Lake County, IL
File #: 22-0012    Version: 1 Name: Resolution accepting the annual Emergency Management Intergovernmental Grant Agreement from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in an amount not to exceed $196,95
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/20/2021 In control: Financial & Administrative Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/11/2022
Title: Resolution accepting the annual Emergency Management Intergovernmental Grant Agreement from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in an amount not to exceed $196,955.63.

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Resolution accepting the annual Emergency Management Intergovernmental Grant Agreement from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in an amount not to exceed $196,955.63.

 

Staff Summary

                     Lake County applied for and has been awarded an annual allocation from IEMA, on behalf of the Lake County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA).

                     This grant funding (a) support Lake County in developing and maintaining an effective integrated EMA and program; (b) provides for quarterly reimbursement of allowable EMA program costs; and (c) provides for EMA program expenses between April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The agreement shall be effective between October 1, 2020 and shall expire on September 30, 2023.

                     The actual amount of grant funding is dependent on (a) the federal budget and FEMA grant program guidance, (b) availability of federal funds to IEMA, and (c) actual EMA expenditures.

                     The maximum grant funding to Lake County is $196,955.63.

                     Revenue from this grant will offset currently budgeted expenses. No additional expenses are budgeted as a result of this grant.

                     Lake County invests local funding in emergency management program activities to satisfy the grant match requirements.

 

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RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, Lake County on behalf of the Lake County Emergency Management Agency applied for funding and has been awarded up to $196,955.63 in an Illinois Emergency Management Assistance (IEMA) Intergovernmental Grant Agreement, which provides grant monies to local governments to provide financial assistance to develop and maintain an effective, integrated emergency management organization; and

 

WHEREAS, Lake County is entitled to reimbursement of eligible emergency management program costs and essential emergency management related expenses; and

 

WHEREAS, Lake County, through the County Administrators Office, does indeed maintain an Emergency Management Agency in accordance with Federal and State laws and regulations; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the acceptance and execution of the IEMA Intergovernmental Grant Agreement from the State of Illinois to the County Emergency Management Agency is hereby authorized, with revenue from this grant to be assigned to account 101-1101040-45334-000-000-000-0000.

 

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 11, 2022.