Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation from fund balance in the Sheriff’s Inmate Welfare Fund in the amount of $830,813.31 modifying the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget for expenses incurred which were not included in the FY 2024 budget.
Staff Summary
• LCSO prepared the FY 2024 Budget for the Inmate Welfare Account, a special revenue fund administered by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
• According to 20 IL ADC 701.250 funds from the Inmate Welfare Account shall be used for education, recreation, or other purposes within the jail for the benefit of detainees, as deemed appropriate by the Sheriff.
• This resolution appropriates $830,813.31 from fund balance in the Inmate Welfare Fund to both revenues and expenses in the FY 2024 Budget.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, LCSO prepared the Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the Inmate Welfare Account, a special revenue fund, which did not include necessary expenditures for inmate welfare; and
WHEREAS, according to 20IL ADC 701.250, funds from the Inmate Welfare Fund shall be used for education, recreation, or other purposes within the jail for the benefit of detainees, as deemed appropriate by the Sheriff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County Sheriff, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to approve an emergency appropriation in the amount of $830,813.31. and execute the necessary documentation for a line-item transfer within the Inmate Welfare Fund.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 12, 2024.