1961-03-16 - Resolution 1961-03 - De-Annexation Metropolitan Sanitary Dist RESOLUTION
(No. R-61-3)
TREK,' S, the residents of the Village of Buffalo Grove
are provided with adequate sewage treatment facilities by the
Buffalo Utility Company, and
WHEREAS,REAS, the residents of this Village are paying the
Buffalo Utility Company for this service, and
-tilEREAS, each homeowner in this Village is paying approx-
imately $25.00 per year in real estate taxes to the Metropolitan
Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, and
{SAS the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago is not servicing the property owners and residents of
this Village, and
WHEREAS the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago has no plans to service this area within the foreseeable
future, and
;VHEREAS, the Sanitary District has imposed certain unreason-
able conditions and demands upon the Buffalo Utility Company which
make it economically impossible for them to expand their facilities
to service territories recently annexed into the Village, and
11HEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the
residents, property owners and the Village as a whole that we cease
to be associated with the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago,
NOW, TI-EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. That the Village of Buffalo Grove urges all residents
and property owners within the Village to take necessary actions to
petition the County Court for de-annexation from the Metropolitan
Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.
2. That the Village Board authorizes the President and
Clerk of the Village of Buffalo Grove to sign such petition requesting
de-annexation from the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago of the Village-owned land within the District.
3. That the Village of Buffalo Grove encourages the
property owners and residents adjacent to the Village to join with
them in requesting such de-annexation.
PASSED this 16th day of March, A. D., 1961.
APPROVED:
Pi sident
ATTEST:
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