421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Legislative Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, February 13, 2024  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 11:45 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Member Galassi joined the meeting five minutes after the meeting started, missing the approval  
of the minutes, 24-0397.  
Additional Board Members present: Member Rutledge and Member Evans.  
Staff Present: Sheryl Markay (Chief Policy & Program Officer), Jason Blumenthal (Policy &  
Program Manager), Conor McCarthy (State's Attorney's Office) and Dennis Brennan (DuPage  
Health Department Legislative Manager).  
Chaplin, Childress, DeSart, Eckhoff, Galassi, and Zay  
PRESENT  
3.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.A.  
24-0397  
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, January 9, 2024  
Member Galassi entered the meeting at 11:50 AM and was not available for this vote.  
ACCEPTED  
Dawn DeSart  
Liz Chaplin  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
4.  
5.  
6.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART  
Chair Dawn DeSart gave an update on the legislative action in Washington, D.C. and in  
Springfield.  
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS  
6.A.  
LEG-R-0002-24  
Resolution Adopting the County's 2024 Federal Legislative Program  
Chair DeSart welcomed discussion and questions regarding the Federal Legislative  
Program.  
Member Liz Chaplin requested an item be added to the Federal Legislative Program for  
noise reduction relief funds for those communities surrounding O'Hare airport. The  
committee agreed. Sheryl Markay stated she will make that addition to the Federal  
Legislative Program.  
Member Chaplin requested an item be placed on the Federal Legislative Program  
regarding upgrading local infrastructure. Ms. Markay mentioned our current Capital  
Improvement Plan and suggested the committee visit our website  
https://dupagecapitalplan.com/ to view all projects by district.  
Vice Chair Jim Zay had questions regarding the "Keeping our Communities Safe" section  
of the Federal Legislative Program. After discussing if this section should be pulled, kept  
in, or undergo a title change, the committee came to a consensus that there should be a  
title change. Member Chaplin, Member Galassi and Member Evans will work with  
Sheryl Markay to make appropriate changes.  
Member Eckhoff asked for the first sentence to be struck under the "Immigration  
Reform" section of the Federal Legislative Program. Vice Chair Zay requested that the  
number of buses and/or the number of migrants that have been dropped off in DuPage be  
added to the same section. The committee agreed to both requests.  
Member Eckhoff asked for verbage to be added to the mental health section of the  
Federal Legislative Program similar to the state agenda. Example: DuPage County also  
supports legislation that examines the root causes of mental illness.  
It was agreed that Sheryl Markay will make the requested changes and a revised Federal  
Legislative Program will be drafted. The vote will be tabled until the next meeting on  
2/27/24.  
TABLED  
RESULT:  
Dawn DeSart  
Liz Chaplin  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
7
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
8.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Member Eckhoff mentioned HB4339, see synopsis below, and asked Sheryl Markay to keep an  
eye on this bill and stated his opposition to it. Ms. Markay assured Member Eckhoff that  
HB4339 is on her list of bills to watch and she will update the committee if it there is any  
movement on the bill.  
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency that encrypts police  
scanner transmissions must provide, by license or otherwise, real-time access to those  
transmissions to broadcast stations, broadcasting stations, radio broadcast stations, and  
newspapers. Effective January 1, 2025.  
9.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:29 PM.