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Champaign County board approves MS4 annual facility inspection report, staff says survey prompts referrals to townships and municipalities
Summary
The County Board adopted a resolution authorizing the county executive to sign the MS4 annual facility inspection report for program year April 2024–March 2025; staff said a new stormwater survey produced results the department forwarded to the appropriate roadway jurisdictions and that most action would be taken by townships or municipalities.
The Champaign County Board on May 22 approved Resolution No. 2025‑148 authorizing the county executive’s signature on the county’s annual MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) facility inspection report for April 2024 through March 2025.
County stormwater staff reported that an updated stormwater survey was completed this year and the survey results are included in the report. “We were successful in getting the stormwater survey out this year. We have the results in the report,” the stormwater staff member told the board.
Board members asked how the department follows up on survey responses and whether the county plans additional work in identified environmental‑justice zones beyond the annual reporting requirement. Staff said most survey comments concern street ponding and are passed to the appropriate highway jurisdictions — townships or municipalities — because those roads are not under county highway jurisdiction. The staff member said, “We pass that information along to the various highway jurisdictions, none of which are county highway; it’s township and municipal.”
When asked whether the county could do more than issue the survey and conduct public outreach in environmental‑justice zones, staff said that going beyond information‑sharing would require board direction and funding and noted the county may face changes in the state permit. “We’ll see if that remains to be the case when we get the new state level permit,” the staff member said, adding that environmental‑justice provisions might change in the next permit and that the county board would need to decide whether to continue the survey on a voluntary basis.
The board approved the resolution by voice vote. No projects or specific funding commitments for drainage improvements on township roads were adopted at the meeting.
