421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Human Services  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, August 19, 2025  
CALL TO ORDER  
9:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Greg Schwarze at 9:35 AM.  
Chair Schwarze appointed County Board members Sheila Rutledge and Yeena Yoo to serve on  
the committee for purposes of a quorum.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Other Board members present: Member Sheila Rutledge, Member Yeena Yoo, Member Saba  
Haider (9:48).  
Staff in attendance: Nick Kottmeyer at 9:45 (Chief Administrative Officer), Renee Zerante  
(State's Attorneys Office), Evan Shields (Public Information Officer), Tim Harbaugh and staff  
(Facilities Management), Brian Rovik (Procurement), Anita Rajagopal and Inva Memisha  
(DuPage Care Center), Natasha Belli and Gina Strafford-Ahmed (Community Services), Janelle  
Chadwick (DuPage Care Center Administrator), and Mary Keating (Community Services  
Director)  
Cronin Cahill, Schwarze, Yoo, and Rutledge  
LaPlante  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
DeSart, Galassi, and Garcia  
LATE  
3.  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR SCHWARZE  
No remarks were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
25-1996  
Human Services Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, August 5, 2025  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
Yeena Yoo  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING  
6.A.  
6.B.  
6.C.  
FI-R-0133-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the Illinois Department of Human Services Homeless  
Prevention Grant PY26 Inter-Governmental Agreement No. FCSEH00172, Company  
5000 - Accounting Unit 1760, in the amount of $384,000. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Yeena Yoo  
SECONDER:  
FI-R-0134-25  
Correction of a Scrivener's Error in Resolution FI-R-0120-25, for the HUD 2024  
Continuum of Care Planning Grant PY26, approved and adopted on August 12, 2025,  
adjusting the budget lines. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Sheila Rutledge  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
SECONDER:  
25-1997  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Gaither Dynamic, for  
the use and maintenance of a Community Analysis Dashboard and a Community  
Performance Dashboard to publicly display the homeless system performance metrics for  
Community Services, from August 20, 2025 through August 19, 2028, for a contract  
total not to exceed $17,997. Grant funded. Per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c) not suitable for  
competitive bids. (Sole Source - Sole provider of licensed service)  
Chair Schwarze asked for an explanation on the Gaither Dynamics contract. Mary  
Keating said the dashboard will show statistics relating to the entire Homeless  
Continuum of Care, including people accessing other agencies, such as PADS and  
emergency shelters. The metrics will show such things as how many people have come  
through the system, how many are chronically homeless, and how many are veterans.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Yeena Yoo  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
Cronin Cahill, Schwarze, Yoo, and Rutledge  
LaPlante  
ABSENT:  
LATE:  
DeSart, Galassi, and Garcia  
7.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK  
7.A.  
HS-P-0043-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Kronos Inc., A UKG  
Company, for software support services for the Kronos automated time and attendance  
system, for the DuPage Care Center, for the period of September 28, 2025 through  
September 27, 2026, for a contract total not to exceed $90,980; per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022 (c)  
not suitable for competitive bids. (Sole Source - renewal to sole maintenance/upgrade  
provider.)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Yeena Yoo  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
SECONDER:  
7.B.  
HS-P-0044-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Wight Construction Services, Inc., to  
provide final Architectural and Engineering Design and Professional Construction  
Manager at Risk/Guaranteed Maximum Price Method of delivery, for the modernization  
and upgrades of the DuPage Care Center East Building, for the period of August 26, 2025  
through November 30, 2029, for a total contract amount not to exceed $16,166,500.  
Professional services (architects, engineers and land surveyors) vetted through a  
qualification-based selection process in compliance with the Local Government  
Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/0.01 et seq.  
Member Cahill asked what the Wight Construction contract covers. Janelle Chadwick  
answered that the contract covers the entire remodel of the east building, consisting of  
two units on two floors, housing short stay Medicare on One East and housing long term  
care on Two East.  
Tim Harbaugh, Deputy Director of Facilities Management, added that county board had  
approved 75% of the architecture previously. This contract covers the remaining 25% of  
the architecture and the full construction costs of the east building.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Yeena Yoo  
SECONDER:  
7.C.  
25-1998  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Voris Mechanical, Inc.,  
for replacement HVAC Roof Top Unit, for the DuPage Care Center, for the period  
August 20, 2025 through August 19, 2026, for a contract total not to exceed $25,817.50;  
per bid #25-077-FM. (DuPage Care Center)  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
Sheila Rutledge  
Cronin Cahill, Schwarze, Yoo, and Rutledge  
LaPlante  
ABSENT:  
LATE:  
DeSart, Galassi, and Garcia  
8.  
9.  
RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK  
No residency waivers were offered.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING  
Mary Keating, Director of Community Services, shared some statistics from Community  
Services.  
The LIHEAP program, which is now closed for new applications, took 10,965 applications since  
October 1, 2024, with 10,129 applications being approved, which is a 92-93% approval rate.  
The LIHEAP furnace program installed new furnaces in 72 homes and fully weatherized an  
additional 68 homes.  
In the Senior Services’ program, Adult Protective Services (APS) has taken 603 APS reports  
year-to-date. Over 1300 new intakes were taken for seniors’ home-based services, for the  
Community Care Program (CCP) or for Managed Care Organizations (MCO’s).  
Over 7000 individual screenings were done by Senior Services’ staff to patients within DuPage  
County hospitals entering long-term care facilities.  
The community outreach team has attended 78 different community events and talked to 4145  
residents.  
The Information & Referral staff have taken 21,375 calls. Almost 2000 of them were handled by  
bi-lingual Spanish staff.  
Members Paula Garcia and Dawn DeSart arrived at 9:45, detained at their previous committee  
meeting. Member Kari Galassi arrived remotely at 9:45, also detained at the previous meeting.  
Chair Schwarze requested a motion to allow Member Galassi to attend remotely. Member DeSart  
so moved, Member Garcia seconded, all ayes on a voice vote, motion passed.  
10.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK  
10.A. 2026 Budget Presentation  
Janelle Chadwick, Administrator of the DuPage Care Center, presented the Care’ Center’s FY26  
Budget request to the committee and answered questions from the committee.  
Ms. Chadwick prefaced her presentation stating the Care Center is made up of 20 different  
departments. The leadership team meets with all departments and goes through the budget line  
item by line item. They always arrive at a break-even budget.  
Ms. Chadwick explained the data presented on the PowerPoint and handout, which are attached  
hereto and made part of the minutes packet.  
25-2042  
DuPage Care Center 2026 Budget Request Powerpoint and Handout  
11.  
12.  
13.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 A.M..