Dupage Policy Journal

DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee met Sept. 20.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

1. CALL TO ORDER

8:00 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Julie Renehan at 8:00 AM.

2. ROLL CALL

PRESENT: Chaplin, Selmon (8:00 AM - 8:30 AM), Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff (8:00 AM - 8:35 AM), Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay

ABSENT: Covert

Other Board members in attendance: Sam Tornatore and Sheila Rutledge Presenters: Anthony McPhearson Chief Information Officer and Tom Ricker, GIS Manager

Staff in attendance: Paul Bruckner (State's Attorney Office), Mark Winistorfer (State's Attorney Office), Nick Kottmeyer (Chief Administrative Officer), Joan Olson (Chief Communications Officer), Edmond Moore (Undersheriff), Robert Toerpe (Chief), Jeff Martynowicz (Chief Financial Officer), Nick Etminan (Buyer II), Keith Briggs (Chief of Security), Jason Blumenthal (Policy and Program Manager) and Dave Jordan (RMS Manager).

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment was offered.

4. CHAIRWOMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR RENEHAN

Chair Julie Renehan informed the committee that later in the meeting they would be hearing from Chief Information Officer, Anthony McPhearson and GIS Manager, Tom Ricker as they present and give a live demonstration of the new Police Transparency and Crime Stat Portal. Member Ashley Selmon, in her role as Chair of the Technology Committee, along with law enforcement officials, have been collaborating on this for quite some time in order to make the portal available to DuPage County residents. This online portal will be a tool to inform residents of crimes happening in the county. Chair Renehan stressed the importance of this portal not only because it provides transparency to the public, but that it is also a useful tool to the committee to assist them in assessing needs.

In addition, Chair Renehan stated that there is an item up for discussion on the agenda for the Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigations Team (M.E.R.I.T.), which was previously discussed at the August 23 Finance Special Call meeting. She suggested perhaps an annual amount should be approved for the sheriff's budget instead of considering requests individually, but that this will be up for discussion later in the meeting.

Lastly, Chair Renehan announced that a Cook County jury found Sterigenics responsible for exposing individuals to cancer causing emissions and awarded $363M in damages to one survivor.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

A. Judicial/Public Safety Committee - Regular Meeting - Sep 6, 2022 8:00 AM

RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

6. PROCUREMENT REQUISITIONS

A. JPS-P-0264-22 Recommendation for the approval for a contract purchase order to Railex Conveyor Corporation, for the purchase of clothing conveyors and installation, for the Sheriff's Office, for the period September 27, 2022 through September 26, 2023, for a contract total amount not to exceed $72,042.83, per bid #22-079-SHF. (Sheriff's Office)

Member Paula Garcia and Member Dawn DeSart inquired as to how the system works. Undersheriff Edmond Moore responded.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

B. JPS-P-0265-22 Recommendation for the approval for a contract purchase order to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., for the purchase of an X-ray machine with battery charger, for the Sheriff's Office, for a contract total amount not to exceed $42,362.11, per Cooperative Purchasing Agreement Pricing, in compliance with 30 ILCS 525/2 "Governmental Joint Purchasing Act". (Sheriff's Office)

Member Dawn DeSart asked if this X-ray machine will be a new or replacement item and what it will be used for. Undersheriff Moore responded in kind.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

7. RESOLUTIONS

A. FI-R-0378-22 RESOLUTION -- Acceptance and Appropriation of the Donated Funds Initiative Program Grant PY23 - Inter-Governmental Agreement No. FCSBJ00210 - Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 6560 - $103,119. (State's Attorney Office)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

B. Amendment -- JPS-R-0357-22A - Amendment to Resolution JPS-R-0357-22 approving the DuPage County Sheriff Office's Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Emergency Telephone System Board to provide replacement radios for end of life/end of support radios on the DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio System. (Correction of office name-scrivener's error) (Sheriff's Office)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5 SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

8. BUDGET TRANSFERS

A. Budget Transfers -- Transfer of funds from account no. 1190-53828 (contingencies) to account no. 1160-54110-4400 (equipment & machinery-sheriff) in the amount of $114,405 for, based on additional funding contributions, Sheriff Capital projects requested for FY2023 budget to be funded in FY2022: Inmate Property Conveyor System for the County Correctional Center and Portable X-Ray Machine. (Sheriff's Office)

Member Dawn DeSart questioned the accuracy of the dollar amount of this budget transfer and moved to amend it. Jason Blumenthal, Policy and Program Manager, explained that budget transfers are rounded to reflect whole dollar amounts and do not show cents. Member DeSart then withdrew her motion to amend.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Donald Puchalski, Vice Chair AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

B. Budget Transfers -- Transfer of funds from account no. 1190-53828 (contingencies) to account no. 4410-53070 (medical services) in the amount of $100,000 to cover the increase in Arrestee's Medical Services with the Jail Operations. (Sheriff's Office)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

C. Budget Transfers -- Transfer of funds from account no. 1190-53828 (contingencies) to account no. 4400-53090 (other professional services) in the amount of $150,000 to be awarded to MERIT to contribute toward equipment, training supplies, training costs and operational needs. (Sheriff's Office)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Donald Puchalski, Vice Chair SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

Motion to Amend 8.C.

Member Brian Krajewski moved to amend the dollar amount of budget transfer 8.C. from $150,000 to $211,850. Chair Renehan recommended that a one-time annual amount be allocated to the Sheriff's budget for them to work with as opposed to being presented with piecemail requests.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Brian J. Krajewski, District 3 SECONDER: James Zay, District 6 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

Request letter from M.E.R.I.T.

RESULT: HAND OUT

Motion to Approve 8.C. as Amended

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5 SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

9. CHANGE ORDERS

A. Change Order -- County Contract 5071-0001 SERV, issued to Allied Universal Technology Services, to decrease the total contract amount by $17,592.58 and close the contract. (Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - Campus Security)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

B. Change Order -- County Contract 5361-0001 SERV, issued to Forensic Psychology Group, LLC, to decrease the total contract amount by $29,400 and close the contract. (Probation and Court Services)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

C. Consent Item -- County Contract 5279-0001 SERV, issued to Dr. Tara Fullmer, to decrease the total contract amount by $70,300 and close the contract. (Probation and Court Services)

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

10. INFORMATIONALA. Informational -- Public Defender's Office August 2022 Monthly Statistical Report (Public Defender)

Item 10.A. was accepted and placed on file.

RESULT: ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

11. PRESENTATIONS

A. Police Transparency/Crime Stat Portal (Anthony McPhearson, Chief Information Officer)

Chair Renehan introduced Chief Information Officer, Anthony McPhearson and GIS Manager, Tom Ricker and invited them to present to the committee the Police Transparency and Crime Stat Portal. CIO McPhearson began by stressing the importance of this new online tool to not only provide crime data to the 32 law enforcement agencies that partner with DuPage County, but to also make crime statistics available to the residents. He also noted that this portal is in its initial stages and they are able to add more data or remove data if necessary. GIS Manager Ricker then proceeded to give a live demonstration of the new portal and presented a slide show.

At the conclusion of the presentation, a question and answer session followed. Members Dawn DeSart, Jim Zay, Brian Krajewski, Greg Schwarze, Paula Garcia and Vice Chair Puchalski asked various questions about the portal to which CIO McPhearson and GIS Manager Ricker responded.

Chair Renehan praised everyone involved in the creation of this Police Transparency and Crime Stat Portal and feels that this is a great step forward in transparency.

12. OLD BUSINESS

Member Mary Ozog commented on a previous discussion in regard to a proposed $10M structure to be used for the Sheriff's vehicles. While she agrees that it is important to have a structure in which to house these vehicles, she stressed the importance of looking into other more cost effective options. Further, Member Ozog informed the committee that she had contacted a company by the name of Armstrong Steel Corporation in Denver, Colorado to obtain a quote. This quote is attached herein and made a part of these minutes.

Member Ozog also encouraged exploring other options for the location of the inmate garden. She suggested the possibility of creating an indoor hydroponic garden.

Armstrong Steel Corporation - Quote

RESULT: HAND OUT

13. NEW BUSINESS

Member Jim Zay discussed the upcoming renovation of the main entrance to the 421 Administration Building. He stressed the importance of installing magnetometers now and employing staff to monitor them as opposed to waiting and installing them at a later date due to a new affordability from large increase in 2022 County sales tax revenue. Member Zay felt that making the building more secure would be extremely important to the staff employed in the building. Chief of Security, Keith Briggs informed the committee that he is looking into this.

Chair Renehan stated that she was in agreement with Member Zay's suggestion to have magnetometers installed. She went on to say that both herself and Vice Chair Puchalski had met with a security consultant last year about this topic. Their suggestion was to install the magnetometers to increase security at the 421 Building as it is a top priority. Chair Renehan then asked to see a show of hands to see which committee members were interested in discussing this topic further. All members in attendance were in favor.

14. ADJOURNMENT

Motion to Adjourn

Without objection, the meeting was adjourned at 8:43 a.m.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Greg Schwarze, District 6 SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2 AYES: Chaplin, Selmon, Ozog, DeSart, Deacon Garcia, Schwarze, Eckhoff, Krajewski, Puchalski, Renehan, Zay ABSENT: Covert

A. This meeting has been adjourned to Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 8:00 A.M.

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