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Skokie staff outlines lead service-line inventory, outreach and funding uncertainty
Summary
Public Works Director Max Slankard updated the Village Board on lead service-line letters, inventory work, and replacement planning under state and federal rules; staff described outreach, a cost‑share program and unknown final federal timelines.
Public Works Director Max Slankard told the Village Board that recent mailings about lead service lines came from state and federal requirements and that the village will continue annual outreach as its inventory is completed. “I will first start out by apologizing for not doing a better job of preparing the community to receive this mailing,” Slankard said, explaining the letters followed the Illinois Lead Service Line Replacement Notification Act and the U.S. EPA’s 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.
The change matters because Illinois law and the federal rule require communities to identify service-line materials and accelerate replacement planning. Slankard said the state act prohibited partial replacements and the federal improvements both shorten timelines and…
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