421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Legislative Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, February 27, 2024  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Meeting was called to order by Chair Dawn DeSart at 11:37 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Chair Conroy was present.  
Additional Board Members present: Member Deacon Garcia, Member Yoo, Member Gustin,  
Member Tornatore, Member Rutledge and Member Evans.  
Staff Present: Sheryl Markay (Chief Policy & Program Officer), Jason Blumenthal (Policy &  
Program Manager), Conor McCarthy (State's Attorney's Office), Evan Shields (Public  
Information Officer), Mary Keating (Director of Community Services), and Joan Olson (Chief  
Communications Officer).  
Chaplin, Childress, DeSart, Eckhoff, Galassi, and Zay  
PRESENT  
3.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
3.A.  
24-0704  
Legislative Minutes - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, February 13, 2024  
APPROVED  
Dawn DeSart  
Jim Zay  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comment received.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR DESART  
Chair Dawn DeSart stated she is looking forward to the conversation regarding the "Protect Our  
Residents" item on the Federal agenda and hopes to come to a consensus. Chair DeSart reminded  
the Committee that the Federal agenda is a fluid, moving document that can be changed at any  
time.  
6.  
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS  
6.A.  
LEG-R-0002-24  
Resolution Adopting the County's 2024 Federal Legislative Program  
Chair DeSart welcomed discussion regarding the Federal Legislative Program.  
Member Yoo requested the following language be added to the "Protect Our Residents":  
As a first step towards ending these senseless acts of gun violence, DuPage County  
supports the enactment of common-sense gun control measures to help keep our residents  
safe, including a federal ban on the sale of assault weapons and large capacity  
magazines, supporting efforts to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of  
2022, promoting secure storage on a federal level, and strengthening federal  
enforcement of current laws to prevent the flow of illegal firearms across state lines.  
There was discussion that included the requested wording change, a title change, and  
possible additional wording changes to the "Protect Our Residents" item.  
Member Rutledge requested additional verbiage to be added to the Environmental section  
of the Federal agenda that addresses the use of single use plastics.  
The Committee agreed that all other highlighted changes to the revised Federal  
Legislative Program document (other than the "Protect Our Residents" item) were  
acceptable to the Committee.  
A consensus was made to amend the title "Protect Our Residents" to "Protect Our  
Residents from Gun Violence" and revert to the language from that section to the "old" or  
previous version of the document. Chair DeSart moved to amend the DuPage County  
Federal Legislative Program with the above changes. Member Galassi seconded. A roll  
call was taken with all Ayes.  
It was decided to schedule another meeting on March 5, 2024. Staff will update the  
DuPage County Federal Legislative Program with the agreed upon changes and circulate  
the updated document to Board Members. Another vote will be taken on March 5th to  
approve the revised document. Members can submit any additional revisions to the  
Federal Legislative Program to staff.  
Mary Keating answered Member Eckhoff's question regarding CDBG.  
APPROVED AS AMENDED  
Dawn DeSart  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Liz Chaplin  
SECONDER:  
7.  
OLD BUSINESS  
Sheryl Markay announced that she sent an email this morning regarding the ISACo drive down  
event to Springfield and asked the Board Members to register today if they would like to attend.  
There are limited spaces that will quickly fill up.  
8.  
9.  
NEW BUSINESS  
No new business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:37 PM.