Title
Resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $37,000 for the County Clerk’s Vital Records Automation Fund.
Staff Summary
• The County Clerk’s Office is implementing a digitization project to restore degraded images related to vital records.
• This project is funded by the Vital Records Automation Fund (262-2120010-71230); however, insufficient funds were budgeted in Fiscal Year 2026.
• The Vital Records Automation Fund is funded through user fees.
• The current fund balance is approximately $306,000 so there are sufficient funds to accommodate this emergency appropriation.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County Clerk’s Office is implementing a digitization project to restore degraded images; and
WHEREAS, this project is funded by the Vital Records Automation Fund which is funded through user fees; and
WHEREAS, the requested amount is needed to process an invoice for the Vital Records digitization project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $37,000 is hereby authorized in the County Clerk’s Vital Records Automation Fund (262-2120010-71230) as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modification attached hereto and made part hereof.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 10, 2026.