County of Westchester  
Board of Acquisition and Contract  
Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, January 2, 2025  
Roll Call  
11:00 AM County Executive Conference Room  
Michaelian Office Building  
Mr. Kenneth W. Jenkins, Mr. Lawrence C. Soule, and Mr.  
Vedat Gashi  
Present:  
Attendees:  
Commissioner of Finance  
Associate Chief Deputy County Attorney  
Board of Legislators  
Board of Legislators  
Board of Legislators  
Karin Hablow  
Tami Altschiller  
Greg Casciato  
Lisa Hochman  
Dylan Tragni  
Board of Legislators  
Secretary BAC  
Assistant Secretary BAC  
Santiago Caceres  
Raymond Sculky  
Joan Cocciardi  
Mr. Jenkins presided.  
Mr. Jenkins 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 12/26/24 and the SEQR Review for agenda items.  
R. Sculky  
Mr. Jenkins moved to receive and file the foregoing minutes and SEQR review,  
which were duly seconded and approved.  
1.  
110139County Executive/Youth Bureau - Amend an agreement with the  
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the  
“NAACP”), pursuant to which the Peekskill branch of the NAACP was to  
perform services to provide tobacco education programs to LGBTQ+  
youths, for the period from 11/1/23 - 10/31/24, for a total amount  
not-to-exceed $35,000; by. 1.) extending the term by two (2) months, to a  
new expiration date of 12/31/24, and 2.) correcting the name of the  
contractor within the agreement, to “National Association for the  
Advancement of Colored People, doing business as NAACP Peekskill NY  
Branch 2170”.  
E. McFadden  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
2.  
3.  
110177Budget - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County  
Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an  
agreement with Permut Consulting LLC.  
L. Soule  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
110178Budget - Amend an agreement with Permut Consulting, LLC (“Permut”)  
pursuant to which Permut provides advisory services in connection with  
the County’s capital projects, for the period from 1/1/24 - 12/31/24, for an  
amount, as previously amended, not to exceed $300,000, payable at a  
rate of $500 per hour, to a new termination date of 3/31/25.  
L. Soule  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
4.  
110102Information Technology / County Executive/Office of Tourism - Enter  
into Agreement No. IT-1805 with Simpleview, LLC, for the provision of  
website redesign, development, maintenance and hosting services,  
including Customer Relationship Management Application (“CRM”) and a  
Content Management System Application (“CMS”) (collectively the  
“Services”), for an initial term of five (5) years commencing on 1/18/25 -  
1/17/30.  
M. Beirne  
N. Caputo  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
5.  
6.  
110086Information Technology -Information Technology - Pursuant to Section  
3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures,  
to exempt from procurement an agreement with Carousel Industries of  
North America, LLC.  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
110085Information Technology - Amend Agreement No. IT-1791 with Carousel  
Industries of North America, LLC, pursuant to which it was to provide  
maintenance services for the individual equipment and overall system  
components comprising the County’s Enhanced 911 system, for the  
period from 1/1/24 - 12/31/26, for a total amount not to exceed  
$2,562,052.11, which was to be payable annually on each January 1 in a  
lump sum, flat-fee amount of $854,017.37; by, 1.) modifying its scope of  
work by adding maintenance services concerning new ‘Public Safety  
Answering Point’ equipment at each of several locations, once the  
additional equipment is installed, 2.) increasing the amount by  
$148,440.97, in order to pay for the Additional Services, and 3,) modifying  
its budget in order to allocate the additional funds.  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
7.  
8.  
110093Information Technology - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the  
Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from  
procurement an agreement with Towerkraft Engineering, P.C.  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
110091Information Technology - Enter into Agreement No. IT-1800 with  
Towerkraft Engineering, P.C., having an office and place of business at  
4423 Alvo Road, Utica, Nebraska 68456, for radio tower structural  
engineering for a term of five years, commencing on 1/1/25 - 12/31/29, for  
a contract amount not-to-exceed $57,500.  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
9.  
110187Emergency Services - Amend a grant agreement with the New York  
State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, to accept  
federal grant funds in an amount not-to-exceed $1,324,829, for the period  
9/1/21 - 8/31/24, in order to address equipment, training and planning  
needs to enhance the County’s capability to prevent terrorist attacks,  
including combating domestic violence extremism through Active  
Shooter/Hostile Event training, and mitigate against man-made and  
natural hazards, protect the residents of the County, the County’s critical  
infrastructure and key resources, and prepare to respond to and recover  
from both man-made and natural disasters, in compliance with the State’s  
FY2021 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program, in order to  
extend the period of performance under the Grant Agreement by one  
year, until 8/31/25.  
R. Wishnie  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
10. 110114Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3032A-24) with  
Westhab, Inc., to provide permanent housing subsidies and intensive  
case management services to approximately thirty-two (32) parenting  
young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 and their families (each of  
the families will have one or more disabled family members), and to three  
(3) chronic homeless single youth, pursuant to HUD’s First Steps  
Program, in an amount not to exceed $1,001,466, for the period from  
12/1/24 - 11/30/25.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
11. 110115College - Contract No. WCC-24-955 for the Construction Phase of Roof  
Replacements, Phase V - Academic Arts, Science, & Library Buildings,  
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York. Award to the Low  
Bidder, Mak Group, LLC, Saddle Brook, NJ, in the amount of $2,375,758.  
(7 bids)  
D. Madden  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
12. 110130College - Contract No. WCC-24-718 for the Construction Phase of the  
Science Building Simulation Laboratory Renovation, Westchester  
Community College, Valhalla, New York. Award to the Low Bidder, BLH  
Construction, Inc., Yonkers, NY, in the amount of $1,134,000. Approval  
of Taconic Heating & Cooling Corp., Cortlandt Manor, NY; Tri-Cat Electric  
Corp., Cortlandt Manor, NY and Integral Contracting Group, LLC, Bedford  
Hills, NY, as subcontractors.  
D. Madden  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
13. 110109DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 11-935 with Hazen and  
Sawyer, D.P.C., New York, NY, to provide for additional engineering  
services in connection with the Tarrytown Pump Station Rehabilitation,  
Saw Mill Sewer District, Tarrytown, New York. The Consultant shall  
provide additional design and construction administration services  
associated with this project which are outside of the scope of work  
included in the existing agreement and that for the additional services  
rendered, the Consultant shall be paid a fee of $561,856, increasing the  
total maximum fee to $5,180,624.27 with the completion date of the  
agreement to be extended to 12/31/27.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
14. 110182DPW/Transportation - Amend Contract No. 22-509 for Stokes Greene  
Building Demolition, Croton Gorge Park, Croton-on-Hudson, New York  
with Tuccimar Inc., Larchmont, NY, in the amount of $370,590, by  
authorizing the County to make all payments for work performed by  
Tuccimar under the agreement, directly to Tuccimar’s third-party financing  
company, Constrafor, Inc., using the County’s Electronic Fund Transfer  
system.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins 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:1/02/2025