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Joint resolution approving supplemental 2018 Video Gaming Revenue (VGR) grant funding recommendation in the amount of $80,000.
Staff Summary
* In 2017, the County received letters of intent for VGR funds totaling $1,013,500 including a request by United Way of Lake County (UWLC) to support a new countywide 211 service - a widely utilized tool to aid in health and human service delivery.
* In April 2018, the Lake County Board awarded $554,230 in fiscal year 2018 funds to a variety of behavioral health service providers and reserved $80,000 for potential future requests. UWLC's 211 application was not awarded funding at that time, given the need to demonstrate ongoing financial sustainability. It was anticipated that once a successful business and budget planning exercise was completed with County input, UWLC would reinitiate its request for funding.
* At this time, UWLC has completed an implementation report and long-term budget plan demonstrating ongoing financial sustainability and has requested reconsideration of its funding request. The Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) on September 12, 2018, voted to recommend the allocation by the Lake County Board of $80,000 in unallocated fiscal year 2018 VGR grant funds to UWLC for costs of ServicePoint related to United Way Lake County 211.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40) establishes a 30 percent tax on gross terminal revenue, of which one-sixth is distributed to the governing body where the revenue was generated; and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2013, the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Video Gaming Ordinance, thereby permitting lawful video gaming within unincorporated areas of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2016, the Lake County Board adopted the Video Gaming Revenue Policy to standardize the reinvestment of video gaming revenue in services to help residents who suffer from gambling addiction and other forms of substance...
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