DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee Meeting, Tuesday 10/20/26

The DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee met on October 20, 2026. It approved a contract for Adriana T. Anderson of Anderson Attorneys and Advisors LLC to provide child-protection guardian ad litem services for juvenile cases, for a term from December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2027, with a contract amount not to exceed $42,000. The committee also approved a contract with the DuPage County Health Department for a court navigator serving participants in the 18th Judicial Circuit from December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2027, not to exceed $48,000. The navigator is a social worker who assists courthouse visitors in finding county and community resources.

The committee approved an amendment to County Contract 6197-1 with Axon Enterprise Inc. for body cameras and tasers for the State’s Attorney’s Office, increasing the contract by $235,837.26 to a new not-to-exceed total of $1,361,661.71. It also considered a $5,965 FY2026 budget transfer for employee health insurance and overtime. Separately, it approved a $300,000 additional appropriation in the Sheriff Commissary Fund; staff explained this corrected an audit-identified accounting entry involving existing inmate-welfare funds and did not represent new money. The listed motions carried without opposition in the transcript.