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Finance committee rejects DuPage County clerk’s $268,159 emergency appropriation after heated debate
Summary
After a three-hour debate over retroactive raises, line-item transfers and unpaid invoices, DuPage County’s finance committee voted down a $268,159 appropriation request for the county clerk’s office, 15–2. Finance staff said transfers could reduce the shortfall to about $58,759.
DuPage County’s finance committee voted down an emergency additional appropriation of $268,159 requested by the county clerk’s office on Wednesday, Nov. 12, after more than three hours of questions and criticism from board members.
The request, filed as FIR 0194-25, sought additional funding for two accounting units (the clerk’s office and the elections division). Deputy County Clerk Adam Johnson told the committee, “We certainly do not have available funds to cover the $260,000,” and said the office had identified unpaid bills and obligations that produced the request.
Finance Director Jeff Martinovich told board members that, when the clerk’s two accounting units are combined, the office faced a projected shortfall of roughly $58,759…
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