Will County Forest Preserve District Operations Committee met Feb. 2.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
A. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Chair Winfrey at 8:30 AM.
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Berkowicz 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 | Arrived |
| 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) | Late | |
| Denise E. Winfrey | Chair | Remote | |
| Tyler Marcum | Treasurer | Remote | |
| Amanda Koch | District 2 (D - Frankfort) | Absent | |
| Meta Mueller | District 5 (D - Aurora) | Remote | |
| Joe VanDuyne | President | Present | |
| Rachel Ventura | Vice President | Remote | |
| Mimi Cowan | Speaker, District 11 (D - Naperville) | Remote | |
| Sherry Newquist | Vice Chair | Late | |
| Mica Freeman | Secretary | Remote | |
| Debbie Kraulidis | District 13 (R - Joliet) | Remote | |
| Ralph Schultz | Executive Director | Present | |
| George Mahoney | Attorney | Remote | |
| Hannah Lamore | Attorney | Remote | |
| Tracy Chapman | Deputy Director | Present |
1. Minutes of January 5, 2022
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
MOVER: Donald Gould, District 6 (R - Shorewood) SECONDER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
E. OLD BUSINESS - NONE
F. NEW BUSINESS
1. Award of Contracts in the Amount of $384,425.00 to Natural Resource Management, Inc. of Beecher, Illinois, for Ecological Management at Monee Reservoir, Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve, McKinley Woods Preserve, Hickory Creek Preserve, Hadley Valley Preserve, Messenger Woods Nature Preserve, and Forked Creek Preserve
Commissioner Moustis inquired about the funding for this project. Executive Director Schultz responded the funding for these projects is mostly funded through the C&D budget with license fees, partnership, and bond funding picking up the remainder.
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Donald Gould, District 6 (R - Shorewood) SECONDER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Judy Ogalla, District 1 (R - Monee) SECONDER: Jacqueline Traynere, District 4 (D - Bolingbrook) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) SECONDER: Judy Ogalla, District 1 (R - Monee) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Judy Ogalla, District 1 (R - Monee) SECONDER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 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, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) SECONDER: Judy Ogalla, District 1 (R - Monee) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) SECONDER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) SECONDER: Jim Moustis, District 2 (R - Frankfort) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
TO: Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners MOVER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) SECONDER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
No closed session occurred on February 2, 2022.
H. REPORTS
1. Capital Projects Quarterly Status Report
2. Annual Vandalism Report
3. Annual ADA Transition Plan Report
Executive Director Schultz gave a brief overview explaining the transition plan was prepared based on a comprehensive accessibility assessment conducted by the National Center on Accessibility (NCA) in 2008 in which NCA reviewed 33 forest preserves, 16 buildings, and the Forest Preserve's programs, services, activities, and administrative operations. The Plan outlined the removal of 1,086 deficiencies. At the time of adoption, the Forest Preserve was well underway with removal of many of these deficiencies due to ongoing planning and construction projects contained in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and a separate agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to the Sugar Creek Administration Center.
4. Quarterly Ordinance Ticket Report
5. Annual Forest Preserve District of Will County Small Business Enterprise Initiative Report
6. Annual Bid and RFP Report
7. Plum Creek Greenway Trail Informational Open House Summary Report
8. Next Meeting Date - Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 8:30 AM at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL
I. COMMENTS BY PUBLIC
No comments were received.
J. COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS
K. ADJOURNMENT
1. Meeting was adjourned at 9:07 AM
| RESULT: APPROVED [11 TO 0]
MOVER: Mike Fricilone, District 7 (R - Homer Glen) SECONDER: Meta Mueller, District 5 (D - Aurora) AYES: Ogalla, Gould, Balich, Fricilone, Moustis, Traynere, Winfrey, Mueller, Cowan, Newquist, Kraulidis ABSENT: Koch NOT VOTING: Marcum, VanDuyne, Ventura, Freeman |
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