DU PAGE COUNTY  
DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD  
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA  
October 28, 2025  
Regular Meeting Agenda  
County Board Room  
10:00 AM  
421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Chair  
Deborah A. Conroy  
District 1  
District 4  
Grant Eckhoff  
Lynn LaPlante  
Mary Ozog  
Michael Childress  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
Sam Tornatore  
District 2  
Paula Deacon Garcia  
Andrew Honig  
Yeena Yoo  
District 5  
Sadia Covert  
Dawn DeSart  
Saba Haider  
District 3  
Lucy Evans  
Kari Galassi  
Brian Krajewski  
District 6  
Melissa Martinez  
Greg Schwarze  
James Zay  
1.  
2.  
3.  
CALL TO ORDER  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
INVOCATION  
3.A. Father Toni Josevski – Macedonian Orthodox Church, Willowbrook  
ROLL CALL  
4.  
5.  
6.  
PUBLIC COMMENT Limited to 3 minutes per person  
CHAIR'S REPORT / PRESENTATIONS  
6.A. Health Department FY2026 Budget Presentation  
6.B. Metra Annual Budget Report  
CONSENT ITEMS  
7.  
7.A.  
7.B.  
7.C.  
7.D.  
7.E.  
7.F.  
7.G.  
7.H.  
7.I.  
25-2627  
DuPage County Board - Regular Meeting Minutes - Tuesday, October 14, 2025  
25-2505  
10-10-2025 Paylist  
25-2517  
10-15-2025 Auto Debit Paylist  
25-2568  
10-17-2025 Auto Debit Paylist  
25-2574  
10-17-2025 Paylist  
25-2592  
10-21-2025 Paylist  
25-2503  
County Recorder Monthly Revenue Statement - September 2025  
25-2576  
Treasurer's Monthly Report of Investments and Deposits - September 2025  
25-2590  
Change orders to various contracts as specified in the attached packet.  
8.  
COUNTY BOARD - CHILDRESS  
8.A.  
CB-R-0076-25  
Appointment of Jeremy Wang to the Downers Grove Sanitary District.  
8.B.  
8.C.  
CB-R-0077-25  
Resolution Approving Member Initiative Program Agreements.  
CB-R-0078-25  
Resolution Supporting Due Process and a Fair Path to Citizenship.  
9.  
FINANCE - DEACON GARCIA  
Committee Update  
9.A.  
9.B.  
FI-R-0160-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of the Help America Vote Act - Polling Place Accessibility  
Grant PY26, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1071, in the amount of $3,686. (County  
Clerk - Election Division)  
FI-R-0165-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of interest earned on investment for the DuPage Animal  
Friends Unrestricted PY25 Grant, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1310, in the amount  
of $1,471. (Animal Services)  
9.C.  
9.D.  
9.E.  
FI-R-0185-25  
Authorization to transfer and appropriate up to $1,060,975 in additional funds from the  
Recorder Document Storage Fund to the County Automation Fund, for Fiscal Year 2025.  
FI-R-0180-25  
Additional appropriation for the Veterans Assistance Commission Fund, Company 4500,  
Accounting Unit 5851, in the amount of $41,000.  
FI-R-0182-25  
Additional appropriation for the 1993 Jail Refunding Bond Debt Service Fund, Company  
7000, Accounting Unit 7007, in the amount of $28,962, and authorization to transfer  
funds from the 1993 Jail Refunding Bond Debt Service Fund, Company 7000 -  
Accounting Unit 7007, to the General Fund Special Accounts Fund, Company 1000 -  
Accounting Unit 1180, in the amount of $28,961.54, for fiscal year 2025.  
9.F.  
FI-R-0183-25  
Additional appropriation for the 1993 Stormwater Bond Debt Service Fund, Company  
7000 - Accounting Unit 7013, in the amount of $10,594, and authorization to transfer  
funds from the 1993 Stormwater Bond Debt Service Fund, Company 7000 - Accounting  
Unit 7013, to the Stormwater Management Fund, Company 1600 - Accounting Unit  
3000, in the amount of $10,593.46, for fiscal year 2025.  
9.G.  
FI-R-0184-25  
Additional appropriation for the 2015B Drainage Bond Debt Service Fund, Company  
7000 - Accounting Unit 7017, in the amount of $284,571, and authorization to transfer  
funds from the 2015B Drainage Bond Debt Service Fund, Company 7000 - Accounting  
Unit 7017, to the General Fund Special Accounts Fund, Company 1000 - Accounting unit  
1180, in the amount of $284,570.89, for fiscal year 2025.  
9.H.  
FI-R-0187-25  
Intergovernmental agreement between the County of DuPage and the Township of  
Winfield, for the use of ARPA Interest funds, for various township building  
improvements, in the amount of $14,064. (ARPA INTEREST)  
9.I.  
9.J.  
FI-R-0188-25  
Budget Transfers 10-28-2025 - Various Companies and Accounting Units  
FI-P-0010-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Rock, Fusco &  
Connelly, LLC, to provide consultation services related to collective bargaining matters  
for labor negotiations, for the County Board, for the period of December 1, 2025 through  
November 30, 2026, for a contract total amount not to exceed $150,000. Other  
professional services not suitable for competitive bid per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(a). Vendor  
selected pursuant to DuPage County Code Section 2-353(1)(b). (Human Resources)  
9.K.  
FI-P-0011-25  
Approval of a contract purchase order issued to Nugent Consulting Group, LLC, to  
provide risk management consulting services, for the Finance Department, for the period  
of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026, for a contract total amount not to  
exceed $65,000; per renewal of RFP #24-098-FIN, first of three optional renewals.  
9.L.  
FI-R-0186-25  
Amendment to Resolution FI-P-0011-25, issued to Nugent Consulting Group, LLC, to  
provide risk management consulting services, for the Finance Department, for a one-time  
price increase of the hourly rate from $205 to $210.  
9.M.  
FI-P-0012-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to Alliant  
Insurance Services, Inc. (Coalition), to secure cyber liability insurance for the County, for  
Finance - Tort Liability, for the period of December 1, 2025 to December 1, 2026, for a  
contract total amount not to exceed $137,191. Vendor selected pursuant to DuPage  
County Procurement Ordinance 2-353(2).  
9.N.  
9.O.  
FI-P-0013-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to Alliant  
Insurance Services, Inc. (Safety National/Upland Specialty/Metis/Obsidian), to secure  
excess liability insurance for the County and the Health Department, for Finance - Tort  
Liability, for the period of December 1, 2025 to December 1, 2026, for a contract total  
amount not to exceed $1,049,048. Vendor selected pursuant to DuPage County  
Procurement Ordinance 2-353(2).  
FI-P-0014-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to Alliant  
Insurance Services, Inc. (Chubb), to secure property insurance for the County and the  
Health Department, for the Finance Department, for the period of December 1, 2025 to  
December 1, 2026, for a contract total amount not to exceed $397,747. Vendor selected  
pursuant to DuPage County Procurement Ordinance 2-353(2).  
9.P.  
FI-P-0015-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order issued to Alliant  
Insurance Services, Inc. (Safety National), to secure excess workers' compensation  
insurance for the County and the Health Department, for Finance - Tort Liability, for the  
period of December 1, 2025 to December 1, 2026, for a contract total amount not to  
exceed $202,996. Vendor selected pursuant to DuPage County Procurement Ordinance  
2-353(2).  
10.  
11.  
12.  
ANIMAL SERVICES - KRAJEWSKI  
Committee Update  
DEVELOPMENT - TORNATORE  
Committee Update  
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - YOO  
Committee Update  
12.A.  
ED-R-0002-25  
Service Agreement between the County of DuPage and Choose DuPage, Contract Date  
December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2027.  
13.  
14.  
ENVIRONMENTAL - HAIDER  
Committee Update  
HUMAN SERVICES - SCHWARZE  
Committee Update  
14.A.  
14.B.  
14.C.  
HS-R-0018-25  
DuPage Care Center Rate Increase to increase the per patient day charges last fixed by  
Resolution HS-R-0018-24, approved October 22, 2024, from $468 per day to $487 per  
day for Standard Custodial Care and from $487 per day to $506 per day for Alzheimer's  
Special Care and from $668 per day to $695 per day for Post-Acute Care, and $400 per  
day for Respite Care, effective December 1, 2025. (DuPage Care Center)  
HS-P-0050-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Metropolitan  
Industries, Inc., to provide, deliver and install a Metropolitan "Metro-Prime" pump  
system, for the DuPage Care Center, for the period of October 28, 2025 through October  
27, 2026, for a total contract amount not to exceed $51,220. Per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c) not  
suitable for competitive bids. (Sole Source - sole manufacturer)  
HS-P-0051-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Valdes Supply, to  
furnish and deliver restroom tissue, paper towels and facial tissue (group 2), as needed for  
the DuPage Care Center, for the period of December 1, 2025 through November 30,  
2026, for a contract total not to exceed $69,000; per bid renewal #22-112-FM, third and  
final optional renewal.  
14.D.  
14.E.  
HS-P-0052-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to AirGas USA, LLC, to  
provide liquid portable oxygen, for the residents at the DuPage Care Center, for the  
period of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026, for a contract total amount not  
to exceed $50,000; under bid renewal #22-105-DCC, third and final optional renewal.  
HS-P-0053-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Sysco Chicago, Inc., to  
provide primary food, supplies and chemicals, for the DuPage Care Center, for the period  
of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026, for a total contract amount not to  
exceed $1,363,020; under bid renewal #22-082-DCC, third and final optional renewal.  
15.  
JUDICIAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY - EVANS  
Committee Update  
15.A.  
JPS-P-0046-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Audriana T. Anderson of the Law Firm  
of Anderson Attorneys & Advisors, LLC, to provide professional services as a Child  
Protection GAL Attorney assigned to juvenile cases, for the period of November 1, 2025  
through October 31, 2026, for a contract total amount not to exceed $42,000. 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). (18th Judicial  
Circuit Court)  
15.B.  
JPS-P-0047-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Safeware, Inc., for the  
purchase of a tethered drone, for the Sheriff's Office, for the period of October 28, 2025  
through October 27, 2030, for a contract total not to exceed $67,892.25. Contract  
pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (Sourcewell Contract 080922-SAF).  
(Sheriff's Office)  
16.  
17.  
LEGISLATIVE - DESART  
Committee Update  
PUBLIC WORKS - CHILDRESS  
Committee Update  
17.A.  
PW-P-0030-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Sutton Ford, Inc., for a F-350 4X4  
Super Chassis Cab with a service body attachment, for Public Works, for the period of  
October 28, 2025 to June 30, 2026, for a total contract amount not to exceed $80,767.  
Contract pursuant to the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525/2 (Suburban  
Purchasing Cooperative #222).  
17.B.  
17.C.  
PW-P-0031-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Currie Motors Fleet, for a Ford F-150  
4X4 Super Crew Cab and a Ford Explorer 4WD, for Public Works, for the period of  
October 28, 2025 to June 30, 2026, for a total contract amount not to exceed $83,477.  
Contract pursuant to the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act (Suburban Purchasing  
Cooperative #231 and #232).  
FM-P-0051-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Interstate Power  
Systems, Inc., to provide parts and labor for scheduled preventive maintenance, and on an  
as-needed basis to maintain and repair generators at the Standby Power Facility, for  
Facilities Management, for the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, for  
a total contract amount not to exceed $163,693.34. Per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c) not suitable  
for competitive bids. (Sole Source - authorized parts and service provider for this area.)  
18.  
19.  
20.  
STORMWATER - ZAY  
Committee Update  
TECHNOLOGY - COVERT  
Committee Update  
TRANSPORTATION - OZOG  
Committee Update  
20.A.  
20.B.  
20.C.  
20.D.  
25-2623  
DT-R-0042A-24 - Amendment to DT-R-0042-24, Agreement between the County of  
DuPage, Illinois and PACE, for establishment of a pilot rideshare access program for the  
Willowbrook/Hinsdale Lake Terrace neighborhood (estimated County cost $ 500,000).  
25-2489  
DT-P-0003B-24 - Amendment to DT-P-0003A-24, which increased the contract amount  
issued to Alfred Benesch by $138,568; due to a scrivener’s error the increase should have  
read $138,658, making the new contract amount $1,001,997, an increase of 16.06%.  
DT-R-0033-25  
Intergovernmental Agreement Between the County of DuPage and Downers Grove  
Township Road District, for the Downers Grove Township 2025 Road Maintenance  
Program, Section 25-03128-01-RS (No County cost).  
DT-P-0050-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract to Ciorba Group, Inc., for Professional  
Phase I Preliminary Engineering Services for improvements along CH 4/Bloomingdale  
Road Bridge Improvements over Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad, Section  
22-00184-12-BR, for a contract total not to exceed $308,511. Professional Services  
(Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors) vetted through a qualification-based selection  
process in compliance with the Illinois Local Government Professional Services  
Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/0.01 et seq.  
20.E.  
DT-P-0049-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a contract issued to Mathewson Right-of-Way  
Company, for Professional Right-of-Way Negotiation Services, as needed for the  
Division of Transportation, for a contract not to exceed $200,000. Other Professional  
Services not suitable for competitive bid per 55 ILCS 5/5-1022(c). Vendor selected  
pursuant to DuPage County Code Section 2-353(1)(b).  
21.  
22.  
23.  
OLD BUSINESS  
NEW BUSINESS  
EXECUTIVE SESSION  
23.A. Pursuant to Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2) - Collective Negotiating Matters  
23.B. Pursuant to Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11) - Litigation  
MEETING ADJOURNED  
24.  
24.A. This meeting of the September Session is adjourned to Wednesday, November 12, 2025,  
at 7:00 p.m. for passage of the Property Tax Levy, pursuant to 35 ILCS 200/18-10.