1. ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 2016
JIM HEALY
DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD MEMBER

2. DUPAGE ACT INITIATIVE
DuPage ACT (Accountability, Consolidation and Transparency)
ACT is a comprehensive County reform program designed to improve efficiency, reduce duplication and encourage resource sharing
In 2011, DuPage County examined its appointed agencies
To date, projected more than $100 million in savings
Creating a “culture of sharing”

3. SHARED SERVICES We’ve experienced real savings in several departments:
Transportation
Public Works
Information Technology/GIS

4. SHARED SERVICES Transportation Road salt contract Signal contracts
Century Hill Street Lighting District
DuPage Forest Preserve District fuel

5. SHARED SERVICES Public Works Vactor Station Youth Home
DuPage MPI Partnership

6. SHARED SERVICES Information Technology/GIS
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)
Forest Preserve GIS
Pictometry Online Cloud Sharing

7. OTHER SAVINGS Employee benefits reforms ($20 million over 20 years)
DuPage Water Commission (quarter-cent sales tax eliminated, saving $36.5 million annually)
Election Commission reforms ($3 million)
Four consolidated/dissolved units (Timberlake Estates, Fairview Fire, Fair & Exposition Authority, Century Hill)
Flat property tax rate since 2008

8. WHAT’S NEXT?
DuPage ACT (Accountability, Consolidation and Transparency)
Greater collaboration among government agencies
Changing the culture
Must challenge the status quo
“Is there a better way?”

9. Thank You!