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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
EXTENSION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY THROUGH APRIL 30, 2021
WHEREAS, in accordance with Illinois law, on March 16, 2020, the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("Board") passed Resolution 20-2195 which extended the County's disaster proclamation through May 31, 2020 ; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has continued to pass Resolutions throughout 2020 and 2021 to further extend the County's disaster proclamation as we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois is currently under a disaster declaration and the federal disaster declaration is ongoing; and
WHEREAS, Cook County's current proclamation of disaster expires on March 31, 2021 and additional extensions of the disaster proclamation will continue to be requested for the near future; and
WHEREAS, Sections 8 and 9 of the Cook County FY2020 and FY2021 Annual Appropriation Bill (the "Appropriation Bill") authorize the Cook County Budget Director (the "Budget Director") to make budgetary transfers in an amount equal to or less than $50,000 without advance approval of the Board; and
WHEREAS, except for budgetary transfers authorized in Section 8 of the Appropriation Bill, transfers greater than $50,000 that are between the Personal Services, Contractual Services, Supplies and Materials, Operation and Maintenance, Rental and Leasing, Capital Equipment and Improvements, or Contingency or Special Purposes account series require advance approval by the Cook County Board of Commissioners (the "Board") or the Cook County Hospital System Board (the "System Board"), as applicable; and
WHEREAS, on April 23, 2020, the Board passed Resolution No. 20-2373 which authorized the Budget Director and Comptroller to create and implement any Special Purpose Funds or other accounting measures to track the acceptance and spending of grant dollars or federal reimbursements received, including, specifically, the County's allocation of the Coronavirus Aid, Rel...
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