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A RESOLUTION
A Resolution Authorizing the Participation of
the City of Evanston in the Implementation of
• 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
Counties of Cook, Lake and DuPage; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution i
of the State of Illinois, and 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 33 units of local government and
a population of over 850,000 Illinois residents; and
WHEREAS, the issues and problems related to the
disposal of municipal solid waste in this jurisdiction impact
all areas of the region; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston recognizes that a
cooperative effort of multiple jurisdictions must address the
solid waste disposal issue in the most environmentally sound,
comprehensive and cost-effective manner; and
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference Solid
Waste Task Force reviewed and studied the solid waste disposal
alternatives over a two-year period and formulated a solid
waste management plan for the disposal of municipal solid waste
until the year 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Northwest Municipal Conference
unanimously endorsed the Solid Waste Management Plan at a
• meeting on June 13, 1984; and .
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston likewise endorses the
solid Waste Management Plan and desires to participate in the
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implementation of the plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council
of the City of Evanston that the City of Evanston shall
• participate in the implementation of the recommendations of the
Northwest Municipal Conference Solid Waste Management Plan,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Alderman Donald A. Borah
and City Manager Joel M. Asprooth are hereby appointed as
representatives of the municipality to the Conference Solid
Waste Implementation Team.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the financial
contribution of the City of Evanston to the program shall be
determined by the participants in the program;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that participation in the
implementation of the Solid Waste Management Plan by the City
of Evanston does not commit or bind the municipality to
membership in the Solid Waste Management Agency to be created
or to participation in any other element of the Solid Waste
• Management Plan;
•
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this
resolution be forwarded to the office of the Northwest
Municipal conference.
May��
ATTEST:
Ci,,�.t--y Clerk
Date: OC 4�2y 1984.
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