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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of $41,043.83 for the Nippersink Creek Project by the Stormwater Management Commission (SMC), funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and administered the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA).
Staff Summary
• SMC has entered into an agreement with IEMA for a grant (HMGP-DR-IL 0036) to implement the Nippersink Creek Project in Fox Lake and unincorporated Spring Grove, in Grant Township.
• Funding will support a structure-specific flood risk assessment for 96 structures within the lower 10 miles of Nippersink Creek, informing mitigation decisions, positioning projects for future funding, and reducing long-term flood risk.
• On July 9, 2024, the Lake County Board authorized the appropriation of $41,043.83 in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
• Spending on this grant will commence during Fiscal Year 2026; therefore, it is necessary to emergency appropriate all funding associated with this grant into the Fiscal Year 2026 budget so that the project may continue, in accordance with the County’s Budget Policies.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) has entered into a grant agreement with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) for funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) (HMGP-DR-IL-0036); and
WHEREAS, the grant funding supports a structure-specific flood risk analysis to inform mitigation decisions, position projects for future funding, and reduce long-term flood risk within the Nippersink Creek watershed; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2024, the Lake County Board authorized the appropriation of $41,043.83 in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget; and
WHEREAS, the expenditures associated with this grant will occur during Fiscal Year 2026 budget for the Nippersink Creek Project by the Stormwater Management Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the emergency appropriation is hereby authorized as detailed in the attached listing, which is made a part of this resolution.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 14, 2026.