Title
Joint resolution approving an emergency appropriation to accept the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Adjustment Assistance Act grant modifications and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $80,126.
Staff Summary
· DCEO has provided modifications to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act grants to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $80,126.
· The grants are for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 to November 30, 2012.
· The grants include funding for individuals certified as eligible under the Act and covers costs associated with training and payment processing fees.
· The eligible individuals are workers affected through thirteen plant closings or lay-offs.
· An emergency appropriation of $80,126 is required to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's County fiscal year 2012 budget.
Body
WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided modifications to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and,
WHEREAS, the total grant modifications for Lake County Workforce Development is $80,126; and
WHEREAS, this grant is for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 to November 30, 2012, to provide funding to individuals certified under the Act; and
WHEREAS, this funding is expected to cover training services for workers from thirteen plant closing and lay-offs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $80,126 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's county fiscal year 2012 budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $80,126 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act. A chart of accounts is attached.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 9th day of October 2012.