County of Westchester  
Board of Acquisition and Contract  
Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, March 6, 2025  
Roll Call  
11:30 AM County Executive Conference Room  
Michaelian Office Building  
Richard Wishnie, Lawrence C. Soule, and Vedat Gashi  
Present:  
Attendees:  
Associate Chief Deputy County Attorney  
Associate County Attorney  
Board of Legislators  
Tami Altschiller  
David Vutera  
Greg Casciato  
Dylan Tragni  
Board of Legislators  
Secretary BAC  
Assistant Secretary BAC  
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 replied, “Yes I have.”  
Mr. Wishnie asked, "And you found no one is that correct?"  
Mr. Sculky answered, "That is correct."  
Mr. Wishnie said, "The adminstration would like to hold over item #17  
which is a contract for bus service for Westchester County. By holding it  
over it will give the opportunity for the Board of Legislators to discuss this  
item that will take place on Monday at their Budget meeting. The Budget  
Director and Director of Operations will attend the meeting and brief the  
Board of Legislators and certainly answer any of their questions. Are there  
any other matters to be discussed?"  
Mr. Gashi said, "I would just say it is a large item. I appreciate the  
opportunity to go through it and thank the administration for that."  
Mr. Wishnie said, "You are very welcome sir."  
Acquisition & Contract.  
Minutes of the meeting 2/27/25 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.  
1.  
110480County Executive - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester  
County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement  
an agreement with Animal Welfare League of Westchester County, Inc.  
(“AWL”), for a term commencing on 3/15/25 - 3/14/26, pursuant to which  
AWL will provide animal welfare services.  
K. Jenkins  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
2.  
110545County Attorney / Information Technology - Amend an agreement with  
Computer Sciences Corporation (“CSC”), pursuant to which CSC  
provides maintenance services for the County’s ‘Assure Claims’ risk  
management software system, for a term that will continue through  
3/13/25, by extending the term to a new expiration date of 6/30/25, for an  
additional amount not-to-exceed $8,978, payable in full in advance, to  
pay for the Services during the extended term.  
J. Nonna  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
3.  
110585Emergency Services - Amend an agreement with American Medical  
Response of New York, LLC (“AMR”), pursuant to which AMR agreed to  
provide emergency medical service (“EMS”) throughout Westchester on a  
24/7/365 basis to supplement local EMS agencies, as well as additional  
ambulances /or supervisors should the need for Basic Services exceed  
Department estimates, for a term commencing on 1/9/23 - 12/31/25, in  
order to: (i) modify the scope of the Basic Services by eliminating the one  
24/7/365 BLS Ambulance, effective 3/8/25 and through the remainder of  
the Term; (ii) change the rate for Basic Services from an amount  
not-to-exceed $2,969,900 annually for the period from 1/1/24 through the  
remainder of the Term, with a three (3%) percent annual escalator, to an  
amount not-to-exceed of $3,750,733, for the period from 1/1/24 - 3/7/25,  
and an amount not-to-exceed of $1,835,699, for the period from 3/8/25  
and for the remainder of the Term; and (iii) reduce the total aggregate  
not-to-exceed amount under the agreement from $9,523,396 to  
$9,000,848.  
S. Spear  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
4.  
110415Social Services - Amend an agreement with Westhab, Inc. (“Westhab”),  
pursuant to which Westhab was to furnish services to provide and  
operate a facility at 21 Fountain Place in New Rochelle that could support  
a combination of, a.) furnished housing units, as emergency housing units  
(“EHUs”), and b.) permanent housing units (“PHUs”), and provide related  
services for both the EHUs and PHUs, for customers deemed eligible by  
the Department of Social Services for such housing and services, for the  
period from 3/1/19 - 12/31/24, for an amount not-to-exceed $8,334,859,  
in order to, 1.) extend its term by six (6) months, to a new termination  
date of 6/30/25; 2.) increase its not-to-exceed amount by $1,076,853, to a  
new not to exceed amount of $9,411,712, in order to pay for the Services  
during the extended term; and 3.) modify its budget in order to specify the  
budget for the extended term. (DSS310-F-19)  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
5.  
110509Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS4000-25) with Family  
Services of Westchester, Inc. (“FSW”), pursuant to which FSW will offer  
the R.E.A.L Parenting Program providing responsible parenting and  
employability preparedness training services to promote the financial and  
personal responsibility of non-custodial fathers, for the period from 3/1/25  
- 2/28/26, for an amount not to exceed $45,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
6.  
110618Health - 1) Enter into a three-party Lead Remediation Agreement with  
Westchester Estates E3 LLC (the “Participant(s)”) and Lead  
Professionals, Inc., pursuant to which the Contractor will perform lead  
remediation services on Participant’s property located at 163 East 3rd  
Street, Apt 2W, Mount Vernon, NY 10550, in accordance with New York  
State’s Leading in Lead Prevention Pilot Program, for the period upon  
execution of the agreement between all parties through 3/31/26, in an  
amount not-to-exceed $40,000; and 2) enter into a Local Program  
Administrator Agreement (the “LPA”) with the Participant(s), for which the  
County will provide an amount not to exceed $40,000 to assist the  
Participant(s) with the direct costs of lead remediation to be performed on  
Participant’s property in exchange for which the Participant(s) will execute  
a Declaration of Interest which will be secured as a recorded lien on the  
property.  
S. Amler  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
7.  
8.  
9.  
110530District Attorney - Enter into a grant agreement with the New York State  
Division of Criminal Justice Services to accept a grant in an amount not to  
exceed $200,000 in State Funds for the District Attorney’s Office to  
operate the Illegal Fentanyl Program, to help local law enforcement  
efforts to disrupt the supply of illegal fentanyl, for the period from 4/1/24 -  
3/31/25.  
S. Cacace  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
110561District Attorney - Enter into an agreement with the New York State  
Office of Children and Family Services, to accept a grant in an amount  
not to exceed $66,666 in Federal Pass Through Funds, for the District  
Attorney’s Office to operate The Supplemental Multidisciplinary Team  
(“MDT”) and Child Advocacy Center Program, for a term commencing on  
1/1/25 - 8/31/25.  
S. Cacace  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
110546Probation - Enter into a grant agreement with the New York State  
Division Of Criminal Justice Services, pursuant to which DCJS will grant  
the county $589,026 and the County will engage the listed contractors to  
implement the County alternatives to incarceration service plan, for the  
period from 7/1/24 - 6/30/25.  
R. Pozzi  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
10. 110533DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 21-538 for Exterior Renovation and  
Repairs, 112 East Post Road, White Plains, New York. Advertise for  
bids.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
11. 110534DPW/Transportation - Amend a 2/13/25 Resolution Awarding Contract  
No. 21-520 for Rehabilitation of Louisa Street Bridge over Metro-North  
Railroad (BIN 2262400), City of Peekskill, New York to McNamee  
Contracting Corp. 154 Route 202, P.O. Box 182, Lincolndale, New York  
10540, in the amount of $4,474,000, is hereby amended to reflect the  
correct name of the contractor as “McNamee Construction Corp.”  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
12. 110549DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 21-909 with Princeton  
Hydro Engineering, P.C. Trenton, NJ, be further amended to provide for  
additional engineering services in connection with Furnace Brook Maiden  
Lane Dam Removal, Oscawana Island Nature Preserve, Town of  
Cortlandt, New York. The Consultant shall provide additional design  
services associated with this project that is outside of the scope of work  
included in the existing agreement, for a fee of $277,300, increasing the  
total maximum fee to $514,900. Approval of Aqua Survey, Inc., for  
Bathymetric Survey and Sediment Core Collection Services, Flemington,  
NJ, as a subconsultant.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
13. 110552DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 21-510 with Laura Li Industries, LLC  
(WBE) for Rehabilitation of Lincoln Avenue, C.R. No. 84 From the New  
Rochelle/Pelham Border Line to First Avenue, A Total Distance of 0.46  
Miles, Village of Pelham, New York. Approval of Central Industries, Inc.  
(WBE), Yonkers, NY, as a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
14. 110553DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 24-206 with Abbott & Price, Inc., for  
Installation of Exterior Panel Walls, Cold Storage Building, Richard A.  
Flynn, Sr. Fire Training Center, 4 Dana Road, Valhalla, New York.  
Approval of Tierney & Courtney Overhead Door Sales Co., Inc., Maspeth,  
NY, as a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
15. 110554DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 23-525 with Arista Renovation, Inc.  
(MBE) for Exterior Infrastructure Repairs, Richard J. Daronco  
Westchester County Courthouse and Low Rise Building, White Plains,  
New York. Approval of Crowley Lightning Protection Inc., Auburn, NY, as  
a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
16. 110560DPW/Transportation - Amend Contract WCA 21004 with the primary  
contractor Royal Environmental Services Corp., for Glycol Removal and  
Transport at Westchester County Airport, in order to exercise the  
County’s option to renew the term from 9/14/24 - 9/14/26, and increase  
the not to exceed amount by $325,000 from $450,000 to $775,000.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
17. 110633DPW/Transportation - Enter into Agreement No. DOTOP01-25 with  
Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., pursuant to which Liberty will provide the  
County with professional management, operation, and maintenance  
services for the Bee-Line System, and info center operations, for a five  
(5) year period, commencing on 1/1/25, for an amount of $842,851,285,  
with the County having the option to extend the term of the agreement by  
an additional five (5) year period, for an amount of $1,007,726,420.  
H. Greechan  
This item was held over by Administration.  
18. 110634DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. DOTOP01-14 with Liberty  
Lines Transit, Inc., pursuant to which Liberty was to provide professional  
management, operation, and maintenance services for a certain portion  
of the County’s Bee-Line System, for the period from 1/1/14 - 3/7/25, for  
certain annual fixed fees for the Services and other cost terms, by, (A.)  
extending its term by one (1) week, to a new expiration date of 3/14/25  
and (B.) specifying a fixed fee amount, excluding fuel, of $2,708,457, for  
the Services during the Final Period.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
19. 110635DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. DOTOP02-20 with PTLA  
Enterprise, Inc. (“PTLA”), pursuant to which PTLA was to provide  
professional management, operation, and maintenance services for a  
certain portion of the County’s Bee-Line System, for the period from  
1/1/20 - 3/7/25 by, (A.) extending the term by one (1) week, to a new  
expiration date of 3/14/25; and (B.) increasing its not-to-exceed amount  
by $71,404, to pay for the costs, excluding fuel, during the Final Period.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
20. 110464DEF - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County  
Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an  
agreement with Mario Parise.  
V. Kopicki  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
21. 110463DEF - Enter into an agreement with Mario Parise for advisory services to  
the Department of Environmental Facilities related to Solid Waste/  
Refuse and Recycling Operations and equipment, for a term commencing  
on 4/1/25 - 3/31/26, for a total amount not-to-exceed $50,000, payable at  
the rate of $75.00 per hour.  
V. Kopicki  
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: 03/06/2025