DuPage County finance committee rejects supplemental clerk appropriation after hours of questioning

The DuPage County Finance Committee voted 15–2 on Nov. 12 to reject an additional appropriation resolution tied to the County Clerk’s office, following more than two hours of questioning about payroll increases, outstanding invoices and the timing of budget transfers.

Deputy Clerk Adam Johnson told the committee, "We certainly do not have available funds to cover the $260,000," and described the request as a recent, more‑precise calculation. Finance staff reported a combined projection that the clerk’s office and its elections division face a net shortfall of approximately $58,759.21 through Nov. 30 — a figure the committee’s finance director, Jeff Martinovich, described as the result of line‑item balances and pending obligations rather than a single undisputed deficiency.

Why it mattered: Several board members pressed the deputy clerk on why the office issued large retroactive pay increases that were not reflected in the county…