DuPage County Public Works Committee Meeting, Tuesday 10/20/26

The DuPage County Public Works Committee meeting on October 20, 2026, approved budget transfers and procurement actions. The committee approved a contract with Warehouse Direct, not to exceed $35,000, for plastic trash items and can openers after the initially selected supplier declined to provide service. It also approved a three-year elevator and escalator capital-improvement contract capped at $4,362,739; a 100-kilowatt standby diesel generator purchase for $182,890; and a JLG T250 electric boom lift purchase for $23,460.50. Additional approvals included engineering services for sanitary-sewer work ($26,500) and water-system design and engineering services ($375,000), a $35,000 plastic-resin supply contract with Poly Bag Corporation, and grant-related items for $60,165 and $300,000. Several expiring contracts were also reduced and closed; the transcript identifies reductions including $13,115.16, $29,387.665, $22,840, $29,342.51, and $2,314.78. Motions on the procurement items were reported as carried.

Staff presented a four-year water and sewer rate study prepared by Burns & McDonnell. Proposed water and sewer rate increases of approximately 3.9% for 2027 were discussed as necessary to support capital improvements and regulatory compliance; no action was taken at this meeting, and the rate ordinance is expected to return for committee and final approval in November. The committee also approved the minutes and budget transfers. No other procurement policy change was identified.