421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Human Services  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
9:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Greg Schwarze at 9:30 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Members Cahill and LaPlante arrived at 9:32 AM.  
Staff in attendance: Nick Kottmeyer (Chief Administrative Officer), Renee Zerante ( State's  
Attorneys Office), Mary Catherine Wells, Keith Jorstad, and Katrina Holman (Finance), Donna  
Weidman (Procurement), Julie Hamlin and Gina Strafford-Ahmed (Community Services  
Administrators), Mary Keating (DIrector of Community Services), and Shauna Berman, remote  
(Assistant Administrator of the DuPage Care Center).  
Cronin Cahill, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, LaPlante, and Schwarze  
PRESENT  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR SCHWARZE  
Chair Schwarze stated that as the small human services grant application deadline to apply is this  
Friday, April 4, 2025, there are 44 applications submitted, nine of them in the last 24 hours. We  
will discuss the grant applications more in depth at the next meeting, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.  
Member Galassi asked if she could get a list of the applicants from each district before Friday’s  
deadline. Mary Catherine Wells, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, responded that she would  
email the current list to the committee.  
Member DeSart asked about getting a list of the agencies within their districts that may have  
errors in their applications before Friday, so they have the ability to correct them and resubmit  
them. Ms. Wells responded that the Finance team has been tracking the applications and  
following up with the agencies throughout the application process with errors or missing  
documentation.  
Greg confirmed with Mary Catherine that the April 4 date is a firm deadline for all applications  
to be completed and/or corrected.  
5.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
25-0908  
Human Services Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, March 4, 2025  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING  
6.A.  
FI-R-0057-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the DuPage Housing Authority Family Self-Sufficiency  
Program PY25, Agreement No. FSS25IL, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1740, from  
January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, in the amount of $184,000. (Community  
Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
7.  
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - MARY KEATING  
7.A.  
FI-R-0054-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the fifty-first (51st) year of the Community  
Development Block Grant (CDBG) PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1440, for  
the period April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, in the amount of $3,744,889, for  
Community Development. (Community Services)  
Member Garcia asked if there is a time frame to spend the funds and if there are any  
repercussions with unspent grant funds. Mary Keating, Director of Community Services,  
replied that the amounts listed on today’s agenda items are planning numbers, based on  
the anticipation that the continuing resolution will have the same 2024 funding level.  
They typically submit the acceptance and appropriation to meet the April 1st program  
year deadline. This is always a planning number, and they will tweak as necessary when  
the actual allocations are awarded, which HUD informed staff should be in mid-May.  
As far as retribution for unspent funds, the 2025 budget has been passed and if our funds  
are at risk, then all federal funds are at risk. CDBG and ESG funds are spent quickly.  
The 2025 HOME funding is going to the Naperville housing project. Ms. Keating  
believes they have seven years to spend the HOME funds, but they will spend the money  
well before that deadline.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Paula Garcia  
SECONDER:  
7.B.  
7.C.  
7.D.  
FI-R-0055-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the thirty-seventh (37th) year of the Emergency  
Solutions Grant (ESG) PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1470, for the period  
April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, in the amount of $286,741, for Community  
Development. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
FI-R-0056-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the thirty-fourth (34th) year of the HOME Investment  
Partnerships Grant PY25, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1450, for the period April 1,  
2025 through March 31, 2026, in the amount of $1,727,602, for Community  
Development. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
SECONDER:  
HS-R-0008-25  
Recommendation for Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the  
Village of Glen Ellyn and DuPage County, with DuPage County to act as the Responsible  
Entity and perform the Environmental Review, under 24 CFR Part 58, as necessary for  
Glen Ellyn’s Community Project Funding (CPF) Grant.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Lynn LaPlante  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
SECONDER:  
8.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK  
8.A.  
HS-P-0017-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to CareVoyant,  
Inc., for historical access data license fee for CareVoyant LTC Software to reside on  
DuPage County's file server, and support, for the period May 1, 2025 through April 30,  
2026, for a total contract amount not to exceed $55,500. Other professional services not  
suitable for competitive bid per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c). Vendor selected pursuant to  
DuPage County Procurement Ordinance 2-353(1)(b).  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
8.B.  
25-0909  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Yami Fresh, to manage  
beverage and snack vending machines at various locations on County Campus, at no cost  
to the County, for the period of May 5, 2025 through May 4, 2026, per bid #24-004-DCC,  
first of three one-year optional renewals.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Paula Garcia  
Kari Galassi  
Cronin Cahill, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, LaPlante, and Schwarze  
8.C.  
25-0910  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Redsail Technologies,  
LLC, for software and software maintenance for the data system in the Pharmacy  
Department, for the period May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, for a total contract  
amount not to exceed $19,000; Competitive bids per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(d) (IT/Telecom  
purchases under $35,000).  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Paula Garcia  
Kari Galassi  
Cronin Cahill, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, LaPlante, and Schwarze  
9.  
BUDGET TRANSFERS  
9.A.  
25-0911  
Transfer of funds from account no. 5000-1495-54100-0000 (IT equipment) to account no.  
5000-1495-54100-0700 (IT equipment - capital lease) in the amount of $320, adding the  
sub account for leases for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).  
(Community Services)  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Kari Galassi  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
10.  
INFORMATIONAL  
10.A.  
25-0912  
GPN 005-25: 2024 HUD Continuum of Care Program Competition - Planning PY26,  
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - $328,070. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Lynn LaPlante  
SECONDER:  
11.  
12.  
RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK  
No residency waivers were offered.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK  
Shauna Berman, Assistant Administrator of the DuPage Care Center, stated that a resident tested  
positive for covid over the weekend. It is contained so no unit quarantine is needed. Staff  
continue to do contact tracing.  
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) inspected and cleared the 3N unit for  
occupancy. The residents from the second floor will be moving up to the third floor, so there are  
boxes everywhere and a lot of excitement with the residents.  
The DuPage Care Center Foundation’s annual golf outing will be held on June 27, 2025, at  
Prairie Landing Golf Club in West Chicago. There are almost 50 golfers registered already.  
13.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING  
Mary Keating shared a voice mail from a past Family Self-Sufficiency participant thanking the  
staff, stating in May she will be graduating from Aurora University with her master’s degree. She  
attributes Family Self-Sufficiency, a long-term case management program, for assisting with her  
GED, associate’s, and bachelor’s degrees, leading up to the master’s degree this year. She has  
also become a homeowner during the process.  
Ms. Keating spoke regarding the federal continuing resolution, stating there was a recent  
announcement that the federal government will be cutting 10,000 staff from the Federal Health  
and Human Services (HHS), including the elimination of the division called the Administration  
for Community Living which houses all our senior service’s programs. The press release said all  
programs will be absorbed into something else, but we do not know who or when or where.  
HHS is also the agency where our LIHEAP, CSBG, and Weatherization funds come from. We do  
not know the status of these programs. They are funded in the 2025 budget, but we don’t know  
how the 25% staff reduction at HHS will impact the funds we get from that federal agency.  
The GPN on today’s agenda, item number 10.A., is for our planning grant for the Continuum of  
Care (CoC). They are waiting for their agreement with the new language adhering to the current  
executive orders. Upon receipt, Ms. Keating will forward the agreement to the state’s attorney  
for review. She will report to the county board if there will be any changes in their current  
practices.  
14.  
15.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Member DeSart thanked Mary Catherine Wells, Assistant State’s Attorney Conor McCarthy, and  
the Finance staff for their unrelenting assistance with her and her constituents during the  
application process of the small human services grant.  
Chair Schwarze stated that the next Human Services Committee meeting will provide a couple of  
presentations, one about remodeling the east wing of the DuPage Care Center, which is not part  
of the current remodel, and the other will be regarding food insecurity and what the potential is  
with the Northern Illinois Food Bank. (NIFB). Member DeSart asked about the monthly updates  
from the NIFB. Chair Schwarze said he discussed this with the Executive Director Julie Yurko  
and we should expect an update soon.  
16. ADJOURNMENT  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Kari Galassi  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER: