DuPage County public works committee approves budget transfer, contracts and routine claims; several consent items pass unanimously

DuPage County Public Works Committee Chair Childress presided over a March 4, 2025 meeting during which the committee approved a series of routine and budget-related items, including a budget transfer tied to a sewer lining project and multiple procurement actions.

The committee voted to approve a budget transfer described by staff as needed because the sewer lining project carried over from fiscal year 2024. The chair moved a transfer of $775,000; the motion text also referenced moving $750,000 from the sewer and public works treatment-plant construction account to a waste-management system infrastructure account. The motion carried on an affirmative voice vote.

Committee members also approved payment of claims for Public Works and Facilities Management and accepted several consent-contract items. These included a purchase order to Al 1 Oil Company to furnish and deliver gasoline and diesel fuel from April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026, for a contract not to exceed $1,750,000; an amendment to a purchase order for an ecological pest-management vendor to change the contract expiration date with no change to the contract amount; and a bid award for full-service pest-control services for county facilities covering March 12, 2025, through March 11, 2027, not to exceed $39,900.

All motions on the published agenda were moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote. The meeting record shows the committee responded to each “all in favor?” prompt with “Aye,” and each motion was announced as carrying.

The meeting also included standard procedural items: authorization to permit remote participation for members unable to attend in person for listed reasons, and approval of the minutes from the Feb. 18, 2025 meeting. The committee announced a special call of the public works committee scheduled for April 1, 2025, in Room 3500B to present and gather focus-group feedback for the Heritage Gallery replacement project; all county board members were invited to participate in person or via Zoom.

Votes at a glance - Motion to permit members not physically present to participate by videoconference (reasons listed: personal illness, disability, employment, business of the boards, family emergency or other emergencies): motion moved and seconded, carried by voice vote. - Approval of minutes (Feb. 18, 2025): moved, seconded, carried by voice vote. - Budget transfer (agenda item 25-6-54): motion to transfer $775,000 described as needed due to the sewer lining project; motion carried by voice vote. (Transcript also references $750,000 as the amount moved from a treatment-plant construction account.) - Acceptance of payment of claims for Public Works and Facilities Management (agenda item 25-6-55): moved, seconded, carried by voice vote. - Purchase order to Al 1 Oil Company for gasoline and diesel fuel, term 04/01/2025–03/31/2026, not to exceed $1,750,000 (consent item DPT 14 25): moved, seconded, carried by voice vote. - Amendment to purchase order for Kimwise/Kenwise Ecological Pest Management (change of contract expiration date from 02/22/2026 to 03/07/2025; no change in contract amount): moved, seconded, carried by voice vote. - Bid award (FMP 1125) to Kimwise/Kenwise Ecological Pest Management for full-service extermination/pest-control services for county facilities, term 03/12/2025–03/11/2027, total not to exceed $39,900 (lowest responsible bidder): moved, seconded, carried by voice vote.

The committee did not record roll-call tallies by name in the transcript for each motion; motions were adopted by unanimous voice votes when the chair called for “all in favor?” and members responded “Aye.”

Ending The meeting concluded after approval of the agenda items and a brief Old Business exchange about the Heritage Gallery (see separate article on that discussion). The chair adjourned the public portion following the consent items.