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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT - POLLING PLACE ACCESSIBILITY GRANT PY24
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1071
$654,661
(Under the administrative direction of the DuPage County Clerk-Election Division)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Clerk-Election Division, has been notified by the Illinois State Board of Elections that grant funds in the amount of $654,660.55 (SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY, AND 55/100 DOLLARS) are available through the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), to provide additional resources to make improvements to Illinois polling places for voters with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Clerk-Election Division, must enter into a Grant Acceptance Agreement with the Illinois State Board of Elections, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and
WHEREAS, the grant period of the Grant Acceptance Agreement is from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 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 DuPage 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 the Grant Acceptance Agreement (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the Illinois State Board of Elections 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 $654,661 (SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE, AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the HAVA Polling Place Accessibility Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1071, for period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the DuPage County Clerk 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 Finance Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Finance 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 10th day of October, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK