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Kenilworth adopts lead service line code amendments and establishes cost-sharing program
Summary
The board approved amendments to village plumbing code chapters and established a Lead Water Service Line Replacement Cost‑Sharing Program to comply with the Illinois Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (415 ILCS 5/17.12). Trustees voted 6–0 to adopt the ordinances.
Management Analyst Jordan Schmidt summarized the Public Works Committee's year-long work to comply with Illinois' Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (415 ILCS 5/17.12). Schmidt explained the proposed amendments to Chapters 50 and 150 of Kenilworth's code would allow the Village to implement a cost‑sharing arrangement with property owners to replace lead service lines; Schmidt gave examples of common service configurations and how cost allocation would be applied.
Trustees asked clarifying questions about program impact and budgeting; Manager Thake and staff said program timing will stretch over multiple fiscal years and impacts on any single fiscal year are hard to predict. The board approved both the plumbing code amendment ordinance and the cost‑sharing program ordinance by roll call, 6–0.
"Mr. Schmidt reviewed the history of the process followed by the Public Works Committee (PWC) in response to the State of Illinois Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act 415 ILCS 5/17.12 ("ILSLRNA"), enacted in 2022," the staff report reads.
