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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with A Safe Place, Zion, Illinois, for operation of neutral site custody exchange facility in an annual amount, not to exceed $160,000.
Staff Summary
* Lake County received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in 2008 to establish the Family Visitation Center of Lake County, which opened in 2010. The grant funds were expended in FY2015.
* In 2011, the Lake County Board passed an ordinance establishing the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Fund and imposing a Neutral Site Custody Exchange Fee of $6 on civil cases to support neutral site custody exchange services pursuant to the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act (55 Illinois,CS 82/1 et.al.).
* A Safe Place, Zion, Illinois, will operate a facility that will provide for the Neutral Site Custody Exchange, maintain all records, make available interpreter services at no fee to clients and provide for necessary security services.
* Per the ordinance, all monies deposited in the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Fund shall be disbursed by Lake County to one or more qualified not-for-profit organizations to support neutral exchange services, provided that the expenditure is also approved by the Chief Judge.
* Pursuant to Article 6, Section 102, the Purchasing Agent convened an ad hoc review group that approved a bid exemption on the basis of a long standing successful relationship with A Safe Place, Zion, Illinois.
* This agreement will cost the county an annual amount not to exceed $160,000. This contract is entirely supported by the fee.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in 2008 to establish the Family Visitation Center of Lake County, which opened in 2010. The grant funds were expended in FY2015; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, the Lake County Board passed an ordinance establishing the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Fund and imposing a Neutral ...
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