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Chicago Transit Authority Board met November 15.

Here is the minutes as provided by the board:

Minutes: Finance Audit and Budget Committee. November 15th, 2017.

Noticed for immediately following earlier committee; Commenced at 2:20 pm.

Agenda: The posted agenda for the meeting can be found at www.transitchicago.com, “About CTA”,

“Transit Board Meetings”, “Meeting Notices, Agendas, and Minutes”, “11/15/2017”, “Committee on

Finance Audit, and Budget”, “Agenda”.

Roll Call: Present: Committee Chairman Silva, Irvine, Peterson, Youngblood, Miller, (Alva Rosales

absent). There was a quorum of five committee members present.

Committee Action: The Committee reviewed the Finance report and approved the October 11th,

2017 committee minutes.

Then, after extensive review by the Committee, Chairman Silva asked for a motion to place the

recommended approved items on the omnibus for Board approval. The recommended items included

all agenda items.

After the motion was moved and seconded, the motion was approved with five yes votes. The

recommended omnibus contained the following items:

1 An ordinance authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Chicago and the

Chicago Park District to acquire easements on and over property located at Challenger Park at

Seminary and Montrose Avenue and Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois, for the Red and Purple

Modernization Project

2 An ordinance authorizing an addendum for an intergovernmental agreement with Community

College District 508 for the development and facilitation of a Customer Service Training

Program.

3 Contract Number B17OP00219: $27,500,000.00

4 Contract Number B17OP00096: $365,000.00

5 Contract Number B17OP00706: $1,400,000.00

6 Contract Number C13FT101361482: ($883,564.81)

7 Contract Number B17OP00516: $400,000.00

8 Contract Number C15FI101649246: $8,395,277.00

9 Contract Number B17OP04520: $930,000.00

10 Contract Number C17FR1020400178: $500,000.00

11 Contract Number B16OP03752: $1,674,465.00

12 Contract Number B16OP80046R2: $400,000.00

Motion to Adjourn: Chairman Silva asked for a motion to adjourn the Finance, Audit, and

Budget committee meeting of November 15, 2017. After the motion was moved, the motion was

approved by unanimous voice vote.