Will County Forest Preserve District Operations Committee Met March 31.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
A. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Chair Winfrey at 8:35 AM.
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Winfrey led the Pledge of Allegiance.
C. ROLL CALL
| Attendee Name | Title | Status | Arrived |
| Judy Ogalla | District 1 (R - Monee) | Remote | |
| Donald Gould | District 6 (R - Shorewood) | Remote | |
| Steve Balich | District 7 (R - Homer Glen) | Remote | |
| Mike Fricilone | District 7 (R - Homer Glen) | Remote | |
| Jim Moustis | District 2 (R - Frankfort) | Remote | |
| Jacqueline Traynere | District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) | Remote | |
| Denise E. Winfrey | Chair | Present | |
| Tyler Marcum | Treasurer | Remote | |
| Amanda Koch | District 2 (D - Frankfort) | Remote | |
| Meta Mueller | District 5 (D - Aurora) | Remote | |
| Joe VanDuyne | President | Present | |
| Rachel Ventura | Vice President | Remote | |
| Mimi Cowan | Speaker, District 11 (D - Naperville) | Absent | |
| Sherry Newquist | Vice Chair | Absent | |
| Mica Freeman | Secretary | Remote | |
| Debbie Kraulidis | District 13 (R - Joliet) | Remote | |
| Ralph Schultz | Chief Operating Officer | Present | |
| George Mahoney | Attorney | Present | |
| Hannah Lamore | Attorney | Present | |
| Lisa Lukasevich | Director of Finance | Present | |
| Denise Steffen | Director of Information Technology | Present |
1. Minutes of March 3, 2021
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
MOVER: Steve Balich, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) SECONDER: Jacqueline Traynere, District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
F. NEW BUSINESS
1. Award of Contract in the Amount of $59,784.00 to V3 Companies, Ltd. for 2021 Braidwood Sands Area Habitat Management
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Donald Gould, District 6 (R - Shorewood) SECONDER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Judy Ogalla, District 1 (R - Monee) SECONDER: Steve Balich, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jacqueline Traynere, District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) SECONDER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) SECONDER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) SECONDER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) SECONDER: Jacqueline Traynere, District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [10 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jacqueline Traynere, District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) SECONDER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Koch, Mueller, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
No closed session occurred on March 31, 2021.
H. REPORTS
1. Contract Award for Janitorial Services at Monee Reservoir and Plum Creek Nature Center
Chief Operating Officer Schultz explained that contracts in an amount less than $20,000.00 are within Administrative Authority of the Chief Operating Officer per the Forest Preserve District's Procurement Ordinance. The Contract for Janitorial Services at Monee Reservoir and Plum Creek Nature Center was awarded to Total Facility Maintenance of Wood Dale, IL in the amount of $18,720.00.
2. Next Meeting Date - Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:30 AM at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois
I. COMMENTS BY PUBLIC
J. COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Moustis inquired about the Forest Preserve's posting of job opportunities. Chief Operating Officer Schultz responded the District's Human Resource department posts hiring opportunities on our website, with outside hiring agencies, and at local college/universities. Commissioner Moustis would like the Forest Preserve to widen advertising. Schultz concurred with Moustis and would look into additional agencies and mimic the practices of the County.
K. ADJOURNMENT
1. Meeting was adjourned at 8:46 AM
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) SECONDER: Steve Balich, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Marcum, Koch, Mueller, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman, Kraulidis ABSENT: Cowan, Newquist |
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