421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Legislative Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, August 12, 2025  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 12:50 PM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Guests: Sheryl Markay  
Staff present: Evan Shields, Mary Keating, Sarah Hunn, Jason Blumenthal, Conor McCarthy,  
Nick Kottmeyer and Mary Catherine Wells.  
Additional County Board Members present: Member Saba Haider, Member Yoo, Member  
Honig, and Member Rutledge.  
Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, and Schwarze  
Ozog  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.A.  
25-2002  
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, June 10, 2025  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No Public Comment.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART  
Chair DeSart read through the accomplishments of each of the state lobbyists for DuPage  
County.  
6.  
ACTION ITEMS  
6.A.  
LEG-P-0002-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Marquardt & Humes, Inc., to provide  
Consulting Services as Lobbyists representing DuPage County before the Illinois General  
Assembly and State Executive Branch, for the period of September 15, 2025 through  
September 14, 2026, for County Board, for a contract total amount not to exceed  
$94,500. 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  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Greg Schwarze  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
LEG-P-0003-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Raucci & Sullivan Strategies, LLC, to  
provide Consulting Services as Lobbyists representing DuPage County before the Illinois  
General Assembly and State Executive Branch, for the period of September 1, 2025  
through August 31, 2026, for County Board, for a contract total not to exceed $52,500.  
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  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
7.  
8.  
9.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:54 PM.