DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FI-R-0231-23

• File #: FI-R-0231-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Finance Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/3/2023
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 10/10/2023
• Final action: 10/10/2023
• Title: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT - POLLING PLACE ACCESSIBILITY GRANT PY24 COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1071 $654,661 (Under the administrative direction of the DuPage County Clerk-Election Division)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/10/2023	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
10/10/2023	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass

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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE
HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT - POLLING PLACE ACCESSIBILITY GRANT PY24
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 1071
$654,661

(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 $654,660.55 (SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY, AND 55/100 DOLLARS) are available through the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), to provide additional resources to make improvements to Illinois polling places for voters with disabilities; 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, 2023 to June 30, 2024; 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 $654,661 (SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-...