421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Technology Committee  
Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, August 5, 2025  
11:00 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:00 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Covert at 11:06 AM.  
MOTION TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
Member Childress moved, seconded by Member Lukas, to allow remote participation. All ayes.  
Motion carried.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Berlin, Chaplin, Childress, Covert, Eckhoff, Henry, Kaczmarek,  
Lukas, and Yoo  
PRESENT  
Rutledge, and White  
Galassi  
ABSENT  
REMOTE  
3.  
4.  
5.  
CHAIRWOMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR COVERT  
No remarks were offered.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
25-1441  
Approval of Minutes for the Technology Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, June  
3, 2025  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Michael Childress  
Judith Lukas  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
PROCUREMENT REQUISITIONS  
6.A.  
TE-P-0010-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to SHI International Corp,  
for the procurement of Absorb Software Inc. annual licensing and hosting with premium  
support, for Information Technology, for the period of September 14, 2025 through  
September 13, 2026, for a contract total amount of $38,761.23; contract pursuant to the  
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (Sourcewell Technology Products & Solutions  
Contract # 121923-SHI).  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Michael Childress  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Yeena Yoo  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
25-1771  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Monday.com LTD, for  
Work Management enterprise seats for 35 users, for Information Technology, for the  
period of July 21, 2025 through July 20, 2026, for a total contract amount of $17,640.17.  
Per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(d) exempt from bidding - IT/Telecom purchases which do not  
exceed $35,000.  
APPROVED  
Yeena Yoo  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
7.  
TRAVEL REQUESTS  
7.A.  
25-1758  
Authorization for an IT staff member to attend the VMware Explore Conference in Clark  
County, NV from August 25, 2025 through August 28, 2025. Travel to include hotel,  
mileage, per diem, etc. for an estimated total of $3,165.  
APPROVED  
Yeena Yoo  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Judith Lukas  
SECONDER:  
8.  
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
8.A.  
25-1776  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Rhythm Engineering  
for (1) Game|Changer - a portable traffic data collection system, with a yearly  
membership, for the Division of Transportation, for a contract not to exceed $18,500; per  
55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c) not suitable for competitive bids. (Sole Source)  
APPROVED  
Elizabeth Chaplin  
Yeena Yoo  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
9.  
PRESENTATION  
9.A.  
25-1759  
FY2026 Information Technology Budget Presentation  
Anthony McPhearson, Chief Information Officer, began the presentation with an  
overview of the IT Department and its organizational structure. The IT Department is  
funded through the General Fund, the Geographic Information System (GIS) Fund, and  
the Police Records Management System (PRMS) fund. For FY2026, the IT Department  
is requesting $12,333,739 from the General Fund ($3.4M/38% increase from FY2025),  
$2,019,594 from the GIS Fund ($145,200/6% decrease from FY2025), and $1,931,417  
from the PRMS Fund ($9,586/0.5% increase from FY2025). The IT Department will also  
be requesting two additional headcounts to support cybersecurity enhancements. For  
equipment and other contractual services, the FY2026 request is higher than previous  
years due to the end of ARPA funding.  
Due to time constraints, the budget presentation ended at this point and will continue at  
the next Technology Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.  
10.  
11.  
12.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.