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Transportation committee approves several contracts, hears RTA report on $11 million in pedestrian/transit grants
Summary
DuPage County Transportation Committee approved a package of procurement and professional-services recommendations including fleet software and engineering contracts, and heard an RTA update that the Access to Transit program awarded nearly $11 million across 21 projects, five in DuPage County.
The DuPage County Transportation Committee approved multiple procurement and professional-services recommendations during its meeting. Motions carried on a series of items including a fleet-management software contract, engineering services, contract amendments and intergovernmental agreements.
The committee approved DTP 53-26, a contract recommendation for fleet-management software to RTA Fleet Success for the Division of Transportation for 08/01/2026–07/31/2027, authorizing expenditures to exceed $37,007.34. It approved DTP 54-26 to retain Patrick Christopher C Burke Engineering for Phase 1 engineering services on County Highway improvements with a professional-services authorization of $268,216. The committee also approved an amendment to a contract with HR Green, Inc., increasing funding by $100,000 to a new total of $500,000, and approved GTR 28 awarding Ferguson Enterprises LLC an estimated $43,620.43 purchase for sewer materials.
The committee approved GTR 26 to retain legal services for highway authority benefit agreement negotiations (authorization not to exceed $30,000) and TTR 29-26, an intergovernmental reimbursement agreement with the County of DuPage and Union Pacific Railroad for the East Branch DuPage Imperial Project with an accounting cost cited as $15,000. A recommendation to contract with Thompson Goldberg for environmental legal services (DTR 30-26) was approved; transcript references to the total obligation (a figure of $330,000 was mentioned) were discussed during the motion and are recorded as quoted in the meeting minutes.
Zach Traun of the Regional Transit Authority briefed the committee: the RTA's Access to Transit program made 21 awards totaling just under $11,000,000, the largest round in the agency's history, and five awarded projects are located in DuPage County (Bensenville, Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Lisle and Wood Dale). Traun warned lawmakers had diverted some fuel sales-tax revenue that could affect long-term transit funding but said projected revenues for the current year remain intact.
All procurement and contract motions listed on the agenda were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the committee did not record roll-call tallies in the meeting transcript provided.
Votes at a glance: DTP 53-26 (fleet software) — approved; DTP 54-26 (engineering services) — approved; HR Green amendment — approved (increased to $500,000); DTR 30-26 (environmental legal services) — approved (transcript discussed $330,000 figure); GTR 26 (legal services for highway agreements) — approved (not to exceed $30,000); GTR 28 (Ferguson Enterprises LLC purchase) — approved, est. $43,620.43; TTR 29-26 (intergovernmental reimbursement with Union Pacific) — approved, $15,000.
The committee proceeded to other business, including a public comment and an extended discussion about speed limits on Highland Avenue; staff will return a study to the committee in August if further action is warranted.
