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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATIONOF ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF
THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
HHS SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT PY23
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 23-274028
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1420
FROM $1,118,000 TO $1,949,787
(AN INCREASE OF $831,787)
(Under the administrative direction of
the Community Services Department)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage heretofore accepted and appropriated the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Supplemental Grant PY23, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420, pursuant to Resolution FI-R-0117-23 for the period March 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with Amendment No. 001 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-274028 (ATTACHMENT II) that additional grant funds in the amount of $831,787 (EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to increase energy assistance to low-income DuPage County residents; and
WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this additional funding; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of this additional funding does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and
WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the need to appropriate said additional funding 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 Amendment No. 001 to Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-274028 (ATTACHMENT II) be and 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 $831,787 (EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made and added to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Supplemental Grant PY23, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1420 and that the program continue as originally approved in all other respects; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the personnel headcount for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program HHS Grants be revised to reflect the addition of:
Full-Time
50000 (1) 1313 Grade 313 Accountant $50,200.00 -$ 66,934.00
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 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