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PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Department of Resource Management
Action: Authorization to disburse payment
Payee: Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Palos Conservation Corps and Forest Preserve Experience programs
Fiscal Impact: $111,762.02
Accounts: Professional Services 51030.520840; and Grants & Mitigation 51010.521314
Contract Number(s): #74000002912 and #74000006695
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: Payment for expenses related to execution of the Palos Conservation Corps and Forest Preserve Experience programs pursuant to the contracts originally approved by the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) Board of Commissioners on 11/14/2017 (Board Item No. 17-0390 and Board Item No. 17-0388). These employment programs are administered by Friends of the Forest Preserves and provide youth and young adult participants with paid environmental education and job skills training within the conservation field, with a focus on ecological restoration in the Forest Preserves.
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