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AUTHORIZING GRAND VICTORIA RIVERBOAT FUNDING FOR EXTERNAL PROJECTS FOR FY2024
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WHEREAS, under an agreement between Kane County and the Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, the county receives an annual contribution from the casino to support a variety of educational, environmental, and economic development activities; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board's Riverboat Committee has solicited and reviewed applications from external organizations, including non-profits and units of local government, seeking FY2024 funding; and
WHEREAS, the Riverboat Committee has recommended funding allocations for thirty-two (32) external projects in the total amount of $1,019,800.00 (one million, nineteen thousand, eight hundred and no/100 dollars); and
WHEREAS, said funding was included in the county's budget for Fiscal Year 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the Chairman of the Kane County Board is authorized to execute funding agreements with each of the identified grantees for the projects and funding amounts specified below.
Grantee Project Summary Amount
APS Training Institute Technology Upgrades $47,000
Aurora Metropolitan Exposition Accessibility Initiative/Vehicle or Equipment Purchase $21,600
Big Rock Historical Society Save the 1860's One Room Schoolhouse $24.000
Big Rock Plowing Match Assoc. Plowman's Park Tree Project $19,000
Boys & Girls Club of Elgin Workforce Development Programming $68,000
CASA Kane County Volunteers for Abused and Neglected Children $45,000
Community Crisis Center Shelter Upgrades $44,000
Dundee Township Historical Society Replacement of two furnaces $13,000
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health 1814 Grandstand Roof Replacement $38,000
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health Staff Development $22,000
Elgin Area Historical Society Hispanic Her...
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