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Joint resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with Resolution Systems Institute (RSI), Chicago, Illinois, to provide services for the Lake County Foreclosure Mediation Program in the estimated annual amount of $60,730.
Staff Summary
• Since 2014, the Attorney General’s Office has provided grant funding directly to RSI to provide services for the Lake County Foreclosure Mediation Program (Mediation Program).
• The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit has received notice that the grant funding is due to end in May 2018 and would like to contract directly with RSI to continue services.
• This professional services agreement and the Foreclosure Mediation Program in its entirety will be funded by the $125 fee assessed to banks for each foreclosure. The contract will be managed by the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
• Under the terms of the contract, RSI will provide one staff member to serve as the Program Coordinator who is responsible for coordination of all meetings and tasks associated with the Foreclosure Mediation Program.
• Pursuant to Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent consulted with an ad hoc review group that approved a bid exemption on the basis of an existing long standing, successful relationship.
• The contract authorizes a professional services agreement for an initial one-year term, with the right to renew for four additional one-year periods, subject to acceptable performance by RSI, in an annual estimated amount of $60,730.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Attorney General’s Office has provided grant funding to Resolution Systems Institute (RSI) of Chicago, Illinois to provide services for the Lake County Foreclosure Mediation Program since 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit has received notice that the grand funding is due to end in May 2018 and would like to continue the services and contract directly with RSI; and
WHEREAS, funding for this professional services agreement and the entire Foreclosure Mediation Program is provided by the $125 fee assessed to banks for each foreclosure and the contract. The contract will be managed by the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the contract RSI will provide one staff member to serve as the Program Coordinator who is responsible for coordination of all necessary meetings and tasks associated with the Lake County Foreclosure Mediation Program; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent consulted with an ad hoc review group that approved a bid exemption on the basis of an existing long standing and successful relationship.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into a professional contract with Resolution Systems Institute of Chicago, Illinois to provide services for the Lake County Foreclosure Mediation Program for an initial one-year term, with the right to renew for four additional one-year periods, subject to acceptable performance by RSI, in an annual estimated amount of $60,730 to be charged account number 101-3200055-79940.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, February 13, 2018.