County of Westchester

Board of Acquisition and Contract

Meeting Minutes

Thursday, April 17, 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

Lisa Hochman

Raymond Sculky

Joan Cocciardi

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 said, “Yes I have.”

Acquisition & Contract.

Minutes of the meeting 4/10/25 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.

11090 2County Executive / Board of Legislators - Enter into an agreement with

Y-COP of Mount Vernon, Inc. (“Y-COP”), pursuant to which Y-COP will

provide an outdoor summer camp and after-school programs, including

transportation services, to children ages 5-13 years old residing in Mount

Vernon, NY, and surrounding communities, for a term commencing

1/1/25 - 12/31/25, for an amount not to exceed $60,000.

K. Jenkins

V. Gashi

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

unanimously approved.

11085 4County Executive/Youth Bureau - Enter into an agreement with Family

Service Society of Yonkers (“FSSY”), pursuant to which FSSY will provide

after school reading services under its Reading Buddies After School

program, for a term commencing retroactively on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an

amount not to exceed $68,566.

E. McFadden

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

unanimously approved.

11090 4County Executive/Youth Bureau - Enter into an agreement with Family

Service Society of Yonkers (“FSSY”), pursuant to which FSSY will

operate its Kinship Support/After School Program, for a term commencing

retroactively on 1/1/25 - 12/31/25, in an amount not to exceed $72,038.

E. McFadden

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

unanimously approved.

11091 9Budget - Amend an agreement with Permut Consulting, LLC (“Permut”)

pursuant to which agreement, as amended, Permut provides advisory

services in connection with the County’s capital projects, for the period

from 1/1/24 - 3/31/25, for an amount, as previously amended, not to

exceed $300,000, payable at a rate of $500 per hour, to increase the

not-to-exceed amount of the agreement by $30,450 from $300,000 to a

new total aggregate amount, as amended, not to exceed $330,450.

L. Soule

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

unanimously approved.

11082 8County Attorney - Purchase an insurance policy from the New York

Municipal Insurance Reciprocal (“NYMIR”) through Brown & Brown of

New York, Inc., as NYMIR’s exclusive brokerage firm in Westchester

County, for bus liability insurance from NYMIR for the portion of the

Bee-Line Bus System currently operated by Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., for

the period from 7/1/25 - 7/1/26, for an amount of $4,979,516, barring the

addition or deletion of one or more vehicles resulting in an additional

pro-rated per-unit cost.

J. Nonna

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

unanimously approved.

11084 8County Attorney - Retroactively amend an agreement with The Legal Aid

Society of Westchester County, commencing on 1/1/23 - 12/31/23, in

order to increase the not to exceed amount contained in section 7(b) of

the agreement from $2,200,000 to $2,585,667.40 for services rendered in

accordance with grant agreements listed in the agreement with New York

State Office of Indigent Legal Services, thereby increasing the aggregate

not to exceed amount of the agreement, from $16,869,040 to

$17,254,707.40.

J. Nonna

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

unanimously approved.

11089 7Community Mental Health - Enter into an agreement with Mental Health

Empowerment Project, Inc. (“MHEP”), pursuant to which MHEP will assist

DCMH in co-facilitating the Fresh Start program with the Westchester

County District Attorney’s Office, by providing a co-facilitator for a 3-hour

program, which is to be delivered between sixty (60) and sixty-five (65)

times per year, to low-level first time offenders, focusing on rehabilitation

instead of incarceration for certain types of crimes, to avoid recidivism

and improve peoples’ lives, commencing retroactively on 1/1/25 -

12/31/25, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $40,000.

M. Orth

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

unanimously approved.

11089 5College - Enter into an agreement with the Port Chester - Rye Union

Free School District to provide college-level courses in Health and Fitness

for Life, for the period of 9/6/24 regardless of when executed, to 8/30/25,

whereby the College shall be paid a total amount not-to-exceed

$10,900.50.

B. Miles

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

unanimously approved.

11089 6College - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County

Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt from procurement an

agreement with Corporate Cost Control, Inc.

B. Miles

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

unanimously approved.

10. 11089 8College - Amend an agreement approved on 5/30/24 to enter into an

agreement with Corporate Cost Control, Inc., for the provision of

consultant services in connection with unemployment claims

administration and related matters, for a term commencing on 1/1/24 -

12/31/26, payable at an annual fee not to exceed $3,765, for a total

aggregate amount not-to-exceed of $11,295 for the term of the

agreement, is hereby amended by changing the name of the vendor from

Corporate Cost Control, Inc., to Experian Employer Services, Inc.

B. Miles

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

unanimously approved.

11. 11090 6College - Enter into an agreement with the City School District of The

City of New Rochelle to enable up to 24 selected students at New

Rochelle High School to take courses for college credit through

Westchester Community College, during the period 9/4/24 - 6/30/25,

whereby the College shall be paid a total amount not-to-exceed

$5,668.02.

B. Miles

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

unanimously approved.

12. 11090 8College - Amend an agreement with Jenspark, pursuant to which

JensSpark agrees to provide graphic design services in furtherance of

increasing enrollment at the College and retaining students, for a total

amount not-to-exceed $270,000, for a term commencing on 9/1/22 -

8/31/26, on the same terms and conditions without adding any additional

cost to the agreement.

B. Miles

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

unanimously approved.

13. 11091 3Social Services - Contract No. DSS3042-25 for Security Escort Services

For Department Of Social Services Personnel, for a period of three (3)

years commencing on 7/1/25, with the county having three (3) additional

one (1) year options thereafter. Advertise for bids.

L. Townes

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

unanimously approved.

14. 11072 1Parks - Renewal option to extend the term of the management

agreement with the Playland Ice Casino, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary

of American Skating Entertainment Centers, LLC), for the management of

the Ice Casino at Playland Park in Rye, New York, for the renewal period

9/1/25 - 8/31/26, upon the same terms and conditions in the agreement.

K. O'Connor

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

unanimously approved.

15. 11090 5Parks - Amend a 3/27/25 Resolution which authorized the County to

enter into a license agreement with Park & Coast Hospitality Group, LLC,

for the operation of the Pier restaurant known as Tiki Beach at Playland

Park in Rye, New York, as well as the operation of the daily boat parking

service utilizing the service dock, ramp and moorings located off the

Playland Pier including the operation of a boat shuttle to and from the

moorings to a floating dock, for a term commencing 5/1/25 - 12/31/26, for

a license fee as set forth in the March 27th resolution, is hereby amended

to correct the name of the licensee from Park & Coast Hospitality Group,

LLC to Parks & Coast Hospitality Group, LLC, dba, Tiki Beach Pier

Restaurant.

K. O'Connor

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

unanimously approved.

16. 11085 2DPW/Transportation - Enter into a License Agreement WCA 25003 with

Cosgrove Aircraft Services Inc., for the use of space in Building 2 at

Westchester County Airport, for the term from 5/1/25 - 4/30/30, with the

County’s option to renew the license for five more years.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

17. 11085 1DPW/Transportation - Enter into Agreement No. 24-934 with Platt Byard

Dovell White Architects, LLP, New York, NY, in connection with

Architectural and Engineering Services for the Castle Rehabilitation, Glen

Island Park, New Rochelle, New York. The Consultant shall provide

design services associated with this project rendered in accordance with

the Consultant’s proposal, a total compensation of $965,950, shall be

provided and that the agreement shall commence upon the Consultant's

receipt of written notice from the Commissioner of Public Works and

Transportation or his designee and that the completion date shall be

12/31/30. Approval of the five (5) subconsultants.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

18. 11085 3DPW/Transportation - Amend a 7/25/24 Resolution awarding Contract

No. 22-511-Rev., Parking Garage Rehabilitation - Phase II, Michaelian

Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, New York to Mace

Contracting Corporation (MBE), New Rochelle, NY, in the amount of

$34,874,750, is hereby amended to reflect “D&M Electrical Contracting”

as an approved subcontractor.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

19. 11085 5DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 11-548 with Welkin Mechanical LLC,

for HVAC Equipment Upgrades and Odor Control Improvements - Phase

IV, Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant, Yonkers, New York.

Approval of Aquifer Drilling & Testing Inc., Mineola, NY, McVac

Environmental Services, New Haven, CT and Milcon Construction Corp.,

West Babylon, NY, as subcontractors.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

20. 11086 2DPW/Transportation - Amend Agreement No. 20-930 with AI Engineers,

Inc., an MBE firm, Elmsford, NY, in connection with engineering services

for the Rehabilitation of Lincoln Avenue, CR #84, Village of Pelham, New

York, by extending the term from 12/31/24 - 12/31/25.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

21. 11086 4DPW/Transportation - 1) Renew Contract No. 21-209 with Barclay

Water Management, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts to provide a

Countywide Water Treatment Services, Westchester County, New York

and extend the termination date of the agreement from 5/31/25 - 5/31/27;

and 2) increase the amount of the agreement by $320,576, from an

amount of $480,864, to a new total amount not to exceed $801,440.

H. Greechan

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

unanimously approved.

22. 11085 6DEF - Amend Agreement No. EF-2406 with Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C.,

to provide a Waste Reduction Study and Report, for a term from 8/30/24 -

8/29/25, to provide for additional services associated with the project and

increase the amount by $20,000, from $70,000 to a new not to exceed

amount of $90,000.

V. Kopicki

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

unanimously approved.