421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD
WHEATON, IL 60187
DU PAGE COUNTY
Judicial and Public Safety Committee
Final Summary
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
11:30 AM
County Board Room
1.
CALL TO ORDER
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Eckhoff at 11:30 AM.
2.
ROLL CALL
Other Board Members present: Chair Deb Conroy, Member Paula Garcia, Member Sadia Covert,
Member Kari Galassi (Remote)
Member Garcia moved and Member Haider seconded a motion to allow Member Zay to
participate remotely.
Childress, DeSart, Eckhoff, Honig, Haider, Ozog, Schwarze, and
Yoo
PRESENT
Evans, Krajewski, and Tornatore
Zay
ABSENT
REMOTE
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5.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comments were offered.
CHAIR'S REMARKS
No remarks were offered.
FY26 BUDGET PRESENTATIONS
5.A. DuPage County State's Attorney's Office - State's Attorney Robert Berlin
State's Attorney Bob Berlin presented the State's Attorney's Office FY26 Budget request to the
committee and answered questions from committee members regarding the request.
A motion was made by Member Garcia and seconded by Member Yoo to allow Member Kari
Galassi to participate remotely, all "ayes" and the motion was carried.
5.B. DuPage County Sheriff's Office - Sheriff James Mendrick
Undersheriff Eddie Moore and Deputy Chief Dan Bilodeau presented the Sheriff's Office FY26
Budget request to the committee and answered questions from committee members regarding the
request.
5.C. DuPage County Public Defender's Office - Public Defender Jeff York
Public Defender Jeff York presented the Public Defender's FY26 Budget request to the
committee and answered questions from committee members regarding the request.