default by the Financing Member. Payment of any amounts by the Financing Member while in default shall be applied first to the payment of late charges, interest and overdue amounts (in that order) until those amounts are paid in full. The obligation to make payments of amounts in default, including late charges and interest, shall survive beyond the term of this Agreement until those amounts are paid. 12.4. Agency Defaults. Failure by the Agency to perform any obligation under this Agreement and the continuation of that failure to perform for 30 days after written notice from the Financing Member to the Agency of such failure shall be a default of the Agency under this Agreement, unless any such failure is excused pursuant to Section 12.6. 12.5. Financing Member Remedies in Event of Agency Default. (a) In the event of a default by the Agency under this Agreement, the Financing Member may bring any action against the Agency, including an action in equity and actions for mandamus and specific performance of the Agency's obligations to the extent allowed by law, but in any event, whether or not there is an Agency default, as long as Agency Obligations are outstanding, the Financing Member shall have no right to cancel or rescind this Agreement, no right to withhold payments due or to become due under this Agreement, no right to setoff or counterclaim, and no right to recover amounts pledged and assigned as security for the payment of Agency Obligations under this Agreement and the Master Bond Resolution. (b) Failure on the part of the Agency or of any Financing Member in any instance or under any circumstance to observe or fully perform any obligation assumed by or imposed upon it by this Agreement shall not relieve the Financing Member from making any payment to the Agency or fully performing any other obligation required of it under this Agreement, but the Financing Member may have and pursue any and all other remedies provided by law (1) compelling performance by the Agency of any obligation assumed by or imposed upon the Agency by this Agreement or (2) compelling performance of any payment obligation imposed upon any Financing Member pursuant to its Agreement. (c) Election of any remedy shall not be a waiver of any other remedy. The Agency will issue Agency Obligations in specific reliance on the limitations set forth in this Section with respect to the rights of the Financing Member. 12.6. Force Majeure. (a) The Agency shall not be in default under this Agreement to the extent that it is prevented from or delayed in performance of its obligations under this Agreement by any event or condition beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, strikes or other work stoppages, war, acts of civil or military authorities other than _27_ the Agency, earthquakes, tornadoes, inability of the Agency to borrow money to finance acquisition and construction of the Project and acts of the Financing Member. If any such event occurs, the Financing Member shall remain obligated hereunder as described under Section 3.4. (b) The Financing Member shall not be in default under Section 12.1(c) or (d) to the extent it is prevented from or delayed in performance of its obligations under this Agreement (except for the obligation described under Section 3.4) by any event or condition beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, strikes or other work stoppages, war, acts of civil or military authorities other than the Financing Member, earthquakes or tornadoes. If any such event occurs, the Financing Member shall remain obligated hereunder as described under Section 3.4. ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS 13.1. Distribution of Reports. Copies of all reports and studies required by this Agreement shall be provided to the Agency, the Trustee and each of the Financing Members. 13.2. Tenn. This Agreement shall have a term commencing on the effective date and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) December 31, 2031 or (ii) one year after the date on which 60%- of the Directors of the Board then holding office vote to terminate this Agreement, provided that termination pursuant to this clause shall not become effective until Agency Obligations are no longer outstanding for at least one year. 13.3. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective only when Agreements have been executed by the Agency and a number of members of the Agency having a population in excess of 584,180 and this Agreement shall not become effective if that has not occurred on or before December 31, 1992. 13.4. Financing Member Reports. (a) The Financing Member shall provide the Agency with a copy of the Financing Member budget prepared in accordance with Section 10.8 within 30 days after that budget is adopted. The Agency will provide the Financing Member an annual reminder notice to assist the Financing Member in complying with this subsection. The budget as so provided shall include a description and an estimate of any revenues other than revenue from rates and charges for the Financing Member Waste System which are to be used to make payments under this Agreement as provided in Section 8.11. (b) The Financing Member shall keep on file with the Agency a copy of the Financing Member's effective rates for the Financing Member Waste System, including any formula by which less than 100% of the rates are billed for collection. (c) The Financing Member shall immediately notify the Agency of any emergency, disruption or failure of the Financing Member Waste System or other event or condition which affects or may affect directly or indirectly the ability of the Financing Member to perform its obligations under this Agreement. (d) The Financing Member shall keep on file with the Agency the name(s) of the person(s) in charge of the operation of the Financing Member Waste System. (e) The Financing Member shall make available to the Agency in timely manner all Financing Member information related to performance of this Agreement, including, without limitation, audits, capital improvements and prospective expansions of the Financing Member Waste System. (f) The Financing Member shall provide the Agency with a copy of any Financing Member financial or management audit within 30 days of its acceptance by the Financing Member. 13.5. Agency Reports. (a) The Agency shall provide the Financing Member with a copy of the Project Budget within 30 days after its adoption. (b) The Agency shall provide the Financing Member within 10 days after the end of each month with a monthly report of the Financing Member System Waste for all Financing Members. (c) The Agency shall immediately notify the Financing Member of any emergency failure or malfunction of the Project or of any other condition or event which affects or may affect directly or indirectly the Agency's performance of its obligations under this Agreement. (d) The Agency shall keep the Financing Member informed of the name(s) of the person(s) in charge of the Project. (e) Upon written request, the Agency shall provide access to the Financing Member all records of the Agency regarding the Project. (f) The Agency shall provide the Financing Member with a copy of any Agency financial or management audit within 30 days of its acceptance by the Agency. 13.6. Assignment. Except to the extent hereinafter provided, neither party shall assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or interests herein without the written consent of the other. The right to receive all payments which are required to be made by the Financing Member to the Agency in accordance -29- with the provisions of this Agreement may be assigned by the Agency to the Trustee as provided in the Master Bond Resolution to secure the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Agency Obligations as those amounts come due, subject to the application of those payments as may be provided in the Master Bond Resolution. The Financing Member agrees that it will, upon notice of assignment to the Trustee, make all payments directly to the Trustee. The rights of the Agency to enforce the provisions of this Agreement may be assigned to the Trustee and, in such event, the Trustee will have the right to enforce this Agreement at law or in equity with or without the further consent or participation of the Agency. The Agency may also retain the right to enforce this Agreement. 13.7. Cooperation. The Financing Member shall cooperate with the Agency in the issuance of Agency Obligations, and the Agency shall cooperate with the Financing Member in the issuance of the Financing Member's general obligation bonds or revenue bonds of its Financing Member Waste System. In such connection, the Financing Member and the Agency will comply with all reasonable requests of each other and will, upon request, do as follows: (a) Make available general and financial information about itself; (b) Consent to publication and distribution of its financial information; (c) Certify that general and financial information about it is accurate, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements in that information, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (d) Make available certified copies of official proceedings; (e) Provide reasonable certifications to be used in a transcript of closing documents; and (f) Provide for reasonably requested opinions of counsel as to the validity of its actions taken with respect to and the binding effect of this Agreement, title to its Financing Member Waste System, as applicable, pending or threatened litigation which could materially affect its performance hereunder, and other reasonably related opinions. 13.8. Notices. All notices, invoices and bills under this Agreement shall be in writing except in case of emergency and shall be delivered either in person or by first class mail, if to the Agency at: -30- Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County 1616 East Golf Road Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 Attention: Executive Director and if to the Financing Member at: Village of Elk Grove Village 901 Wellington Avenue Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Attention: Village Manager or such other address as either the Agency or the Financing Member shall designate by notice to the other. Notice shall be considered given when delivered or 3 days after being deposited in the mail. 13.9. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement between the Agency and the Financing Member. If the Agency pledges or assigns any of its rights under this Agreement to the Trustee in connection with the sale, issuance and payment of Agency Obligations, then this Agreement shall not be terminated, revoked, amended or modified except as provided in and permitted by the Master Bond Resolution so long as the Master Bond Resolution is in effect. 13.10. Severability. Should any part, term or provision of this Agreement be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or in conflict with any law, the validity of the remaining portions or provisions shall not be affected thereby. 13.11. Waiver. No action by either party to this Agreement other than a written statement signed by the party against whom a waiver is claimed, shall be deemed a waiver of any rights granted by this Agreement. A waiver of rights with respect to any matter arising under this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any other rights under this Agreement, nor a waiver of similar or identical rights with respect to any other matter. 13.12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under the applicable laws of the State of Illinois. 13.13. Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act. Pursuant to Section 14 of the Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act (111. Rev. Stat. ch. 85, 1 7214 (1989)), the parties hereby declare that the provisions of such act do not apply to any indebtedness, obligation or liability incurred under this Agreement. -31- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the caused this Agreement to be names and attested by their with their corporate seals, written. [SEAL] Attest: Secretary Il t [SEAL] Attest: Agency and the Financing Member have executed in their respective corporate duly authorized officers and sealed all as of the date first above SOLID WASTE AGENCY OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY Chairman VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS By, Its: Vi I la e r si t By: �" ) "4Z --t-1 �d7ZL-y 6u, 14Z, /Z k-�Jf /i�;4r��/' Its: Vi I lage Clerk 32- EXHIBIT A INITIAL USERS Arlington Heights Elk Grove Village Evanston Glenview Kenilworth Lincolnwood Morton Grove Mount Prospect Niles Palatine Rclling,Meadows Skokie Wheeling Wilmette EXHTATT R FINANCING MEMBER DELIVERY DATE AND EXPECTED FINANCING MEMBER SYSTEM WASTE Total 291,619 l/ Indicate if less than 100% of Expected Financing Member System Waste will be delivered [3 year limit to phase in]. 2/ The Agency reserves the right to direct Financing Member System Waste to a Transfer Station other than the one identified on this Exhibit, provided that access is provided by the Delivery Date shown. Ordinance 89-47 of the City of Rolling Meadows limits use of the RMTS to waste from Rolling Meadows, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Inverness, Barrington and South Barrington. The Ordinance imposes certain other restrictions on routes to and from the Transfer Station which shall be complied with. Expected Expected Financing Transfer Delivery Member System Waste Station Financing Member Date for First Yearl/ Designation2/ Arlington Heights 1/94 32,000 Wheeling Twp. Barrington 1/96 3,909 Rolling Meadows Buffalo Grove 5/95 18,034 Wheeling Twp, Elk Grove Village 11/94 14,453 Wheeling Twp. Evanston 1/94 22,000 Wheeling Twp, Glencoe 1/96 4,100 Wheeling Twp. Glenview 1/94 18,200 Wheeling Twp. Hoffman Estates 5/95 19,026 Third Transfer Set Inverness 9/95 4,700 Rolling Meadows Kenilworth 1/94 2,900 Wheeling Twp. Lincolnwood 1/94 5,900 Wheeling Twp. Morton Grove 1/94 8,640 Wheeling Twp. Mount Prospect 8/94 24,000 Wheeling Twp. Niles 1/94 8,262 Wheeling Twp. Palatine 1/94 24,000 Rolling Meadows Park Ridge 1/96 12,970 Wheeling Twp. Prospect Heights 5/95 3,244 Wheeling Twp. Rolling Meadows 1/94 6,650 Rolling Meadows Skokie 11/94 18,600 Wheeling Twp. South Barrington 10/95 1,711 Rolling Meadows Wheeling 1/94 13,533 Wheeling Twp. Wilmette 5/94 12,787 Wheeling Twp. Winnetka 1/96 12,000 Wheeling Twp. Total 291,619 l/ Indicate if less than 100% of Expected Financing Member System Waste will be delivered [3 year limit to phase in]. 2/ The Agency reserves the right to direct Financing Member System Waste to a Transfer Station other than the one identified on this Exhibit, provided that access is provided by the Delivery Date shown. Ordinance 89-47 of the City of Rolling Meadows limits use of the RMTS to waste from Rolling Meadows, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Inverness, Barrington and South Barrington. The Ordinance imposes certain other restrictions on routes to and from the Transfer Station which shall be complied with. EXHIBIT C FINANCING MEMBER WASTE SYSTEM [Attach ordinance establishing Financing Member Waste System and any contract or agreement as described in Section 10.10(b)3 [The actual designation of, or changes in, the area of generation of non-residential Financing Member System Waste may be made without Agency consent prior to Financing Member Delivery Date provided that the volume committed under Exhibit B is not changed.] o Elk Presid Village CHARLES CHARLES 1. ZETTEK J. \ i Village Clerk Grove Page ICIAManager S SMITH Village r Village CHARLES A. WILLIS CHARLES STATE OF ILLINOIS ) COUNTIES OF COOK AND DU PAGE) SS CERTIFICATE OF CLERK Village Trustees JOSEPH T. BOSSLET RONALD L. CHERNICK NANCY J. CZARNIK DENNIS J. GALLITANO JAMES P. PETRI MICHAEL A. TOSTO This is to certify that I, Patricia S. Smith, am the Village Clerk of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, and as such official am the custodian of the records and seal of said Village; and that the attached is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2221 , passed by the President and Board of Trustees of said Village at a meeting duly held on the Ordinance 10th day of March 1992 , which was approved by the Village President, all as appears from the official records which are in my custody. Witness my hand and the official seal of said Village of Elk Grove Village this 31st day of (SEAL) March , 1992 'z �_I 4-uL Village e CuerK oT the Village of Elk ik Grove Village, Counties of Cook and 0 DuPaoe, Illinois 901 WELLINGTON AVENUE a ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007-3499 a TELEPHONE (708) 439-3900 ORDINANCE NO• 2221 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A MUNICIPAL WASTE SYSTEM WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village is a member of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County; and WHEREAS, Agency members are obligated to enact regulations and controls with respect to its Municipal Waste System in amendments with the Project Use Agreement between the Village and the Agency; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois, as follows that a Municipal Waste System is hereby adopted as follows: Section i. Definitions. (a) "Agency" means the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County. (b) "Municipal Waste System" means the waste collection, transportation and disposal system of the Municipality operated under a franchise agreement entered into pursuant to Section 4, including all physical assets of the Municipality used for the collection, transportation and disposal of System Waste, all amounts on deposit in the Municipal Waste System Fund and all amounts collected on account of rates and charges imposed under this Ordinance. (c) "Municipality" means the Village of Elk Grove Village. (d) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust, estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, or corporation, or a receiver, trustee, conservator or other representative appointed by order of any court. (e) "Project Use Agreement" means the 1992 project use agreement by and between the Municipality and the Agency, as amended from time to time. (f) "System Waste" means (1) garbage and general household waste, (2) institutional waste, and (3) construction and demolition waste discarded by Persons within residential zoned districts reflected on the attached geographical service area map and further described as single-family attached and detached dwelling units, multi -family dwelling units, churches, hospitals and ancillary facilities (excluding medical waste), congregate housing, library and Village -owned municipal buildings. System Waste does not include industrial, commercial, office park, office transitional areas of the Village or governmental agencies other than the Village and the Library. Section 2. Findings. The Municipality finds as follows: (a) It is necessary for and in the best interests of the Municipality to regulate and control the collection, transportation and disposal of municipal waste in the exercise of its police power in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents; and (b) The Municipality is authorized pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, Section 11-19-1 et seg. of the Illinois Municipal Code, I11. Rev. Stat. ch 24, Para. 11-19-1 and Section 3.2 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Ill. Rev. Stat. Stat. ch 127, Para. 743.2 to provide for the method or methods of -9- collection, transportation and disposal of municipal waste within its corporate limits and to provide that the method chosen may be the exclusive method to be used within the corporate limits; and (c) The Municipality acting pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution and Section 3.2 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with twenty-five other north and northwest suburban Cook County municipalities, thereby creating the Agency to provide an efficient and environmentally sound municipal waste disposal system; and (d) The Municipality intends to enter into a Project Use Agreement by which the Agency will acquire, construct, operate, equip and improve a municipal solid waste project to provide for the disposal of System Waste of the Municipality and other members of the Agency; and (e) Under the Project Use Agreement, the Municipality is obligated to establish a municipal waste disposal system, to cause System Waste collected within its corporate limits to be delivered to the Agency, and to make certain payments to the Agency, all as described in the Project Use Agreement; and (f) It is necessary and in the best interests of the Municipality to provide for the environmentally sound and efficient collection, transportation and disposal of System Waste by creating a Municipal Waste System, by providing for the disposal of System Waste by delivery to the Agency and to impose the rates and charges provided for herein. Section 3. Required Use of Municipal Waste System. (a) All Persons owning, or occupying real estate within the corporate limits of the Municipality shall dispose of the System Waste _12 through the Municipal Waste System. All System Waste shall be collected by or on behalf of the Municipality pursuant to the terms of this Ordinance and shall be delivered to a transfer station as directed by the Agency and theMunicipality or as otherwise agreed to by the Agency and the Municipality under the Project Use Agreement. (b) At any time the Health Coordinator deems it necessary to protect the health and welfare of the Village, any waste not otherwise prohibited by the Agency and not within the geographical service area of the Village can be delivered to the Agency, provided that the Agency agrees to accept such waste. (c) No Person shall dispose of System Waste through the Municipal Waste System unless the System Waste complies with all rules and regulations applicable thereto and established from time to time by either the Municipality or the Agency. (d) Any Person disposing of System Waste through the Municipal Waste System shall pay the rates and charges established by the Municipality under the provisions of Section 5. Section 4. Franchise Collection. (a) No Person shall collect, transport or dispose of System Waste without entering into a franchise agreement with the Village pursuant to this Section 4. Franchise agreements may be entered into with one or more contractors to service the defined geographical service area. (b) All franchisees shall operate within the guidelines of this ordinance and its franchise agreement with the Village. (c) Any Person who has entered into a franchise agreement to collect, transport or dispose of System Waste shall comply with the following obligations as a condition of that franchise: -4- 1. Comply with all the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the collection, transportation and disposal of System Waste as may be enacted from time to time by any lawful authority, including the State of Illinois, this Municipality and the Agency. 2. Deliver all System Waste to the transfer station designated by the Agency and the Municipality. 3. Maintain all equipment used to collect, transport and dispose of System Waste in good repair and working order and operate it efficiently and effectively. 4. Maintain accurate books and records and make them available to the P4unicipality upon demand. (d) Renewal and revocation of a franchise agreement shall be as delineated in the franchise agreement. (e) Properties within the defined geographical service area, reflected on the attached map, shall not be permitted to contract for scavenger services beyond October 31, 1994. Those properties with individual contracts include the following: Single -Family Attached Fox Run Quads - Parcel C Quads - Parcel E East Hamptons Elk Grove Town Estates Elk Grove Estates Townhome Two, Parcel G Hampton Farms Townhome Association Hampton Farms Townhouse Association Plumber Two Roundtree Commons Talbot's Mill Townhomes Multi -Family Boardwalk Condominiums Park Orleans Condominiums Park Chardonnay Condominiums Charonnday By The Lake Condominiums Village on the Lake Condominiums Washington Square Condominiums Willow Woods Condominiums Hampton Manor Apartments -5- Carroll Square Apartments Eagles on Tonne Apartments Hamilton Court Apartments Perrie Grove Apartments -even Perrie Grove Apartments - odd Regency Square Apartments Terrace Apartments Village Grove P�partments Churches Ascension Lutheran Church Gethsemane Presbyterian Church 69 Grange Road 301 Ridge Christus Victor Lutheran Prince of Peace United Church Methodist Church 1045 S. Arlington Heights Rd. 1400 S. Arlington Heights E1 Bethel Christian Center 777 Meacham Road Elk Grove Baptist Church 801 Beisner Road Elk Grove United Presbyterian Church 600 East Elk Grove Blvd. Queen of the Rosary Parish 750 Elk Grove Boulevard Saint Julian Eymard Parish 601 West Siesterfield Saint Nicholas Episcopal Church 1071 Westview Drive Evangelical Lutheran Church Tri -Community Church of the Holy Spirit 1900 Nerge Road 666 Elk Grove Boulevard First Baptist Church 590 Tonne Road Congregate Housing Americana Nursing Home Hospital & Ancillary Facilities Wesleyan Community Church 545 Landmeier Road Alexian Brothers Medical Center and all associated facilities. Governmental Elk Grove Village Library All Village -owned Municipal Buildings Section 5. The Municipal Waste System Fund; Imposition of Rates and Charges. (a) There is hereby created and established an enterprise fund of the Municipality known as the Municipal Waste System Fund. which shall be separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the Municipality as provided below in subsection (g). c (b) Before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Village Treasurer shall recommend and the Municipality shall adopt a budget for the Municipal Uaste System. The budget shall estimate the revenue required to (1) pay all operating and maintenance expenses of the Municipal Waste System, including all obligations to the Agency under the Project Use Agreement; (2) pay as they become due interest on and principal of any revenue bonds or other obligations payable from the revenues of the Municipal Waste System; (3) provide for all unpaid claims; and (4) maintain appropriate depreciation and reserve funds, including reserves for uncollected charges. The budget shall estimate the amounts available to pay those obligations from (1) taxes levied and anticipated to be collected pursuant to law; (2) other amounts deposited in the Municipal baste System Fund; and/or (3) rates and charges to be imposed on Persons disposing of System Waste through the Municipal haste System. (c) The rates and charges imposed for use of the Nunicipal I:a<_te System shall be sufficient, after taking into account monies then on hand in the Municipal baste System Fund, (1) to pay all operation and maintenance expenses of the r1unicipal baste System, including all obligations to the Agency under the terms of the Project Use Agreement, (2) to pay as they become due interest on and principal of anv revenue bonds or other obligations payable from revenues of the Municipal I%aste System, (3) to provide for all unpaid claims, and (4) to provide adequate depreciation and reserve funds for the Municipal Waste System, including reserves for uncollected charges. -7- (d) The Municipality shall have the responsibility of billing and collecting all fees in conjunction with the operation of the Municipal Waste System. (e) The owners and occupants of real estates within the Municipality served by the Municipal Waste System shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all rates and charges imposed by the Municipality pursuant to the provisions of this Section. (f) Charges and penalties for delinquent payments shall be as set forth in Chapter 22A of the P'unicipal Code. (g) All amounts collected from rates and charges imposed under this Section shall be deposited in the Municipal Waste System Fund, and together with all other amounts deposited in the Municipal Plaste System Fund, shall be separate and apart from all other monies of the Municipality, provided that amounts deposited in the Municipal Waste System Fund may be invested together with other funds of the Municipality. Section 6. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval and publication according to law. VOTES: AYES: 6 NAYS: n PASSED this 10th day of March APPROVED this 10th day of March ATTEST: Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk in ABSENT: 1992. 1992. Charles J. Zettek Village President RESOLUTION NO. 62-91 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND VILLAGE CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AND GARDEN CITY DISPOSAL COMPANY FOR SCAVENGER SERVICE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE VILLAGE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage. State of Illinois as follows: Section 1: That the Village President be and is hereby authorized to sign the attached documents marked: Residential Scavenger Service Agreement a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if fully set forth and the Village Clerk is authorized to attest said documents upon the signature of the Village President. Section 2: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. PASSED this 10th day of December , 1991. APPROVED this 10th day of December , 1991. ATTEST: Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk Charles J. Zettek Village President • n- gxuau i• - r � • r ri • r u For All Single Family Detached Residences in Elk Grove Villace. Illinois 1991-1994 THIS AGREEMEM made and entered into this 10th day of December , 1991, by and between the VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, a municipal corporation in Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, party of the first part, hereinafter referred to as the VILLAGE, and Garden City Recycling and Waste Services, a Division of Waste Management of Illinois, Inc, party of the second part, hereinafter referred to as the CONTRACTOR. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the VILLAGE, mindful of its duties and responsibilities to protect and maintain the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens, find it necessary to regulate and control the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish from single family detached residences of the VILLAGE, and has determined that the best interest of the VILLAGE would be served by the employment of the CONTRACTOR for said purpose and WHEREAS, the CONTRACTOR is willing to render the services of recycling, the collection and disposal of yardwaste and the collection and disposal of solidwaste within the Village upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the matual covenants, promises and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: I. Services A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to make collections of solidwaste, yarchaste and recycling on a regular schedule of not less than once each seven (7) days from each single family detached residence within the Village. Exception: During the week in which one of our celebrated holidays occur (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day) pickup will be made one day late from the holiday on. 1. SOLIDWASTE SERVICE - The CONTRACTOR hereby agrees to collect and dispose of in a good workmanship manner all domestic solidweste placed at the curb in standard 30-33 gallon containers, 30-33 gallon plastic bags or optional 90 gallon 1 carts (the use of 45 gallon containers is discouraged); discarded furniture, furnishings, fixtures; trees and tree branches greater than 3 1/2 inches in diameter which are cut up and bound into bundles of no more than four feet in length, manageable in diameter by one person and weigh no more than 50 pounds per bundle. a. The CONTRACTOR shall not be required within the normal service to remove scrap and materials from the construction, remodeling and repair of buildings; concrete bricks; tree stumps, large amounts of earthy materials, automobile bodies or large machine parts weighing more than 50 pounds; nor materials of a toxic, highly inflammable, or explosive nature. b. The CONTRACTOR may receive additional compensation as agreed upon between the property owner and the CONIRA=R for collection of those materials in Article I -A -1-a. 2. RECYCLING SERVICE - the CONIRA=R agrees to make curbside collection, process, store and market newspaper, aluminum and bimetal cans, plastic (HDPE milk, water and windshield washer solvent bottles; HDPE soda pop and liquor bottles and PET liquid laundry and bleach bottles), glass jars/containers and major appliances (white goods) including but not limited to, washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, stoves and ovens. a. All recycle items mist be rinsed of any food product. b. All recycle items (exception, major appliances) must be placed loose in a recycle bin or equivalent open top plastic container. C. The CONTRACTOR also agrees to make pickup from multi- family residence for which the CONTRACMR is the hauler. d. During the term of this contract, if additional recyclables are added to the program, a new service charge based on the cost associated with those items, will be negotiated with the VILLAGE. 3. MMWASTE SERVT - Between April 1 and November 30, of each calendar year, the CODIIRACMR agrees to collect and dispose of yardwaste; grass, leaves, shrubbery, vine trimmings, brush, -tree limbs and other plant materials resulting from landscape maintenance as classified by the State Statute for landscape waste. Rocks, earth, garden vegetables and fruit are not considered landscape waste and should be disposed of with household solidwaste. 2 a. All items with the exception of tree limbs and brush mast be placed in a 30-33 gallon biodegradable paper bags or cans (Maximum weight of 50 pounds), or optional 90 gallon cart. No plastic bags or non-WML 90 gallon carts/ containers will be used for the collection of yar dweste. b. Tree limbs and brash, no larger than 3 1/2 inches in diameter, will be picked up in bundles only. A bundle size mast be no longer than 4 feet in length, manageable in diameter by one person and weigh no more than 50 pounds and securely tied with biodegradable string. C. The VILLAGE shall conduct a street leaf collection program. The VILLAGE further agrees to transport collected leaves to a designated IEPA approved staging area. The CONTRACTOR shall transport leaves from the staging area for ultimate disposal. d. The CONTRACR7R agrees to make curbside collection of Christmas trees between January 2 and January 15 of each calendar year. The VILLAGE agrees to accept these Christmas trees at a designated IEPA approved staging area for chipping by the VILLAGE. B. Collection of solidwaste, yardtaste and recycling shall be Trade from the parkway in the residential area within the Village; the disposal or processing of same shall be outside of the corporate limits of the Village. II. Service Charces A. As consideration of said franchise, the CONTRACTOR agrees to charge not more than the following rates per single family detached residence within the Village when containers are placed for pickup from the parkway abutting such premises: 1. Sol idweste Chargg Rate not to exceed Peri S 8.70/month/residence Novemberl, 1991-0ctober3l, 1992 $ 9.48/month/residence Novemberl, 1992-0ctober3l, 1993 S10.35/month/residence November 1,1993 -November 30, 1994 a. It is understood and agreed that the rates herein specified shall be the rates charged for such service and shall not be increased or decreased without the consent of the VILLAGE. 3 M 3 b. The VILLAGE is a cmmber of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (the "AGENCY"). If the AGENCY begins operating caste transfer stations during the term of this Agreement, the VILLAGE may, at its sole discretion, require the CONMACLOR to deposit the residential .este collected in the VILLAGE at one of the AGENCY'S transfer stations and re -adjust the price and other terms of the agreement accordingly to meet the obligations of the agency. y Rate not to exceed Period 53.45/ninth/residence November 1, 1991-October3l, 1992 53.62/month/residence Novemberl, 1992-October3l, 1993 53.80/month/residence November 1, 1993-I\bvember 30, 1994 It is understood and agreed that the rates herein specified shall be the rates charged for such service and shall not be increased or decreased without the consent of the VILLAGE. Yard,aste Charge Elate not to exceed Period $ .50 per sticker April 1, 1992 -November 30, 1992 $ .50 per sticker April 1, 1993 -November 30, 1993 $ .50 per sticker April 1, 1994 -November 30, 1994 a. Residents will apply one (1) sticker per 30-33 gallon biodegradable paper bag or three (3) stickers per 90 gallon cart. b. The CONIRACMR agrees to make curbside collection of bundled tree limbs and brush from single family detached homes at no additional cost to the residents of the VILLAGE. C. The CONTRACTOR agrees to make curbside collection of Christmas trees between January 2, and January 15, of each calendar year at no additional charge to the residents of the VILLAGE. d. The COMPACTOR agrees to transport leaves from the staging area at no additional charge to the residents of the VILLAGE or the VILLAGE. e. It is understood and agreed that the rates herein specified shall be the rates charged for such service and shall not be increased or decreased without the consent of the VILLAGE. 4 III IV V 04 hbbile Containers and Charces A. The CONTRACTOR is hereby authorized to lease mobile 90 gallon carts to residents at the following rates: Rate not to exceed Period 51.50/month/container Novemberl, 1991-Cctober3l, 1992 51.50/month/container Novemberl, 1992-October3l, 1993 51.50/month/container November 1,1993-Dbvemter 30, 1994 B. The customer has the option to lease or not lease the cart(s) and to terminate the lease by notifying the CC== and returning the cart(s) to the CONTRACTOR. The CONTRACTOR will deliver and pick up containers at no charge to the resident. C. The CONTRACTOR is responsible for furnishing , maintaining and replacing containers that become damaged at no cost to the resident. Billinc The CCNTRACTOR agrees to bill and collect for all services rendered in Articles II and III and shall not look to the VILLAGE for collection. Billing shall be for a three month service period. All bills shall be due not later than the 45th day of the three month service period. Recycling Rebate The CONTRACTOR agrees to process, store and market the recyclable materials to an end user or utilize the DuPage County IPF. The CONIRACTOR agrees to rebate the VILLAGE by the 30th day of the month incrediately following the period for which service has been rendered, a flat fee per ton each month regardless of price flucuations with the CONTRACTOR retaining all receipts from the sale of said materials. Rate -per Ton Period $ 9.50 November 1, 1991 -October 31, 1992 $10.00 November 1, 1992 -October 31, 1993 $10.50 November 1, 1993 -November 30, 1994 Disposal Sites A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to procure and obtain the services of disposal sites outside the VILLAGE boundaries, and to comply withall the laws of the State of Illinois and of the Corporate authorities of the area within which such sites are situated. B. The CCNTRACTOR agrees to use disposal sites at no additional cost to the VILLAGE or residents of the VILLAGE except as noted in Article II A 1 b. 5 VII. Vehicles A. The CONTRACTOR agrees and it shall be mandatory upon him to acquire, operate and maintain the most modern collection equipment for use in the VILLAGE and all such equipment shall, at all times, be so constructed that none of the refuse or garbage shall be scattered on the public ways of the VILLAGE. B. The CONTRACTOR agrees to maintain safety stickers and proper weight licenses, as required by the Secretary of State, State of Illinois, on all vehicles operated within the Village. C. The CONTRACTOR is responsible for furnishing, maintaining and replacing the collection vehicles at no additional cost to the Village or residents of the Village. VIII. Insurance A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to carry at his own cost the following: 1. Workers' Compensation Insurance 2. General Liability Insurance (a) Bodily injury at a level of not less than $500,000/$500,000. (b) Property damage at a level of not less than $500,000. 3. Auto Liability Insurance (a) Bodily injury at a level of not less than $500,000/$1,000,000. (b) Property damage at a level of not less than $500,000. 4. Umbrella Policy of $25,000,000 each occurrence, $25,000,000 aggregate. B. The CONTRACTOR agrees to include the VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE as an additional named insured on both General and Auto Liability Insurance policies, and the lirbrella policy. The CONTRACTOR will provide copies of these policies annually to the VILLAGE. C. All insurance premiums shall be paid by the CONTRACTOR and shall be without cost to the VILLAGE. D. The CONTRACTOR agrees to keep and hold the VILLAGE harmless from and against all costs, damages, claims or expenses he may suffer, incur or sustain or become liable for, or on account of any injury to or death of his employees or to any other person, or damage to or injury to real estate or personal property caused or arising out of the services herein contained. 3 E. The COMMA= agrees that at his own cost and at all times he will pay the salaries of all employees employed by him in the performance of this Agreement. IX Recons A. The COU ACTOR agrees to furnish annual financial statements for all residential services at the end of each calendar year to the Village Manager plus monthly reports on the number of loads and approximate number of cubic yards hauled for both solidwaste and yardwaste, A monthly report for recycling activity showing the types of recycled materials and total weight collected. B. The VILLAGE retains the option of having the CCMRACTCR'S books and records of accounts audited by a Certified Public Accountant. Said audit shall be at the VILLAGE'S expense. C. The CCMRA=R shall provide copies of all current labor agreements and other contracts pertaining to the franchise entered into by the COM'RACTCR. D. The above reports and agreements will be kept strictly confidential by the VILLAGE. X. Availability of CONTRACTOR'S Eauioment Upon the failure of the COMRACIOR to fulfill any of the provisions of this Agreement, or upon the failure to make pickups as herein provided for, the CONRACTOR hereby agrees that the VILLAGE is authorized to engage the services of any person to do such work and charge the cost thereof to the CONRACTOR herein, or to take possession of the COM'RACIOR'S equipment, vehicles, facilities which are normally used in providing service to the residential areas of the Village, and to employ such personnel as the VILLAGE may deem necessary to continue the work to protect the public health. The CC1V RACMR agrees that all costs borne by the VILLAGE for labor, materials and equipment necessary for such emergency work shall be reimbursed to the VILLAGE by the COMPACTOR herein within 90 days of release and return of the vehicles to the CONTRACTOR. XI. Franchise Fee A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to pay a franchise fee of $3,000 per year for use of Village streets and exclusive collection rights in the VILLAGE's residential areas during the period of this Agreement. The fee is to be paid upon the execution of this Agreement. B. The COMRACTCR shall pay for a VILLAGE scavenger license. 7 XII. The CONTRACTOR agrees to mark closely with the VILLAGE and assist with educational, promotional and informational programs. Nailing cost will be shared by the CONTRACTOR and the VILLAGE. XIII. The CONTRACTOR agrees that it will at all times provide disposal services in accordance with all local, state and federal laws, subject to the need to adjust for this component, i.e. white goods July, 1992. XIV. Reusable Household Goods The CCNMCTOR agrees to be responsible for the performance of a monthly residential curbside collection program of reusable household goods. The CCNTRACTCR agrees to utilize a not-for-profit organization registered with the Attorney General of the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of "An Act to Regulate Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes", Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 23, Paragraph 5101 et seq. The CONTRACTOR agrees to provide this service at no additional cost to the residents of the village or VILLAGE. Xv. Term of Agreement This Agreement shall be for a period of three (3) years (1) month beginning November 1, 1991 and ending on November 30, 1994. This Agreement may be extended upon agreement of the parties hereto and it may be cancelled for cause followinq 90 day written notice by either party during the term of the contract. F-9 THIS AGREEMWr SHALL inure to and be binding upon the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. IN WITNESS HEREOF, the VILLAGE has caused this Agreement to be signed by it President and attested by its Village Clerk pursuant to authority granted by the President and Board of Trustees of the VILLAGE, and the CONIRACICR has affixed his signature hereto on the day and year first above written. VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE GARDEN CITY RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES Division of Waste Managerrent of Illinois, Inc. Charles J. Zettek Village President Donald R. Price President ATTEST: WITNESS: Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk Nam-- Title ame Title E EXHIBIT D ESTIMATED COSTS OF COMPONENTS OF PROJECT Component Wheeling Township Transfer Station Interim Costs Balefill Rolling Meadows Transfer Station Third Transfer Station Landscape Waste Facility Total Estimated Costs $23,417,865 6,000,000 22,260,391 17,538,791 16,670,855 4,820,140 $90,706,042 EXHIBIT E DEFICIENCY FACTOR 2003 Financing Member Waste Estimate Factor Arlington Heights 32,000 10.13% Barrington 4,418 1.40% Buffalo Grove 18,634 5.90% Elk Grove Village 14,453 4.57% Evanston 23,000 7.28% Glencoe 3,800 1.20% Glenview 18,500 5.85°% Hoffman Estates 19,495 6.17% Inverness 4,800 1.52% Kenilworth 2,900 0.92% Lincolnwood 5,900 1.87% Morton Grove 8,800 2.78% Mount Prospect 28,000 8.86°% Niles 8,262 2.61% Palatine 39,000 12.33% Park Ridge 12,970 4.10% Prospect Heights 3,500 1.11°% Rolling Meadows 8,650 2.74% Skokie 17,500 5.54% South Barrington 2,032 0.64% Wheeling 14,616 4.63% Wilmette 12,787 4.05% Winnetka 12,000 3.80% Total 316,017 EXHIBIT F FORMULAS A. Operation and Maintenance Costs (Section 7.2) SW OMC = OMC x FM FM A W A B. Fixed Costs (Section 7.3) (a) If Agency Waste plus Customer Waste is less than 85% of Expected Agency Waste: (greater of SW or .85(ESW )) FC = FC x FM FM FM A .85 (EW ) A (b) If Agency Waste plus Customer Waste is greater than or equal to 85s of Expected Agency Waste: SW FC = FC x FM FM A .85(EW ) A C. Excessive Use Charge (Section 7.4) OMC + FC EUC = FM FM FM 10 D. Deficiency Charge (Section 7.5) (a) Phase I Deficiency DF DC = IU x DC x (.9) IU E DF A IU DF DC = FU x DC x (.1) FU E DF A FU (b) Subsequent Phase I Deficiency or any Deficiency after Majority Service Date Key DC = A DC = FM DC = FU DC = IU DF = FM DF = FU DF = IU EUC = FM ESW = FM EW = A FC = A FC = FM OMC = A OMC = FM SW = FM W= A Deficiency Charge to be imposed by Agency Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member which is a Future User Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member which is an Initial User Deficiency Factor of Financing Member; taken from Exhibit E Deficiency Factor of Financing Member which is a Future User; taken from Exhibit E Deficiency Factor of Financing Member which is an Initial User; taken from Exhibit E Excessive Use Charge payable by Financing Member Expected Financing Member System Waste Expected Agency Waste Fixed Costs of Project Fixed Costs payable by Financing Member Operation and Maintenance Costs of Project Operation and Maintenance Costs payable by Financing Member Financing Member System Waste Agency Waste F-2 DF DC = FM x DC FM E DF A FM Deficiency Charge to be imposed by Agency Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member which is a Future User Deficiency Charge payable by Financing Member which is an Initial User Deficiency Factor of Financing Member; taken from Exhibit E Deficiency Factor of Financing Member which is a Future User; taken from Exhibit E Deficiency Factor of Financing Member which is an Initial User; taken from Exhibit E Excessive Use Charge payable by Financing Member Expected Financing Member System Waste Expected Agency Waste Fixed Costs of Project Fixed Costs payable by Financing Member Operation and Maintenance Costs of Project Operation and Maintenance Costs payable by Financing Member Financing Member System Waste Agency Waste F-2