County of Westchester  
Board of Acquisition and Contract  
Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, July 10, 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:  
First Deputy Commissioner of Finance  
Associate Chief Deputy County Attorney  
Board of Legislators  
Cesar Vargas  
Tami Altschiller  
Greg Casciato  
Dylan Tragni  
Board of Legislators  
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 replied, “Yes I have.”  
Acquisition & Contract.  
Minutes of the meeting 7/3/25 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.  
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111385County Executive - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester  
County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement  
an agreement with Ximena Francella to provide an overview of County  
internship programs, for a term from 5/27/25 - 10/3/25, for an amount  
not-to-exceed $35,000.  
K. Jenkins  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
111300County Executive - Amend the agreement with the Westchester  
Children’s Museum for the provision of its Family Access Membership  
program, for the period of 1/1/24 - 3/31/25, in an amount not to exceed  
$250,000, in order to extend the termination date of the agreement to  
12/31/25 and to revise certain budget provisions.  
K. Jenkins  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
111418Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with the YMCA of  
Yonkers, Inc. (“Contractor”) to provide the Yonkers Community Gardens  
program to collaborate with residents to cultivate community gardens in  
the City of Yonkers, for a term commencing retroactively on 1/1/25 -  
12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $51,500.  
V. Gashi  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
111249Board of Elections - Enter into an agreement with the Town of Mount  
Pleasant to utilize its property to provide election training to poll workers  
for the primary and general elections in 2025 which provides as follows:  
“The County of Westchester agrees to protect, defend, indemnify and  
hold harmless the Town of Mount Pleasant, their officers, agents and  
employees free and harmless from and against any and all losses,  
penalties, settlement, costs, charges, professional fees or other expenses  
or liabilities of every kind and character, and in any jurisdiction, in  
connection with or arising directly or indirectly out of this agreement  
and/or the performance hereof including its use of Town Property located  
at Mt. Pleasant Town Hall, One Town Hall Plaza, Valhalla, NY 10595, for  
the following days or time period 8/6/25, 8/7/25 and 8/8/25, Wednesday  
through Friday.  
T. Nelson  
D. Colety  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
5.  
111399Planning - Amend an agreement with Congregations Linked in Urban  
Strategy to Effect Renewal, Inc. (CLUSTER), through the Emergency  
Solutions Grant (ESG) Program, to increase the not-to-exceed amount  
from $65,000 to $85,000, an increase $20,000. This amendment shall  
cover the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
6.  
7.  
111401Planning -Amend an agreement with Caring for the Homeless of  
Peekskill, Inc., d/b/a Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill,  
Inc., through the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, to increase the  
not-to-exceed amount from $80,500 to $103,915, an increase of $23,415.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
111412Planning - Enter into an agreement with WPS Contracting Group, LLC.,  
Suchitra Gupta (the “Property Owner”), pursuant to which the Contractor  
will make repairs at 24 Harmon Street, White Plains, New York 10606,  
through the Lead Safe Westchester Program. This agreement will be in  
an amount not to exceed $58,484, for the term commencing on 7/15/25 -  
7/14/26.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
8.  
9.  
111432Planning - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County  
Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an agreement  
with AltaVista Lead Improvement, Inc.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
111433Planning - Amend an agreement with AltaVista Lead Improvement Inc.,  
and Renee G. Coote and Bryan Coote (the “Property Owner”), pursuant  
to which the Contractor will make repairs at 315 Union Ave in Mount  
Vernon, NY, under the Lead Safe Westchester (the “LSW”) Program. The  
amendment shall increase the not-to-exceed the amount from $62,676 to  
$99,500 an increase of $36,824.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
10. 111323Social Services - Amend an agreement (DSS7014-A-24) with United  
Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc. (“United Way”) to utilize United  
Way’s 2-1-1 service to assist with the continued operation of the County  
of Westchester’s Special Needs Registry, commencing on 10/1/24 -  
9/30/27, for an amount not-to-exceed $193,515, in order to 1) expand the  
scope of work to include eviction prevention services to County residents  
in jeopardy of losing their current housing, and 2) increase the total  
not-to-exceed amount by $195,000 from $193,515 to $388,515, payable  
in the amount of $129,505 per year.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
11. 111406Senior Programs and Services - Amend an agreement with Maid  
Brigade of Northern Westchester, Inc. (“Maid Brigade”), for the provision  
of home-cleaning services for the elderly under the Unmet Need program,  
in an amount not-to-exceed $86,596 payable with New York State  
funding, pursuant to certain agreed unit costs, for a term commencing on  
4/1/24 - 3/31/25, in order to increase the not-to-exceed amount of the  
contract by $7,967.41, from a not-to-exceed amount of $86,596 to an  
amount not-to-exceed $94,563.41.  
M. Carpenter  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
12. 111417District Attorney - Amend a 6/26/25 Resolution which authorized the  
County of Westchester, acting by and through its Office of the District  
Attorney, to enter into an agreement with HKA Global, Inc., to conduct tax  
fraud investigations as part of the DA’s Office’s operation of the Crimes  
Against Revenue Program, for the period from 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an  
amount not to exceed $52,430, is hereby amended to reflect the correct  
legal name of the consulting party as being HKA Global, LLC.  
S. Cacace  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
13. 111362Public Safety / Emergency Services - Enter into a license agreement  
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of  
Department of Justice (“FBI”) to grant permission to the FBI to connect its  
subscriber equipment to the County radio communication system and  
utilize the County radio communication system for communicating with  
fire agencies, emergency medical services, law enforcement agencies,  
hospitals and other emergency service agencies and/or responding to  
mutual aid events, with the license to commence upon execution and  
continue unless sooner terminated in accordance with its terms, as listed.  
T. Raynor  
S. Spear  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
14. 111341DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 17-534 with Nuco Painting Corp.  
(MBE) for Water Storage Tower Rehabilitation, County Water District No.  
3, Town of Mount Pleasant, New York. Approval of U.S. Tank Painting,  
Inc., Millstone Township, NJ, as a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
15. 111342DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 22-534 for Merestead Farm House  
Restoration - Phase I, Towns of Bedford and New Castle, New York.  
Award to the Low Bidder, Abbott & Price, Inc., Millwood, NY, in the  
amount of $1,101,951. (3 bids)  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
16. 111365DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 23-534 for Smoke House Building  
Replacement, Richard A. Flynn, Sr. Fire Training Center, 4 Dana Road,  
Grasslands Campus, Valhalla, New York. Award to the Low Bidder,  
Mace Contracting Corporation (MBE), New Rochelle, NY, in the amount  
of $4,385,000. (2 bids)  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
17. 111366DPW/Transportation - Amend Short Form Agreement No. 24-802 with  
QLS Design and Construction, LLC (the “Consultant”), 9033 Apple Jack  
Court, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania 17236, for the provision of Civil  
Engineering Services for the Installation of Fire Tower at Ward Pound  
Ridge Reservation, Pound Ridge, New York, by extending the term  
retroactively from 3/15/25 - 3/14/26.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
18. 111367DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 16-932 with GHD  
Consulting Services Inc., Syracuse, NY, be amended to provide for  
additional engineering services in connection with Process Equipment  
Improvements, Blind Brook Water Resource Recovery Facility, Rye, New  
York. The Consultant shall provide additional design services and  
construction administration services associated with this project, for a fee  
of $1,880,100, increasing the total maximum fee to $3,808,870 and the  
completion date of the agreement shall be extended to 12/31/29.  
Approval of Allied Drilling, Inc., an WBE firm, Sparkill, NY and  
Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering  
& Environmental Services, D.P.C., an WBE firm, White Plains, NY, as  
subconsultants.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
19. 111391DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 20-216, with A&J Towing & Auto  
Body Inc., Yonkers, NY to provide a Service Contract for Auto-Body  
Repair Work, Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks, Department of Public  
Works and Transportation, Westchester County, New York. Approval of  
Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $200,000, to a new amount not to  
exceed $1,032,000.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
20. 111392DPW/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 Safety Marking LLC,  
Bridgeport, CT., as a subcontractor.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Wishnie moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
21. 111394DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 22-913, with  
Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering  
& Environmental Services, D.P.C., an WBE firm, Syracuse, NY, be  
amended to provide additional Environmental Studies and Feasibility  
Studies for various projects, for a fee of $2,000,000, bringing the total  
agreement plus amendment to $4,000,000 and the completion date of the  
agreement shall be extended from 8/14/25 - 8/14/27.  
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:7/10/25