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Arnie Shrammel, the county's long-time electric-aggregation consultant, told the committee the program serves nearly 9,000 unincorporated households and that residents in the program \"pay exactly the same price as the ComEd rate.\" The current arrangement provides civic contributions to Kane County of $80,000 per year under a two-year contract; Shrammel said a renewal would increase the civic contribution by about 35 percent to roughly $108,000 per year.

Shrammel outlined the program's mechanics: participants are automatically enrolled and may opt out; the typical opt-out rate when notices are mailed is about 3 percent. He said the aggregation program is limited to unincorporated areas and excludes Aurora and Dundee townships, which have separate programs.

The committee considered a resolution authorizing the county chairwoman to sign the master power supply agreement extension. Panesis moved the resolution and Kaias seconded. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote in which committee members recorded votes in favor; those recorded as voting yes in the transcript included Allen, Tias, Hennis, Tarver, Roth and Bates. The chair said the measure will move forward to the executive committee.

County staff described how the civic contribution funds are used: a portion has historically supported the sustainability manager's salary in the general fund, and by committee direction much of the civic-contribution revenue is now held in a separate fund to be spent on programs directly benefiting residents, such as energy-efficiency grants for farmers, water conservation and low-income energy assistance. Womack said part of the revenue can also provide local matches for grants.

Shrammel outlined a proposed summer timetable: committee recommendation in June, county attorney approval and chair signature in July, then tenant notifications and a December contract start date to align with meter reads.

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The request, discussed during a department pre-budget presentation by Jody Womack of the Environmental and Water Resources Department, aims to preserve money originally generated by tipping fees at the Settlers Hill Landfill for long-term monitoring, maintenance and environmental costs once the landfill is turned over to the county.

Womack told the committee that the 650 enterprise surcharge fund was generated from Settlers Hill tipping fees and that state law restricts how the money can be used. She said the county board had lowered the fund's minimum balance from $4,000,000 to $3,000,000 during construction of a cross-country course and that staff now recommends increasing the minimum back to $4,000,000. \"We do re recommend, sending through a resolution increasing that mini minimum fund balance back to the $4,000,000 to ensure that we have sufficient funds that are available for the postclosure period,\" Womack said.

Womack outlined costs the fund is expected to cover after the landfill's postclosure period begins, including routine vegetation and cap maintenance, leachate collection and disposal, and engineering and legal support if problems arise. She gave a current operating estimate of about $500,000 per year for routine items and said roughly $250,000 of that is for leachate disposal. She warned disposal costs may rise if wastewater plants stop accepting leachate because of PFAS; \"if IEPA comes out with PFAS requirements, we will be hunting to find somewhere to dispose that leachate,\" she said.

Committee members pressed Womack on timing and the county's financial exposure. She said Waste Management remains responsible for expenses during the current postclosure period and that it is unlikely the landfill will be turned over to the county in 2027 as previously estimated. \"I would say probably if 5 years beyond that might be it''between 2028 and 2032,\" she said, while characterizing that as an estimate rather than a firm date.

Womack said the fund currently holds about $5,000,000, but interest earnings and prior use of the fund for other projects mean the balance is not static; she told members the fund earned about $120,000 in interest in the recent year but only $20,000 per year when interest rates were much lower. She told the committee the fund is also used to support staff and recycling programs, and recommended preserving the balance to avoid large one-time hits to the general fund for future postclosure expenses.

Committee members voiced concern about the long-term costs and supported placing a resolution on the next meeting agenda to restore the minimum fund balance to $4,000,000. The chair acknowledged the consensus and asked staff to prepare the resolution for the committee's consideration.

Next steps include drafting and reviewing a resolution for the board and estimating multi-year cost scenarios to inform the county board's decision.

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Claire Ryan told the committee the grant release allows the county to proceed with subaward agreements and that a small portion of her salary will be funded under the grant for roughly two years. \"I'll just be working with the state's attorney's office to show them that, yes, in fact, the money is here, and then we can start the subaward agreements,\" Ryan said.

Ryan also reported two recent recycling events: a shredding and recycling collection at the Circuit Clerk's building that served about 725 cars, and a pop-up event in North Aurora that served about 150 cars and filled the county's box truck twice.

On battery recycling, Ryan described meetings with Call2Recycle, a nonprofit that organizes battery recycling programs funded by manufacturers. She said Illinois adopted a battery stewardship act and the Call2Recycle program will begin Jan. 1 next year, providing free recycling for consumer dry-cell batteries statewide. Ryan said Elgin Township has been a local leader: it shipped about 22,000 pounds of batteries last year and would be a candidate for a county pilot program at the Fabian Recycling Site, potentially using IEPA grant funds and a county partnership to test statewide implementation before the law takes effect.

Ryan cautioned the county is working with Call2Recycle and the state to determine operational details; she said the county is trying to connect the nonprofit, township partners and state grant resources to stand up a pilot but could not guarantee timing.

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Jody Womack, of the department, told the Energy and Environmental Committee that the department's general-fund salary reduction target is about $70,000. Because the contracts and commodities line in the general fund is already very small, Womack said the department's plan to meet the directive relies mainly on shifting portions of salary support into special revenue sources rather than cutting positions. \"Our that amount for us, in our general fund, salaries would be $70,000,\" Womack said. \"We're we will be, increasing our riverboat request by the $70,000 ... to pay for a percentage of the sustainability manager salary.\" She said part of the plan also involves adjusting revenue from the electric aggregation passthrough to the general fund.

Womack reviewed fees and revenue sources that support department staff: stormwater and grading permit fees, wetland and subdivision fees, waste-hauler fees, household hazardous-waste revenues and electric aggregation proceeds. She said many fees have not been updated since 2019 and that the development committee has asked staff to consider fee increases or new fees to support salaries.

The department highlighted energy savings achieved by county projects. Womack said the solar field at the Judicial Center has averaged about $250,000 in annual electrical savings and will continue to provide savings for the next 25 years; she also cited about $60,000 in rebates for hybrid vehicle chargers and an anticipated LED conversion with estimated total savings of about $100,000 and roughly $50,000 a year thereafter.

Committee members asked for more detail on fund balances and revenue assumptions, and one member requested the treasurer provide projections for interest income so the committee is not surprised if earnings fall. Womack said staff will return with a full budget presentation in July.

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