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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STATE GRANT PY26
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 26-254028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1495
$3,422,595
(Under the administrative direction of
the Community Services Department)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that grant funds in the amount of $3,422,595 (THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to assist low-income DuPage County residents by offsetting the rising cost of home energy through direct financial assistance, energy counseling, outreach, and education; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 26-254028 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 June 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026; 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 Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 26-254028 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the 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) in the amount of $3,422,595 (THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program State Grant PY26, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1495, for the period June 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026; 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 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 on this 10th day of June, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK