HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 37-74 - 4/23/1974 - URGING ACTION BY IML REGARD MSDRESOLUTION NO. ✓ I 741
A RESOLUTION URGING CERTAIN ACTION BY THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
REGARDING THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village is a member of the Illinois
Municipal League; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village is within the jurisdiction of
the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago; and
WHEREAS, on February 27, 1973, the Village adopted Resolution No. 17-73 urging
the Metropolitan Sanitary District to proceed without further delay the construction
of the O'Hare Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village was informed through the news
media that the Illinois Municipal League has commenced active support of the
City of DesPlaines, Illinois in that city's efforts to prevent construction of
a sewage treatment plant at the southeast corner of Oakton Street and Elmhurst
Road; and
WHEREAS, the expressed purpose of Illinois Municipal League support is
based on the assumed right of the City of DesPlaines to exercise Municipal Home
Rule powers as represented in the Constitution of the State of Illinois and that
such home rule powers supercede Metropolitan Sanitary District jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village considers immediate construction
of said sewage treatment plant to be vital in resolving sewage pollution and
flooding in Elk Grove Village and neighboring communities.
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, that
the Illinois Municipal League cease its support of the City of DesPlaines in that
city's dispute,with the Metropolitan San;tary District of Greater Chicago.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of Illinois that the
Village of Elk Grove Village strongly supports Home Rule for Illinois Municipal-
ities, but considers the importance of the construction of the aforementioned
sewage treatment plant to be of overriding importance.
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be
distributed to the Executive Committee of the Illinois Municipal League.
PASSED this 23rd day of April , 1974.
APPROVED this 23rd day of April , 1974.
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Charles J. Zettek
President