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Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Board of Directors Met July 22.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1.0 CALL TO ORDER

2.0 ROLL CALL

3.0 PUBLIC COMMENT / SAFETY MESSAGE

4.0 CHAIR

1. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board of Directors Meeting held June 24, 2021.

2. Approval of the Minutes of the Executive Session of the Board of Directors Meeting held June 24, 2021.

3. Approval of the Executive Session Minutes for Public Release.

4. Committee Reports

5. Additional Items

5.0 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

1. Tollway Update

2. Presentation: Move Illinois Update

3. Additional Items

6.0 ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

6.1 FINANCE

1. Renewal of contract issued through the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office with Bank of America, providing the Illinois Tollway with usual and customary banking services and armored car services for a one-year period commencing on September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00.

6.2 FACILITIES AND FLEET OPERATIONS

1. Award of Contract 21-0041 to Precision Control Systems of Chicago, Inc. for the purchase of Building Automation Maintenance, Modification, Parts, and Repair Services in an amount not to exceed $1,438,640.00 (Tollway Sole Source).

2. Award of Contract 21-0037 to Buck Bros., Inc. for the purchase of John Deere Equipment Repair Services in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00 for an initial five-year term and a possible two-year renewal term in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 (Tollway Invitation for Bid).

6.3 ENGINEERING

1. Award of Contract RR-21-4581 to Lizzette Medina & Co., DBA Lizzette Medina Landscape Management for Landscape Planting Improvements, on the Tri-State Tollway and Edens Spur (I-94) from Mile Post 22.1 (Illinois Route 22) to Mile Post 30.0 (Edens Expressway) in the amount of $619,827.20.

2. Award of Contract RR-21-4586 to Demarc Electric and Communications, LLC for ITS Preservation and Rehabilitation, Systemwide in the amount of $1,373,473.19.

3. Award of Contract RR-21-4577R to Robe, Inc. for Plaza Improvements, on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) from Mile Post 39.2 (Plaza 31 O'Hare West) to Mile Post 41.5 (Plaza 32 O'Hare East) and from Mile Post 1.7 (Plaza 47 Halsted Street) to Mile Post 7.3 (Plaza 40 159th Street) in the amount of $1,503,309.85.

4. Extra Work Order on I-18-4699 to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC for I-90 at I-490 Ramp Construction on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) from Mile Post 73.20 (Elmhurst Road) to Mile Post 74.50 (Mount Prospect Road) and Elgin O'Hare Western Access (I-490) at Mile Post 6.25, in the amount of $720,856.74 from $21,949,173.44 to $22,670,030.18.

5. Acceptance of Proposal from ESI Consultants, Ltd. / The Roderick Group, Inc. dba Ardmore Roderick, on Contract RR-20-4522 for Construction Management Services Upon Request, Systemwide, in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00.

6. Acceptance of Proposal from R.M. Chin & Associates, Inc., on Contract RR-21-9229 for Construction Management Services Upon Request, Systemwide, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00.

7. Acceptance of Proposal from GSG Consultants, Inc., on Contract I-21-4735 for Design Services for Geotechnical and Environmental Services Upon Request, on the Elgin O’Hare Western Access (EOWA), in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00.

8. Acceptance of Proposal from Atlas Engineering Group, Ltd., on Contract RR-21-4569 for Construction Management Services for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Services Upon Request, Systemwide, in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.00.

9. Acceptance of Proposal from Huff & Huff, Inc. / Kaskaskia Engineering, on Contract RR-21-4571 for Environmental Studies Upon Request, Systemwide, in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00.

10. Award of Contract 21-0004 to Independent Recycling Services, Inc. for the purchase of Roadway Sweepings Pickup and Disposal Services in an amount not to exceed $1,047,630.00 for an initial three-year term and a possible four-year renewal term in an amount not to exceed $1,396,840.00 (Tollway Invitation for Bid).

6.4 LEGAL

1. Amendment to Land Acquisition Resolution 22264 for the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project (EOWA) to add 23 parcels that may need to be acquired by condemnation. See ISTHA v. DiBenedetto. Cost to the Tollway: As discussed in Executive Session.

2. Authorization to Settle/Resolve Dispute. As discussed in Executive Session.

3. Authorization to Settle/Resolve Dispute. As discussed in Executive Session.

6.5 BUSINESS SYSTEMS–OPERATIONS

1. Award of Contract 21-0043 to Kapsch TrafficCom USA, Inc. for the purchase of I-PASS Transponders and Transponder Equipment in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 (Tollway Sole Source).

6.6 DIVERSITY

1. Award of Contract 19-0097R to Inner-City Underwriting Agency, Inc. and The Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc. (d.b.a. The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc.) for the purchase of Tollway Technical Assistance Services in an aggregate amount not to exceed $9,556,856.00 for an initial three-year term and a possible two-year renewal term in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,371,237.33 (Tollway Request for Proposal).

2. Renewal of Contract 17-0057 with Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership for the purchase of Workforce Development Technical Assistance Initiative Services in an amount not to exceed $1,330,835.80 (Tollway Request for Proposal).

7.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION

8.0 UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9.0 NEW BUSINESS

10.0 ADJOURNMENT

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