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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF
THE NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT PY24
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 724503
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 4520
$171,088
(Under the administrative direction of the
DuPage County Sheriff’s Office)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory, has been notified by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority that grant funds in the amount of $171,088 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available for the continuing implementation of the National Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 724503 with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and
WHEREAS, the term of the grant agreement is from September 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. 724503 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority 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 $171,088 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the National Forensic Science Improvement Program Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 4520, for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the DuPage County Sheriff 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 Judicial and Public Safety Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and associated headcount; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Judicial and Public Safety 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 12th day of August, 2025, at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK