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DuPage Judicial and Public Safety Committee approves vehicle, ALPR and detainee-supply contracts
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the committee approved several procurement contracts and budget transfers, including a four-year continuation of an ALPR program and vehicle purchases for the Sheriffs Office and Probation.
The DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee on March 4 approved multiple procurement contracts and budget transfers covering vehicles, an ALPR program, detainee hygiene supplies and camera installation.
Most significant among the approved items was a purchase-order extension to Flock Safety to continue the automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) program for the Sheriffs Office from March 1, 2025, through Feb. 28, 2029, for a contract total not to exceed $777,602.74. "Did we get a second? Okay. Any discussion on that? All in favor. Any opposed? Okay. The motion carries," the chair said after the vote.
Other approvals included: a recommendation to award a contract to National Auto Fleet Group to furnish and deliver four Ford Broncos for the Department of Probation and Court Services for the period March 11–Nov. 8, 2025, for a total not to exceed $128,842.16 (JPSP-13-25); a contract purchase order to Sutton Ford Inc. to furnish and deliver two Ford F-150 Police Responder crew cabs for the Sheriffs Office, March 11–Nov. 8, 2025, for a total not to exceed $111,922 (JPSP-14-25); and a contract to Curry Motors Frankfurt Inc. for two Ford Transit 350 cargo vans for the Sheriffs Office, March 11–Nov. 8, 2025, for a total not to exceed $130,770 (JPSP-15-25). All motions carried.
The committee also approved a contract purchase order to Warehouse Direct Inc. to provide hair and body shampoo for detainees for the Sheriffs Office for the period listed in the recommendation; the meeting record states "for a contract total not to exceed $440,000 and 40,560 dollars" (JPSP-17-25). Deputy Chief Bilodeau of the Sheriffs Office explained that the items are provided to detainees who do not have funds to purchase supplies on the commissary and are given on initial arrival to the facility: "This is the stuff that we provide to the detainees if they don't have the funds to purchase their own on commissary, and it's what's given to them on their initial arrival at the facility," Bilodeau said.
Budget transfers and amendments cleared the committee as well. The panel approved a $14,964 transfer from other professional services to equipment and machinery to pay for installation of security cameras around the State's Attorneys Office evidence lockers (transfer 25-631). The committee also approved a transfer of $757 from regular salaries to part-time help to cover payroll for an employee who became full time in the fiscal-year 2025 portion of the first payroll period (transfer number recorded in the meeting as 25-6 49 6 43). The committee voted to amend a purchase order to Heartland Business Systems to increase the contract encumbrance by $23,213.20 for a new contract total not to exceed $220,089.81 (JPSCO-2-5 amendment). Each motion was moved, seconded and carried during the meeting.
Votes at a glance: all procurement and transfer motions discussed during the meeting were approved; the meeting transcript records each item as "the motion carries" after the voice vote. The committee did not record roll-call tallies for these votes in the meeting transcript provided.
The committee advanced routine procurement and budget items to implementation; no ordinance or code changes were proposed in these motions.
