Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met April 28

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

May 7, 2020

Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met April 28.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

To comply with social distancing requirements and Governor Pritzker's stay-at-home order, this meeting will be live-streamed at http://lakecounty.tv/ and on Comcast's network, Channel 18 or 30 (depending on where you live) and AT&T Channel 99.

Public comments are welcomed and encouraged. Public comments received by 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2020 will be read at the beginning of the meeting under Public Comment in the order they are received. Comments received during the meeting will be held until the end of the meeting.

Please note: A total of 30 minutes will be permitted for Public Comment and no more than three minutes per public comment pursuant to the County Board Rules of Order and Operational Procedures. All comments received will be included in the Committee's meeting minutes regardless of whether they are read aloud at the meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENTS shall be emailed to CountyBoard@lakecountyil.gov with the following information:

* Subject Title: Law & Judicial Committee Public Comment * Name

* Street Address (Optional)

* City, State (Optional)

* Phone (Optional)

* Organization, agency, etc. being represented. (If representing yourself, put "Self")

* Topic or Agenda Item Number followed by Public Comment.

Public with no access to email may leave a message with the County Board Office at 847-377-2300.

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Addenda to the Agenda

4. Chair's Remarks

5. Old Business

6. New Business

CONSENT AGENDA (6.1 - 6.5)

Approval of Minutes

6.1 20-0572

Minutes from February 25, 2020.

PUBLIC DEFENDER

6.2 20-0581

Report from Joy Gossman, Public Defender, for the month of February 2020.

6.3 20-0567

Report from Joy Gossman, Public Defender, for the month of March 2020.

CIRCUIT CLERK

6.4 20-0468

Report from Erin Cartwright Weinstein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, for the month of February 2020.

6.5 20-0579

Report from Erin Cartwright Weinstein, Clerk of the Circuit Court, for the month of March 2020.

REGULAR AGENDA

STATE'S ATTORNEY

6.6 20-0580

Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation and approving a Title IV-D Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) and the Lake County State’s Attorney for the continuation of the State’s Attorney’s Child Support Enforcement Program for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025, for a maximum reimbursement amount of $3,491,909 for staff wages and benefits.

· Since 1985, the State’s Attorney’s Office has entered into an annual Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) to provide child support enforcement services.

· Pursuant to these annual agreements, the State's Attorney's Office is to be reimbursed for reasonable costs for providing these services, as determined by IFHS. From 1999 to 2017, the State’s Attorney’s Child Support Enforcement (CSE) staff included three assistant state’s attorneys, four secretaries, three paralegals and one investigator.

· Currently, the CSE staff includes two full-time assistant state’s attorneys, a.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) assistant state’s attorney/supervisor, three full-time legal assistants, and 2.75 FTE paralegals.

· The Child Support Enforcement Division handles approximately 12,000 active cases, including those to establish paternity, to set support upon voluntary acknowledgement, to establish medical support orders, and to enforce orders for payment of support.

· IDHFS has tendered a proposed Five-Year Contract for 2021-2025 to reimburse personnel costs not to exceed $3,491,909, 66 percent of which is federal funds.

· Funding for the 2021 Lake County contract will be increased from $610,000 to $671,000, with remaining years 2022 $684,420, 2023 $698,108, 2024 $712,070, and 2025 $726,311.

· Fiscal Year 2020 Program cost is $899,072 which includes: $671,000 from the State of IDHFS and $228,072 in the State’s Attorney’s current operating budget.

6.7 20-0582

Joint resolution accepting the 2020 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Community Awareness Project sub-grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $5,000.

· Since 1981, NCVRW has been annually observed in April and is intended to increase public awareness and knowledge about the wide range of rights and services available to people who have been victimized by crime.

· A $5,000 sub-grant was awarded to the State’s Attorney’s Office by the National Association of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) under a VOCA grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, within the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice.

· The 2020 NCVRW theme is “Seek Justice - Ensure Victims’ Rights - Inspire Hope.”

· The program funds will be used during the 2020 NCVRW, April 19-25, to promote community awareness of crime victims’ rights and services and will support the purchase of NCVRW event supplies, speaker and announcements.

· The source of program funding is 100 percent federal VOCA; no match is required.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE

6.8 20-0587

Update from the Sheriff’s Office.

CORONER'S OFFICE

6.9 20-0588

Update from the Coroner’s Office.

7. Executive Session

8. Public Comment

9. County Administrator's Report

10. Members' Remarks

11. Adjournment