Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act grant modification and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $150,873.
Staff Summary
· DCEO provided a modification to the Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $150,873.
· The grant is for the term of October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, and includes funding for individuals certified as eligible under the Act.
· This funding is expected to cover training services for workers affected through fifteen plant closings or lay-offs.
· This action is required to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's budget and authorize acceptance of this modification.
Body
WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided modifications to the Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department and,
WHEREAS, the total grant for Lake County Workforce Development is $150,873 and
WHEREAS, this grant is for the fiscal year October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, to provide funding individuals certified under the Act; and
WHEREAS, this funding is expected to cover training services for workers from fifteen plant closing and lay-offs;
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $150,873 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 $150,873 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Trade and Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act. A chart of accounts is attached.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 10, 2012.