Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/7/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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14-0504 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE 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 approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0465 1 Clauss Brothers, Streamwood, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED 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 Preservesrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0469 1 Plata Corporation, Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED 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 approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0470 1 Cornerstone Contracting, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED 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 Developmentrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0471 1 AGAE Contractors, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED 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 Courserecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0475 1 Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED 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 approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0464 1 Pizzo and Associates, Leland, IllinoisBid RecommendationPROPOSED 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 approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0466 1 Trees R Us, Wauconda, IllinoisBid RecommendationPROPOSED 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 mrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0467 1 Vega Tree Service, Northlake, IllinoisBid RecommendationPROPOSED 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 Concrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0479 1 Corporate Fund Analysis of Revenue & ExpensesReportREPORT 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 filingPass Action details Not available