Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met Aug. 4.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Addenda to the Agenda
4. Public Comment
5. Chair's Remarks
6. Old Business
7. New Business
CONSENT AGENDA
REGULAR AGENDA (items 7.1- 7.4)
STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
7.1 20-1033
Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the State's Attorney's Violent Crime Victims Assistance (VCVA) grant program awarded by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for state fiscal year (SFY) 2021, including grant funding of $35,000.
· This is a request to renew the VCVA grant administered through the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, with a grant period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
· Funding for this grant began in 1990 and has been renewed each year.
· Grant program goals include the promotion of fairness, accountability and coordination of services for victims and witnesses of domestic violence, and the promotion of policy and procedure for domestic violence cases in order to improve response by law enforcement and court personnel.
· The grant will fund $35,000 to offset the salary of a domestic violence victim witness coordinator (DV Coordinator).
· The DV Coordinator position and grant is already included in the State’s Attorney’s approved County Fiscal Year (CFY) 2020 budget.
7.2 20-1034
Joint resolution authorizing the application, acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a 2020 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount of $7,427.50 for the purpose of enhancing the State’s Attorney’s Office’s capacity to provide crime prevention education and outreach.
· This is an application for the federal JAG Program in which funding supports a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
· Under this program, the City of Waukegan, the City of Zion, and Lake County on behalf of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, are eligible for a joint award of $37,137 in Fiscal Year 2020 grant funds.
· The potential allocation of the eligible funds is $7,427.50 to Lake County on behalf of the State’s Attorney’s Office, $22,282 to the City of Waukegan, and $7,427.50 to the City of Zion.
· The State’s Attorney’s Office will use the $7,427.50 to provide crime prevention education and outreach by purchasing outreach supplies and printed materials to distribute throughout the Lake County community.
· The source of program funding is 100 percent federal JAG; no match is required.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
7.3 20-1008
Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for part-time contractual police services by and among the Beach Park School District Number Three (#3), Lake County and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in the amount of $46,253.25.
· Beach Park School District #3, and the LCSO piloted a part-time police/school resource officer program in 2016 to provide police services in the form of a police/school resource officer (SRO) at the Beach Park Middle School.
· The main objectives in having an SRO are to develop a positive relationship between law enforcement and the students, effectively deal with juvenile offenses/issues, and to protect students and the school from violations of the law.
· The term of this agreement is for one year, beginning August 1, 2020, and ending July 31, 2021.
· The contract includes one part-time SRO for 16 hours per week while school is in session.
· Beach Park School District #3, will reimburse 100 percent of the cost for the SRO position for the hours worked. The SRO will be assigned other duties while not serving as the SRO.
7.4 20-1060
Update on 9-1-1 Consolidation Project and Discussion on Extending Current Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA).
8. Executive Session
9. Public Comment
10. County Administrator's Report
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
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