County of Westchester

Board of Acquisition and Contract

Meeting Minutes

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Roll Call

11:30 AM County Executive Conference Room

Michaelian Office Building

Mr. Richard Wishnie, Mr. Vedat Gashi, and Mr. Lawrence C.

Soule

Present:

Attendees:

Commissioner of Finance

Associate Chief Deputy County Attorney

Board of Legislators

Karin Hablow

Tami Altschiller

Greg Casciato

Santiago Caceres

Dylan Tragni

Board of Legislators

Secretary BAC

Assistant Secretary BAC

Lisa Hochman

Raymond Sculky

Joan Cocciardi

Mr. Wishnie presided.

Mr. Wishnie 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 said, “Yes I have.”

Acquisition & Contract.

Minutes of the meeting 4/24/25 and the SEQR Review for agenda items.

R. Sculky

Mr. Wishnie moved to receive and file the foregoing minutes and SEQR review,

which were duly seconded and approved.

11092 1County Executive - Enter into a memorandum of agreement (“MOU”)

with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (“RPI”) to facilitate the development

of undergraduate and graduate engineering programs in and for the

Westchester County market, for a term from 2/25/25 - 2/24/27.

K. Jenkins

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11100 0County Executive / Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with

The Lincoln Depot Foundation, Inc., for the provision of educational

programs, workshops and outreach, historical reenactments,

presentations, and general museum visitation services designed to

preserve and illuminate the life of President Abraham Lincoln, for a term

commencing retroactively on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to

exceed $45,000.

K. Jenkins

V. Gashi

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11099 9County Executive / Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with

the YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester, Inc. (the “YWCA”)

pursuant to which YWCA shall provide a series of educational programs

and services promoting racial equity, as well as physical, mental and

emotional health and wellness, for a term commencing retroactively on

1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $209,035.

K. Jenkins

V. Gashi

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11099 7Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with Trinity United

Methodist Church, pursuant to which the Contractor shall provide its

“Barley Loaves and 2 Fish” program, for a term commencing retroactively

on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not-to-exceed $40,000.

V. Gashi

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11099 8Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with Hope Community

Services, Inc., for the provision of its Hands on Hope and Back to School

Essentials programs to deliver community workshops and back-to-school

essentials to local children, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an

amount not to exceed $46,532.

V. Gashi

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11100 7County Executive/Youth Bureau - Enter into an agreement with Friends

of the White Plains Youth Bureau, Inc., for the provision of youth services

under its “Grandpas United” program, for the term commencing

retroactively on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not-to-exceed $50,000.

E. McFadden

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11100 8County Executive/Youth Bureau - Enter into an agreement with Greater

Mental Health of New York, Inc., for the provision of GMH operating its

“Break the Hold 360” program, for a term commencing retroactively on

1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $46,000.

E. McFadden

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11102 3Human Resources - Enter into a license agreement with 707/709

Westchester Avenue Owner SPE LLC (“SPE”), pursuant to which SPE

will license to the County the use of its parking lots located off Bryant

Avenue at 707/709 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York on

Sunday, May 4, 2025, to provide additional parking spaces for those

individuals taking the Police Officer Examination, with the term of the

agreement to commence at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025 and will

expire at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, with no charge to the County

for this license. However, the County will agree to defend, indemnify and

hold harmless SPE.

L. Denig

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11097 3Information Technology - Amend Agreement No. IT-1581 with AT&T

Corp., for cellular telephone and wireless data services, for the period

commencing on 9/16/19 and continuing until the termination date of New

York State Office of General Services contract PS68689, for a total

amount not-to-exceed $2,575,000, payable monthly and as otherwise

required by PS68689, by increasing the amount by $925,000, to a new

total not-to-exceed amount of $3,500,000, in order to pay for the Services

during the full term of the agreement.

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

10. 11098 8Information Technology - Amend Agreement No. IT-1579 with Cellco

Partnership, a Delaware general partnership, doing business as Verizon

Wireless, for cellular telephone and wireless data services, for the period

commencing on 9/16/19 and continuing until the termination date of New

York State Office of General Services contract PS68692, for a total

amount not-to-exceed $3,600,000, payable monthly and as otherwise

required by PS68692, by increasing the amount by $9,200,000, to a new

total not-to-exceed amount of $12,800,000, in order to pay for the

Services during the full term of the agreement.

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

11. 11098 9Information Technology - Amend Agreement No. IT-1689 with T-Mobile

USA, Inc., for cellular telephone and wireless data services, for the period

commencing on upon execution, which occurred on or about 11/8/21 and

continuing through 9/15/24, or such later date to which the New York

State Office of General Services might subsequently extend its contract

PS68707, for a total amount not-to-exceed $45,000, payable monthly and

as otherwise required by PS68707, by increasing the amount by $20,000,

to a new total not-to-exceed amount of $65,000, in order to pay for the

Services during the full term of the agreement.

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

12. 11099 5Information Technology - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the

Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from

procurement an agreement with Connecticut Business Systems, LLC.

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

13. 11099 6Information Technology - Enter into Agreement No. IT-1832 with

Connecticut Business Systems, LLC (“CBS”), pursuant to which CBS will

provide the County with multi-function copier services, based upon the

models of Xerox equipment that are available, for the period from 6/6/25 -

6/5/30, for a total amount not-to-exceed $3,400,000, payable in

accordance with specified included costs, additional charges, and credits,

all of which will be applied based upon the particular services that are

provided by CBS each month.

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

14. 11098 3County Attorney - Renew an agreement for “All Risk” Property/ Boiler &

Machinery Insurance from the New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal

(“NYMIR”), through the brokerage firm, Brown & Brown of NY, Inc. dba

Brown & Brown Hudson Valley, for Hangars “D” & “E” at the Westchester

County Airport, for the period 6/1/25 - 6/1/26, in an amount not to exceed

$162,196.76.

J. Nonna

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

15. 11096 5Planning - Amend an agreement with the Tuckahoe Housing Authority

for upgrades to the Jefferson and Sanford Gardens developments, in

order to change scope of services and the expiration date from 7/31/25 to

7/31/26.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

16. 11096 6Planning - Amend an agreement with the Port Chester Carver Center to

provide funding to restore their parking lot, in order to change the

expiration date from 4/28/25 to 4/30/26.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

17. 11096 8Planning - Enter into an agreement with Horseman’s Harvest

Neighborhood Pantry, Inc. in order to provide a Community Development

Block Grant - COVID 19 (CDBG-CV) program funding to be used to

combat food insecurity and to prevent, prepare and respond to those

adversely impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic and residing in

low/moderate income households within the 2020 Urban County

Consortium, for a total aggregate not-to-exceed amount of $150,000, for

a term commencing retroactively on 4/1/25 - 3/31/26.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

18. 11096 9Planning - Enter into agreements with the three (3) nonprofit

organizations listed below, in order to provide a Community Development

Block Grant - COVID 19 to be used to combat food insecurity to those

adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and residing in

low/moderate income households within the 2020 Urban County

Consortium. The total aggregate not-to-exceed amount of $273,200, in

the individual amounts listed, for a term commencing retroactively on

1/1/25 - 12/31/25; as follows: Port Chester Carver Center $100,000 / The

Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, Inc. $85,000 /Gullotta House, Inc.

$88,200, for a total amount of $273,200.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

19. 11097 2Planning - Amend a 12/5/24 Resolution to enter into a Intermunicipal

Developer Agreement with the City of White Plains, White Plains Housing

Authority and Trinity Financial, Inc., its successors and/or assigns, in

order to change the number of Affordable AFFH units from 174 to 168.

The affordability requirements for these affordable rental units that

affirmatively further fair housing will remain the same at or below 30%

and up to 90% of the Westchester County Area Median Income, to be

located at 161 South Lexington Avenue in the City of White Plains.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

20. 11100 9Planning - Enter into an agreement with WPS Contracting Group, LLC.,

56 Linden Ave, LLC., pursuant to which the Contractor will make repairs

at 56 Linden Ave, Ossining, NY, through the Lead Safe Westchester

Program. This agreement will be in an amount not to exceed $45,479, for

the term commencing on 5/15/25 - 5/14/26.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

21. 11101 5Planning - Enter into an agreement with Lead Professionals, Inc., and

Florence Benisatto, pursuant to which the Contractor will make repairs at

235 Stone Avenue, Yonkers, NY, through the Lead Safe Westchester

(the “LSW”) Program. This agreement will be in an amount not to exceed

$131,832, for the term commencing on 5/15/25 - 5/14/26.

B. Lopez

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

22. 11097 5Social Services - Amend an agreement with LexisNexis Risk Solutions

FL Inc., pursuant to which Lexis was to provide the County with data

solutions for comprehensive background screenings of applicants for, and

recipients of, various social service programs, for an amount

not-to-exceed $87,600, payable at a rate of $1,825 per month, for the

periods from 6/1/21 - 5/31/24 and 6/1/24 - 5/31/25, with the County

having the option, in its sole discretion, to extend the term of the

agreement for one (1) additional one (1) year period thereafter on the

same terms and conditions as the Initial Term and thereby, 1.) extend its

term by one (1) year, to a new termination date of 5/31/26; 2.) increase

the amount by $21,900, to a new total not-to-exceed amount of $109,500,

to pay for the Services during the Second Option Term, and 3.) reflect the

fact that the County will not have any options remaining under the

agreement (the “Second Option Exercise”, DSS7009-B-21).

L. Townes

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

23. 11100 4Social Services - 1) Enter into a Grant Agreement (DSS6036-25) with

the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (“OCFS”) to

accept grant funds in the amount of $40,000, for the term 1/1/25 -

12/31/25, pursuant to OCFS’ Safe Harbour: NY program; 2) enter into

agreements with Children’s Village, Inc. (DSS6036A-25) in an amount not

to exceed $7,840, for the term 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for the provision of the

Safe Harbour Youth Leadership program and Greater Mental Health of

New York (DSS6036B-25) in an amount not to exceed $8,360, for the

term 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for the provision of the Safe Harbor Pop-up-Shops

program, an entrepreneurial program aimed at increasing financial

literacy, funding towards participation for Safe Harbor Awareness Day,

and transportation for Safe Harbour youth; and 3) Teens Under

Construction, Inc. (DSS6036C-25) in an amount not to exceed $10,000,

for the term 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for the provision of two (2) full day Safe

Harbour Retreats for approximately twenty-four to thirty (24-30) that

includes tools to practice mindfulness designed to support their journey

towards restorative healing and emotional well-being, and an amount not

to exceed $13,800 will be retained by the Department for an additional

recreational therapeutic program for sexually exploited youth to be

determined at a later date, administrative costs incurred in administering

the Grant agreement and the agreements, staff training, and costs

associated with hosting the County’s Safe Harbour Awareness Day.

L. Townes

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

24. 11097 1Labs and Research - Enter into a Use & Dissemination agreement with

the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (“NYSDCJS” or

“DCJS”), pursuant to which NYSDCJS will allow the Department to

access criminal history and wanted and/or missing persons data as may

be contained in NYSDCJS and, if applicable, federal Criminal Justice

Information Services data files and other state repository files as available

through the Interstate Identification Index for a term commencing upon

execution thereof by both parties and continuing indefinitely, unless

terminated for any reason by either party on thirty (30) days written

notice.

A. Milovanovic

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

25. 11100 2Corrections - Enter into an agreement with Friendship Cable of Texas,

Inc. dba Correctional Cable, for the provision of providing television

services to inmates at the Westchester County Jail, for a term

commencing retroactively on 11/15/24 - 11/14/29, for an amount

not-to-exceed $111,164.52.

J. Spano

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

26. 11096 2Public Safety - Enter into an agreement with the New York State Division

of Criminal Justice Services to accept Federal grant funds in the amount

of $58,159, for the Department to participate in the Paul Coverdell

Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, for the period from

10/1/24 - 9/30/25.

T. Raynor

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

27. 11096 4Public Safety - Contract No. DPS26-600 for Maintenance Service Firing

Range, 2 Dana Road, Valhalla Campus, Valhalla, New York, for a term of

three (3) years commencing on 1/1/26 with the County in its sole

discretion, having the option to extend the agreement for one (1)

additional two (2) year term thereafter. Advertise for bids.

T. Raynor

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

28. 11099 4Probation - Enter into an agreement with Westchester Jewish

Community Services, Inc. (“WJCS”), for the provision of pre-dispositional

risk assessment and post-dispositional treatment of juvenile delinquency

sex offenders and fire setters in Family Court and pre and post-sentence

risk assessment and treatment for adolescent sex offenders and fire

setters appearing before the criminal court as juvenile offenders,

youthful/adolescent offenders or young adults, for the period from 1/1/25 -

12/31/25, at a cost not to exceed $287,000.

R. Pozzi

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

29. 11091 0Parks - Amend License Agreement No. PRC-1434 with the Westchester

Knicks, LLC to use the Westchester County Center for the purpose of

staging NBA G League basketball games and for the use of certain other

areas located at the County Center, in connection with such games

including locker rooms, office space, storage and parking, in order to

exercise the option to extend the term of the agreement for an additional

one (1) year period from 5/1/25 - 4/30/26, in order to increase the Game

Day license fee to $8,955.39.

K. O'Connor

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

30. 11095 0Parks / Information Technology - Enter into an agreement with Mobile

Smart City Corp., 100 Southeast Third Avenue, 10th floor, Fort

Lauderdale, FL 33394, to provide a quality mobile parking application for

the commuter parking lot operated by the County at the North White

Plains train station, for a term commencing 6/1/25 - 5/31/30, for an

estimated amount of $210,975, with the County having the sole option to

extend the agreement for an additional period of five years, at rates to be

negotiated as set forth.

K. O'Connor

M. Beirne

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

31. 11103 7Parks - Enter into one or more agreements with Roller Networks USA

Inc. (“Roller”) and Adyen N.V., a company registered in Amsterdam, the

Netherlands, (“Adyen”) and any entities associated or affiliated with those

companies (“Others”), pursuant to which agreement(s) Roller, with

involvement by Adyen and possibly Others, will provide the County with

payment-processing and related services for Playland Park, for the period

from 5/1/25 - 4/30/26, for an amount not to exceed $60,500, for certain

fixed fees and for additional per-transaction amounts and other additional

amounts.

K. O'Connor

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

32. 11095 3DPW/Transportation - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester

County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement

an agreement with TransPro Consulting LLC. (Agreement No.

DOTOP06-22, A4)

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

33. 11095 4DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. DOTOP06-22 with

TransPro Consulting LLC (“TransPro”), pursuant to which TransPro was

to provide consulting services for assistance with the preparation of a

request for proposals and the award of one or more contracts, for

professional management, operation, and maintenance services for the

County of Westchester’s Bee-Line Bus System, for a term commencing

upon execution and continuing until the completion of all Services, for a

total amount not-to-exceed $636,110; by, a.) modifying its scope of work

to include additional services, to be performed over a period of twelve

(12) months, commencing upon execution, including project management

services, ‘Contractor Performance Oversight’ services, and ‘Operating

Schedule Performance Review’ services, b.) modifying its list of

authorized subcontractors to authorize subcontracting with Ron Epstein

for certain portions of the new ‘Operating Schedule Performance Review’

services that are included in the Other Services, and c.) increasing the

not-to-exceed amount by, and modifying its budget to allocate, $346,830,

in costs for the Other Services.

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

34. 110959

DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 21-913 with KS

Engineers, P.C., Newburgh, NY, be amended to provide for additional

engineering services in connection with the Rehabilitation of Louisa Street

Bridge over Hudson Division Railroad (BIN 2262400), City of Peekskill,

New York. The Consultant shall provide construction administration

services associated with this project and for the additional services

rendered, the Consultant shall be paid a fee of $1,087,094, increasing the

total maximum fee to $1,313,833; and that the completion date of the

agreement shall be extended to 12/31/28.

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

35. 11097 6DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 25-200 for Sanitary Sewer Line

Maintenance, Various Locations, Westchester County, New York. Award

to the Sole Bidder, Fred A. Cook, Jr., Inc., Montrose, NY, in the amount of

$196,500. (1 bid)

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

36. 11097 7DPW/Transportation - Contract No.19-524 for Infrastructure

Improvements, Lasdon Park and Arboretum, Town of Somers, New York.

Award to the Low Bidder, Scape-Tech Landscape Technology, Inc.

(WBE), Katonah, NY, in the amount of $2,000,670. (12 bids)

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

37. 11097 9DPW/Transportation - Obtain a proposal and to negotiate a fee with

Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering

& Environmental Services, D.P.C., an WBE firm, 12 Water Street, Suite

202, White Plains, New York 10601, for Electrical Engineering Consulting

Services for Various Projects and Locations. (Agreement No. 25-911)

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and

unanimously approved.

38. 11099 0DPW/Transportation - Enter into License Agreement No. 25-925 with the

Town of Mount Pleasant, for the use of certain County-owned vacant land

located in the Town of Mount Pleasant, identified as a portion of Section

106.81, Block 1 and Lot 2 on the Tax Maps for the Town of Mount

Pleasant, for a term commencing retroactively on 5/1/24 - 12/31/25

unless sooner terminated, in consideration for which the Licensee shall

pay the County a license fee of $2,690 per month.

H. Greechan

Mr. Wishnie 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

Dated:05/01/2025