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Finance panel approves multiple budget transfers and contract awards including DuPage Care Center design work
Summary
The DuPage County Finance Committee on May 13 approved several interfund transfers, appropriations and vendor contracts across departments, including a $724,500 contract for architectural and engineering design at the DuPage Care Center east building and $125,661 for liquid medical oxygen supply.
The DuPage County Finance Committee on May 13 approved a series of budget transfers and procurement items across departments, moving funds to cover payroll-related liabilities and authorizing multiple vendor contracts for facilities, public safety and stormwater work.
Among the approvals, the committee approved budget transfers to cover benefit payments and employer-side costs: transfer 25-1258 ($1,939,893) to cover benefit payments; transfer 25-1259 ($8,463,000) for employer IMRF shares; transfer 25-1260 ($3,842,480) for employer Social Security shares; and transfer 25-1261 ($7,437,000) for employee medical and hospital insurance. The committee approved a tuition reimbursement transfer of $14,482 (25-1262) and a package of other routine transfers.
On procurement, the committee approved a contract purchase order to Airgas USA LLC for liquid medical oxygen central supply to the DuPage Care Center for June 1, 2025–May 31, 2029, not to exceed $125,661.21 (moved by Member Schorze). The committee also approved White and Company to provide architectural and engineering design services for modernization and upgrades to the DuPage Care Center East Building for May 13, 2025–May 31, 2026, not to exceed $724,500 (moved by Member Schorze). Both motions carried on voice votes.
Other contract approvals included radio tower maintenance and equipment upgrades for the sheriff’s office with Key Tower LLC for up to $211,365 (moved by Member Evans); vehicle purchases for detention screening transport from Curry Motors Frankfurt Inc, including a police interceptor utility vehicle ($46,261) and a Ford Transit passenger van ($68,746); a Connolly Electric contract to replace switchgear at a county power plant ($324,300); and several stormwater, geotechnical and streambank stabilization contracts, including a $612,015.97 contract to Semper Fi Landscaping for the Winfield Creek streambank stabilization project (lowest responsible bid).
The committee also ratified an emergency procurement to Coalition Incident Response, Inc. for mitigation of a finance‑department cybersecurity incident for up to $54,900. Several agreements with external partners were approved, such as an intergovernmental agreement with Winfield Park District for Winfield Creek streambank stabilization and an agreement with the Child Friendly Court Foundation for lease space at the judicial facilities (terms recorded on the agenda).
Most procurement motions were introduced by the member representing the committee area (for example, Member Childress for facilities items and Member Evans for judicial/sheriff items) and carried by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
Why it matters: the approvals fund near‑term operational obligations (benefit and payroll‑related transfers), approve capital and maintenance work at county facilities and move forward stormwater projects funded in part by state grants. Several of the contracts—particularly the DuPage Care Center modernization design—are sizable and trigger multi‑year commitments for county facilities management.
The committee followed with routine agenda business and moved to executive session at the end of the meeting.
