DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0240-23

• File #: FI-R-0240-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/11/2023
• In control: Human Services
• On agenda: 10/17/2023
• Final action: 10/24/2023
• Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STATE GRANT PY24 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 24-254028 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1495 $5,528,383 (Under the administrative direction of the Community Services Department)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/24/2023	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
10/24/2023	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
10/17/2023	1	Human Services	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STATE GRANT PY24
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 24-254028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1495
$5,528,383

(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 $5,528,383 (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE 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. 24-254028 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 July 1, 2023, through August 31, 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 Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 24-254028 (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 $5,528,383 (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program State Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1495 for the period July 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024; 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 this 24^th day of October, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

Attest: ___________________________________

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK