Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services funding and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $847,000 for the Medicaid Match program.
Staff Summary
* The $847,000 Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services funding will be used to fund the Belvidere Medical Building renovation project, Midlakes roofing project, Zion roofing project, Belvidere Medical Building heating replacement on roof, Belvidere Medical Building glass curtain wall, 3010 Grand boiler replacement, 3010 Grand Board Room video equipment upgrade, Women's Residential Services lower-level bathroom renovation, NeoGov Policy Management and Accreditation Standards System, and Belvidere Medical Building and Zion scanning project.
* The $847,000 in additional funding has not been previously appropriated because the resources were secured after the County's adoption of the FY 2023 budget.
* The funding will be for the period December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a funding increase delivered by our Administration Unit; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this grant amount totaling $847,000 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will be fully offset by the above referenced items thereby not requiring the expenditure of local tax revenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $847,000 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto and made part hereof; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached list...
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