Meeting date/time:
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10/7/2014
10:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Final
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Meeting location:
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Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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14-0504
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE REPORT
Committee Name: Finance Subcommittee on Workers’ Compensation
Committee Date: October 7, 2014
Workers’ Compensation Claims approved Fiscal Year 2014 to Present: $314,145.68
Lien Recovery approved Fiscal Year 2014 to Present: $25,000.00
Workers’ Compensation Claims to be Approved: $62,890.85
*For deatails on payment approvals refer to the Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee Report for 10/7/14. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0465
| 1 | | Clauss Brothers, Streamwood, Illinois | Disbursement | PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Resource Management
Action: Authorization to disburse payments over $150,000.00
Payee: Clauss Brothers, Streamwood, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Tree planting and landscaping services
Fiscal Impact: $196,635.59
Accounts: Emerald Ash Borer Tree Planting, 09-6753
Contract Number(s): 12-31-105
Summary: This contract provides for tree planting and landscape services throughout the Preserves | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0469
| 1 | | Plata Corporation, Chicago, Illinois | Disbursement | PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Planning & Development
Action: Disbursement Approval
Payee: Plata Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services
Fiscal Impact: $190,899.14
Accounts: 25-6710 Building Account
Contract Number(s): 13-80-01-G3R3
Summary: North Police Headquarters, Highland Woods Golf Course, Crabtree Nature Center, Deer Grove Sub-Division Headquarters and Northwest Resource Management Headquarters. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0470
| 1 | | Cornerstone Contracting, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois | Disbursement | PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Planning & Development
Action: Disbursement Approval
Payee: Cornerstone Contracting, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services
Fiscal Impact: $1,046,989.53
Accounts: 25-6730 Camp Account
Contract Number(s): 13-80-03-006-C
Summary: Camp Bull Frog/Maple Lake Development | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0471
| 1 | | AGAE Contractors, Inc., Chicago, Illinois | Disbursement | PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Planning & Development
Action: Disbursement Approval
Payee: AGAE Contractors, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services
Fiscal Impact: $216,000.00
Accounts: 25-6710 Building Account
Contract Number(s): 13-80-01-G4R1
Summary: Life Safety, ADA, Locker Room Upgrades & Roof Replacement at Thorn Creek Maintenance H.Q., Calumet Maintenance H.Q., Tinley Creek Canine Center, Tinley Creek Resource Management H.Q. and River Oaks Golf Course | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0475
| 1 | | Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, Illinois | Disbursement | PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Resource Management
Action: Request to disburse payment
Payee: Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps (CCLC) internship program, Summer 2014
Fiscal Impact: $200,000.00
Accounts: Intern Programs 09-6758, Habitat Restoration 09-6750
Contract Number(s): 13-31-118
Summary: The CCLC program is a six week internship that engaged 60 youth and 18 leaders in hands-on restoration and ecologically based educational activities throughout the Forest Preserves. Friends of the Forest Preserves and their partner the Student Conservation Association worked with District staff at several host sites to promote stewardship of natural lands by the next generation of conservation leaders. | not recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0464
| 1 | | Pizzo and Associates, Leland, Illinois | Bid Recommendation | PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Preserves”) to enter into a contract with Pizzo and Associates, Leland, Illinois.
Reason: Contract #14-31-116 consists of invasive brush removal for ecological management on sixty-one (61) acres at Swallow Cliff Woods in the Palos Preserve.
Bid Opening Date: 8/27/2014
Bid Results:
1. Pizzo and Associates $52,316.13
2. Homer Tree Service $144,999.99
3. Trees R Us $182,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $52,316.13
Contract Period: Twenty-Four (24) months from notice to proceed.
Account Name/Number: Habitat Restoration, 10-6750
District(s): 17
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance provision.
The Chief Attorney and Chief Financial Officer have approved this item. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0466
| 1 | | Trees R Us, Wauconda, Illinois | Bid Recommendation | PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Preserves”) to enter into a contract with Trees R Us, Wauconda, Illinois
Reason: Contract #14-31-113 consists of the removal, topping or pruning of two thousand and thirty-nine trees (2,039), which includes thirty-three (33) that require stumping, six (6) that require pruning, and seven (7) additional stumps (due mostly to the impacts of Emerald Ash Borer), in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 4, Skokie Division. Trees R Us was the lowest responsible bidder of the four (4) bidders.
Bid Opening Date: 9/24/2014
Bid Results:
1. Trees R Us $247,680.00
2. Pizzo & Associates $312,250.00
3. GroundsKeeper Landscape $424,000.00
4. Homer Tree Service $596,558.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $247,680.00
Contract Period: Ninety (90) working days from the issuance of notice to proceed
Account Name/Number: Vegetation Management, 09-914-6754
District(s): 13 and 14
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has m | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0467
| 1 | | Vega Tree Service, Northlake, Illinois | Bid Recommendation | PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Preserves”) to enter into a contract with Vega Tree Service, Northlake, Illinois
Reason: Contract #14-31-118 consists of the removal, topping or pruning of three thousand seven hundred and sixty-four trees (3,764), which includes thirty-five (35) that require pruning (due mostly to the impacts of Emerald Ash Borer), in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 4, Skokie Division. Vega Tree Service was the lowest responsible bidder of the four (4) bidders.
Bid Opening Date: 9/24/2014
Bid Results:
1. Vega Tree Service $333,750.00
2. Groundskeeper Landscape $459,000.00
3. Trees R Us $466,736.00
4. Homer Tree Service $531,990.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $333,750.00
Contract Period: Ninety (90) working days from the issuance of notice to proceed
Account Name/Number: EAB Tree Removal, 09-914-6756, EAB Tree Removal, 09-914-6756 and Habitat Restoration, 09-914-6750
District(s): 13 and 14
Conc | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-0479
| 1 | | Corporate Fund Analysis of Revenue & Expenses | Report | REPORT
Department: Finance & Administration
Request: Receive and File
Report Title: Corporate Fund Analysis of Revenue & Expenses
Report Period: 8/1/2014 - 8/31/2014
Summary: Detailed Fund Analysis Report for August 2014. | recommend for receving and filing | Pass |
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