County of Westchester  
Board of Acquisition and Contract  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Thursday, December 4, 2025  
Roll Call  
11:00 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  
Board of Legislators  
Board of Legislators  
Karin Hablow  
Tami Altschiller  
Greg Casciato  
Santiago Caceres  
Lisa Hochman  
Raymond Sculky  
Lindsay Jackson  
Secretary BAC  
Assistant Secretary BAC  
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."  
Acquisition & Contract.  
Minutes of the meeting 11/26/25 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.  
112399Probation - Enter into an agreement with the United States Marshals  
Service, United States Department of Justice (“USMS”), for the  
Westchester County Department of Probation to enter into an agreement  
with the U.S Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice (the “USMS”),  
pursuant to which the County, through its Department of Probation  
(“Probation”), will participate in the Fugitive Task Force, for a period  
commencing upon execution and continuing indefinitely. USMS will pay  
for any overtime costs incurred by County employees while working on  
the task force.  
R. Pozzi  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
112574Board of Legislators - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester  
County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement  
an agreement with the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, for the provision  
of a career training program, for a term commencing retroactively on  
1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $13,232.  
V. Gashi  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
112471Board of Elections - Enter into a grant agreement with the State of New  
York (NYS Contract No. C005394) to accept Vote By Mail Grant funding  
in the amount of $264,057.55, payable on a reimbursement basis, for the  
term commencing on 4/1/25 - 3/31/26.  
T. Nelson  
D. Colety  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
112608County Attorney - Settle pre-suit the two claims presented by claimant  
Gary Dozier (RSM Nos. G240142 & G240155), for a grand total of  
$40,000.  
J. Nonna  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
5.  
112534Planning - Enter into an agreement with Blue Mountain Housing  
Development Corporation Inc., its successors or assigns or any entity  
created to carry out the purposes of the proposed transaction, in an  
amount not to exceed $500,000 in federal HOME Investment Partnership  
Program funds, to support the cost of construction to create four (4)  
affordable homeownership units that will affirmatively further fair housing  
(“AFFH HOME Units”), to be located at 12 McLain Street (Section 82.12  
Block 1 Lot 4) in the Town of Bedford (the “HOME Agreement”).  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
6.  
112139  
Social Services - Amend an agreement with the Westchester  
Community Opportunity Program, Inc. (“WestCOP”) for the provision of all  
services needed to operate an emergency overnight shelter, and day  
program, for up to eighty (80) single adults, at 19 Washington Avenue in  
the City of New Rochelle, and amend the agreement by; 1) extending the  
term by one (1) year from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, and 2) increasing its  
not-to-exceed amount by $1,117,589, to pay for the services during the  
Third Amendment (DSS3012-C-23).  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
7.  
112444Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6017-26) with the  
Westchester Institute for Human Development, (“WIHD”), pursuant to  
which WIHD will provide comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment  
services at the Children’s Advocacy Center (“CAC”) for potential child  
victims of severe physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect in a child  
friendly environment, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount  
not to exceed $1,027,19.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
8.  
112445Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6018-26) with the  
Westchester Institute for Human Development, (“WIHD”) pursuant to  
which WIHD will administer an Educational Care Coordination program  
for children in family foster care, for the period of 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an  
amount not to exceed $300,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
9.  
112446Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6019-26) with the  
Westchester Institute for Human Development (“WIHD”), pursuant to  
which WIHD will administer the “Project IMPACT” program that will  
promote permanency, safety and well-being for children with parents, who  
have cognitive or learning disabilities, and are at risk of foster care  
placement, for the period of 1/1/26 -12/31/26, for an amount not to  
exceed $400,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
10. 112447Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6020-26) 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 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not  
to exceed $237,89.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
11. 112459Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6014-26) with Julia  
Dyckman Andrus Memorial, Inc. (“JDAM”), pursuant to which JDAM will  
provide Andrus Parenting Services for families with children at risk of  
foster care placement, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an  
amount not to exceed $460,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
12. 112464Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6013-26) with Family  
Ties of Westchester, Inc., for the provision of the Family Team Decision  
Meetings - Child Safety Conference program to implement conferences  
and plans in situations where children are deemed at high risk of removal  
from their families due to safety concerns, or who have already  
experienced an emergency removal, for the period from 1/1/26 -  
12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $495,777.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
13. 112465Social Services - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester  
County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement  
an agreement with Nexgen, Inc., to provide content management,  
application and database maintenance, user support/training and project  
management for the Department of Social Services Child Welfare  
Manual, for the period 1/1/26 - 12/31/26.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
14. 112467Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6015-26) with Nexgen,  
Inc., to provide content management, application and database  
maintenance, user support/training and project management for the  
Department of Social Services digital Child Welfare Manual, for the term  
1/1/26 - 12/31/26, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
15. 112468Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Westchester Jewish  
Community Services, Inc. (“WJCS”), pursuant to which WJCS will provide  
mental health case management assessment and collaboration for  
families with children at risk of foster care placement, for the period from  
1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $333,010.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
16. 112476Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6000-26) with Family  
Services of Westchester, Inc. (“FSW”), pursuant to which FSW will  
provide Intensive Home-Based Family Preservation Services to families  
with children at risk of foster care placement, for the period from 1/1/26 -  
12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $402,703.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
17. 112479Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3001-26) with The  
Young Women’s Christian Association of Yonkers, Inc. (the “Y.W.C.A.”)  
pursuant to which the Y.W.C.A. will provide (1) permanent supportive  
housing for 35 single homeless women and (2) Emergency Overnight  
Shelter for up to 50 women at a facility known as the Y.W.C.A. of Yonkers  
located at 87 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York, for the period from  
1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $1,610,040.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
18. 112480Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6001-26) with Family  
Services of Westchester, Inc. to provide the Family Strengthening  
Program to families with children at risk of foster care placement, for the  
period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $324,239.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
19. 112483Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6002-26) with Family  
Services of Westchester, Inc. to provide recreational respite care, for the  
period of 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $510,090.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
20. 112484Social Services - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester  
County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement  
an agreement with Contreras Translation and Interpretation Services,  
Inc., (DSS6024-26) for the provision of translation and interpretation  
services in situations where the Department of Social Services provides  
psychological testing and evaluations, psychiatric evaluations, sibling  
consults, fire setting evaluations, safety assessments, court ordered  
psychotherapy, functional capacity assessments to uninsured or under  
insured parents and children as well as vulnerable adults who are  
non-English speaking or limited English speaking upon referral from the  
Department’s Child Protective Services, Preventive Services, Foster Care  
Services as well as Protective Services for Adults Programs, for the term  
commencing 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, in an amount not to exceed $18,400.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
21. 112485Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Greater Mental Health of  
New York, Inc., to operate the Single Homeless Assessment Center at  
Grasslands (“SHAC”) to provide comprehensive assessments, and  
coordinated plans for treatment, housing and employment for homeless  
single adults, and mobile clinician services to provide clients utilizing  
drop-in shelters with assessments and referrals, for the period from  
4/1/26 - 3/31/27, for an amount not-to-exceed $514,805.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
22. 112486Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6003-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc., (“Greater Mental Health”), to provide  
therapy services under the “Functional Family Therapy - Child Welfare”  
program in order to assist families and children with multiple risk factors,  
where there has been physical abuse and/or neglect of a child aged 0-17,  
for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed  
$598,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
23. 112487Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6004-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc., to provide a Host Visitation program to  
enhance visitation between children in foster care and their families, for  
the period from 1/1/26 - 12/3/26, for an amount not to exceed $125,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
24. 112488Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3004-26) with Lifting Up  
Westchester, Inc.; 1) to operate an emergency shelter as well as an  
overnight drop-in shelter for single homeless women outside the  
Department’s regular shelter system at a facility known as the Samaritan  
House located at 33 Church Street, White Plains, New York; and 2) to  
operate an emergency shelter as well as an overnight drop-in shelter for  
single homeless men outside the Department’s regular shelter system at  
a facility known as the Open Arms Shelter located at 86 East Post Road,  
White Plains, New York, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an  
amount not to exceed $3,180,561.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
25. 112489Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6005-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc., pursuant to which it will provide its  
Hybrid Clinic, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to  
exceed $400,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
26. 112493Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6006-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc. (“Greater Mental Health”) pursuant to  
which Greater Mental Health will provide an independent third party  
review process, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not  
to exceed $481,912.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
27. 112494Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6007-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc., for the provision of Mental Health Case  
Management Assessment and Collaboration for families with children at  
risk of foster care placement, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an  
amount not to exceed $325,207.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
28. 112497Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6008-26) with Greater  
Mental Health of New York, Inc., to provide a Partners-In-Parenting  
(“PIP”) program, an intensive home-based psychotherapy and parent  
skills training for families with children at risk of foster care placement, for  
the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $421,949.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
29. 112501Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6009-26) 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 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed  
$425,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
30. 112502Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6010-26) 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 1/1/26  
- 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $513,967.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
31. 112503Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6011-26) 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 1/1/26 -  
12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $946,800.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
32. 112504Social Services - Enter into an agreement with The Young Women’s  
Christian Association of Yonkers (the “YWCA of Yonkers”), pursuant to  
which the YWCA of Yonkers will provide services to provide and operate  
an emergency overnight shelter at 10 Saint Casimir Avenue in the city of  
Yonkers, for up to sixty (60) single adult male individuals, with said facility  
also providing a day program for such individuals, and also provide  
services to transport additional persons, beyond the capacity of 10 Saint  
Casimir Avenue and other County emergency overnight shelters, to  
space at Operations Drive in Valhalla and operate an emergency  
overnight shelter at that location as needed, for up to thirty-five (35) single  
adult male individuals, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an  
amount not-to-exceed $2,434,099.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
33. 112506Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3006-26) with Caring for  
the Homeless of Peekskill, Inc. d/b/a Caring for the Hungry and Homeless  
of Peekskill, for the operation of a 24-hour adult shelter program for up to  
nineteen (19) homeless single men and women, an overnight warming  
site/drop-in center and a daytime cooling center during extreme heat days  
for up to seven homeless single males/females at a facility known as Jan  
Peek House located at 200 North Water Street, Peekskill, New York, for  
the period from 2/1/26 - 1/31/27, in an amount not to exceed $1,327,405.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
34. 112507Social Services - Amend an agreement with the University of Denver,  
acting by and through its Butler Institute for Families, Graduate School of  
Social Work, pursuant to which the Consultant agreed to provide  
leadership development and executive coaching consultant services, for a  
term commencing 3/1/25 - 2/28/26 (DSS2000PD-25, for an amount  
not-to-exceed $172,382, with the County having the option, in its sole  
discretion, to extend the term of the agreement for up to two (2) additional  
one (1) years periods on the same terms and conditions as the Initial  
Term (DSS2000PD-A-25), in order to exercise the first of its two (2)  
options and thereby extend the term of the agreement for an additional  
one (1) year period, commencing on 3/1/26 - 2/28/27 and in consideration  
for Services rendered during the First Option Term, the Consultant shall  
be paid a total amount not-to-exceed $172,382.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
35. 112510Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS7000-26) with Diamond  
Kerbis CPA’s P.C. (“Diamond Kerbis”), pursuant to which Diamond Kerbis  
will provide audit services to audit entities that provide and propose to  
provide personal care services to recipients of Medicaid, for an amount  
not to exceed $464,963 for an initial term from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26 with the  
County having the sole option to extend the term of the agreement for up  
to four (4) one (1) year periods, for the listed not-to-exceed amounts for  
services rendered during each one (1) year period.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
36. 112512Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Westchester Community  
Opportunity Program, Inc. (“WestCOP”), pursuant to which WestCOP will  
operate the Grasslands Homeless Shelter (“GHS”), including provision of  
related services and provision of shelter monitoring and transportation  
services for homeless ‘level 2’ and ‘level 3’ sex offenders who have been  
placed at GHS, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount  
not-to-exceed $5,110,956.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
37. 112514Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3008-26) with  
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. (“WestCOP”) to  
operate a warming and cooling center known as the Oasis Annex for up  
to forty (40) women at 22 East First Street in Mount Vernon, New York,  
for the term 2/1/26 - 1/31/27, in an amount not to exceed $710,200.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
38. 112516Social Services - Amend an agreement with Experian Information  
Solutions, Inc. (“Experian”), 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 (each an “Option Term), in an amount not-to-exceed $15,000 per  
Option Term, in order to extend the term of the agreement for the period  
from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26 (the “Second Option Term”; DSS7010-B-22).  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
39. 112528Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3009-26) with the Youth  
Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc. to operate an alternative to  
incarceration program entitled the Mount Vernon Emerging Adult Justice  
Initiative for individuals aged 18 to 25 in the adult criminal court system,  
for the term 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, in an amount not to exceed $104,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
40. 112541Social Services - Amend under an agreement with Altavista Lead  
Improvement Inc. (“ALI”), pursuant to which ALI was to provide housing  
quality standards inspections and lead-based paint inspections and risk  
assessments for properties that may participate in the County’s  
‘Emergency Housing Assistance Program’ (the “Services”), for the period  
from 11/1/24 - 12/31/25, for an amount not-to-exceed $105,250, with the  
County having the option, in its sole discretion, to extend the term for up  
to three (3) additional one (1) year periods, on the same terms as the  
initial term, except for the unit costs for the Services, and the various  
not-to-exceed amounts for the Option Terms, therefore, amend the  
Agreement by, 1) extending its term by one (1) year, to a new expiration  
date of 12/31/26; 2) increasing its not-to-exceed amount by $62,220, in  
order to pay for the Services during the second Option Term; and 3)  
reflecting the fact that the County will have two (2) remaining one (1) year  
options.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
41. 112556Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS7006-26) with Hillside  
Food Outreach, Inc. (“Hillside”), pursuant to which Hillside will provide the  
County preparation and delivery services of monthly nutritional support to  
eligible low-income, homebound residents of Westchester County who  
cannot access food pantries, and also residents of Westchester County  
who can access food pantries, but are not consistently able to access  
food that is specific to their medical needs, for the period from 1/1/26 -  
12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $90,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
42. 112563Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3013-26) with Westhab,  
Inc., to operate a Housing Resources for Adults Program (HRA) at  
Windham Residence in Yonkers to provide transitional shelter and related  
services for homeless and employable single adults, for the period from  
1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $142,110.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
43. 112566Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3010-26) 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 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed  
$96,804 (based on hourly rate of $59.33).  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
44. 112569Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3014-25) with  
Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy To Effect Renewal Inc.  
(“CLUSTER”), pursuant to which CLUSTER will operate the Keeping  
Employment Yields Success to a Home Program, for the period from  
1/1/26 -12/31/26, for an amount not to exceed $200,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
45. 112579Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6026-26) with the Family  
Services Society of Yonkers, Inc. to provide the Kinship Support Program  
for approximately eighty (80) children and their kinship caregivers, for the  
period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, in an amount not-to-exceed $100,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
46. 112581Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS7003-26) with Feeding  
Westchester, Inc. (“Feeding Westchester”), pursuant to which Feeding  
Westchester will assist non-profit food distribution centers in collecting,  
storing and distributing food and providing technical assistance to all  
qualified non-profit anti-hunger programs that distribute this food free of  
charge to the ill, needy and infants in their immediate community in  
Westchester County, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for an amount  
not to exceed $730,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
47. 112587Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6025-26) with T.C.  
Investigations, LLC, to conduct field investigations and searches to locate  
children in foster care placement that have been declared AWOL by the  
Westchester County Department of Social Service, for the period from  
1/1/26 - 12/31/26, in an amount not to exceed $70,000, to be paid at a  
rate of $100/hour.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
48. 112588Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS6031-26) with  
Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc. (“WJCS”) pursuant to  
which WJCS, through its Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse  
(“TCTA”), will provide comprehensive trauma treatment to child victims of  
sexual abuse and their families, for the period from 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for  
an amount not to exceed $85,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
49. 112591Social Services - Enter into an agreement (DSS3012-26) with Youth  
Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc., for the provision of an aftercare  
program to afford support and resources to those youth who have  
completed their periods of detention, for the period of 1/1/26 - 12/31/26,  
for an amount not to exceed $130,000.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
50. 112594Senior Programs and Services - Amend grant agreements with New  
York State, acting by and through its Office for the Aging, to 1.) increase  
their total aggregate not-to-exceed amount by $729,464.29, from an  
amount not to exceed $7,619,953, to a new total aggregate amount not  
to exceed $8,349,417.29, to provide additional funding for the provision of  
various eligible services for seniors under the CSE, CSI, CRC, EISEP,  
NYSTP, WIN & NSIP, UNMET NEED and NY CONNECTS programs,  
and 2.) extend the EISEP and UNMET NEED program years through  
12/31/25.  
M. Carpenter  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
51. 112596Senior Programs and Services - Amend grant agreements with New  
York State, acting by and through its Office for the Aging, to increase their  
total aggregate not-to-exceed amount by $350,232.22, from an amount  
not to exceed $4,011,370, to a new total aggregate amount not to exceed  
$4,361,602.22, to provide adjusted funding for the provision of various  
support services for the elderly under Titles III-B, III-C and the Nutrition  
Services Incentive Program, III-D, and III-E of the Older Americans Act.  
M. Carpenter  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
52. 112568Community Mental Health - Amend agreements with the entities listed  
for the continued provision of “Mobile Crisis Response Teams” to assist  
law enforcement in addressing mental health, developmental disabilities,  
substance misuse, and co-occurring issues in Westchester County, in  
order for the County to exercise the first (1st) of its two (2) options to  
extend the term of each agreement for one additional year, commencing  
on 1/1/26 -12/31/26.  
M. Orth  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
53. 112362Health - Enter into an agreement with the Tandym Group, LLC  
(“Tandym”), pursuant to which Tandym will provide temporary per diem  
licensed and support staff positions for Westchester County Department  
of Health STI, TB and immunization clinics and community vaccination  
clinics, all positions as needed, for a term commencing 1/1/26 - 12/31/26,  
in an amount not-to-exceed $25,000, payable at the stated contract rates  
in Schedule “A”.  
S. Amler  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
54. 112538Health - Enter into an agreement with Empirepro Consulting LLC  
(“Empirepro”), pursuant to which Empirepro will provide professional  
services for the Westchester County Department of Health’s (“WCDH”)  
pharmacy operations that serve its District Office Sexual Health (“SH”),  
Tuberculosis (“TB”), HIV PrEP and Adult & Child Immunization Clinics  
(the “standard Clinics”), for the period 1/1/26 - 12/31/26, for a total  
amount not-to-exceed $150,000, payable at the hourly reimbursement  
rates as stated in Schedule “A”.  
S. Amler  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
55. 112537Labs and Research - Enter into an agreement, HS1-2026-Westchester  
Co Lab 00107-(060) Contract Number C002816 (“Agreement”), with the  
State of New York (“State”), acting by and through its Governor’s Traffic  
Safety Committee, to accept a grant in an amount not to exceed $79,600  
and to participate in the State’s Highway Safety Program, for a term  
commencing retroactively on 10/1/25 - 9/30/26.  
A. Milovanovic  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
56. 112427College - Contract No.WCC-26-704 for Fuel Tank Inspections And  
Maintenance Service, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New  
York. Advertise for bids.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
57. 112521College - Enter into an affiliation agreement with Downstate Veterinary,  
DBA Roots Veterinary Hospital for supervised laboratory/clinical  
education for the Veterinary Technology program, for a term commencing  
on 2/1/26, and continuing in full force and effect unless terminated earlier  
by either party upon written notice.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
58. 112530College - Contract No.WCC-26-705 for Andover Maintenance Services,  
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York. Advertise for bids.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
59. 112531College - Amend a 10/16/25 Resolution to enter into an agreement with  
Port Chester - Rye Union Free School District (the “School District”),  
pursuant to which the College was to provide college-level courses in  
Health and Fitness for Life to Students at Port Chester High School, for a  
term commencing on 9/1/25 - 8/30/26, for a total amount not-to-exceed  
$42,335, to be paid by the School District to the County, are hereby  
amended in order to correct the description of the Services to indicate  
that the College will be providing college-level courses to Port Chester  
High School Students who participate in the Smart Scholars Grant  
Program.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
60. 112544College - Enter into an agreement with the firm of Insite Engineering,  
Surveying & Landscape Architecture, P.C., Carmel, NY, for engineering  
and architectural services associated with the Virginia Marx Children’s  
Center Playground Renovation, Westchester Community College,  
Valhalla, New York, for a total compensation of $116,600 and the  
agreement shall commence upon the consultant's receipt of written notice  
from the President, Westchester Community College or his designee and  
that the completion date shall be 12/31/26.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
61. 112582Corrections - Amend an agreement with UniMex Medical Exams  
Management for medical consulting services to assist the Department of  
Correction, and its respective labor unions, in resolving disputed cases of  
employee illness or injury affecting an employee’s job duties in an annual  
amount not to exceed of $200,000, for a total not-to-exceed amount of  
$400,000, for a term commencing on 1/1/25 - 12/31/26, with the County  
having the sole option, to extend the term of the agreement, for an  
additional one-year period, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $200,000,  
in order to: increase the not-to-exceed annual amount by $50,000 in 2025  
and $100,000 in 2026, therefore increasing the total not-to-exceed  
amount of the agreement by $150,000 from $400,000 to a new total  
not-to-exceed amount of $550,000.  
J. Spano  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
62. 112491Public Safety / Emergency Services - Enter into an agreement with  
Petmar Veterinary Services, P.C. d/b/a North Westchester Veterinary  
Office (the “Petmar”), pursuant to which Petmar will provide veterinary  
care for the Department’s Police K-9s, for a term commencing on 3/1/26 -  
2/28/29, in an amount not to exceed $129,000.  
T. Raynor  
S. Spear  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
63. 112551DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 23-517 for Roadway Resurfacing  
and Related Improvements to Playland Parkway, C.R. #152 From  
Playland Parkway Access Road, C.R. #147/Thruway Access Road, C.R.  
#148 to Forest Avenue and Boston Post Road Access Ramp, A Distance  
of 1.14 Miles; and Reconstruction of Boston Post Road Bridge over  
Playland Parkway (BIN 2000050), City of Rye, New York. Award to the  
Low Bidder, Laura Li Industries LLC (WBE), White Plains, NY, in the  
amount of $6,852,552. (7 bids)  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
64. 112552DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 24-537 for Rehabilitation and  
Improvements to Tuckahoe Road, C.R. 36 and C.R. #59 From N.Y.S.  
Thruway (I-87) to Winnebago Road, A Distance of 1.53 Miles; Tuckahoe  
Road Bridges over Bronx River (BIN 3364940) and Bronx River Parkway  
(BIN 3348000); and Park Avenue Viaduct (Parkway Viaduct) over Bronx  
River Parkway (BIN 3348850), City of Yonkers and Village of Tuckahoe,  
New York. WHEREAS, the apparent low bidder, ELQ Industries, Inc.,  
made a mathematical error that meets all of the criteria set forth in New  
York General Municipal Law Section 103(11), and that ELQ Industries,  
Inc. be permitted to withdraw its bid submitted on April 9, 2025 for  
Contract No. 24-537 in the amount of $16,337,587.20. Award to the  
Second Low Bidder C.A.C. Industries, Inc., Long Island City, NY, in the  
amount of $20,816,099.80. (4 bids)  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
65. 112553DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 24-206 with Abbott & Price, Inc.,  
Millwood, NY, for Installation of Exterior Panel Walls Cold Storage  
Building Richard A. Flynn, Sr. Fire Training Center 4 Dana Road,  
Valhalla, New York. Acceptance of completed work and approval of Final  
Contract Amount of the Final Contract Amount of $289,044.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
66. 112554DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 23-503 for Mechanical Building  
Systems Replacement and Upgrades, Coachman Family Center, 123  
East Post Road, White Plains, New York. Advertise for bids.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
67. 112555DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 25-500 with C.A.C. Industries, Inc.  
for Replacement of Quaker Bridge Road Bridge over Croton River (BIN  
3348560) Town of Cortlandt and Village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York.  
Approval of Wetlands, Inc. (WBE), Saddle Brook, NJ, as a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
68. 112592DPW/Transportation - Consent to the assignment of Agreement No.  
19-900, approved 2/17/19, and as subsequently amended, for  
architectural and engineering services associated with Low Rise Building  
Renovations and HVAC Improvements, 110 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  
Boulevard, White Plains, New York, from Graf & Lewent Architects, LLP  
to Design Ideas Group Architecture and Planning, LLC d/b/a DI Group  
Architecture, LLC (“Consultant”), Jamaica, NY, effective upon execution  
of the assignment.  
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: December 4, 2025