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Committee approves a series of budget transfers and contracts including vehicles, grounds equipment and generator maintenance
Summary
DuPage County Public Works approved multiple budget transfers and contract awards/extensions by voice vote, including vehicle purchases, grounds equipment, building automation maintenance and a multi-year generator maintenance contract.
DuPage County Public Works on Oct. 20 approved a set of budget transfers, contract renewals and equipment purchases by unanimous voice votes, moving forward purchases of vehicles, grounds equipment and multi-year maintenance agreements.
The approvals matter because they authorize county spending and multi-year service arrangements for facilities, fleet and backup power that county staff said are necessary to maintain operations across the campus.
The committee moved and approved the following items during the consent and procurement portion of the meeting (motions were passed by voice vote; minutes did not record individual roll-call tallies):
- Agenda item 252507: Transfer $6,000 from account 1000110053830 for lease payments related to TGA Park election warehouse November lease — motion moved and passed.
- Agenda item 252508: Transfer $29,985 from maintenance supplies to construction and motor vehicle accounts to purchase a 2025 John Deere Gator for grounds — motion moved and passed.
- Contract decrease: Thompson Electronics, contract decrease of $25,001.31 due to contract expiry — motion moved and passed (agenda item number not specified beyond the transcript reference).
- Contract extensions: Grama and Associates contract extended to 11/30/2026 for on-call professional engineering services with no change to the contract total; Clark Dietz contract extended to 11/03/2026 for on-call surface engineering services with no change to the contract total — motions moved and passed.
- Joint purchasing / vehicle contracts: PWP30-25 (Ford F-350 4x4 super chassis with service body) for a not-to-exceed $80,767 contract (10/28/2025'06/30/2026) — motion moved and passed. PWP31-25 (Curry Motors Fleet) to provide a Ford F-150 SuperCrew and a Ford Explorer 4x4 for a not-to-exceed $83,477 contract (10/28/2025'06/30/2026) — motion moved and passed.
- Grounds equipment purchase: Agenda item 252512: Arden's Hogan Walker (vendor name as shown in the agenda) to furnish and deliver one John Deere Gator crossover utility vehicle for facilities and grounds for a not-to-exceed $29,984.14 contract (period noted as 11/30/2025) — motion moved and passed.
- Building automation: Agenda item 252513: Johnson Controls plan service agreement to maintain the building automation system for county facilities for 11/01/2025 through 11/30/2026 for not-to-exceed $28,910.40 — motion moved and passed.
- Sole source / generator maintenance: FMP51-25: Interstate Power Systems for parts, scheduled preventive maintenance and as-needed repair of standby generators (01/01/2026'12/31/2028) not to exceed $163,693.34 — motion moved and passed.
Committee members asked about alternatives and life-cycle considerations for fleet purchases; a member asked whether hybrid or electrified heavy-duty options were under consideration, and staff replied the county is reviewing hybrid/flex fuel options but that such vehicles are more expensive and that fleet electrification also requires adding chargers across campus.
All items on the consent agenda and procurement list were approved by voice vote; the meeting minutes record "all in favor? Aye" followed by "motion carries" for each item. The committee did not provide detailed roll-call tallies in the transcript.
