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DISSOLVING THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAMS, PERSONNEL, BUDGETS, AND FUNDS (100% GRANT FUNDED)
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WHEREAS, the Office of Community Reinvestment (OCR) oversees a variety of community and workforce development initiatives which are funded by various state and federal sources; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Community Reinvestment was created by administrative action of the then County Board Chairman in 2010 by moving programs and staff from the Development and Community Services Department to be under the Office of Community Reinvestment and under the Health Department, later established as a standalone department in 2012 by administrative action, expanded in 2014 by administrative action with the addition of the Workforce Development programs and staff, and reorganized by Resolution 23-39 to include the organizational chart which outlined the Community Development Division and the Workforce Development Division as separate divisions under the Director of the Office of Community Reinvestment; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Office of Community Reinvestment and the Assistant Director of Community Development have resigned; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to dissolve the Office of Community Reinvestment and transfer management and reassign the programs, personnel, budgets and funds currently under the Community Development Division as outlined and attached as Exhibit A for efficiency, to properly implement Federal funding, and to bring these programs into alignment with the missions and existing programs already in the Development and Community Services Department and in the Health Department; and
WHEREAS, the current salary of the Director of the Development and Community Services Department requires County Board approval per 2-48(A)(3) of the Kane County Code for the proposed adjustment to reflect the increase in responsibility for managing additional staff and ...
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