Lake County, IL
File #: 21-1398    Version: 1 Name: Resolution providing for the establishment of a Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment, and appointments to said committee.
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/10/2021 In control: Lake County Board
On agenda: Final action: 9/14/2021
Title: Resolution providing for the establishment of a Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment, and appointments to said committee.

Title

Resolution providing for the establishment of a Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment, and appointments to said committee.

 

Body

RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, the Chair of the Lake County Board has determined that a Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment should be established; and 

WHEREAS, the Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment will report to the Financial and Administrative Committee; and

WHEREAS, the specific purpose of this Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment is to:

Provide timely policy guidance and strategic priorities to the County Administrator for the planning and execution of the various federal COVID-19 response funds provided to Lake County (American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Federal Emergency Rental Assistance, etc.);

Recommend a budget to the County Board for the federal COVID-19 response funds provided to Lake County ensuring all appropriations are in accordance with federal regulations;

Provide oversight to ensure compliance with policy and guidance for all expenditures of federal COVID-19 response funds provided to Lake County; and; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section V.J. of the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures, appointments to a Special Committee shall be recommended by the County Board Chair with the approval of a majority of the Board Members present.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Investment reporting to the Financial and Administrative Committee is hereby established with the following members:

 

Paul Frank, County Board Member / Committee Chair

Jessica Vealitzek, County Board Member

Jennifer Clark, County Board Member

Linda Pedersen, County Board Member

Michael Danforth, County Board Member

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Special Committee shall assist the County Board Chair with COVID-19 recovery and investment and will cease to function when the federal COVID-19 response funds provided to Lake County are exhausted and required reports have been submitted.

 

DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on September 14, 2020.