421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Human Services  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, October 1, 2024  
9:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Greg Schwarze at 9:31 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Other Board members present: Member Yeena Yoo  
Staff in attendance: Nick Kottmeyer (Chief Administrative Officer), Renee Zerante (State's  
Attorney Office), MaryCatherine Wells and Keith Jorstad (Finance), Donna Weidman  
(Procurement), Julie Hamlin, Joan Fox, Natasha Belli, and Gina Strafford-Ahmed (Community  
Services), Mary Keating (Director of Community Services), and Janelle Chadwick,  
(Administrator of the DuPage Care Center), remote.  
Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, LaPlante, and Schwarze  
PRESENT  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR SCHWARZE  
Chair Schwarze stated that on Tuesday, October 10, 2024, the last presentation of our DuPage  
Community Transformational Grants will be awarded at the County Board meeting at 10:00 a.m.,  
with a 9:30 a.m. meet and greet with attending recipient agencies.  
The DuPage Foundation will also make a presentation of the good work that has been done to  
date.  
5.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
24-2627  
Human Services Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, September 17, 2024  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Michael Childress  
Kari Galassi  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING  
6.A.  
FI-R-0173-24  
Acceptance and appropriation of the DuPage Housing Authority Family Self-Sufficiency  
Program PY24, Agreement No. FSS24IL, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1740, in the  
amount of $127,812. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
HS-CO-0002-24  
Amendment to County contract 7187-0001 SERV, issued to Carahsoft Technology  
Corporation, to increase encumbrance in the amount of $2,630.90, for the addition of five  
user licenses, resulting in an amended contract total not to exceed $29,050.90, an increase  
of 9.96%. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Michael Childress  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Dawn DeSart  
SECONDER:  
6.C.  
24-2628  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to DuPage Federation on Human Services  
Reform (LARC), to provide face-to-face and telephonic interpreter services, and  
translation services, to assist clients in Community Services, primarily for the Senior  
Services unit, and to provide American Sign Language services, both for the Finance  
Department and Community Services, for the period of October 11, 2024 through  
November 30, 2025, for a contract total amount of $29,999, per RFP #23-072-CS, first of  
three optional one-year renewals.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Paula Garcia  
Kari Galassi  
Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Garcia, LaPlante, and Schwarze  
7.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK  
7.A.  
HS-P-0034-24  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to Pulmonary  
Exchange, Ltd., for rental of respiratory care equipment for the DuPage Care Center, for  
the period of November 20, 2024 through November 19, 2025, for a total contract not to  
exceed $40,000; per bid renewal #21-072-CARE, third and final option to renew.  
Member DeSart asked why we are renting equipment versus buying. Janelle Chadwick,  
Administrator for the DuPage Care Center, replied that they do a mix of purchasing and  
renting. A lot of it has to do with the VME and calibration, and filter changes. The cost  
may be more reasonable to rent than to purchase and maintain with the calibration and  
things needed to be done with equipment.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
8.  
BUDGET TRANSFERS  
8.A.  
24-2629  
Transfer of funds from account no. 1200-2075-52000 (furniture, machinery, equipment  
small value) to account no. 1200-2035-54110 (equipment and machinery) in the amount  
of $9,000 to cover the purchase of a floor scrubber that will assist in the cleaning of the  
new Animal Control Building (DPCC cleans that building daily). (DuPage Care Center)  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Michael Childress  
Paula Garcia  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
9.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
9.A.  
24-2630  
Airdo Werwas, Contract 6280-0001 SERV - This purchase order is decreasing in the  
amount of $12,128.26 and closing due to the purchase order has expired.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Michael Childress  
Dawn DeSart  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
9.B.  
24-2631  
Joerns Healthcare, Contract 6611-0001 SERV - This Purchase order is decreasing in the  
amount of $26,292.92 and closing due to purchase order has expired.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Paula Garcia  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
10.  
INFORMATIONAL  
10.A.  
24-2632  
GPN 038-24 Family Self-Sufficiency Program PY24, DuPage Housing Authority, U.S.  
Department of Housing and Urban Development - $127,812. (Community Services)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
10.B.  
FM-P-0037-24  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Nicor Gas, for natural  
gas utility and distribution services for County facilities, for Facilities Management, for  
the four-year period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028, for a total contract  
amount not to exceed $1,400,046. Per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c) not suitable for competitive  
bids – Public Utility. (Facilities Management portion is $1,147,656, the DuPage Care  
Center’s portion is $188,079 and the Health Department’s portion is $64,311)  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Paula Garcia  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Kari Galassi  
SECONDER:  
11.  
RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK  
No residency waivers were offered.  
12.  
DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK  
The Care Center does not have any units on quarantine, but they are still on outbreak status for a  
number of days due to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) requirements.  
The Care Center just received the top honor for America’s Best Nursing Home Award for Illinois  
with a facility having greater than150 beds, they are ranked number one in Illinois.  
An Infection Control Assessment and Responses (ICAR) representative from the IDPH came to  
the Care Center and did an infection control assessment. It is a collaborative task to look at what  
we are doing, our processes and ways to improve. Anabel, the Director of Nursing, and her team  
were very involved in the process. They will take the information and apply it as appropriate.  
13.  
COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING  
Mary Keating, Director of Community Services, stated that Chair Conroy’s 2025 budget  
proposal includes the full dollar amount Ms. Keating requested for the general fund.  
Ms. Keating referred to the Family Self-Sufficiency GPN 038-24 and noted that it is back dated.  
Ms. Keating explained there was a delay for the Housing Authority in getting the contract from  
HUD, and then for the Housing Authority to forward it to us. Since we do not stop and start the  
program, staff charges expenses to the general fund and then funds are charged to the grant via a  
journal entry.  
Ms. Keating introduced the new manager for the Giving DuPage Program, Taylor Stirmell.  
Taylor came to DuPage County from Make -A-Wish as a Wish Coordinator. Ms. Stirmell had  
previous experience with some park districts.  
Taylor has been learning about some of the Giving DuPage programs, and meeting the Giving  
DuPage Board. She has visited local nonprofits, some that use the Giving DuPage volunteer  
portal, as well as big users or fundraisers through the Giving DuPage Days program  
14.  
15.  
16.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:43 AM.  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Greg Schwarze  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER: