File #: 13-1016    Version: 2 Name: Tobacco Grant Award
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 8/14/2013 In control: Sheriff
On agenda: 9/11/2013 Final action: 9/11/2013
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Cook County Sheriff's Office Grantee: Cook County Sheriff's Police Department Grantor: Illinois Liquor Control Commission Request: To accept grant award Purpose: To reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors Grant Amount: $9,900.00 Grant Period: August 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 . Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all the requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department will contact each tobacco retailer within its jurisdiction, distribute the Illinois Liquor Control Commission's Tobacco Retailer Kit and conduct compliance checks to ensure that the retailer is adhering to minimum-age tobacco laws. As such, the Tobacco Enforcement Program pairs both retail education and enforcement in order to reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors.
Indexes: THOMAS J. DART, Sheriff of Cook County, (inactive) ALEXIS HERRERA, Chief Financial Officer, Sheriff's Office
title
PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department:
Cook County Sheriff's Office
 
Grantee:
Cook County Sheriff's Police Department
 
Grantor:
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
 
Request:
To accept grant award
 
Purpose:
To reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors
 
Grant Amount:
$9,900.00
 
Grant Period:
August 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014
.
Fiscal Impact:
None
 
Accounts:
N/A
 
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all the requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
 
Summary:
The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department will contact each tobacco retailer within its jurisdiction, distribute the Illinois Liquor Control Commission's Tobacco Retailer Kit and conduct compliance checks to ensure that the retailer is adhering to minimum-age tobacco laws.  As such, the Tobacco Enforcement Program pairs both retail education and enforcement in order to reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors.
 
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