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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) GRANT PY24
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 24-681006
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 2840
$150,000
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage heretofore accepted and appropriated the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 2840, pursuant to Resolution FI-R-0212-23 for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, for the use and benefit of the DuPage County Workforce Development Division, leases premises for the workNet DuPage Career Center (“Center”) and incurs rent and other office rental expenses that are paid using WIOA Grant funding; and
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Workforce Development Division, has a Memorandum of Understanding with several of its strategic partners to provide office space in its leased premises in exchange for contributions towards the Center’s rent and other office rental expenses; and
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage anticipates receiving, from its strategic partners, rent and other office rental expense reimbursements in the amount of $150,000 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) that needs to be appropriated to be used to provide services to unemployed and underemployed DuPage County residents; and
WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of these reimbursements does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and
WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the need to appropriate said reimbursements 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 contributions received as reimbursement for grant expenses in the amount of $150,000 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be and is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (Attachment I) in the amount of $150,000 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made and added to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 2840, and that the program continue as originally approved in all other respects; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should state and/or federal funding cease for this grant, the Economic Development Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related headcount; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Economic Development 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 22nd day of October 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK