Finance committee approves routine budget transfers, grants and multiple contracts including several large public‑safety and transportation purchases
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Summary
On a series of unanimous votes, the committee approved numerous budget transfers to address 2025 year‑end shortages, accepted grant funding (including LIHEAP and PACE grants), and approved contracts and purchase orders ranging from $32,400 equipment buys to multi‑million dollar staffing and transportation contracts.
The DuPage County Finance Committee on Jan. 13 approved a slate of routine but consequential fiscal actions across several departments.
Key approvals included budget transfers to cover 2025 year‑end shortages (notable totals: COLA allocations of $2,135,995; benefit payments $1,721,184; employer Social Security share $5,864,686; employee medical insurance $8,867,289; and employer IMRF share recorded as approximately $12,000,987). Committee motions to approve each transfer carried.
Large contracts and purchase orders approved by the committee included:
- Favorite Health Care Staffing LLC: supplemental medical staffing for the sheriff’s office, not to exceed $4,450,000 (motion carried). - Altorfer Industries Inc.: Caterpillar wheel loader for DOT, contract not to exceed $6,364,510 (motion carried). - Sentinel Offender Services LLC: GPS/electronic monitoring services for probation and court services, not to exceed $678,000; a separate Sentinel contract for alcohol monitoring and Remote Breath RB Pro for adult clients, $35,917 (motions carried). - Heartland Business Systems / Portnett enterprise agreement for the sheriff’s office, not to exceed $687,005.65 (motion carried). - CDW Government: computer hardware and licensing for DuPage Care Center, not to exceed $55,000; Medline Industries: recliners for the care center, $36,579.85 (motions carried).
Transportation committee items combined and approved included amendments and increases for county highway projects, notably an amendment to Builders Paving LLC increasing funding by $300,540.16 for County Highway 33 / 75th Street frontage road work (adjusted contract total $2,437,490.92), and extensions of completion dates for certain intersection improvements to Jan. 6, 2030. Transportation staff said the increased contract amount was driven by discovery of unsuitable subbase materials that required replacement.
Other grant appropriations approved included LIHEAP funding for program year '26 ($3,657,954) and intergovernmental agreements with PACE Suburban Bus for senior and paratransit grant programs ($172,450 and $690,000 respectively).
All items were moved and carried with aye votes as recorded on the Jan. 13 agenda unless otherwise noted.
The committee’s approval of these items clears them to proceed to the formal resolution process; most are one‑year purchase orders or multi‑year agreements subject to statutory procurement and intergovernmental rules.
