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Joint resolution authorizing the emergency appropriation of $24,200 from the State’s Attorney’s Office Money Laundering fund to pay salary and fringe costs through the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 for the Conviction Integrity Unit Director.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) requests the allocation of $24,200 from its Money Laundering fund to pay for salary and fringe costs.
• The Money Laundering fund has a current cash balance of approximately $33,000.
• This appropriation is being requested as the department awaits a grant budget modification approval through the Illinois Innocence Project, which is anticipated to occur in November 2025.
• The SAO is a subgrantee on the aforementioned grant and we will then be awarded funds for our Conviction Integrity Unit Director.
• The remaining estimated salary costs are $21,000 and fringe costs of $3,200 through November 30, 2025.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has a Money Laundering fund established by fees related to money laundering forfeitures based on applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) will use these funds to cover salary and benefits for (1) .50 FTE staff member, the Conviction Integrity Unit Director; and
WHEREAS, the fund has sufficient cash on hand for this use; and
WHEREAS, the SAO requests an emergency appropriation from the Money Laundering fund in the amount of $24,200 to cover salary and fringe expenses for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $24,200 is hereby authorized from the Money Laundering fund balance into expense accounts as identified by the attached budget.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 14, 2025.