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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of $440,000 for Fiscal Year 2025 and accepting additional funding from the Administrative Offices of the Illinois Courts.
Staff Summary
• In September 2025, the 19th Judicial Circuit Court received $440,000 in additional salary reimbursement funding for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, which was not previously appropriated.
• This multi-year funding will be used to establish a full-time Technical Analyst position to support court technology systems and enhance digital services to improve court access, operational efficiency, and user experience.
• This position will support and strengthen Court technology systems, including Case management platforms, Courtroom technology systems, Public-facing digital services and online tools, Internal court business systems and applications.
• This position is critical to maintaining continuity of court operations, improving public access, and advancing the Court's technology modernization across the departments of the Circuit Court, Circuit Clerk, State’s Attorney, and Public Defender.
• An emergency appropriation of $440,000 for the Tech Analyst, with offsetting revenue from salary reimbursements, is requested.
• If funding for the position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court has received additional funding from the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to support technology staffing and infrastructure needs; and
WHEREAS, the total additional funding of $440,000 for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025 has not been previously appropriated, having been approved after the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Technical Analyst position will support and strengthen the Court’s technology systems, including case management platforms, courtroom technology systems, public-facing digital services, and internal business applications; and
WHEREAS, this position is critical to maintaining continuity of court operations, improving public access, and advancing technology modernization efforts across the departments of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, the Circuit Clerk, the State’s Attorney, and the Public Defender; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation, with offsetting revenue, is needed for the remainder of the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $440,000 is hereby authorized in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court Fiscal Year 2025 budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications, is hereby approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 18, 2025.