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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REQUIRING QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS, the Cook County Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 was approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Friday, November 9, 2013; and
WHEREAS, in FY2014, Cook County will provide funding to the Veteran's Assistance Commission ("VAC"); and
WHEREAS, through a budget amendment, the FY2014 budget for the VAC was increased by $100,000 to bring the total funding available for services for indigent veterans to $324,903; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the County Board President and the Board of Commissioners to receive regular updates on the VAC's activities and expenditures to ensure transparency and accountability for that funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Superintendent of the VAC shall file with the President and the County Board, no later than the 30th day following each quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, a report which, in such form as established by the Director of Budget and Management Services, identifies for each quarter the type and quantity of services provided to veterans, the type and quantity of expenditures made, the number and characteristics of veterans actually served, the number of contacts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the number of contacts with the State of Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, the number of contacts with municipal veteran assistance departments within Cook County, and the number of contacts with the Cook County Veterans Court. The filing of said report may be deemed, by the Director of Budget and Management Services, a condition precedent for release of funds to the Commission for the ensuing quarter.
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