Title
Joint resolution accepting the Howard G. Buffet Foundation (HGBF) Grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $52,208.92 for fiscal year (FY) 2016 to purchase a vehicle and equip it for the k-9 unit.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Sheriff’s Office will shortly have a Lake County Sheriff Deputy handler and a K-9 graduate from an explosive detection training program.
• The Lake County Sheriff’s office desires to have the ability to respond to bomb threats throughout the county in a properly equipped vehicle.
• The explosive trained K-9 will also be able to detect guns and ammunition.
• With the purchase of this vehicle, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office will no longer need to solely rely on federal agencies outside Lake County for clearing bomb threats or to clear an area where a bomb was detonated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office will have the ability to deploy a trained K-9 and deputy to detect bomb threats throughout the county; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office shall keep accurate records of all necessary grant compliance requirements; and
WHEREAS, the grant must be formally accepted by Lake County and the necessary appropriations and approvals made.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County Sheriff, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to execute the necessary documentation in order to accept the grant, grant program agreement to be attached hereto and hereby made a part of this resolution; and
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation for the grant in the amount of $52,208.92 is hereby authorized as follows:
Amount Fund
$52,208.92 101-300110-45330-000-000-000-00000 (Revenue)
Amount Fund
$52,208.92 101-1102050-83010-000-000-000-11030 (Expense)
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2016.