DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0117-23

• File #: FI-R-0117-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/12/2023
• In control: Human Services
• On agenda: 4/18/2023
• Final action: 4/25/2023
• Title: Acceptance and Appropriation of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Supplemental Grant PY23, Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-274028, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, $1,118,000. (Community Services)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/25/2023	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
4/25/2023	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
4/18/2023	1	Human Services	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF
THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
HHS SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT PY23
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 23-274028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1420
$1,118,000

(Under the administrative direction of
the Community Services Department)

resolution

                     WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that grant funds in the amount of $1,118,000 (ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to increase energy assistance to low-income DuPage County residents; and

                     WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-274028 with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and

                     WHEREAS, the period of the grant agreement is from March 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and

                     WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and

                     WHEREAS, acceptance of this grant does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and

                     WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the need to appropriate said grant funds creates an emergency within the meaning of the Counties Act, Budget Division, (55 ILCS 5/6-1003).

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-274028 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is hereby accepted; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (ATTACHMENT I) be made to establish the Low-Income Home Energy Program HHS Supplemental Grant PY23, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420 for the period March 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the personnel headcount for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS grants be revised to reflect the addition of:

Full-Time

50000 (2) 1949  Grade 109  Utility Assistance Specialist        $33,951 - $56,584

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Director of Community Services is approved as the County’s Authorized Representative; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should state and/or federal funding cease for this grant, the Human Services Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Human Services Committee determine the need for other funding is appropriate, it may recommend action to the County Board by resolution.

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Enacted and approved this 25^th day of April, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

Attest: ___________________________________

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK