421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Human Services  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
9:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Greg Schwarze at 9:32 AM. Chair Schwarze  
appointed county board Member Saba Haider to serve as a member of the Human Services  
Committee for purposes of a quorum.  
Chair Schwarze entertained a motion to allow members Lynn LaPlante and Kari Galassi to  
participate remotely. Member DeSart so moved, Member Garcia seconded, all ayes on a voice  
vote, motion passed.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Staff in attendance: Nick Kottmeyer (Chief Administrative Officer), Conor McCarthy and Renee  
Zurante (State's Attorney Office), Jeffrey Martynowicz, Mary Catherine Wells, Keith Jorstad,  
and Katrina Holman (Finance), and Henry Kocker (Procurement)  
DeSart, Garcia, Schwarze, and Haider  
Cronin Cahill  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
Galassi, and LaPlante  
REMOTE  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR SCHWARZE  
Chair Schwarze thanked County Board members Dawn DeSart, Saba Haider, and Sheila  
Rutledge, for attending the Loaves & Fishes open house on May 14. They toured the building  
and heard about the expansion plans and Loaves& Fishes’ plans to help feed the hungry in  
DuPage County. Member DeSart commented on the Loaves & Fishes visit and volunteering  
opportunity and encouraged the Chair to make the volunteering a monthly endeavor, expanding  
this to other agencies and county board members.  
5.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
25-1329  
Human Services Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, May 6, 2025  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING  
6.A.  
25-1330  
HS-P-0040A-24 - Amendment to Resolution HS-P-0040-24, issued to Healthy Air  
Heating & Air, Inc., for Weatherization Services, to provide mechanical (HVAC) and  
architectural weatherization labor and materials, to increase encumbrance in the amount  
of $50,000, resulting in an amended contract total not to exceed $916,434. an increase of  
5.77%. Grant funded. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Dawn DeSart  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
25-1340  
Recommendation for the approval of funding to the agencies listed in Exhibit B, per the  
terms listed in Exhibit A, under the Small Agency Grant Program (Round 2), in the  
amount of $711,336. (ARPA Interest)  
APPROVED  
Lynn LaPlante  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
7.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK  
7.A.  
HS-P-0023-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Keurig Dr. Pepper/The  
American Bottling Company, for beverages and fountain drinks, for the DuPage Care  
Center and Cafes on County Campus, for the period July 30, 2025 through July 29, 2026,  
for a contract total not to exceed $30,600; under bid renewal #22-056-DCC, third and  
final optional renewal.  
Chair Schwarze thanked Member LaPlante for her hard work and her due diligence to  
ensure that all applicants received some funding from the small agency grant program.  
District 4 had additional vetting due to the district’s requests exceeding the $175,000  
threshold.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
8.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
8.A.  
25-1331  
Amendment to County Contract 7470-0001 SERV, issued to My Green House HVAC,  
LLC, through Community Services' Weatherization Program, to reduce the contract in the  
amount of $50,000, to offset the increase to Healthy Air Heating & Air, Inc., to provide  
heating and air (HVAC) services, resulting in an amended contract total of $816,434, a  
decrease of 5.77%. Grant funded. (Community Services)  
APPROVED  
Dawn DeSart  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
9.  
RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK  
No residency waivers were offered.  
10.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK  
Janelle Chadwick, Administrator of the DuPage Care Center, stated a few leadership staff have  
tested positive for Covid. Ms. Chadwick has been exposed to covid but does not presently have  
it.  
Last week, the dust storm affected the second shift staff and residents at the Care Center. Staff  
had to quickly gather all residents into the building and complete a headcount. The situation  
invoked a need to develop a policy since the dust storm would have put many at risk due to  
breathing issues.  
The dementia unit, 3 Center, is now occupied. The Care Center is back to the full 16 bed unit.  
Staff are working with current residents and admitting new individuals to the unit.  
The demolition in the 2 North unit is almost complete and the workers are building the framing  
of the spaces.  
11.  
12.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING  
No report was given by Community Services as the Director, Mary Keating, was attending a  
conference.  
OLD BUSINESS  
Chair Schwarze discussed the Small Human Services Grant, stating that setting the funding at  
$30,000 maximum per agency gives the Human Services committee authority for all approvals  
under the County Board rules. Tentatively, a reception is scheduled between the Finance and  
County Board meetings on June 24, Chair Schwarze will confirm the reception and that  
invitations are being sent to recipients for the date.  
The Chair thanked the Finance staff, the Assistant State’s Attorney office, and county senior staff  
for all the hard work implementing this program. There were some questions about  
organizations that were denied, and our staff did everything that Vice Chair Garcia and I directed  
them to do. We had multiple meetings regarding the process and tried to make this as easy as  
possible for our staff to facilitate the grants. Unforeseen problems were created during round one  
which we discussed and hopefully mitigated before round two. Part of the parameters in round  
two were a result of the issues in round one, most profoundly the timelines, which were made  
clear on the website.  
Member DeSart also thanked the staff. She noted that District 5 had more applicants the previous  
round and asked if there is a way we can explore other options to reach organizations. She  
personally sent the applications to agencies she knew.  
The committee discussed the reasons the districts experienced less applicants this round,  
Member Haider stating the Member Initiative program may have been a factor, affecting  
applications and Member Galassi noting that emails may be going into the organizations’ spam.  
Member Galassi asked for the list of nonprofits to be distributed to the members at the onset of  
the program next year so they can personally reach out to their constituents. She also noted that  
since a lot of the applications are not submitted until near the deadline that they implement two  
deadlines, one for the original application submission, and then another deadline one week later,  
giving agencies a chance to resolve any issues.  
Member LaPlante was happy that a lot of her suggestions after round one were implemented, and  
she felt the process on round 2 was much improved.  
Chair Schwarze requested the members send their concerns and/or suggestions to improve the  
process via email. The unspent dollars will remain in the ARPA funding. He concluded that  
allocating $711,336 was a strong statement of support to assist the organizations and DuPage  
County residents.  
13.  
14.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:54 AM..