Title
Resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in Fund 216 - Hulse Detention Center to cover personnel expenses incurred during Fiscal Year 2024 in the amount of $218,854 from the fund balance.
Staff Summary
• Lake County has incurred expenses for wages, salaries, and benefits that exceed the amounts approved in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget for the Hulse Detention Center.
• When developing the FY 2024 Budget, the vacancy factor applied to this fund was higher than the actual vacancies experienced during the FY 2024 year.
• There are sufficient reserves in the Hulse Detention fund balance. Its FY 2023 audited fund balance was $12,529,144.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County has incurred expenses for wages, salaries, and benefits that exceed the amounts approved in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget for Fund 216 - Hulse Detention; and
WHEREAS, Fund 216 - Hulse Detention Center has sufficient reserves in fund balance to cover these personnel expenses; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation is necessary to provide sufficient funding for the expenses for wages, salaries, and benefits in the Hulse Detention Center for the FY 2024 budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation from fund balance in the amount of $218,854 from Fund 216 - Hulse Detention Center as identified in the detailed listing, is authorized and is hereby made a part of this resolution.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 11, 2025.