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Joint resolution authorizing the application, acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a 2012 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount of $5,638 for the purpose of enhancing our capacity to provide awareness and education to schools, citizen groups, victims and witnesses of crime, law enforcement, and entire communities.
Staff Summary
· This is an application for the federal Justice Assistant Grant Program. This funding supports a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
· Under this program, the City of Waukegan and the County of Lake on behalf of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office are eligible for a joint award of $28,189 in FFY2012 grant funds.
· The potential allocation of the eligible funds is $5,638 to the County of Lake on behalf of the State's Attorney's Office and $22,551 to the City of Waukegan.
· The State's Attorney's Office will use the $5,638 to enhance a community awareness effort.
· The source of program funding is 100% federal JAG. No match is required.
· The program funds allocated to the State's Attorney's Office will support purchase of presentation supplies, brochure stands, carts and program storage cabinets.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake on behalf of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office and the City of Waukegan has applied for an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant that provides grant monies to local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use this funding to enhance a community awareness effort; and
WHEREAS, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant is in the amount of $5,638, and it is necessary to appropriate this amount; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and required by the Granting Agency that a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Lake and City of Waukegan be executed in order to define how the grant funds will be disbursed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the acceptance and execution of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the United State Department of Justice for the Lake County State's Attorney's Office is hereby authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $5,638 is hereby authorized for the JAG 2012 Program in 101-3330010-79950-000-000-000-(reporting category to be set by the controller), with offsetting revenue of $5,638 in 101-3330010-45330-000-000-000-(reporting category to be set by the controller).
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 12, 2012.