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File #: FI-R-0046-25    Version: 1
Type: Finance Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/19/2025 In control: Human Services
On agenda: 2/25/2025 Final action: 2/25/2025
Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE INCOME ELIGIBLE RETROFITS PROGRAM GRANT PY25 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1555 $417,960 (Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)
Attachments: 1. AU1555 PY25 Budget CB 25-02-25 ATTACHMENT I.pdf, 2. HES - CAA Participation Agreement_2025_DuPage II.pdf

 

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF
THE INCOME ELIGIBLE RETROFITS PROGRAM GRANT PY25
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1555
$417,960

 

(Under the administrative direction of
the Community Services Department)

 

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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the Department of Community Services, has been notified by Resource Innovations, on behalf of the northern Illinois utilities, ComEd, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas, that incentive funding in the amount of $417,960 (FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) is available to be used to supplement the Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program to increase the availability of energy saving improvements to residents of DuPage County; and

 

WHEREAS, to receive said funds, the County of DuPage, through the Department of Community Services, must enter into a Participation Agreement with Resource Innovations, 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 Participation Agreement is from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025; and

 

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

 

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

 

                         WHEREAS, the County of DuPage finds that the need to appropriate said additional 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 Participation Agreement (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and Resource Innovations is hereby accepted; and

 

                          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (ATTACHMENT I) in the amount of $417,960 (FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Income Eligible Retrofits Program Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1555, for the period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025; and

 

 

 

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 local funding cease for this program, the Human Services Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program; 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 25th day of February, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.

 

 

 

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

 

 

 

Attest: ___________________________________

 

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK