DuPage County Public Works Committee members on Sept. 16 approved a contract to install a single Level‑3 electric‑vehicle charging port at the county campus care center and approved or amended a series of maintenance, utilities and professional services contracts.

The committee voted to award a contract to Carbon Day EV Charging to “furnish and deliver 1 charge port charge point electric vehicle charging station and provide a 5 year commercial cloud plan for the county campus” for a contract total not to exceed $39,979. Facilities management staff told the committee the unit will be a Level‑3 charger placed near the campus fueling station and Ring Road, at the site described in the agenda as “care center 1.” The staff member said, “This is our Level 3…near the fueling station, near the Ring Road where cars can charge very, very quickly.”

Staff also told the committee the county will apply a usage fee the board adopted previously. As explained at the meeting, “we will be charging the 20¢ a kilowatt hour to to allow us to ultimately replace these units in 10 years as well and cover the cost electricity.” The committee discussed that the fee will apply across the campus’s charging stations; staff said there will be four charging stations operational by the end of the year and that the county can lower charger power levels in the future but cannot increase the published power level for a given port without replacing equipment.

In addition to the EV charger award, the committee approved a series of routine procurement and contract items on the consent agenda and separate motions. Approved items included (as listed on the agenda):
- Builders Chicago Corporation: preventive maintenance and repair services for overhead doors, rollups, shutters, gates, gate operations, dock levelers and revolving doors (contract period 11/01/2025–10/31/2027; amount not to exceed $214,300).
- An amendment to Builders Chicago Corporation under the same contract to increase the total price by 2 percent.
- Genserv: semi‑annual inspection, preventive maintenance and emergency call‑out services for campus backup emergency generators (11/01/2025–10/31/2027; amount not to exceed $138,832).
- S and I Solutions: furnish and deliver deicing solids (eco salt) for grounds (11/01/2025–10/31/2026; amount not to exceed $96,320).
- A polymer supply contract to the vendor listed in the agenda as Volodyne for delivery to the Woodridge and Green Valley wastewater treatment plants (11/01/2025–10/31/2026; amount not to exceed $440,000 as listed on the agenda).
- City of Wheaton: water utility services for the county campus (10/01/2025–09/30/2029; amount not to exceed $3,152,000).
- Wheaton Sanitary District: sanitary sewer services for the county campus (10/01/2025–09/30/2029; amount not to exceed $1,821,000).
- Nitecore Gas: natural gas delivery services (10/01/2025–09/30/2027; amount not to exceed $375,000).
- Village of Winfield (listed on the agenda as "village of wood Winfield"): sanitary sewer utility services for Building 2 standby power facilities (10/01/2025–09/30/2029; amount not to exceed $26,000).
- Christopher B. Burke Engineering: on‑call professional engineering design services for county water distribution and collection systems (09/23/2025–11/30/2028; amount not to exceed $90,000). The committee recorded one abstention on the Christopher B. Burke vote: Vice Chair Zay was noted as abstaining.
- A separate construction management services contract for various capital projects (09/23/2025–10/31/2026; amount not to exceed $50,000).

Committee business also included routine consent‑agenda adjustments: agenda items reducing purchase orders for Instaform and technology vendors due to contract closure; an extension of an on‑call professional engineering contract with Donna Hill and Associates for SCADA support through Nov. 30, 2026, with no change in contract value; and multiple other routine facility‑management contract awards and amendments. Where the transcript or agenda listed a vendor amount unclearly (for example an item read in the record as "19 c 53,475"), the committee approved the item as presented on the agenda; the precise numeric notation in the transcript was not specified.

Procedurally, the committee opened the meeting at 9:02 a.m., took roll call (Chair Childress; Vice Chair Zay; Members Desart, Gallassy, Garcia, Ozak and Martinez were recorded present), approved the minutes and granted remote participation for members absent for illness, disability, employment or family emergencies. An appointment of Member Martinez to the public works committee was announced in the meeting record without a recorded roll‑call vote.

No contested votes were recorded in the meeting transcript for the listed contract awards beyond the single abstention. Committee members asked clarifying questions about the EV charger’s location, power level and campus pricing; staff provided the details summarized above. The meeting adjourned without additional new business.