DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0260-23

• File #: FI-R-0260-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/19/2023
• In control: Judicial and Public Safety Committee
• On agenda: 11/7/2023
• Final action: 11/14/2023
• Title: Acceptance and appropriation of the U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance PY23 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Program Grant Award No. 15PBJA-23-GG-01275-DNAX, Company 5000, Accounting Unit 4510, $395,280. (Sheriff's Office)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2023	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
11/14/2023	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
11/7/2023	1	Judicial and Public Safety Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
PY23 DNA CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FOR BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM
GRANT AWARD NO. 15PBJA-23-GG-01275-DNAX
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 4510
$395,280

(Under the administrative direction of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

WHEREAS, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, has been notified by the U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance that grant funds in the amount of $395,280 (THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to help reduce the number of forensic DNA samples awaiting analysis by increasing the capacity of the laboratory in the DuPage County Sheriff's Office; and

WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage, through the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, must enter into Grant Award No. 15PBJA-23-GG-01275-DNAX with the U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and

WHEREAS, the term of the grant award is from October 1, 2023 through September 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 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 Grant Award No. 15PBJA-23-GG-01275-DNAX (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and the U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance 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 $395,280 (THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDR...