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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF
THE ILLINOIS VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEMS GRANT PY25
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 4250
$922,831
(Under the administrative direction of
the DuPage County Clerk-Election Division)
resolution
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 $922,830.20 (NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY AND 20/100 DOLLARS) are available to assist in the maintenance and other costs associated with the DuPage County’s voter registration system in order for it to communicate with the Centralized Statewide Voter Registration System and other election security related expenditures as per the agreement.; 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, 2024 to June 30, 2025; 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 $922,831 (NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Illinois Voter Registration Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 4250, for period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the 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 8th day of April, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK