DuPage County transportation committee approves budget transfers, road and bridge agreements and small purchase order

The DuPage County Transportation Committee approved a series of budget adjustments, contracts and intergovernmental agreements at its meeting. Committee members voted by voice for each action; the transcript records unanimous "aye" responses but does not record individual roll-call tallies.

The committee approved minutes from the previous Transportation Committee meeting. It then approved item 25‑26‑44, a budget transfer described in the motion as $8,500 from contingency to cover employer obligations tied to newly implemented union salary rates (the motion referenced $4,500 and an employer share of Social Security of $4,000). The committee also approved item 25‑26‑51, a $61,000 transfer from contingencies to employee medical and hospital insurance to cover unforeseen medical expenses.

The committee approved DTR‑35‑25, an agreement with Oxcart Permit Systems for overweight/over‑dimension permitting services for the Division of Transportation for the period 12/01/2025–11/30/2029; the motion as read in the meeting indicated ‘‘no county cost.’’ Members then approved item 25‑26‑80, described as an amendment to DTR‑79AA‑23: rescinding a prior local public agency agreement because of a change in project cost participation and approving an updated local public agency agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for County Highway 9 (Lamont Road) and County Highway 3180 (Seventh Street). The motion quoted an estimated county cost of $4,591,614.

The committee approved DTR‑34‑25, an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority covering certain bridge improvements on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I‑88) and its crossroad bridges; the motion stated a total estimated county cost of $1,857,217.06. The committee also moved to receive and place on file TEP‑18‑25, a contract purchase order to Verizon Wireless for wireless tablets and machine‑to‑machine services for the sheriff’s office, Division of Transportation, stormwater and public works for the period 11/16/2025–09/30/2026 for a total contract amount not to exceed $33,510.

All motions were seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records ‘‘Aye’’ for each item but does not provide named yea/nay counts.

Clarifying details from the meeting record: the local public agency agreement amendment specifically references County Highway 9 (Lamont Road) and County Highway 3180 (Seventh Street) and lists an estimated county share of $4,591,614 for that project. The I‑88 bridge work motion cites an estimated county cost of $1,857,217.06. The Verizon Wireless purchase order period and not‑to‑exceed amount were read into the record as shown above. Where the transcript omitted numeric vote tallies, the committee used voice votes and the minutes record ‘‘Aye’’ without individual vote counts.

What happened next: presenters from PACE, the Regional Transportation Authority and Metra then briefed the committee on the regional transit funding changes resulting from the passage of Senate Bill 2111 and on planned local station and service work.