Lake County Health and Community Services Committee met Nov. 1.
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 - 8.5)
*MINUTES*
8.1 22-1569
Committee action approving the Health and Community Services minutes from October 4, 2022.
*WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT*
8.2 22-1610
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Action (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Grant modification and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $158,190.19.
∙ The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Action (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Grant modification increases the grant by $158,190.19 for a total grant award of
$456,201.19.
∙ The grant funds employment and training activities for an additional twelve individuals who were dislocated from employment due to the impacts of COVID. ∙ The grant period is July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.
*HEALTH DEPARTMENT*
8.3 22-1602
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Public Health and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $6,723 for the Tobacco Free Communities grant.
∙ The $6,723 Illinois Department of Public Health grant will be used to fund website design and printing materials.
∙ The $6,723 in additional contract funding has not been previously appropriated because the contract resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
∙ The contract award will be for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
8.4 22-1604
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency contract and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $15,730 for the Solid Waste Enforcement contract.
∙ The $15,730 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency contract will be used to offset existing staff salary and fringe benefits.
∙ The $15,730 in additional contract funding has not been previously appropriated because the contract resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
∙ The contract award will be for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
8.5 22-1606
Joint resolution accepting the Heluna Health/ARISE grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $35,000 for the Activating Relationships in Illinois for Systemic Equity grant.
∙ The $35,000 Heluna Health/ARISE grant will be used to offset existing salary and fringe benefits.
∙ The $35,000 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
∙ The grant award will be for the period July 19, 2022, through May 19, 2023.
REGULAR AGENDA
*WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT*
8.6 22-1609
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST) Dislocated Worker grant; and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $703,450.
∙ The WIOA QUEST grant is designed to enhance the public workforce system’s ongoing effort to empower America’s unemployed and underemployed workers through worker and business engagement, elevate equity and connect job seekers with high-quality jobs.
∙ The WIOA QUEST grant of $703,450 will be used for expenses associated with training, work experiences, support services, and payment processing.
∙ A vacant case manager position will be funded with this grant to provide case management to the displaced workers eligible for grant services.
∙ The grant period is October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024.
*HEALTH DEPARTMENT*
8.7 22-1607
Ordinance amendment for the Lake County Health Department Environmental Health Fees Schedule (as authorized in Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 178). Proposed revisions to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule clarify requirements, add fees for farmers’ market sales permits (as recently implemented by State statute), add a fee for cottage food operation registrations (as required by State Statute), add a fee category for high risk (category 1) temporary food service multiple event permits, and support fee and procedural changes to temporary food service permits, including additions, changes and clarification of late fees. Specifically, the proposed revisions are as follows:
∙ Language is added to specify that fees established or controlled by Illinois statute or other authorized agencies are not subject to annual adjustment by the Lake County Consumer Price Index.
∙ Terminology for single and multiple temporary food service event permits is made consistent throughout; other terms are amended for clarity.
∙ Fees for Farmers’ Market Sales Permits (egg sales and full sales) are added, as recently established by Illinois statute.
∙ A fee for a high risk (category 1) Temporary Foodservice Multiple Event Permit (Food Trucks Only) is added.
∙ Language is added to clarify that Temporary Multiple Event Permits are valid for 6 months.
∙ The timeframe when a late fee is due for a temporary food service event permit is shortened from seven days to three days; the late fee is increased from $37 to $50. ∙ A late fee of $200 is added and may be charged for temporary food service permit applications made the same day of the event.
∙ A fee is added for the registration of a Cottage Food Operation of $50, per Illinois statute.
8.8 22-1608
Ordinance amendment for Chapter 173 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances, Food Service Regulations.
Significant revisions to Chapter 173 include incorporating provisions for farmers’ market sales permits (as recently implemented by State statute) and changes to expand and clarify requirements for temporary food service permits in regard to acceptance of applications and suspension of permits. Specifically, the proposed revisions are as follows:
∙ For consistency, in 3 sections the word “service” is added to the term “food facility.” ∙ Section 173.03, Definitions:
o In subsection (5), the definition of a Farmers’ Market Sales Permit is added, as recently established by statute.
o The definition of NRI (Next Routine Inspection) is added, a designation used on food service facility inspection reports.
o Provisions for Farmers’ Market Sales Permits are added to the definition of a Temporary Food Service Facility.
∙ Section 173.03(3) is added to indicate that farmers’ market sales permits are valid for one year.
∙ Section 173.04(B)(1)(b) removes language that states that a permit suspension is sustained if a request for a hearing is not filed within 10 days.
∙ Section 173.04(C) clarifies that temporary food service facility permits are valid for time frames as specified by permit type and as issued, and 173.04(C)(1)adds provisions for the suspension of temporary food service permits and the resumption of operations.
8.9 22-1605
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Public Health and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $150,000 for the Disease Intervention Specialists Workforce Development Support grant.
∙ The $150,000 Illinois Department of Public Health grant will be used to fund a new Community Health Specialist and Program Assistant, computer equipment, supplies, and indirect expenses.
∙ The $150,000 in additional contract funding has not been previously appropriated because the contract resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
∙ The contract award will be for the period July 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.
∙ If the program funding is reduced or eliminated, the program and positions would be eliminated.
9. County Administrator's Report
10. Executive Session
10.1 22-1621
Executive Session to discuss personnel matters pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1).
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
Next Meeting: TBD
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