Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/18/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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14-0547 1 Finance Subcommittee on Worker’s CompensationCommittee MinutesCOMMITTEE REPORT Committee Name: Finance Subcommittee on Worker’s Compensation Committee Date: 11/18/2014recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0550 1 Finance Subcommittee on LitigationCommittee MinutesCOMMITTEE REPORT Committee Name: Finance Subcommittee on Litigation Committee Date: 11/18/2014recommend for approval as amendedPass Action details Not available
14-0514 1 Burling Builders, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Burling Builders, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $237,408.75 Accounts: Camp Account, 25-6730 Contract Number(s): 13-80-03-003C Summary: Camp Sullivan Development, Phase 1recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0515 1 Matthew Paving, Oak Lawn, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Matthew Paving, Oak Lawn, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $232,245.40 Accounts: Recreation Account, 25-6760 Contract Number(s): 13-80-02-01C4 Summary: Picnic Groves Drainage and Accessibility Improvements at the following 15 locations: Busse Forest Beisner Road, Sunset Bridge Meadow, Blue Star Memorial Woods, Bunker Hill, Forest Glen Woods, Harms Woods South, Harms Woods North, Labagh Woods, Linne Woods, Brookfield Woods, Cermak Woods, National Grove North, Palos Park Woods North, Midlothian Meadow and Elizabeth Conkey Forest North.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0516 1 Burling Builders, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Burling Builders, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $158,049.00 Accounts: Building Account, 25-6710 Contract Number(s): 13-80-01-G3R1 & G3R2 Summary: Construction services of New Metal Buildings at the Central Garage, Palos Trails Headquarters and Thorn Creek Maintenance Division Headquarters.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0517 1 Matthew Paving, Oak Lawn, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Matthew Paving, Oak Lawn, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $830,626.18 Accounts: Trails, 25-6780 Contract Number(s): 10-80-79G Summary: Orland Grassland Bicycle Trail Projectrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0518 1 J & R 1st in Asphalt, Inc., Hickory Hills, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: J & R 1st in Asphalt, Inc., Hickory Hills, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $186,231.62 Accounts: Recreation, 25-6760 Recreation Contract Number(s): 13-80-02-07C1 Summary: Schiller Model Airplane Flying Fieldrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0526 1 Cornerstone Contracting, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Cornerstone Contracting, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $442,588.28 Accounts: Camp, 25-6730 Contract Number(s): 13-80-03-006-C Summary: Camp Bullfrog/Maple Lake Developmentrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0535 1 Ariens Company, Brillion, WisconsinDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Facilities and Fleet Maintenance Action: Vendor Payment Payee: Ariens Company, Brillion, Wisconsin Good(s) or Service(s): Gravely Mowers, Propane Regulator and Conversion Kits and Parts Fiscal Impact: $199,917.12 Accounts: Vehicles and Trucks, 09-6625 Contract Number(s): N/A Summary: This disbursement is for sixteen (16) 72 inch propane mowers, parts and propane regulator and conversion kits.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0537 1 University of Illinois, Champaign, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Resource Management Action: Request to disburse payment for Invoice #004-000 Payee: University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Developing the Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan Fiscal Impact: $150,666.77 Contract is not to exceed $1.3 million for completion of the initial plan. Funding of additional work under the IGA would be approved by the Board on a year-to-year basis with a maximum of five (5) years. Accounts: Habitat Restoration, 09-6750 Contract Number(s): FPD 2014-01101 Summary: The Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois is developing the Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan to be completed, produced, and distributed by 12/31/2014 as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Forest Preserves of Cook County.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0552 1 Old Veteran Construction, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisDisbursementPROPOSED DISBURSEMENT Department(s): Planning and Development Action: Disbursement Approval Payee: Old Veteran Construction, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $239,916.55 Accounts: Recreation, 25-6760 Contract Number(s): 13-80-02-15C1-R Summary: Picnic Shelter Improvements at the following locations: Hansen Woods #2, Busse Woods #12, Busse Woods #26, Deer Grove East #1, #2, #3 and #4, Deer Grove #1, #4 and #5, Fullerton Woods, Harms Woods #5, Forest Glen Woods, St. Paul Woods #1, #2, #3 and #4, Brookfield Woods, Schuth’s Grove, Plum Creek #1, Schubert’s Woods #1, Dixmoor Playfield, Dan Ryan #11 and Eggers Grove #1.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0522 1 Robe, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisBid RecommendationPROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION Presented by: ARNOLD RANDALL, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Department: Planning and Development Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to enter into a contract with Robe, Inc., Chicago, Illinois for waterproofing at the Preserve’s Hal Tyrell Trailside Museum Reason: Contract 13-80-01-G6R3C-2 Waterproofing at Hal Tyrell Trailside Museum. This work is for construction services and includes the installation of underground waterproofing and replacement of basement windows. Bid Opening Date: 10/3/2014 Bid Results: Firm Bid Amount 1. Robe Inc. $78,368.40 2. Path construction Company, Inc. $116,000.00 Because Robe Inc. has been awarded contracts exceeding $150,000 this year, Board approval of this item is required. Estimated Fiscal Impact: $78,368.00 Contract Period: 120 days after issuance of Notice To Proceed Account Name/Number: Building Accounts 25-6710, 51-6710, 52-6710, 54-6710 District: 9 Concurrence(s): The vendor has met the Minority and Women Busirecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
14-0523 1 GroundsKeeper Landscape Services, Orland Park, ILBid RecommendationPROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION Presented by: ARNOLD RANDALL, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Department: Resource Management Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the ‘Preserves’) to enter into a contract with GroundsKeeper Landscape Services, Orland Park, IL. Reason: Contract #14-31-121 consists of the removal, topping, or pruning of eight hundred forty-seven (847) trees (due mostly to the impacts of the Emerald Ash Borer), in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 8, Tinley Creek Division. GroundsKeeper was the lowest responsible bidder of the three (3) bidders. Bid Opening Date: 10/24/2014 Bid Results: 1. GroundsKeeper Landscape Services $95,500.00 2. Homer Tree Service $116,375.00 3. Trees R Us, Inc $338,800.00 GroundsKeeper Landscape Services has been awarded contracts exceeding $150,000.00 this year. Board approval of this item is required. Estimated Fiscal Impact: $95,500.00 Contract Period: Sixty (60) working days from the issuance of notice to proceed. Account Name/Number: EAB Tree Removal, 09recommend for approval  Action details Not available
14-0544 1 Corporate Fund Analysis of Revenue & Expenses 9/1/2014 - 9/30/2014ReportREPORT Department: Finance and Administration Request: Receive and File Report Title: Corporate Fund Analysis of Revenue & Expenses Report Period: 9/1/2014 - 9/30/2014 Summary: Detailed Fund Analysis Report for September 2014recommend for receving and filingPass Action details Not available