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Authorizing Execution of a Grant Agreement with Lighthouse Recovery, Inc. to Expand Medication Assisted Recovery Services and Appropriation of Funds
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 23-94, the Kane County Board authorized the creation of a special revenue fund for monies received by Kane County from funds resulting from litigation and/or settlements of opioid litigation; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 23-94, the Kane County Board designated a panel comprised of the Kane County State’s Attorney, the Kane County Sheriff, the Executive Director of the Health Department, the Kane County Coroner, and the Chair of the County Board Public Health Committee as the administrators of the special revenue fund to comply with the terms of the Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement and all reporting requirements; and
WHEREAS, at the September meeting of the Kane County AD HOC Opioid Settlement Fund Committee, the administrators of the special revenue fund approved a request from Lighthouse Recovery, Inc. for $300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) of opioid settlement funds for a planned expansion of its Medication Assisted Recovery services; and
WHEREAS, by approving the request from Lighthouse Recovery, Inc., the administrators of the special revenue fund determined that this use fell within the terms of the Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement; and
WHEREAS, to implement this use that was approved by the administrators of the special revenue fund, the Kane County Board must authorize the Kane County Board Chairman to execute a grant agreement with Lighthouse Recovery, Inc on behalf of the County of Kane; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 55 ILCS 5/6-1003, it is necessary for the Kane County Board to authorize an emergency appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2024 Kane County Budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board Chairman is authorized and directed to execute a grant agreement on behalf of the County of Kane with Lighthouse Recovery, Inc. for a planned expansion of its Medication Assisted Recovery services to implement the use approved by the administrators of the special revenue fund at the Kane County AD HOC Opioid Settlement Fund Committee meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board authorizes the following emergency appropriation to the Fiscal Year 2024 budget:
$300,000 Fund Balance Utilization 349.580.000.39900
$300,000 External Grants 349.580.750.55010
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 8, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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