421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Economic Development Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025  
8:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
8:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Yeena Yoo at 8:32 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Chair Yoo read the language and asked for a motion allowing Member Galassi to participate the  
meeting remotely. The motion was made by Member Haider and seconded by Member Rutledge.  
Motion Carries. Also present for the meeting were Members Lucy Chang-Evans and Paula  
Deacon-Garcia.  
Childress, Eckhoff, Haider, Rutledge, and Yoo  
Galassi  
PRESENT  
REMOTE  
3.  
CHAIRWOMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR YOO  
Chair Yoo welcomed the guest speakers for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month and  
thanked them for coming to share their experience as entrepreneurs in DuPage County. The  
Chair also reminded the Committee of the upcoming Health Care Industry Insight meeting to be  
held in June.  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5. A.  
25-0925  
Economic Development Committee - Minutes - March 18, 2025  
Economic Development Committee - Summary Minutes - March  
Attachments:  
18, 2025  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Saba Haider  
MOVER:  
Michael Childress  
SECONDER:  
6.  
INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING  
6. A.  
25-1315  
Billco Corporation Board Memo  
Billco Board Memo  
Attachments:  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
25-1316  
Sheila Rutledge  
6. B.  
Elba Tool Company, Inc. Board Memo  
Elba Tool Board Memo  
Attachments:  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Sheila Rutledge  
SECONDER:  
7.  
RESOLUTIONS  
7. A.  
FI-R-0081-25  
Acceptance and appropriation of additional funding for the Illinois Department of  
Commerce and Economic Opportunity Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act  
(WIOA) Grant PY23, Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 23-681006, Company 5000 -  
Accounting Unit 2840, $5,668. (Under the administrative direction of the Human  
Resources Department)  
Attachment I-Budget Page  
Attachments:  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Michael Childress  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Saba Haider  
SECONDER:  
9.  
8.  
SPOTLIGHT ON AAPI HERITAGE MONTH  
9. A. Melissa Villanueva (Brewpoint Coffee & Roastery) & Larry Blackburn (Datatelligent)  
Speakers Melissa Villanueva and Larry Blackburn, shared their stories on how they began their  
entrepreneurships, experiences, and challenges as business owners in DuPage County. Questions  
were taken from Committee Members.  
GROUND TRANSPORTATION GRANT UPDATE  
A motion was made by Chair Yoo, seconded by Member Haider, to move item 8.A. down the  
agenda, to 9. A., to accommodate the DCVB for time. Motion passes.  
8. A. Beth Marchetti, DuPage Convention & Visitor's Bureau  
Beth Marchetti, Executive Director of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau, updated the  
Committee Members on four events that the Ground Transportation Grant has helped secure for  
DuPage County and the estimated economic impact these events will have. Questions were  
taken from Committee Members.  
10.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
11.  
12.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chair Yoo at 9:04 AM.