Title
Joint resolution approving an emergency appropriation of $20,000 for fiscal year 2026 accepting additional funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health Tobacco Free Communities grant.
Staff Summary
• The Health Department received an additional $20,000 in grant funding for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, which has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were approved after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
• These funds are in addition to the original grant award and will provide additional support for program operations and activities associated with Tobacco Free Initiatives.
• The grant funds will be administered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a grant increase for the Illinois Department of Public Health Tobacco Free Communities grant; and
WHEREAS, these additional funds will provide additional support for program operations and activities; and
WHEREAS, the additional funding amount totaling $20,000 for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, which has not been previously appropriated, having been approved after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $20,000 is hereby authorized in the Health Department Fiscal Year 2026 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:
Illinois Department of Public Health - Tobacco Free Communities Grant, $20,000.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on July 14, 2026.