421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Strategic Planning Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, March 21, 2023  
11:00 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:00 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Covert at 11:05 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Covert, Cronin Cahill, LaPlante, and Yoo  
Krajewski, and Rutledge  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
Also in attendance at the meeting were Assistant State's Attorney Conor McCarthy, County  
Board Member Greg Schwarze, Chief Communications Officer Joan Olson, Public  
Information Officer Evan Shields, Chief Policy and Program Officer Sheryl Markay, Policy  
and Program Manager Jason Blumenthal and Director of Community Services Mary Keating.  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
CHAIRWOMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR COVERT  
Chair Covert welcomed new committee members Vice-Chair Cindy Cahill, Yeena Yoo and  
Brian Krajewski.  
Chair Covert noted two key items on today's agenda. The first is the awarding of a contract to  
Berry Dunn to serve as the consultant for the revamping of the DuPage County Strategic Plan.  
The current strategic plan was implemented in 2012 and has served us well over the last decade,  
but the time has come to update the plan and define our vision for the coming years. Policy and  
Program Manager Jason Blumenthal will give us a background on Berry Dunn, discuss the scope  
of our project and address any questions the committee might have. The second item of note on  
the agenda is a review of the FY2022 Strategic Initiative Implementation Summary. Mr.  
Blumenthal will briefly review some of the 51 different strategic updates from our various  
departments.  
5.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5.A.  
23-1195  
Approval of Minutes from April 5, 2022 Meeting  
Summary minutes_Final 8016.pdf  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
Yeena Yoo  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Lynn LaPlante  
SECONDER:  
6.  
OTHER ACTION ITEM  
6.A.  
SP-P-0001-23  
Approval of a contract purchase order issued to Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker, LLC  
(BerryDunn), to provide professional consultation services related to the implementation  
of the DuPage County Strategic Plan, for the period March 28, 2023 through March 28,  
2024, for a contract total amount not to exceed $79,600; per RFP #23-024-CB.  
Jason Blumenthal provided a brief background regarding the Berry Dunn contract. Last  
year the County Board made a decision to budget $80,000 to update the current strategic  
plan. As noted earlier in Chair Covert's remarks, 2012 was the initial introduction of the  
Strategic Plan for DuPage County, and there was an update in 2019 to add a strategic  
imperative for diversity and inclusion. There have been many changes throughout  
DuPage County in the past decade, however, and the current plan needed to be revised.  
Our task was then to find a consulting team that could assist with this process. The scope  
of this project under Berry Dunn will include activities such as conducting community  
forums, community surveys and a workshop with the County Board to discuss their  
vision for the County and what they would like to see included in the new plan, and  
finally to write the final product for the Board to approve as the new County Strategic  
Plan.  
The firm, Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC, was selected for consideration as they  
received the highest score from the bidding process. Upon approval by this committee  
today and upon approval by the Finance Committee and County Board on March 28, a  
formal agreement will be entered into with Berry Dunn.  
PRCC - for Strategic Plan_BerryDunn.pdf  
Attachments:  
STRATEGIC PLANNING SERVICES 23-024-CB RFP TAB.pdf  
BerryDunn_DuPage_Strategic Planning_RFP_Price Proposal.pdf  
BerryDunn_DuPage_Strategic Planning_RFP_Tech  
Resp_redacted.pdf  
BerryDunn Proposal Form_R.pdf  
BerryDunn Vendor Ethics_R.pdf  
APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE  
Cynthia Cronin Cahill  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Lynn LaPlante  
SECONDER:  
7.  
INFORMATIONAL  
7.A.  
23-1223  
FY2022 Strategic Initiative Implementation Summary  
Mr. Blumenthal noted that there were 51 strategic imperatives for FY2022 implemented  
by each department under County Board authority. Some notable accomplishments  
included Animal Services securing additional funding for major renovations to their  
facility; the launch of the countywide 211 information and referral line by Community  
Services; a multi-media communications initiative by the County Board office; and  
implementing the new strategic plan for DuPage County, beginning with the Request for  
Proposal and passing a budget for it. Also highlighted was progress on the western access  
to O'Hare Airport, as well as the implementation of the Granicus Legistar legislative  
management software and the new DuPage County website by the county's IT  
department.  
FY2022 Strategic Initiative Implementation Summary.pdf  
Attachments:  
Motion to Receive and Place on File  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
RESULT:  
Yeena Yoo  
MOVER:  
Lynn LaPlante  
SECONDER:  
8.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
9.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
10.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.