DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0024-24

• File #: FI-R-0024-24
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/18/2024
• In control: Public Works Committee
• On agenda: 2/6/2024
• Final action: 2/13/2024
• Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PY24 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. DE-SE0000181 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 2704 $449,660 (Under the administrative direction of the Facilities Management Department)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/13/2024	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
2/13/2024	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
2/6/2024	1	Public Works Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PY24

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. DE-SE0000181

COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 2704
$449,660

(Under the administrative direction of the Facilities Management Department)

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                     WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the United States Department of Energy that grant funds in the amount of $449,660 (FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used for implementing strategies to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency; and

WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Intergovernmental Agreement No. DE-SE0000181 with the United States Department of Energy, 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 Intergovernmental Agreement is from December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2025; and

                     WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and

                     WHEREAS, acceptance of this funding 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 Intergovernmental Agreement No. DE-SE0000181 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the United States Department of Energy 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 $449,660 (FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 2704 for the period December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2025; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Chief Administrative Officer 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 Public Works Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Public Works 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 13^th day of February 2024, at Wheaton, Illinois.

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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR

DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD

Attest: ___________________________________

JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK