Title
Resolution authorizing a line-item transfer within categories of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion budget to accommodate county-wide training and professional services in the amount of $128,524.
Staff Summary
• The County Administrator provided a presentation to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee on July 30, 2024, on the status of county-wide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• A request was made and consensus provided by members of the committee to transfer funds within the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion budget to accommodate county-wide training and professional services in the amount of $128,524.
• The funding will be used to procure integrated training for leadership and employees, consulting to assist with the current state assessment and development of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) roadmap, and policy and procedure review with an equity lens, including a review of the existing DEI Policy.
• The County Board must approve line-item transfers under certain conditions.
• This action does not increase budget authority; it simply transfers previously approved budget authority.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in the administration and implementation of the approved budget, there is occasionally a need to transfer budget authority; and
WHEREAS, these actions are commonly known as “line-item transfers”, and must be approved by the County Board under certain circumstances; and
WHEREAS, a line-item transfer within categories of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion budget has been prepared by the County Administrator’s Office, a copy of which is attached hereto and made part hereof, and the Financial and Administrative Committee recommend approval of these actions by the County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that line-item transfers in the fiscal year 2024 budget, as set forth in the attached listing are hereby approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 13, 2024.