Lake County Law & Judicial Committee met Aug. 30.
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)
*MINUTES*
8.1 22-1197
Committee action approving the Law and Judicial minutes from July 26, 2022.
8.2 22-1198
Committee action approving the Law and Judicial minutes from August 2, 2022.
*REPORTS*
8.3 22-1180
Report from Jennifer Banek, Coroner, for the month of June 2022.
8.4 22-1160
Report from John D. Idleburg, Sheriff, for the month of July 2022.
REGULAR AGENDA
*COURTS*
8.5 22-1178
Joint resolution authorizing a contract, with SHI International Corp., Somerset, New Jersey for Adobe LiveCycle System in an estimated annual amount of $40,242.16.
∙ The Courts have been utilizing Adobe LiveCycle since 2013.
∙ Adobe LiveCycle system now called Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), a product of Adobe, is presently being utilized in streamlining 12 business application workflows which create efficient processes in operations and allow time savings for both staff and management.
∙ Purchasing identified a cooperative purchasing contract with SHI International Corp through Sourcewell Cooperative Agreement to procure equipment, products, or services.
∙ The contract authorizes the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract, in an estimated annual amount of $40,242.16. The current term of the contract is through October 30, 2023, with the option to renew for one additional year.
∙ Pursuant to Article 33.115 Cooperative Joint Purchasing of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement with Sourcewell.
*STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE*
8.6 22-1172
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) grant awarded to and by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to enhance and strengthen the Lake County JJC by the SAO, including an emergency appropriation of $55,740 in grant funds.
∙ The Lake County JJC is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs.
∙ The JJC works to identify initiatives/areas in which attention or enhancement will benefit the County’s JJC overall and the individuals involved.
∙ The SAO has been awarded a 12-month JJC Grant in the amount of $55,740 from the IJJC through the IDHS.
∙ The grant term is July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
∙ The SAO will use the funds to enhance and strengthen the JJC through annual training, outreach and focusing on programs that are proactive in preventing delinquency.
∙ Grant program funding will support a contracted part-time JJC Coordinator, the creation and purchase of preventative/proactive printed materials, outreach supplies, training, and education.
∙ The source of funding for this JJC project is 100 percent grant funds; no County funding is required.
∙ If program funding is reduced or eliminated the program and staff will be eliminated.
8.7 22-1173
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Juvenile Justice Youth Service Program (JJYSP) grant awarded to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (IJJC) through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to continue the A Step Up Program that helps address youth involved in adolescent domestic battery within their homes, including an emergency appropriation of $47,125 in grant funds.
∙ The Lake County Juvenile Justice Council (JJC) is a collaborative effort of many government and private agencies addressing juvenile justice procedures and programs and is run by the SAO.
∙ The JJC received state grant funds in SFY 2021 to implement a JJYSP, Step Up Program in Lake County to help address youth involved in adolescent domestic battery within their homes. Step Up is an acronym for Stop-Think-Evaluate-Plan-Use-Patience. Through the Step Up Program, youth, and their parent(s) work with social workers for more than 21 weeks in group therapy sessions. The sessions utilize a restorative justice and Circumplex Family Systems Model to focus on accountability, empathy, communication, but also restoring relationships and establishing appropriate authority within the home.
∙ The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has been awarded a 12-month JJYSP Grant in the amount of $47,125 from the IJJC through the IDHS for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
∙ The SAO will use the grant funding to continue the Step Up Program in Lake County by subcontracting with OMNI Youth Services, which is the Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services (CCBYS) agency in Lake County. OMNI Youth will provide two social workers to administer the program with the youth and their families. Funding will also be used for grant administration, program supplies, brochures, and outreach materials.
∙ The source of funding for this JJYSP project is 100 percent grant funds; no County funding is required.
∙ If funding for these positions and services end, and new funding is not secured, the positions and services will be eliminated.
8.8 22-1174
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 HB0900 Public Act 102-0698, Violence Prevention and Reduction Grant, for the State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI), from the State General Revenue Fund administered through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) in the amount of $450,000 in state funds for the period of September 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
∙ This Violence Prevention and Reduction Program grant will provide funding for the SAO Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI).
∙ The purpose of the GVPI is to work with community-based organizations to identify and hire violence interrupters who will work to reduce gun violence, specifically in Waukegan, North Chicago, and Zion and to provide opportunities for the most at-risk in our communities.
∙ The GVPI will engage residents, community leaders, local businesses, faith leaders, service providers, and high-risk individuals to build coalitions and develop strategies to reduce violence.
∙ The long-term and short-term key to reducing violence is through aggressive, evidence-based techniques that rely upon intense and sustained engagement with at-risk individuals over several years.
∙ The funding of $450,000 will provide for seven violence interrupter staff salary and benefits expenses.
∙ The grant is administered through the ICJIA for the performance period of September 1, 2022, through June 20, 2023.
∙ The source of program funding is 100 percent state funding, no County funds are required.
∙ If funding for this program ends, and new funding is not secured, the program and staff will be eliminated.
8.9 22-1175
Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance, and emergency appropriation of a State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 HB0900 Public Act 102-0698, Violence Interruption Program Grant, from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund consisting of ARPA Federal Funds for the State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI), administered through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) in the amount of $450,000 in federal funds for the period of September 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
∙ This Violence Interruption Program grant will provide funding for the SAO Gun Violence Prevention Initiative (GVPI).
∙ The purpose of the GVPI is to work with community-based organizations to identify and hire violence interrupters who will work to reduce gun violence, specifically in Waukegan, North Chicago, and Zion and to provide opportunities for the most at-risk in our communities.
∙ The GVPI will engage residents, community leaders, local businesses, faith leaders, service providers, and high-risk individuals to build coalitions and develop strategies to reduce violence.
∙ The long-term and short-term key to reducing violence is through aggressive, evidence-based techniques that rely upon intense and sustained engagement with at-risk individuals over several years.
∙ The funding of $450,000 will provide for six violence interrupter staff salary and benefits expenses.
∙ The grant is administered through the ICJIA for the performance period of September 1, 2022, through June 20, 2023.
∙ The source of program funding is 100 percent federal funding, no County funds are required.
∙ If funding for this program ends, and new funding is not secured, the program and staff will be eliminated.
9. County Administrator's Report 10. Executive Session
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
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