Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met Sept. 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 - 8.4)
Approval of Minutes
8.1 21-1444
Minutes from August 31, 2021.
8.2 21-1445
Minutes from September 7, 2021.
8.3 21-1440
Report from Joy Gossman, Public Defender, for the month of August, 2021.
8.4 21-1434
Report from John D. Idleburg, Sheriff, for the month of August 2021
REGULAR AGENDA
*COURT ADMINISTRATION*
8.5 21-1441
Joint resolution authorizing a one-year contract, with SHI International Corporation, Davidson Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey for Adobe LiveCycle System in the annual amount of $38,148.90.
∙ The Courts have been utilizing Adobe LiveCycle since 2013.
∙ Adobe LiveCycle system, now called Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), is presently being utilized in operations streamlining 12 business app workflows to create efficient processes in operations and allow time savings for both staff and management.
∙ Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with SHI International Corporation through Sourcewell Cooperative Agreement to procure equipment, products, or services.
∙ The contract authorizes the Purchasing Agent to enter into a one-year contract, with no renewal options, that will cost the County $38,148.90 to be paid annually. Terms of this contract is October 20, 2021, through October 19, 2022.
∙ Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with West Publishing Corporation.
*SHERIFF'S*
8.6 21-1423
Sheriff’s Office Periodic Imprisonment Presentation.
8.7 21-1420
Joint resolution authorizing, acceptance of an award with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a Local Alcohol Program (LAP) grant in the amount of $44,830.42 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
∙ The Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has applied for and been awarded the Local Alcohol Program (LAP) Grant.
∙ This grant will allow for one deputy who is certified as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) to provide training after normal business hours to police officers, Judges, Village Prosecutors and Assistant State’s Attorneys on Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) refresher courses, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) courses and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) courses. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
∙ This grant reimburses the deputy’s overtime wage costs and indirect costs on direct salary and wage excluding fringe and will reimburse course and travel expenses for one deputy’s recertification costs as a DRE.
∙ The main objective of the grant is to provide training to other justice partners with drug related impairment enforcement and prosecution.
8.8 21-1421
Ordinance amending Chapter 35, Section 35.36 Fees for Services Performed by Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) by adopting a revised fee schedule for the LCSO.
∙ The LCSO, in conjunction with Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) Department, completed a review of the cost of certain services provided by the LCSO.
∙ The LCSO recommends modifying the following fees:
o FOIA Copies- $.15 per page for black and white copies in excess of 50 pages.
o Bond- eliminate bond fees.
o Warrants- eliminate self-surrender fee of $84 and accept new rates presented at Law and Judicial and Finance and Administrative.
∙ The analysis illustrates that the fee charged for warrant services cover the LCSO costs for providing that service.
∙ The actual costs to provide certain services should be rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.
8.9 21-1422
Joint resolution authorizing, acceptance of an award with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant in the amount of $213,365.48 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
∙ The Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has applied for and been awarded STEP grants since 2013.
∙ LCSO has applied and was accepted for a FY 2022 IDOT STEP grant in the amount of $213,365.48. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
∙ The grant reimburses the deputies overtime wage costs and indirect costs on direct salary and wage excluding fringe.
∙ The main objective of the grant is to conduct specific traffic enforcement details that focus on speeding enforcement, distracted driving enforcement, impaired driving enforcement and child passenger safety campaigns that will make the roadways safer.
∙ LCSO will conduct six mandatory enforcement campaigns and all four optional enforcement campaigns.
9. County Administrator's Report
10. Executive Session
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
Next Meeting: October 5, 2021
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