Lake County Gazette

Lake County Health and Community Services Committee met Aug. 6

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

6. Chair's Remarks

7. Unfinished Business

8. New Business

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 8.1)

*MINUTES*

8.1 24-0930

Committee action approving the Health and Community Services Committee minutes from June 25, 2024.

HCS 6.25.24 Final Minutes

REGULAR AGENDA

*COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*

8.2 24-0839

Joint resolution authorizing funding application to the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) for Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services (SMASS) funding.

· The MMC has made $9.5 million available through the SMASS Notice of Funding Availability with applications due on August 5, 2024.

· Lake County would serve as a funding pass through to increase the capacity of community organizations working with asylum seekers, as defined in the grant opportunity.

· Funding would support shelter, food, legal, and healthcare services for people experiencing homelessness and/or new arrivals.

· If funding is approved, further Board action will be required to appropriate funding and enter into subrecipient agreements with partner organizations.

SMASS LC Agreement Draft Template

*HEALTH DEPARTMENT*

8.3 24-1005

Ordinance amending Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 171: Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS).

· Revisions are proposed to multiple sections of Chapter 171 for clarity, precision and consistency based on experience enforcing the provisions. These revisions include:

◦ changes to certain definitions or provisions

◦ changes or replacement of technical terms

◦ changes to certain provisions to align with the Illinois Department of Public Health Private Sewage Disposal Code

· There are significant revisions to the sections that contain provisions for:

◦ the revocation of OWTS contractor licenses and OWTS site plan approval

◦ the suspension of OWTS construction approval

◦ the hearing process that applies in these instances

· The revisions provide for greater clarity of these processes and stipulate that hearings for these matters shall be held before the Lake County Board of Health Hearings Committee in accordance with Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 176, rather than with the Health Officer.

CHAPTER 171 revisions CHANGED SECTIONS_EHAC APPROVED 05 13 2024

8.4 24-1004

Ordinance amending Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 177, Tobacco Regulations.

· The Chapter currently requires a hearing with the Health Officer (the Executive Director of the Lake County Health Department or an appropriate designated agent) for cases of tobacco retail license suspensions or revocations.

· The proposed revisions amend this provision to require that these hearings are held before the Board of Health Hearings Committee in accordance with Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 176.

· The proposed revisions further prescribe the process and conduct of the hearings.

CHAPTER 177 revisions sec 177.07 only EHAC APPR 02 19 2024

8.5 24-1006

Ordinance amending the Lake County Health Department Environmental Health Fees Schedule (as authorized in Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 178)

· The description of the fee for Board of Health Hearings is revised for clarity, and in conjunction with revisions to other Environmental Health Ordinances, to state that violations and/or enforcement actions regarding any ordinance under Title XVII (Health) of the Lake County Code of Ordinances may be appealed before the Board of Health Hearings Committee.

· The fee for services related to onsite wastewater treatment systems that is no longer assessed has been removed.

024 EH fees schedule REVISIONS EHAC APPROVED 05 13 2024

*WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT*

8.6 24-0968

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program year (PY) 2024 formula grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $6,847,873 for the Lake County Workforce Development Department and increasing the headcount of Workforce Development by one full-time employee.

· The WIOA formula grant budget for PY 2024 for Lake County is $6,847,873.

· The WIOA formula grant has three funding streams aligned with services to youth, adults and dislocated workers. employment and training programs serving unemployed adults, incumbent workers, high school students, and opportunity youth.

· The grant will fund Workforce Development Department and the Job Center personnel and operations. One new position will be added to the position inventory, an employment specialist, focused services to the manufacturing industry. If funding for the position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.

· The WIOA PY 2024 formula grant term is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 and will be appropriated in the County Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget.

WDD 2024 WIOA Grant

24-0968

8.7 24-0969

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Apprenticeship Navigator Grant 2024 and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $159,476.29 for the Lake County Workforce Development Department.

· The WIOA Apprenticeship Navigator grant is a total grant of $159,476.29.

· The WIOA Apprenticeship Navigator grant funds the Apprenticeship Navigator position, pre-apprenticeship programs and employers who successfully develop or expand a registered apprenticeship program in their industry.

· The WIOA Apprenticeship Navigator grant term is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 and will be appropriated in the County Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.

· If grant funding for the position and services end, and new funding is not secured, the position and services will be eliminated.

WDD Apprenticeship Grant

24-0969 WIOA Navigator Grant

8.8 24-0970

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) 2024 Supplemental Grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $171,865.31 for the Lake County Workforce Development Department.

· The Supplemental Grant has a total budget of $171,865.31.

· The Supplemental Grant will fund work-based training and supportive services for adults, youth and high school students serving underserved communities and populations.

· The Supplemental grant term is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 and will be appropriated in the County Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget.

WDD 2024 Supplemental Funding

24-0970 Supplemental Funding Grant

9. County Administrator's Report

10. Executive Session

11. Member Remarks and Requests

12. Adjournment

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