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Lake County, IL
File #: 25-0379    Version: 1 Name: FY23 Capital Reallocation to FY24
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/3/2025 In control: Financial & Administrative Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/11/2025
Title: Resolution authorizing the reallocation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 capital in the amount of $23,607,090 in FY 2024 for the one-time use of funding reserves for long-term capital needs through an emergency appropriation and authorization of the transfer of fund balance from the General Fund (Fund 101) to the General Fund Capital Improvement Program Fund (Fund 106)
Attachments: 1. 3.2 Fund Balance Reserve Policy (FINAL) - JP, 2. Capital Reallocation 3.6.25
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Resolution authorizing the reallocation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 capital in the amount of $23,607,090 in FY 2024 for the one-time use of funding reserves for long-term capital needs through an emergency appropriation and authorization of the transfer of fund balance from the General Fund (Fund 101) to the General Fund Capital Improvement Program Fund (Fund 106)

Staff Summary
* Lake County established a separate General Fund Capital Improvement Program Fund to separate capital operations of the County from General Fund operations. The Capital Improvement Fund funds significant County capital spending in construction, facility assessment, information technology, energy and environmental projects, stormwater and other capital projects.
* Lake County Policy 3.2 Fund Balance Reserve Policy stipulates in section 5.9 that "The County Board shall designate excess undesignated reserves, above the 29 percent minimum threshold, for the purpose of funding future capital and technology projects or other one-time expenditures."
* The Capital Improvement Fund is funded solely through operational transfers and surplus reserve reallocations. The reserve analysis for the FY23 Audited Ending Fund Balance shows excess reserves in the amount of $23,607,090.
* This action is needed to declare the amount as surplus and to move the funds from General Fund Operations (Fund 101) into General Fund Capital Improvement Program (Fund 106) in the amount of $23,607,090 for Long Term Capital Reserves. These funds are distinguished within the Budget document but are rolled up as one fund on the audited financial statements.

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Policy 3.2 of the Finance Policies, 3.2 Fund Balance Reserve Policy, Section 5.9, states, "The County Board shall designate excess undesignated reserves, above the 29 percent minimum threshold, for the purpose of funding future capital and technology projects or other one-time expenditures"; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of ...

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