Thursday, July 19, 2012

Government At Work

Thursday, July 19 --
6:00 p.m. -- McHenry County Conservation District Board of Trustees –
Meeting in the Brookdale Administrative Offices, 18410 U.S. Highway 14, Woodstock.

The Board plans to conduct an Executive Session prior to the Regular meeting which will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Board welcomes any public comments at the beginning of the meeting. Comments are limited to three minutes per person.

Two new Trustees, Bona Heihnsohn and Brandon Thomas, will be introduced to the Board before Election of officers.

Nominations and election of officers include: President, Gift Ban Act Officer & Ethics Officer, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

Time is allotted for Trustees to report regarding Conferences and Meetings Attended. These include Fox River Ecosystem Partnership and Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership; Chicago Wilderness; agricultural Conservation Easement and farmland Protection; IACD/IACDFPD/IAPD; McHenry County Conservation Foundation; Marengo Union Tourism Bureau; McHenry County Council of Governments.

A list of 12 items to be approved by the Board involves purchase of goods or services for the district sites. The most expensive is for $679,817 for Carmichael Construction, Inc. at the lowest responsive bidder for site improvements at Boone Creek.

Another site improvement bid the board is to consider is for $344,795 to Rosemann & Sons, Inc. of Union for site improvements at Dufield Pond Conservation Area, McConnell Road.

Other bids for Board consideration relate to services and goods for repairs to District property, purchase of equipment, repair of equipment and property.


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