10.A. DuPagePads Funding Request
April Redzic, President & CEO of DuPagePads, thanked the committee for their support last
winter and provided an update to the committee with their needs for this winter season. The cost
to lease a space is greater than the cost of paying for hotel rooms, and churches are not allowed
to shelter people for more than one or two nights at a time. DuPagePads is seeking funding for 60
hotels rooms over 100 days, staff to have the rooms supervised, weekly food delivery from
Loaves & Fishes, and transportation to get people from the access center to the hotel rooms.
DuPagePads would also like to extend their access center hours since more people are showing
up to police departments and libraries without a place to stay. In total, DuPagePads is asking for
$342,090 from the County. By a show of hands, committee members gave their consensus to
move forward with placing this item on a future agenda for approval.
Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Martynowicz, provided the committee with an overview of the
invoice approval and payment process.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
A motion was made by Member Haider and seconded by Member Honig to enter into Executive
Session. Upon a roll call vote, the motion passed.
Ayes (17): Cahill, Childress, Covert, DeSart, Eckhoff, Evans, Galassi, Garcia, Haider, Honig,
LaPlante, Martinez, Ozog, Schwarze, Tornatore, Yoo, Zay
Nays (0):
Absent (1): Krajewski
13.
9.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
13.A. Pursuant to Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11) - Litigation
INFORMATIONAL
A motion was made by Member Cahill and seconded by Member Tornatore to receive and place
on file: Payment of Claims, Wire Transfers, Appointments, and Grant Proposal Notifications.
Member Krajewski motioned to remove Governmental Business Systems and Prager Moving &
Storage Co. from the Payment of Claims list, with a second by Member Zay. Upon a roll call
vote, the motion failed.
Ayes (6): Cahill, Covert, Eckhoff, Galassi, Krajewski, Zay
Nays (12): Childress, DeSart, Evans, Garcia, Haider, Honig, LaPlante, Martinez, Ozog,
Schwarze, Tornatore, Yoo, Zay
A.
Payment of Claims
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9.A.3.
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