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DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT <br /> Memorandum No. 2010-OS <br /> March 30, 2010 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Co ncil <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management � <br /> SUBJECT: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency(IEPA) Authorization Letter <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Council adopt the attached resolution allowing the Mayor to sign the attached IEPA <br /> authorization letter. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The City owns a hilly, grassed parcel of land known as the Corley Landfill, located on the south <br /> bank of the Sangamon River, west of South U.S. Route 51 and north of South Side Drive. The <br /> landfill was used to dispose of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide (lime sludge) <br /> residuals from the South Water Treatment Plant. The City closed and reclaimed the landfill 15 <br /> years ago per IEPA regulations. IEPA continues to mandate that the groundwater under the <br /> landfill be monitored by the City on a quarterly basis. <br /> IEPA regulations require that the City's top elected official (the Mayor) formally authorize City <br /> staff to sign applications and other applicable documentation regarding the Corley Landfill. Per <br /> Illinois State Statute, Council must approve this type of mayoral authorization. <br /> As the top elected official for the City of Decatur, Mayor Michael T. McElroy will designate <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management, as owner and Donald P. Giger, Water <br /> Production Operations Supervisor, as operator of the landfill. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: <br /> None. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: <br /> Stu Cravens, Kelron Environmental (City consultant for the landfill). <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Director of Water Management, 424-2863, kalexander@decaturil.gov <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: <br /> None. <br /> cc: Donald Giger, Water Production Operations Supervisor <br />