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Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met June 28

Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met June 28.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call of Members

4. Addenda to the Agenda

5. Public Comment (Items not on the agenda)

6. Chair's Remarks

7. Unfinished Business

8. New Business

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 8.1 - 8.9)

*APPROVAL OF MINUTES*

8.1 22-0921

Minutes from May 31, 2022.

8.2 22-0922

Minutes from June 7, 2022.

*REPORTS*

8.3 22-0918

Report from Joy Gossman, Public Defender, for the month of May 2022.

8.4 22-0895

Report from John D. Idleburg, Sheriff, for the month of May 2022.

8.5 22-0919

Report from Jennifer Banek, Coroner’s Office, for the month of April 2022.

*COURTS*

8.6 22-0910

Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $50,000 in funding from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the approval of the renewal of Intergovernmental Agreement No. 2021-55-024-003 for the 19th Judicial Circuit’s Access and Visitation Program for state fiscal year 2023.

∙ The 19th Judicial Circuit receives grant funding from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide mediation services for never-married parents involved in visitation and custody-related disputes in an effort to increase child support collections from this population.

∙ The state would like to continue funding the 19th Judicial Circuit’s program in the amount of $50,000 for state fiscal year 2023.

∙ This access and visitation grant does not require matching funds.

∙ The Access and Visitation grant funding period is July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023:

8.7 22-0920

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) grant modification; and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,440.

∙ The Adult Redeploy Illinois grant of $1,440 is to provide transportation for Redeploy clients.

∙ The Adult Redeploy Illinois grant provides residential treatment for high-risk offenders who are chemically dependent, recovery coaching services, and access to recovery home services which provide a continuum of care in the community.

∙ The additional funding will provide transportation to clients who are transitioning from incarceration or residential placement into recovery homes and sober living environments.

∙ The grant period is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

: *SHERIFF'S OFFICE*

8.8 22-0915

Joint resolution approving intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) for the collaborative use of the Lake County Law Enforcement E-Citation and E-Crash System, commonly known as Brazos, among Antioch, Hawthorn Woods, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Mundelein, Park City, Round Lake, Round Lake Park, Tower Lakes, Vernon Hills, Wauconda, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, Zion, Lake County, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).

∙ As part of the Regional 9-1-1 Consolidation Project, a Consortium of 21 public safety entities agreed to seek a county-wide, enterprise public safety software suite for dispatch, records, jail management, and reporting.

∙ The Lake County Sheriff, through the County, contracted with Tyler Technologies to license and support the E-Citation and E-Crash system, commonly known as Brazos, as part of the county-wide public safety software suite.

∙ The Sheriff-Tyler contract includes a site license “for the licensed Records, Field Reporting, Corrections and Brazos software for any agency in the geographic confines of Lake County.” The attached Agreements are only for the E-Citation and E-Crash (Brazos) components of the Sheriff-Tyler contract.

∙ The municipalities of Antioch, Hawthorn Woods, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Mundelein, Park City, Round Lake, Round Lake Park, Tower Lakes, Vernon Hills, Wauconda, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, and Zion are located within the geographic confines of Lake County, seek to partner with the Sheriff in using the Tyler Brazos, and agree to pay a proportionate cost for the ongoing maintenance of the system.

∙ The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed and approved the IGAs.

8.9 22-0916

Antioch Brazos IGA

Joint resolution approving intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) for the collaborative use of the Lake County Law Enforcement Records Management System among Antioch, Gurnee, Hawthorn Woods, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Mundelein, Round Lake Park, Wauconda, Waukegan, Lake County, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).

∙ As part of the Regional 9-1-1 Consolidation Project, a Consortium of 21 public safety entities agreed to seek a county-wide, enterprise public safety software suite for dispatch, records, jail management, and reporting.

∙ The Lake County Sheriff, through the County, contracted with Tyler Technologies to license and support the Law Enforcement Records Management System (RMS) as part of the county-wide public safety software suite.

∙ The Sheriff-Tyler contract includes a site license “for the licensed Records, Field Reporting, Corrections and Brazos software for any agency in the geographic confines of Lake County.” The attached Agreements are only for the Records and Field Reporting components of the Sheriff-Tyler contract.

∙ The municipalities of Antioch, Gurnee, Hawthorn Woods, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Mundelein, Round Lake Park, Wauconda, and Waukegan are located within the geographic confines of Lake County, seek to partner with the Sheriff in using the Tyler RMS, and agree to pay a proportionate cost for the ongoing maintenance of the system.

∙ The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed and approved the IGAs.

REGULAR AGENDA

*SHERIFF'S OFFICE*

8.10 22-0889

Joint resolution to enter into a contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ to provide 6 interview room cameras, software, and unlimited video storage for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $86,880.

∙ There is a need to procure 6 interview room cameras, software, and digital media evidence storage for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).

∙ The current camera system being utilized is in frequent need of repair, no longer under warranty, and does not allow the recordings to be uploaded to our current evidence storage.

∙ The LCSO identified a joint purchasing agreement through Sourcewell to procure the Axon camera system, which would allow for an integrated camera system with the Axon body cameras used by law enforcement and the jail.

∙ In accordance with Section 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the County Purchasing Division has identified a competitively solicited and awarded cooperative purchasing contract for telecommunication services offered by Axon, Scottsdale, AZ through Sourcewell.

∙ The initial cost to procure 6 interview room cameras, software, and unlimited storage is $49,533.76. There is an ongoing software maintenance and storage cost for years two through five at $9,336.56 annually for a total five-year cost of $86,880.

8.11 22-0894

Joint resolution to enter into a contract with Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, Anaheim, California to provide GPS & web based electronic monitoring services for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Adult Probation in the amount of $190,000 annually.

∙ There is a need for GPS & web based electronic monitoring for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and Adult Probation.

∙ The current contract implemented with Sentinel Offender Services; LLC is set to expire August 31, 2022.

∙ The LCSO identified a joint purchasing agreement through U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract GS-07F-5497R to procure the Sentinel GPS & electronic monitoring, which would allow for a continuation of services being provided through our current contract.

∙ In accordance with Section 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the County Purchasing Division has identified a competitively solicited and awarded cooperative purchasing contract for GPS & web based electronic monitoring through GSA.

∙ The Sheriff’s Office will enter into a five-year agreement with Sentinel effective from September 2022 through August 2027.

∙ The initial cost to procure GPS & web based electronic monitoring services is $190,000. There is an ongoing cost for years two through five at $190,000 annually for a total five-year estimated cost of $950,000.

8.12 22-0913

Joint resolution accepting the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $178,439.

∙ In February 2021, the Sheriff’s Office applied for a Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) SCAAP Grant with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. The grant allowed payment to be made to units of local government that have incurred certain types of cost due to undocumented aliens that have been convicted at least one felony or two misdemeanors and who were incarcerated for at least four days between the reporting period of July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.

∙ The Sheriff’s Office received notification on June 15, 2022, that it had been awarded $178,439 and that the Sheriff can inform the OJP where the grant funds will be spent. Grant funds can be used to defray the cost of construction, training/education, training for corrections officers, consultants, medical services, mental health services, vehicles, pre-release/re-entry programs, technology, workforce recruitment and retention of the jail workforce and disaster preparedness.

∙ The Sheriff’s Office will use the grant funds to partially offset medical and mental health services including Vivitrol for inmates during FY 22 in the amount of $178,439.00. Vivitrol is a medication that will be administered by the jail medical provider. Vivitrol is an extended- release injectable suspension medication to treat opioid dependence.

8.13 22-0917

Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the Village of Wauconda, Lake County, and the County of Lake, regarding regulatory authority over watercraft use of the surface waters of the unincorporated portion of Bangs Lake for a period of five years.

∙ Bangs Lake is a recreational body of contiguous water consisting of approximately 300 acres 80 percent of which is in the jurisdictional limits of the Village of Wauconda and approximately 20 percent of which is within the unincorporated territory and jurisdiction of the County.

∙ The Village of Wauconda has a comprehensive body of watercraft use regulations contained in Chapter 92 of its Village Code and the Village maintains a regular police marine patrol presence upon Bangs Lake consisting of sworn members of the Wauconda Police Department providing police service, protection, and regulatory enforcement on the watercraft users upon its jurisdictional waters of Bangs Lake.

∙ The Village, through its Marine Patrol Unit, is desirous of conducting seasonally appropriate routine patrol over the entire surface area of Bangs Lake for the purposes of enforcing Village ordinances and Village regulations, promoting boater safety, and preventing law or safety violations, including responses to serious emergency circumstances arising from conduct or situations on or under the waters.

∙ The Village shall bear all costs associated with the exercise of its authority under this Agreement. The County shall have no obligation to bear or financially contribute to the costs of the Village in exercising the authority granted by this Agreement. All revenue generated by the Village through boat safety inspection permits, lake use permits and fines and penalties for violation of Village ordinances and regulations shall be the exclusive revenues of the Village.

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∙ The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has reviewed this IGA.

*STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE*

8.14 22-0931

Joint resolution authorizing the renewal of the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center’s Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) victim advocate grant program awarded by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois (CACI) for fiscal year FY23, including grant funding of $260,967 for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

∙ The grant is administered through the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois for the performance period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

∙ This grant funds a portion of the salary and benefits for three victim advocates (including a bilingual advocate) at the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center.

∙ The victim advocates provide comprehensive, supportive services to children who have experienced sexual/physical abuse in Lake County, and their non-offending family members.

∙ Program goals include providing advocacy services for child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members, preventing re-victimization of children through education, providing emotional support, and maintaining the current staff of victim advocates in order to provide efficient services to abused children.

∙ Through this funding, the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center will be able to support their current programming by assisting their multi-disciplinary partners with Spanish speaking forensic interviews and advocacy for clients.

∙ Program funding includes federal funds in the amount of $260,967.

∙ The Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center provides funding for program expenses in excess of expenses covered by the federal grant funding.

∙ If funding for these positions ends, and new funding is not secured, the positions will be eliminated.

*9-1-1 CONSOLIDATION*

8.15 22-0832

Joint resolution approving the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) Regarding Development of the Plan and Agreement to Consolidate Participating Lake County Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP)s.

∙ The next phase of 9-1-1 Consolidation in Lake County, Illinois, includes establishing a NEW CONSOLIDATED PSAP.

∙ The Parties to this PSAP Development IGA agree to partner to develop a detailed plan and an additional Implementing IGA to establish a NEW CONSOLIDATED PSAP for municipal corporations and other public entities to join as partners to meet 9-1-1 and emergency dispatch requirements in Lake County.

∙ Committed Parties to this PSAP Development IGA include County of Lake, Lake County Sheriff, CenCom E911, Fox Lake, Gurnee, Lake Zurich, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, and Waukegan.

∙ Each participating Public Safety Answering Point agrees to provide $50,000 to hire a project manager and supporting expertise.

∙ The County agrees to be the Executive Agent for the project and agrees to build the Regional Operations and Communications Facility to house the NEW

CONSOLIDATED PSAP.

∙ For this Agreement, the County of Lake and the Sheriff of Lake County are distinct entities, are signing this Agreement separate from one another, and have separate rights and obligations under this Agreement.

9. County Administrator's Report 10. Executive Session

11. Members' Remarks

12. Adjournment

Next Meeting: July 26, 2022

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