DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee approves multiple contracts, budget transfers and vehicle purchases

DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee Chair Evans on Jan. 7 led the committee in approving multiple contract awards and budget transfers that will fund probation services, a veterans peer-mentor coordinator, legal publications and public-safety equipment, and move several accounts into the general fund.

The actions, taken by voice votes with no recorded roll-call tallies in the meeting minutes, included new and renewed professional contracts, transfers to cover inmate medication costs and purchases of radios and vehicles. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions about program history and fund sources; Tim McGavin, deputy director of probation, answered questions about the veteran mentor position and fund transfers.

The committee approved a contract purchase order to Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services for services to youths at risk of domestic violence and trauma for Feb. 1, 2025–Jan. 31, 2026, not to exceed $33,000. The members also approved an independent contractor agreement to hire Raymond W. Johnson as a veteran mentor coordinator to develop a veteran peer mentor program for Jan. 15, 2025–Jan. 14, 2026, not to exceed $37,500. When a committee member asked whether the veterans mentor position was…