421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD

WHEATON, IL 60187

DU PAGE COUNTY

www.dupagecounty.gov

Judicial and Public Safety Committee

Final Summary

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

8:00 AM

County Board Room

CALL TO ORDER

8:00 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Lucy Evans at 8:00 AM.

ROLL CALL

Other Board members present:

Members Cindy Cahill, Kari Galassi and Paula Garcia

Staff present:

Nick Kottmeyer (Chief Administrative Officer), Joan Olson (Chief Communications Officer),

Conor McCarthy (Assistant State's Attorney), Lisa Smith (Assistant State's Attorney), Jason

Blumenthal (Policy and Program Manager), Evan Shields (Public Information Officer), Jeff

Martynowicz (Chief Financial Officer), Valerie Calvente (Buyer III-Procurement), Craig

Dieckman (Director-Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management), Jeff York

(Public Defender), MarGaret Mason-Ewing (Chief Human Resources Officer) and Christine

Clevenger (Human Resources Manager-Compensation & Benefits).

Chaplin, Childress, DeSart, Eckhoff, Evans, Gustin, Schwarze, and

Yoo

PRESENT

Krajewski, Ozog, and Tornatore

Zay

ABSENT

REMOTE

MOTION TO ALLOW REMOTE PARTICIPATION

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED

RESULT:

Dawn DeSart

MOVER:

Michael Childress

SECONDER:

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment was offered.

CHAIR REMARKS - CHAIR EVANS

Chair Lucy Evans welcomed all and hoped that everyone had a great weekend.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

5.A.

23-3053

Judicial and Public Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED

Dawn DeSart

Liz Chaplin

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

PROCUREMENT REQUISITIONS

6.A.

JPS-P-0064-23

Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Second Chance Cardiac

Solutions, for the purchase of AEDs and supporting supplies and services for the County

campus, for the period of September 27, 2023 through September 26, 2026, for a contract

total amount not to exceed $96,811.80; per CMS contract

#21-416CMS-BOSS4-P-28118. (Office of Homeland Security and Emergency

Management/Campus Security)

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE

Liz Chaplin

RESULT:

MOVER:

Dawn DeSart

SECONDER:

RESOLUTIONS

MOTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION FI-R-0216-23 AND ATTACHMENT I

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED

RESULT:

Dawn DeSart

MOVER:

Michael Childress

SECONDER:

7.A.

FI-R-0216-23

Acceptance and appropriation of the National Forensic Science Improvement Program

Grant PY22 Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 722503, Company 5000, Accounting

Unit 4520, $178,733. (Sheriff's Office)

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE

RESULT:

Liz Chaplin

Yeena Yoo

MOVER:

SECONDER:

7.B.

FI-R-0217-23

Acceptance and appropriation of the Tobacco Enforcement Program Grant PY24

Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 43CCZ03636, Company 5000, Accounting Unit

4495, $6,993. (Sheriff's Office)

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE

Michael Childress

RESULT:

MOVER:

Liz Chaplin

SECONDER:

BUDGET TRANSFERS

8.A.

23-2899

Transfer of funds from account no. 1000-1180-53828 (contingencies) to account nos.

1000-1130-52000 (furniture/machinery/equipment small value), 1000-1130-52320

(medical/dental/lab supplies) and 1000-1130-53370 (repair and maintenance other

equipment) in the amount of $96,812 needed to purchase 56 new AED machines, AED

ProTracker and universal electrodes to replace AED machines with a current expiration

date of 12/01/2023. (Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management/Campus

Security)

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED

RESULT:

Dawn DeSart

MOVER:

Michael Childress

SECONDER:

8.B.

23-3054

Transfer of funds from account no. 1000-6500-50099 (New Program

Requests-Personnel) to account no. 1000-6500-50000 (Regular Salaries) in the amount of

$799,500 needed to pay for Economic Impact Adjustments for Assistant State's Attorneys

which were previously approved by the County Board. (State's Attorney's Office)

Member DeSart inquired if the salary adjustments referred to in this budget transfer are

related to the SAFE-T Act. Policy and Program Manager Jason Blumenthal responded

that he will look into this and provide her with a response.

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED

RESULT:

Liz Chaplin

MOVER:

Michael Childress

SECONDER:

GRANTS

9.A.

23-3055

GPN 052-23: Emergency Management Performance Grant FFY 2023 - Illinois

Emergency Management Agency - U.S. Department of Homeland Security -

$495,605.55. (Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management)

The motion was approved on a voice vote, all "ayes".

APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE

Michael Childress

RESULT:

MOVER:

Liz Chaplin

SECONDER:

10.

OLD BUSINESS

Member Chaplin brought forward the topic of the DuPage County Public Defender's

compensation which had been discussed at a previous Judicial and Public Safety Committee

meeting. She indicated that since that time, a preliminary report has been provided by the

Human Resources Department that shows comparisons of Public Defender York's compensation

with that of Public Defenders in other counties. Member Chaplin requested that this topic be

brought forward for discussion at the September 26, 2023 Finance Committee meeting. Member

DeSart praised Public Defender York and agreed that this should be discussed at next week's

Finance Committee meeting. Chair Evans asked for a show of hands for consensus. All

Committee members were in agreement.

11.

12.

NEW BUSINESS

Member DeSart requested information from the Sheriff's Office concerning the recent deaths of

two inmates. Policy and Program Manager Jason Blumenthal commented that there would be

follow-up on this topic at a later time.

ADJOURNMENT

With no further business, Member Schwarze moved, seconded by Member Yoo to adjourn the

meeting at 8:11 AM.