Minutes - Board of Acquisition and Contract

County of Westchester

Board of Acquisition and Contract

Meeting Minutes - Final

Thursday, July 16, 2026

1:00 PM

County Executive Conference Room

Michaelian Office Building

Roll Call

Present:

Ms. Joan McDonald, Ms. Terry Clements, and Ms. Christina

Rampata

Attendees:

Deputy Commissioner of Finance

Deputy County Attorney

Board of Legislators

Secretary BAC

Cesar Vargas

David Vutera

Greg Casciato

Santiago Caceres

Raymond Sculky

Lindsay Jackson

Assistant Secretary BAC

Ms. McDonald presided.

Ms. McDonald said, "The Board of Acquisition and Contract permits in-person access

to the meeting and virtually through Webex.

For the record, has the Secretary gone to the reception area to invite any members of

the public who wish to attend today’s meeting in person to come to this conference

room."

Mr. Sculky replied, "yes."

Acquisition & Contract.

Minutes of the meeting 7/9/2026 and the SEQR Review for agenda items.

R. Sculky

Ms. McDonald moved to receive and file the foregoing minutes and SEQR review,

which were duly seconded and approved.

11404 6County Executive/Youth Bureau - Amend agreement with My Sister’s

Place, Inc. to provide its “R.E.A.L” Program from 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 in

order to authorize the change of 3 of the program’s 4 locations.

K. Jenkins

E. McFadden

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11404 7County Executive/Youth Bureau -Amend an agreement with United

Way of Westchester and Putnam Inc. to provide ‘Education

United-Sleepy Hollow’ program from 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028, in order to

authorize a second location.

K. Jenkins

E. McFadden

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

114034

County Attorney - Authorization to settle workers’ compensation lien on

a County employee’s proposed settlement of a legal action against a

third-party tortfeasor.

J. Nonna

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11405 2County Attorney - Exercise the 2nd renewal option of an agreement with

RSC Insurance Brokerage, Inc. dba Risk Strategies Company for safety

training and compliance services on an “as-needed” basis and amending

terms in order to: (i) extend the agreement through 6/30/2027 and (ii)

increase the not to exceed amount by $100,000.

J. Nonna

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11405 7County Attorney - Contract No. LAW1361-Rev for service of legal

documents in all Family Court Proceedings. Award to the sole bidder,

Nationwide Court Services, Inc., for a term from 8/1/2026- 7/31/2031 in

an amount not to exceed $2,152,365.

J. Nonna

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11403 6Planning - Agreement with the Town of Mamaroneck to provide an

amount not to exceed $94,275 in CBDG funds to undertake the Town of

Mamaroneck Senior Center Emergency Generator Project for a term form

8/1/2026 - 7/31/2027.

B. Lopez

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11404 4Planning / County Executive/Ctywide Admin Svc - Authorizing: (i) any

and all agreements necessary to purchase approximately 1.76 acres of

real property located at 1-3 Croton Point Avenue in the Village of

Croton-on-Hudson in an amount not to exceed $5,725,000, and (ii)

subsequently convey the Property to WBP Development LLC, its

successors or assigns, or any entity created to carry out the purposes of

the proposed transaction, for $1, in order to build 100 affordable

homeownership housing units.

B. Lopez

C. Steers

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11386 1Emergency Services - Agreement with the New York State Division of

Homeland Security and Emergency Services to accept a grant under the

FY2023 Hazardous Materials Grant Program, funded by the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security’s State Homeland Security Grant

Program, to be used for authorized HazMat training and the purchase

HazMat response equipment, for a term commencing retroactively

4/1/2026- 8/31/2027 in an amount not to exceed $122,500.

S. Spear

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11395 7Social Services - Exercise the third of its four options to renew under its

agreement with Westchester Institute for Human Development to provide

Aftercare Services for Foster and Therapeutic Care for the Department,

by entering into an amendment in order to: (i) extend the term thereof for

the period from 7/1/2026 - 6/30/2027 and (ii) increase the not to exceed

amount by $1,225,000, for services to be rendered during the extended

term for an aggregate total not to exceed amount of $5,597,674.

L. Townes

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

10. 11400 7Social Services - Amend Agreement DSS6017-26 with Westchester

Institute for Human Development, Inc. for comprehensive multidisciplinary

assessment services at the Children’s Advocacy Center of potential child

victims, in order to (i) extend the term for a period from 1/1/2026 -

12/31/2026, and (ii) by increasing the not to exceed amount by $3,000,

for a aggregate total not to exceed amount of $1,030,194.

L. Townes

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11. 11400 9Social Services - (i) To enter into an agreement with the United States

Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to accept a

grant under the Continuum of Care Homestead Program in the amount of

$832,477 for the period from 6/1/2026-5/31/2027; and (ii) enter into an

agreement with Family Service Society of Yonkers, Inc., in an amount not

to exceed $815,037, for housing and supportive services for physically

disabled homeless adults pursuant to the Continuum of Care Homestead

Program, for the period from 6/1/2026 - 5/31/2027.

L. Townes

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

12. 11403 3Community Mental Health - Further amend an agreement with Mental

Health Empowerment Project, Inc., for the provision of workforce/peer

training services, in order to add Friends of Recovery Westchester Inc. as

an approved subcontractor to provide Workforce/Peer training services

during the last renewal term, commencing on 1/1/2026 and expiring on

12/31/2026

M. Orth

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

13. 11403 7Community Mental Health - Enter into an agreement with Mental Health

Empowerment Project, Inc. to assist in co-facilitating the Fresh Start

program with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, by

providing a 3-hour criminal justice diversion program to low-level first time

offenders, focusing on rehabilitation instead of incarceration for a term

commencing retroactively on 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 for a total amount not

to exceed $40,000.

M. Orth

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

14. 11404 2DPW/Transportation - Agreement with Federal Aviation Administration to

accept an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Grant, No.

3-36-0123-147-2026, in the amount of $424,715 for Capital Project

Number A0118 - Runway 16/34 Rehabilitation at the Westchester County

Airport.

H. Greechan

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

15. 11402 2DPW/Transportation / Planning - Issue a Negative Declaration pursuant

to the requirements of the State Environmental Quality Review Act in

connection with the authority to file an application with the New York

State Department of Environmental Conservation for a Freshwater

Wetlands Permit Agreement No. 26-917 for the Cranberry Lake Nature

Center and Site Work Project at Cranberry Lake Preserve in West

Harrison, New York.

H. Greechan

B. Lopez

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

16. 11401 9DPW/Transportation - Authorizing the County of Westchester to file a

Freshwater Wetlands Permit Application with the New York State

Department of Environmental Conservation for the Cranberry Lake

Nature Center and Site Work Project in West Harrison, New York and

agree to indemnify and save harmless the State of New York with respect

to the Project.

H. Greechan

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

17. 114038

DPW/Transportation - Agreement No. 26-915 with Studio 88

Architecture, P.C. for Architectural Services in connection with Planning,

Design, Construction Support and Inspection Services for Buildings

Projects, Various Locations, Westchester County, New York, for an

amount not to exceed $3,500,000 and approval of 4 subconsultants.

H. Greechan

Ms. McDonald moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

There being no further business, the Chair declared the meeting adjourned. All

approved resolutions are on file electronically with the Board of Acquisition and

Contract.

I have reviewed the foregoing minutes and have found them to be correct as written.

Signed: Raymond Sculky, Secretary