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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PY21 SECTION 604B WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING GRANT
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 6042102
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 3065
$125,600
resolution
(Under the administrative direction of the
DuPage County Stormwater Management Division)
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the Stormwater Management Division, has been notified by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that grant funds in the amount of $125,600 (ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to facilitate the creation of a watershed-based plan for the Northern Half of the West Branch of the DuPage River designed to improve water quality by controlling nonpoint source pollution; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage, through the Stormwater Management Division, must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 6042102 with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 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 March 1, 2024 through January 31, 2026; 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 the Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 6042102 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 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 $125,600 (ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the IEPA PY21 Section 604B Water Quality Management Planning Grant, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 3065, for period March 1, 2024 through January 31, 2026; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Director of Stormwater Management 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 Stormwater Management Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Stormwater Management 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 9th day of April, 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK