Will County Capital Improvements Committee met Nov. 1.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Ray Tuminello called the meeting to order at 12:31 PM
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Ray Tuminello Chair Present
Mike Fricilone Vice Chair Present
Gloria Dollinger Member Present
Gretchen Fritz Member Present
Charles E. Maher Member Present
Donald A. Moran Member Present
Annette Parker Member Absent
Beth Rice Member Absent
Denise E. Winfrey Member Present
Also Present: J. Moustis, H. Brooks and R. Freitag.
Present from State's Attorney's Office: M. Tatroe.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Ms. Fritz led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
IV. OLD BUSINESS
1. Authorizing the Will County Executive to Accept the Project Control Estimate for the Health Department Project and Commence Construction and Post Construction Phase Services (Dave Tkac)
Mr. Tuminello stated after the Finance meeting I hoped to have a more direct affirmative we were all going to be on board. It does not seem we have gotten to that place, there are just more questions. Does this Committee have a desire to approve this today, go one more week or take it to the County Board meeting? I don’t know if we what we saw today will be the budget or not.
Mr. Brooks asked shouldn’t the budget come first?
Mr. Moustis replied yes, the budget comes first. If there is not an approved budget to support this, then I would not move this forward. I did not hear any clear direction from the Finance Committee. There was support for Health Department and the cuts, but there was no decision on the cuts and you need to wait.
Mr. Brooks stated I support seeing a budget first to see what the cuts will include and how we are going to come up funds with moving forward. That is important to me. In Finance I was asked if my caucus was on board; I can only answer after I see where the cuts will be.
Mr. Fricilone stated that is what we went over in Finance, this is what we are recommending bringing forward.
Mr. Moustis stated we have to agree on a budget first.
Mr. Moran stated we are staying we could put this off until the first of December and that will have an effect on the critical path, as we are getting into the winter weather. Are we going to delay the other bid openings because we won’t have a budget for another month? We don’t know where they will be, but we know we have to make $3.2 million in cuts. There are no details hammered out and we won’t have them hammered out for another month. Are we going to do the project or not? If we are taking $100,000 from one place or another, we are still going to this and wind up with the same budget. We all agree we are going to do this project, why can’t we say we are on board with whatever the cuts need to be.
Mr. Maher asked is it sustainable? If we commit to this project I want to make sure we can afford to go forward with the project.
Mr. Moustis stated there was an entire strategy done on the bonding and how the debt would be put on and how it would roll off. We have stabilized the dollar amounts through a period and income growth is part of the plan.
Mr. Maher asked how do those previous decisions impact what we are trying to do today?
Mrs. Dollinger stated on the new budget, the debt service would be the money we are looking for to move forward with the Health Department.
Mr. Tuminello replied in the affirmative.
Ms. Fritz stated the Executive’s Office said they generally don’t put debt service into the budget and our putting it in is fine.
Mr. Moustis stated the Executive’s Office always forces the Board to make the cuts. They put stuff in the budget and force the County to make cuts; that is the reason it has never been put in. The County Board makes the cuts and more has been made about the cuts over the last couple of years. We need to discuss the proposed cuts and see if they will have support.
Mr. Brooks asked who should make the cuts?
Mr. Moustis answered if you want the project we have to make cuts, if you don’t want the project we can leave all the stuff in the current budget.
Ms. Winfrey stated I absolutely support the Health Department project and I would not vote for anything that did not support it. I know there will have to be cuts and what was proposed may end up shifting cuts into one spot more than another. I don’t need to have the cuts finalized in order to move forward with the Health Department. There will be cuts and we will figure out where. We will talk with departments over the next few weeks to get clarification. Mr. Dubois talked about how the cuts will affect Land Use and Ms. Haldorson talked about Sunny Hill. Those discussions will happen, we will sort it out and get to a final number, but we will go forward with the Health Department.
Mr. Fricilone stated Land Use is not a problem, the money was moved to contingency and it will be moved back, so it is a wash. The same thing with Sunny Hill. Ms. Haldorson is concerned about some stuff but I think she is going to get the money she is owed from the State of Illinois and if not, we have always taken care of that if necessary. We are assuming the money will come in and created the budget that way. She may have $300,000; and we may not; but that has been the typical thing to do, put cushion in and we just took the cushion out, we made everyone even and we will make them whole at the end, if there is a problem. The list should not change. We will move money back into Land Use, if that is the case, where it needs to be. These are the cuts and increases we have suggested.
Ms. Olenek stated I am asking the Committee to please move forward with the amount that needs to be cut and meet with the departments that can facilitate that. The longer the project goes on, the costs will continue to go up tremendously and then we are at risk of the project even happening. Our building will not last. This needs to happen and it needs to happen as quickly as possible. My staff and I have spent hundreds of hours on this project. We have taken hours away from our programs and our community services to dedicate to this, so we do the right thing and have the right kind of building. I really wish we could put all of this aside and get the project going.
Mr. Tkac asked to fund the Health Department project do we need a second bond issuance in January or February?
Mr. Fricilone replied yes.
Mr. Tkac continued I was under the impression we had a decent balance, sufficient to fund the project. I know we will need additional revenue.
Mr. Fricilone stated it is most strategic for us, after talking with bond council, to do it soon and the end of January was suggested as a good timeframe to get the bonds. Rates are increasing and they are not going to stop increasing, it is most advantageous to us. Just as it is most advantageous to build sooner than later because of rising costs, it is advantageous to do the bonding now versus later.
RESULT: MOVED FORWARD [5 TO 2]
TO: Will County Board
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Denise E. Winfrey, Member
AYES: Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Moran, Winfrey
NAYS: Tuminello, Maher
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
2. Awarding Contract to Abbey Paving & Sealcoating Co., for Asphalt Paving, Signage and Striping at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Charles E. Maher, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
3. Awarding Contract to Abbey Paving & Sealcoating Company Inc., for Site Concrete at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Gretchen Fritz, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
4. Awarding Contract to Bisping Construction Company, for Earthwork at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Gretchen Fritz, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
5. Awarding Contract to Nesko Electric Co., for Site Electric at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Gretchen Fritz, Member
SECONDER: Donald A. Moran, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
6. Awarding Contract to Cecchin Plumbing and Heating Inc., for Site Utilities at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Charles E. Maher, Member
SECONDER: Denise E. Winfrey, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
7. Awarding Contract to Allied Landscaping Corporation, for Landscaping/Site Furnishing at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Denise E. Winfrey, Member
SECONDER: Donald A. Moran, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
8. Awarding Contract to Environmental Cleansing Corporation, for Building Demolition at the Will County Public Health Department
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Denise E. Winfrey, Member
SECONDER: Donald A. Moran, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
V. OTHER OLD BUSINESS
VI. NEW BUSINESS
1. Awarding Contract to ComEd for the Will County Courthouse
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Denise E. Winfrey, Member
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
VII. OTHER NEW BUSINESS
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT
IX. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT / ANNOUNCEMENTS
X. EXECUTIVE SESSION
XI. ADJOURNMENT
1. Motion to Adjourn at 12:47 PM
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Donald A. Moran, Member
SECONDER: Mike Fricilone, Vice Chair
AYES: Tuminello, Fricilone, Dollinger, Fritz, Maher, Moran, Winfrey
ABSENT: Parker, Rice
XII. NEXT MEETING - NOVEMBER 13, 2018
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