Title
Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation from the Fund 210 Health Department Fund reserves in the amount of $750,000 for the Zion Community Health Center Construction Project.
Staff Summary
• As discussed at both the Health and Community Service and Finance and Administrative committees, the Health Department has obtained a $3,000,000 Illinois Capital Development Board grant to supplement County funding of a community health center in Zion.
• County funds in the amount of $1,200,000 were already reserved for this project in fiscal year (FY) 2014. The remaining $750,000 to fully fund the project will be appropriated from Health Department Fund balance.
• This resolution appropriates funds in Fund 210 Health Department for the Zion Community Health Center project in the amount of $750,000 from the fund balance in Fund 210 Health Department Fund; the remaining fund balance after this transaction is estimated to exceed $30,000,000.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board appropriates funds in the Health Department Fund (Fund 210); and
WHEREAS, the FY15 Budget did not include sufficient funds to fully fund the Zion Community Health Center Construction project in 2015; and
WHEREAS, sufficient reserves are available in the Health Department Fund reserves; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation in an amount of $750,000 is necessary for FY15 to provide for Zion Community Health Center construction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $750,000 is hereby authorized in the FY15 budget in the Health Department Fund, 210-4011100-82010, which will be funded from Fund 210 Health Department Fund balance.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2015.