421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Legislative Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, January 14, 2025  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 12:30 PM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Member Paula Garcia arrived at 12:35pm after being held by another meeting.  
Additional Board Members Present:  
Member Yeena Yoo, Member Lucy Evans, Member Andrew Honig, Member Saba Haider, and  
Member Sheila Rutledge.  
Staff Present:  
Conor McCarthy (Assistant State's Attorney) and Jeremy Custer (Senior Advisor).  
Guest: Federal Lobbyist Greg Bales from McGuireWoods.  
Childress, DeSart, Galassi, Ozog, and Schwarze  
Garcia  
PRESENT  
LATE  
3.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.A.  
25-0084  
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, December 10, 2024  
Member Yeena Yoo requested to ammend the minutes to reflect what was referred to as  
the Safety Act in the minutes be changed to its official title of the Pretrial Fairness Act.  
Chair DeSart moved, Member Ozog seconded, the vote was all ayes.  
ACCEPTED AS AMENDED  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Greg Schwarze  
SECONDER:  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART  
Chair DeSart introduced and welcomed our Federal Lobbyist Greg Bales from McGuireWoods.  
She welcomed the Committee to ask any questions they had for Mr. Bales.  
6.  
ACTION ITEMS  
6.A.  
LEG-P-0001-25  
Recommendation for the approval of a County Contract to McGuireWoods Consulting  
LLC, to provide Consulting Services as Lobbyists representing DuPage County before the  
U.S. Congress and the Federal Executive Branch for DuPage County’s Division of  
Transportation, Public Works, Stormwater Management and all other County  
departments and agencies, for the period of February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026,  
for the County Board, for a contract total amount not to exceed $96,000. 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).  
Chair DeSart asked Greg Bales to share the accomplishments of McGuireWoods for  
DuPage County over the past year. He shared the appropriations of three projects that will  
take place in 2025. Mr. Bales highlighted that his relationships with legislators and the  
ability to curate matches between items on the DuPage Federal Program and the  
Congressman/woman who share interest in that issue are benefits of his service.  
The Committee asked Mr. Bales what upcoming changes he foresees with the incoming  
administration. He shared that they will be using a wait and see approach.  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Mary Ozog  
SECONDER:  
7.  
8.  
OLD BUSINESS  
Member Ozog asked about the upcoming Legislative Breakfast. Jeremy Custer gave a brief  
explanation of the program for the event happening on 1/17/2025.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Member Yoo asked if DuPage Convention and Visitor's Bureau can piggy back their legislative  
agenda with ours. Conor McCarthy explained that a lobbyist cannot lobby on behalf of an entity  
without a contract, therefore they cannot piggy back. However, if items from their legislative  
agenda align with what DuPage County would like to do, we can add the item to our Legislative  
Program.  
9.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:03 PM.