HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 16-87 - 2/24/1987 - SUPPORT NWMC SOLID WASTE MGT. PLANRESOLUTION NO. 16-87
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NORTHWEST MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference is a corporate organization
representative of municipalities and townships chartered within the State of
Illinois and the County of Cook; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, Chapter 127, paragraphs 741 through 748, of the Illinois Revised
Statutes, authorize and encourage intergovernmental association and cooperation;
and
WHEREAS, the public officials of the Northwest Municipal Conference represent
thirty-eight (38) local government bodies and a population in excess of 975,000
Illinois residents; and
WHEREAS, finding environmentally safe and cost effective methods of
disposing of millions of tons of municipal solid waste a year is one of the
most perplexing and critical problems facing local officials in Cook County
and, increasingly, all of northeastern Illinois; and
WHEREAS, this problem is particularly acute in north and northwest Cook
County where two major disposal facilities serving Conference members have
closed since 1983 and the last is scheduled to shut its gates within the next
eighteen (18) months; and
WHEREAS, these closures have led to dramatic increases in Conference area
landfill disposal fees of over 65% since 1983; and
WHEREAS, escalating disposal and transportation costs have contributed to
the 15.9% increase in scavenger service rates for Elk Grove Village residents
since 1983, with an additional 5.5% increase effective October of 1987; and
WHEREAS, new disposal facilities must be developed as inaction will almost
assuredly mean continued steep cost increases and service disruptions; and
WHEREAS, of equal or greater concern to the Northwest Municipal Conference
and the Village of Elk Grove Village are the negative environmental consequences
that improperly designed and operated or poorly controlled disposal facilities
create; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village recognizes that a cooperative
effort of multiple jurisdictions can address the critical solid waste disposal
problem in the most comprehensive, environmentally safe and cost effective
manner; and
WHEREAS, the Conference has developed a comprehensive solid waste manage-
ment plan that meets these twin goals of environmental safety and cost effec-
tiveness and the Village of Elk Grove Village has actively participated in the
development and implementation of that plan since at least 1982; and
WHEREAS, in addition to meeting the near term disposal needs of north and
northwest Cook County with the development of a new and safer municipal solid
waste sanitary balefill with greater community control, the short term balefill
will also help to prepare for the future by using facility revenues to promote
recycling and plan and save for resource recovery technologies.
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:
Section 1: That the Village of Elk Grove Village strongly supports the
Northwest Municipal Conference Solid Waste Management Plan and the Conference's
petition to Cook County for a Special Use, Planned Unit Development for a
sanitary landfill balefill.
Section 2: That the Village of Elk Grove Village urges the Cook County
Zoning Board of Appeals and Cook County Board of Commissioners to approve the
Conference's petition.
Section 3: That a certified copy of this Resolution be sent to the Con-
ference for presentation to the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals as evidence
of the Village of Elk Grove Village support of the Conference's petition.
Section 4: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
PASSED
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APPROVED
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ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
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ABSENT: 0
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
, 1987.
1987.