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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