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Meeting Name: Board of Acquisition and Contract Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/5/2024 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: County Executive Conference Room Michaelian Office Building
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110055 1.ResolutionCounty Executive - Amend a short-form contract with The Slatin Group, LLC to provide accessible tourism training through in-person and online workshops, for a term commencing on 8/1/24 - 5/31/25, for an amount not-to-exceed $34,000, by 1) extending the term of the agreement through 12/31/25, and 2) increasing the total amount by an additional $24,742, to an amount not-to-exceed $58,742.approvedPass Action details Not available
109968 2.ResolutionCounty Executive/Office for Women - Enter into an agreement with Family Ties of Westchester, Inc. (“FTW”) for the provision of therapeutic support services for victims of domestic violence and their families in the New Rochelle Family Court catchment area, for a term from 12/1/24 - 11/30/25, for an amount not to exceed $125,000.approvedPass Action details Not available
110069 3.ResolutionBoard of Legislators - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an agreement with the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson, Inc. d/b/a Harold & Elaine Shames Jewish Community Center.approvedPass Action details Not available
110070 4.ResolutionBoard of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson, Inc. d/b/a Harold & Elaine Shames Jewish Community Center, for the provision of after-school services for elementary school children, for the period commencing retroactively on 1/1/24 - 12/31/24, in an amount not to exceed $52,000.approvedPass Action details Not available
110071 5.ResolutionBoard of Legislators - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an agreement with Caring for the Homeless of Peekskill, Inc. d/b/a Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill.approvedPass Action details Not available
110072 6.ResolutionBoard of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with Caring for the Homeless of Peekskill, Inc. d/b/a Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill to provide Fred’s Pantry Program, which gives healthy food two days per week to people in need at its facility in Peekskill, for the term 1/1/24 - 12/31/24, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.approvedPass Action details Not available
110073 7.ResolutionBoard of Legislators - Amend the agreement with the Dominican Cultural Association of Yonkers, Inc. for the provision of its Arts and Craft/Recreational Program, for the period 1/1/24 - 12/31/24, for an amount of $35,693, to authorize additional services and to increase the not to exceed amount of the agreement by $15,000, to a new not to exceed amount of $50,693.approvedPass Action details Not available
110056 8.ResolutionBoard of Elections - Contract No. BOE 24M (Z-4) for 2025 and 2026 Primary, Special, Early and General Election Moving Services for Voting Machines, E-Poll Books and Printers, Cabinets, PPE, Supply Bags, Privacy Booths and Peripheral Markers between the County Warehouse and Various Polling Place Locations in Westchester County. Award to the Second Lowest Bidder, AM-PM Super Movers Inc., Bronx, NY - ZONE 4 - Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Rye Town, and Rye City; in the total amount not to exceed $147,210.approvedPass Action details Not available
110062 9.ResolutionFinance - Extend the agreement with Empower Annuity Insurance Company, for the operation and administration of the County’s Deferred Compensation Plan, for an additional one (1) year term from 12/20/24 - 12/19/25.approvedPass Action details Not available
109922 10.ResolutionCounty Attorney - Settle the last of the claims in the lawsuit entitled, Phyllis A. Alston, Maureen E. Daprile, and Nicole Williams v. County of Westchester, et al, Index No. 70866/2018, by payment from the County of Westchester to Nicole Williams in an amount not to exceed $97,624.87.approvedPass Action details Not available
109934 11.ResolutionCounty Attorney - Authority to compromise the County of Westchester’s right to be reimbursed for health care and wage benefits paid or owing to or on behalf of a County employee, identified as “K.A.B.”, from a settlement of her legal claim against a third party; and for which the County’s reimbursement is $40,340.23, representing a 37.18% reduction of its lien, with full reservation of the County’s right to set off K.A.B.’s net recovery against any future compensation in accordance with the provisions of New York State Workers’ Compensation Law.approvedPass Action details Not available
109978 12.ResolutionPlanning - Enter into an agreement with the Village of Mamaroneck, for which the Village will perform Phase I & II of a Mamaroneck Avenue Pedestrian Improvement project, for a term commencing on 1/1/24 - 11/30/25, and that in consideration for performing said services, the County shall pay the Village a not to exceed amount of $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program funding.approvedPass Action details Not available
110017 13.ResolutionPlanning - Enter into an Inter-Municipal Developer Agreement (the “IMDA”) with the City of White Plains and Trinity Financial, Inc., its successors or assigns, to fund the construction of certain infrastructure improvements, with County administrative costs and other related work in support of the affordable housing Development to be constructed at 161 South Lexington Avenue in the City of White Plains, in an amount not to exceed $8,134,000 from Capital Project BPL1A-Housing Implementation Fund II and to grant and accept all necessary property rights in connection therewith for the purpose of creating 174 rental housing units that affirmatively further fair housing and the funding for the infrastructure work will be governed by an IMDA and the acceptance of all necessary property rights as shall be approved by the County Attorney.approvedPass Action details Not available
110042 14.ResolutionPlanning - Enter into an agreement with Khalid M. Ferdous and Glorious Contracting Inc., for which the Contractor will make repairs to and for the benefit of the low and moderate-income residents of three units at the property located at 24 Grove Street in the City of Mt. Vernon, for a term commencing on 12/1/24 - 11/30/25.approvedPass Action details Not available
110044 15.ResolutionPlanning - Amend a 10/17/24 Resolution with the Big Apple Occupational Safety Corporation, pursuant to which the Contractor would provide outreach and EPA training and certification services to individuals in order to increase the capacity of qualified workers who will perform lead-based paint repairs, for a term commencing on 10/15/24 - 8/30/26, for an amount not to exceed $18,000, is hereby amended for the limited purpose of changing the Contractor’s name from Big Apple Occupational Safety Corporation to Big Apple Occupational Safety, Inc.approvedPass Action details Not available
110079 16.ResolutionPlanning - Enter into a loan agreement with The Children’s Village Inc., its successors and/or assign, whereby the County will loan an amount not to exceed $982,219 from the Westchester County Housing Flex Fund Program (“HFF Program”) to be used towards the cost of construction related to adaptively reusing a vacant office building into twenty-two (22) units of affordable housing that will affirmatively further fair housing reserved for eligible households with incomes at or below 50% of AMI and up to 60% of AMI, to be located at 41 North Division Street in the City of Peekskill, commencing upon execution.approvedPass Action details Not available
109926 17.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS7001-25) with Laboratory Corporation of America Holding to provide genetic marker test services and supportive testimony as ordered by the Family Court in disputed paternity proceedings, for the term from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for a total amount not-to-exceed $15,000, subject to appropriation on a per test basis at the rate of: $42.00 per person tested (includes the cost of expert witness testimony) Using LabCorp Patient Service Centers for collections within Westchester County and $55.00 per person tested (includes the cost of expert witness testimony) If collections are required at the Family Courthouses within Westchester County.approvedPass Action details Not available
109928 18.ResolutionSocial Services - Amend an agreement (DSS7010-A-22) with Experian Information Solutions, Inc., pursuant to which Experian agreed to provide the County with full credit reports searches, address updates and social security searches to assist the investigative staff of the Department in the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse in an assortment of government benefit programs, for an initial term commencing on 1/1/22 - 12/31/24, in an amount not-to-exceed $45,000, with the County having the sole option to renew the agreement for two additional one-year periods, in an amount not-to-exceed $15,000 per Option Term, in order to extend the term of the agreement for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25.approvedPass Action details Not available
109932 19.ResolutionSocial Services - Amend an agreement (DSS312-F-19) with Westhab, Inc., for the period from 1/1/19 - 2/28/25, for a total amount not-to-exceed $4,452,455, to provide services to operate single room occupancy residences, double room occupancy residences, and an emergency overnight drop-in shelter for single individuals, at 101 North Broadway, Yonkers, New York, and to sublease the Premises from the County to facilitate Westhab’s provision of said Services by, 1.) extending its term by one (1) year, to a new termination date of 2/28/26; 2.) increasing its not-to-exceed amount by $939,211, to $5,391,666, in order to pay for the Services during the extended term; and 3.) modifying its budget in order to specify the budget for the extended term.approvedPass Action details Not available
109964 20.ResolutionSocial Services / Information Technology - Enter into an agreement with Eccovia, Inc. to modify its software if, when, and as instructed by the County, in order to meet the evolving needs of the County for its ‘Homeless Management Information System, for the period from 8/1/24 - 7/31/25, for an amount not-to-exceed $40,007.20.approvedPass Action details Not available
109997 21.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6008-25) with North American Family Institute Connecticut, Inc. (“NAFI CT”) pursuant to which NAFI CT will provide its Enhanced Family Wraparound Program, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $432,640.approvedPass Action details Not available
109998 22.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6009-25) with North American Family Institute Connecticut, Inc. (“NAFI CT”), pursuant to which NAFI CT will provide the evidenced-based program, Parenting with Love and Limits Front End Prevention Program, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $540,950approvedPass Action details Not available
109999 23.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6010-25) with Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. (“WestCOP”) pursuant to which WestCOP, through its Victims Assistance Services program, will provide advocacy and support services to child victims of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse and to children and families receiving foster care services to ensure children’s safety and reduce the risk of further abuse, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $185,655.approvedPass Action details Not available
110000 24.ResolutionSocial Services - Amend an agreement (DSS3021-C-22) with Program Design and Development, LLC, for the provision of grant proposal writing services and/or other special projects, for a term, including one-year initial with two (2) one-year renewal terms, commencing on 1/1/22 - 12/31/24, for a total aggregate amount of $60,000, in order to increase the not-to-exceed amount under the agreement by $10,000, for a new amount of $70,000, to compensate Program Design for additional services rendered in the second and last one-year renewal term.approvedPass Action details Not available
110004 25.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6014-25) with the Westchester Institute for Human Development (“WIHD”), to provide services related to Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluations for children ages 3 and older who are involved with preventive services or placed in family foster care, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $258,578.approvedPass Action details Not available
110007 26.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6028-25) with Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc. (“WJCS”), pursuant to WJCS will provide mental health case management assessment and collaboration for families with children at risk of foster care placement, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $364,141.approvedPass Action details Not available
110032 27.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6026-25) with Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. (“Samaritan”), pursuant to which Samaritan will provide comprehensive substance abuse assessment services to parents with children at risk of foster care placement, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $1,008,800.approvedPass Action details Not available
110036 28.ResolutionSocial Services - Amend a 6/6/24 Resolution which, inter alia, authorized the County of Westchester to enter into twenty-eight (28) agreements with the agencies listed on Schedule “B”, to provide institutional/group foster care, adoption and related services utilizing the 2024 version of the New York State Model Contract for the Purchase of Foster Care Services, for a term commencing upon execution and continuing indefinitely unless terminated by either party on thirty (30) days prior written notice, is hereby amended by adding one (1) new provider, Vanderheyden Hall, Inc., to the list of agencies set forth in Schedule “B” attached to the June 6th Resolution, thereby increasing the total number of providers from twenty-eight (28) to twenty-nine (29).approvedPass Action details Not available
110051 29.ResolutionSocial Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3001-25) with Brooke Walsh for full-time consulting services to assist victims of domestic violence in securing safe, temporary shelter and to provide assistance to victims and their household members in linkage to supportive services, for a term commencing 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $94,906 (based on hourly rate of $58.18).approvedPass Action details Not available
110061 30.ResolutionSocial Services / Information Technology - Enter into an agreement (DSS7000-25) with AssureCare LLC, to provide the County with use of AssureCare’s software products, including the software applications known as the Q Continuum System, as well as documentation, training materials, marketing materials, product support, and enhancements and upgrades related thereto, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not-to-exceed $60,000.approvedPass Action details Not available
109969 31.ResolutionDistrict Attorney - Enter into a Permit Agreement with a Confidential Permitter for the use by the District Attorney’s Office of confidential premises, consisting of approximately 1,506 square feet, to conduct confidential law enforcement operations, for a term commencing on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for a monthly Permit fee of $1,882.50, with either party having the right to terminate upon thirty (30) days written notice.approvedPass Action details Not available
109907 32.ResolutionCommunity Mental Health - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an agreement with additional community mental health services, effective 1/1/23, for an amount not-to-exceed $209,187, under an amendment to an agreement between the County and Human Development Services of Westchester, Inc. (“HDSW”), for which HDSW agreed to provide, pursuant to Articles 25 and 41 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law, certain community mental health services, for the period from 1/1/22 - 12/31/26, for an amount not-to-exceed $28,386,857.approvedPass Action details Not available
109918 33.ResolutionCommunity Mental Health - Amend an agreement with the City of Mount Vernon, to provide pass-through funds from the New York Opioid Settlement Fund in the sum of $59,111, as directed by New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (“OASAS”), for a term commencing upon execution and terminating upon the distribution of the pass-through funds, in order to increase the pass-through funds under the agreement by $10,053, from a total sum of $59,111, to a total sum of $69,164 and the County shall pass-through funds in the sum of $2,652 for FY 2023-2024 and pass-through funds in the sum of $7,401 for FY 2024-2025.approvedPass Action details Not available
110008 34.ResolutionCommunity Mental Health - Amend an agreement with Human Development Services of Westchester, Inc. (“HDSW”), which the County entered into pursuant to Articles 25 and 41 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law, and pursuant to which HDSW was to provide certain community mental health services, for the period from 1/1/22 - 12/31/26, for an amount not-to-exceed $28,386,857, by, a.) modifying its scope of work in order to add the provision of additional community mental health services (the period from 1/1/23 - 12/31/26; b.) increasing the amount by $209,187, to a new amount not-to-exceed $28,596,044, in order to pay for the Additional Services; and c.) modifying its budget in order to allocate the additional funds that will be used to pay for the Additional Services.approvedPass Action details Not available
109984 35.ResolutionLabs and Research - Enter into a grant agreement with the United States Department of Justice pursuant to which the County will accept $386,892 in federal funds for the Department to participate in the Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program, for the period from 10/1/24 - 9/30/26.approvedPass Action details Not available
109986 36.ResolutionLabs and Research - Authority for the County of Westchester, acting by and through its Department of Laboratories and Research, Division of Forensic Toxicology, to enter into a grant agreement with the State of New York, acting by and through its Division of Criminal Justice Services, to participate in the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, for a term commencing on October 1, 2024 and terminating on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $58,159.00.approvedPass Action details Not available
109989 37.ResolutionLabs and Research - Authority for the County of Westchester, acting by and through the Department of Laboratories and Research, Division of Forensic Sciences, to enter into a grant agreement with the State of New York, acting by and through its Division of Criminal Justice Services, to participate in the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, for a term commencing on October 1, 2024 and terminating on September 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed of $58,159.00.approvedPass Action details Not available
109929 38.ResolutionCollege - Amend the existing agreement with Dr. Belinda S. Miles for her employment as President of Westchester Community College, in order to increase Dr. Miles’ salary by 3.25% annually for years two (2) through five (5) of the agreement, thereby increasing the total not-to-exceed amount of the five (5) year agreement by $64,571 from $1,403,205 to $1,467,776.approvedPass Action details Not available
109980 39.ResolutionCollege - Amend a 10/10/24 Resolution to enter into an agreement with the Brewster Central School District, in order for the College to provide advisory services & resources in furtherance of the development of the P-Tech program to prepare District students for high-skilled jobs in technology & manufacturing, by adjusting the start date, from 9/1/24 - 7/1/24.approvedPass Action details Not available
110057 40.ResolutionCollege - Contract No. WCC-25-672 for Health Science Building Evacuation Pumps Replacement, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York. Advertise for bids.approvedPass Action details Not available
110076 41.ResolutionCollege - Enter into a license agreement with the Feinberg Group, LLC for the College’s use of certain premises located at 193 Tarrytown Road, White Plains, New York, to enable the College to provide its Veterinary Technology Program clinical skills, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $16,500 with either party having the right to terminate the agreement on 90 days’ notice.approvedPass Action details Not available
109937 42.ResolutionDPW/Transportation - Contract No. 17-516 with J & M Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc., Bedford Hills, NY, for Replacement of HVAC System, Cerrato Maintenance Facility, Valhalla Campus, Valhalla, New York. Acceptance of completed work and approval of Final Contract Amount of $846,529.34.approvedPass Action details Not available
110010 43.ResolutionDPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement, No. 22-907 with Savin Engineers, P.C., a MBE firm, Pleasantville, NY, to provide for additional engineering services in connection with Infrastructure Improvements, Hangar C-1, Westchester County Airport, Towns of Harrison and North Castle and Village of Rye Brook, New York. The Consultant shall provide study services associated with this project, for the additional services rendered in accordance with the Consultant’s proposal, Savin Engineers, P.C., shall be paid a fee of $137,634, increasing the total maximum fee to $510,248 and that the completion date of the agreement shall be extended to 12/31/28. Approval of the two (2) subconsultants.approvedPass Action details Not available
110011 44.ResolutionDPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 23-934 with Perkins Eastman Architects, D.P.C. , New York, NY, be amended to provide for architectural/schematic design services and engineering services in connection with the Labs and Research Facility Rehabilitation and Upgrade, Grasslands Campus, Valhalla, New York, for a proposal fee of $3,400,000, increasing the total maximum fee to $3,894,944 and that the completion date of the agreement shall be extended to 12/31/30. Approval of the seven (7) subconsultants.approvedPass Action details Not available
110043 45.ResolutionDPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 16-918 with LiRo Engineers, Inc., Syosset, NY, to provide for engineering services in connection with Playland Rehabilitation and Upgrades, Rye, New York. The Consultant shall provide additional design, construction administration, and program management services associated with this project that is outside of the scope of work included in the existing Agreement and for the additional services rendered in accordance with the Consultant’s proposal, LiRo Engineers, Inc., shall be paid a fee of $1,322,373, increasing the total maximum fee to $34,467,709.approvedPass Action details Not available
110053 46.ResolutionDPW/Transportation - Contract No. WCA 24005 for Emergency Spill Response Service, Westchester County Airport, Towns of Harrison, North Castle, and Village of Rye Brook, New York. Award to the Low Bidder, American Petroleum Equipment & Construction Co., Inc., Walden, NY, as the primary contractor, and a backup contract with Tri-State Environmental Services, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 per year for $300,000 for this three (3) year contract. (2 bids)approvedPass Action details Not available
109977 47.ResolutionDEF - Amend an Emergency Contract (Agreement No. EF-2317), with Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C for Engineering Services in Connection with Emergency Repairs to the Tarrytown Forcemain, Village of Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, in order to extend the termination date of the agreement from 11/1/24 to 11/1/25.approvedPass Action details Not available