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DeKalb County Law & Justice Committee met Sept. 23

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Scott Campbell, County Board Member | DeKalb County

Scott Campbell, County Board Member | DeKalb County

DeKalb County Law & Justice Committee met Sept. 23.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Agenda

3. Approval of Minutes

a. Minutes from August 26, 2024

4. Public Comments

Any member of the public may address the Committee for up to 3 minutes on any topic of their choosing. There will be no yielding of time to other members of the public and agenda time for public comments is limited to 30 minutes in total.

5. Presentations / Discussions

a. Circuit Clerk’s Annual Report

b. 2025 Squad Car Purchases

6. Resolutions

a. Resolution R2024-102—A Resolution Authorizing the Procurement of Eight (8) 2025 Ford Utility Interceptor Vehicles from Currie Motors Fleet, in the Amount of $361,256.

The DeKalb County Sheriff desires to procure eight 2025 Ford Utility Interceptor Vehicles as part of the Sheriff’s Office’s seven-year vehicle replacement cycle. The vehicles would replace seven (7) 2018 patrol squads and one (1) 2016 patrol squad. Consistent with the DeKalb County Procurement Policy, the vehicles would be procured through the State of Illinois’s Vehicle Joint Cooperative Purchasing Program. Each vehicle represents a cost of $45,157, for a total of $361,256 for the eight vehicles.

The expenditure has been budgeted for through contributions to the Asset Replacement Fund by the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff has the authority to authorize the procurement but seeks County Board approval to add additional transparency to the procurement process.

7. Reports

a. Sheriff’s Office

b. Court Services

c. Public Defender

8. FY2025 Budget

a. FY2025 Budget Appeals

County Board Members and Department Heads are provided with the opportunity to file an appeal concerning Administration budget recommendations. Appeals must be filed by September 22, 2024 and will be reviewed by the appropriate Board Committee. If the Committee concurs with the appeal, it will then be forwarded to the Finance & Administration Committee for a decision in November.

b. Committee’s Questions & Review of Departments’ FY2025 Budget Requests 9. Old Business

10. New Business

11. Adjournment

https://dekalbcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/packet-lj-09232024.pdf