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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $104,975 from the Lake County Public Works Department’s Fund 620 for activities within the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group (NLCLMWPG) from May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.
Staff Summary
• NLCLMPG was established by the County, Lake Villa, and Lindenhurst to plan and coordinate efforts to extend Lake Michigan water to northern Lake County.
• The group meets monthly to discuss items associated with the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (CLCJAWA) water system extension project and Special Service Area Number (SSA #) 16.
• The County has served as the repository of the group’s funds and financial transactions.
• The NLCLMPG funds were historically held in the Public Works Operation Fund 610.
• In February 2016, the funds were moved to Fund 620 to segregate and better track the monies.
• The budget authority for the funds was not appropriated in the Public Works fiscal (FY) 2017 budget; therefore, an emergency appropriation is required.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group (NLCLMPG) is comprised of the Villages of Lake Villa and Lindenhurst and Lake County; and
WHEREAS, this consortium was established as a planning group for the purposeful intent to provide Lake Michigan water to its various communities; and
WHEREAS, each community has contributed initial monies totaling $238,360 to fund all planning activities associated with executing the group’s purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Public Works (LCPW) department functions as the repository of the group’s monies and executor of its fiscal transactions; and
WHEREAS, all revenue and expense budget and transactions were historically incurred within the Public Works operational Fund 610; and
WHEREAS, in February 2016, an exclusive Fund 620 was established within the LCPW department for transparency and tracking of all fiscal transactions associated with the NLCLMWG planning group; and
WHEREAS, the NLCLMWPG group approves its annual budget in alignment with a municipal budget cycle from May through April, and has approved its 2017-18 budget in the amount of $104,975; and
WHEREAS, the budget authority for these expenses was not appropriated within the LCPW’s departmental fiscal year 2017 budget cycle occurring December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017, for funds 610 or 620.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $104,975 for the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning group by way of the Lake County Public Works Department is hereby authorized within the Public Works Fund 620 county fiscal year 2017 budget; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these funds are utilized for planned activities and expenses to occur during May 2017 through April 2018.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS on this 9th day of May, A.D., 2017.