The Kane County committee approved resolutions to buy forensic instruments funded by opioid‑settlement and federal grants, aiming to cut months‑long wait times for toxicology and DNA results to hours or days and build a revenue-paying regional lab.

Coroner Dr. Silva and forensic specialist Sarah asked the committee to approve purchase of an MVAC forensic DNA collection system (discussed at roughly $52,000) to allow in-house extraction of degraded DNA evidence; the committee approved the purchase and noted the device could support cold-case work and regional lab services funded in part by a larger federal grant.