Title
Joint resolution accepting the United States Department of Health and Human Services reimbursement and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $255,413.21 for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund.
Staff Summary
• The $255,413.21 United States Department of Health and Human Services reimbursement will be used to support healthcare-related expenses.
• The $255,413.21 in additional funding has not been previously appropriated because the resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget.
• The reimbursement will be for the period April 1, 2020 through July 31, 2021.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a funding increase delivered by our Clinical Operations Unit; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this funding amount totaling $255,413.21 has not been previously appropriated, having been awarded after adoption of the FY 2020 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 $255,413.21 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 listing be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - CARES Act Provider Relief Fund, $255,413.21.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2020.