County of Westchester  
Board of Acquisition and Contract  
Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, August 8, 2024  
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  
Secretary BAC  
Assistant Secretary BAC  
Karin Hablow  
Tami Altschiller  
Greg Casciato  
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 replied, “Yes I have.”  
Acquisition & Contract.  
Minutes of the meeting 8/1/24 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.  
109453County Executive/Office for Women - Amend a 3/7/24 Resolution to  
enter into an agreement with “The LOFT: Lesbian and Gay Community  
Services Center, Inc.”, pursuant to which the contractor was to provide  
information, education and training for Westchester’s lesbian, gay,  
bisexual, transgender and queer + (“LGBTQ+”) community, their families  
and service providers seeking support for LGBTQ+ clients, for a term  
commencing 1/1/24 - 12/31/24, for an amount not to exceed $60,000, is  
hereby modified by replacing, in its first ‘RESOLVED’ clause, the text  
“The LOFT: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc.” with the  
text “The LOFT: The Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc.”  
G. Latimer  
R. Schlaff  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
2.  
109584County Executive/Office for Women - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of  
the Westchester County Procurement Policy and Procedures, to exempt  
from procurement an agreement with United Community Center of  
Westchester, Inc.  
G. Latimer  
R. Schlaff  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
3.  
109585County Executive/Office for Women - Enter into an agreement with  
United Community Center of Westchester, Inc. to provide  
community-based domestic violence support services for those affected  
by domestic and family violence, for an amount not to exceed $77,240,  
for the term 4/1/24 -3/31/25.  
G. Latimer  
R. Schlaff  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
4.  
109564Information Technology - Enter into an agreement with Philip M.  
Casciano Associates, Inc., to replace base stations, control equipment  
and monitoring equipment for VHF-band and UHF-band interoperability  
systems for radio communication purposes for a not to exceed amount of  
$908,961.28, for a term commencing upon execution and expiring two (2)  
years thereafter.  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
5.  
109587Information Technology - Amend a 4/18/24 Resolution which authorized  
the County of Westchester to exempt from the Westchester County  
Procurement Policy pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) thereof, the  
procurement of an amendment to an agreement with Granicus, LLC for  
the provision of various software modules as a Software-as-a-Service  
solution, by expanding the scope of services to enable the County to  
simulcast to YouTube and Facebook, for a not-to-exceed amount of  
$354,396.28, in order to change the not-to-exceed amount from  
$354,396.28, to $366,165.06 (Contract IT-1788).  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
6.  
109588Information Technology - Amend a 4/18/24 Resolution which authorized  
the County of Westchester to amend an agreement with Granicus, LLC  
for the provision of various software modules as a Software-as-a-Service  
solution to automate and manage business processes, for a three-year  
term commencing on 8/31/23, for a total amount not-to-exceed  
$325,199.23, by expanding the scope of services to include an upgrade  
to Granicus’s encoder which will allow the County to simulcast to  
YouTube and Facebook and increase the not-to-exceed amount by an  
additional $29,197.05, in order to change the amount of the increase from  
$29,197.05 to $40,965.83, for a new total amount of $366,165.06.  
(Contract IT-1788)  
M. Beirne  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
7.  
109618Information Technology / DPW/Transportation - Amend a 5/28/20  
Resolution authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into a lease  
agreement with American Tower Management, LLC (“ATC”), to lease a  
portion of real property leased by ATC located at 7 Morning View Court,  
Mount Pleasant, NY (the “Hardscrabble Road Site”) for the purpose of  
installing, maintaining, and operating certain radio communication  
antennas and equipment on the ATC tower facility, for a term  
commencing on the earlier date of (i) ATC’s issuance of the Notice to  
Proceed or (ii) 6/15/20 (“Commencement Date”), and continuing through  
12/31/29, subject to four (4) additional five (5) year renewal terms, which  
shall commence automatically, and is amended in order to authorize the  
payment of the County’s pro rata share of CAM charges and property  
taxes, and modifying the contract by increasing the amount by  
$142,468.84, in accordance with the terms and conditions.  
M. Beirne  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
8.  
109548County Attorney - Compromise the County of Westchester’s right to be  
reimbursed for health care and wage benefits paid or owing to or on  
behalf of a County employee, identified as “E.J.”, from a settlement of her  
legal claim against several third parties; and that the County’s  
reimbursement is $62,747.44, representing a 34.29% reduction of its lien,  
with full reservation of the County’s right to set off E.J.’s net recovery  
against any future compensation in accordance with the provisions of  
New York State Workers’ Compensation Law.  
J. Nonna  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
9.  
109639Planning - Amend an agreement with Human Development Services of  
Westchester Inc., to provide homeless and eviction prevention services to  
very low income households residing within the Westchester Urban  
County Consortium and/or in municipalities that do not receive their own  
ESG funds, in order to change the expiration date from 7/31/24 to  
8/31/24.  
B. Lopez  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
10. 109608Emergency 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 $683,944, for the period  
9/1/21 - 8/31/24, to assist the County in its efforts related to emergency  
planning activities in order to prevent and address terrorist attacks 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, amongst other things, in order to extend the period of  
performance by one year, until 8/31/25.  
R. Wishnie  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
11. 109625Social Services - Amend an agreement with Yonkers City Post,  
No.1666, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. (“VFW  
1666”), pursuant to which VFW 1666 was to, at its building at 574  
Yonkers Avenue in the City of Yonkers, provide space for, and facilitation  
of, meetings, events, programs, and the like for youths and seniors, for  
the period from 1/1/23 - 12/31/23, for a total amount of $150,000, payable  
as a flat fee for all of the services, by extending its term by six (6) months,  
to a new expiration date of 6/30/24, at no additional cost to the County.  
L. Townes  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
12. 109629Social Services - Enter into an agreement with Caritas of Port Chester,  
Inc., pursuant to which Caritas will provide services to address food  
insecurity, for the period from 8/1/24 - 7/31/25, for an amount not to  
exceed $140,000, (DSS7015-24).  
L. Townes  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
13. 109578College - Extend an agreement with Ivy.Ai, Inc. for the provision of  
Chatbot services including 24/7 automated AI generated answers to  
questions from current and potential students about the College, for a  
term commencing on 6/1/22 - 5/31/24, at a cost of $71,035, in order to  
extend the term of the agreement for the period from 6/1/24 - 5/31/25, at  
the previously agreed upon cost of $33,368.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
14. 109606College - Pursuant to Section 3(a)(xxi) of the Westchester County  
Procurement Policy and Procedures, the procurement of a license from  
Anthology, Inc. of NY for software for a course evaluation system for use  
by the students of Westchester Community College, for a term  
commencing 7/1/24 - 6/30/25, at a cost of $22,248.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
15. 109617College - Enter into an agreement with the Brewster Central School  
District, for the period 1/1/24 - 6/30/24, wherein Westchester Community  
College shall provide advisory services & resources in furtherance of the  
development of the P-Tech program that will prepare District students for  
high-skilled jobs in technology & manufacturing at the previously agreed  
upon fee not to exceed $5,216.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
16. 109630College - Accept a grant and enter into the sub-recipient grant agreement  
with the Research Foundation for the “The SUNY Internship Program at  
Westchester Community College” Project” for which the proposed  
agreement shall have a term commencing on 9/1/23 and terminating on  
8/31/26; and be it further that the College shall be entitled to receive up to  
$314,000 for its participation in the grant, of which approximately  
$132,000 shall be for program administration and the rest for student  
internships.  
B. Miles  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
17. 109568Corrections - Enter into an agreement with the American Correctional  
Association, to conduct an accreditation process for the term from 5/1/23  
- 4/30/26, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $31,500.  
J. Spano  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
18. 109627Probation - Amend a 4/4/24 Resolution to enter into an agreement with  
Sonesta, pursuant to which Sonesta will provide catering and event host  
services for the Department to hold an educational dinner, for a term  
commencing on 9/1/24 - 12/31/24, by changing the date of the event from  
9/19/24 to on or about 9/26/24, for a not to exceed amount of $30,000.  
R. Pozzi  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
19. 109621Parks - Enter into a Temporary Easement Agreement with the City of  
New Rochelle, pursuant to which the City will grant the County a  
temporary easement in, on, upon, across, through and over a portion of  
City-owned property, consisting of approximately .53 acres of a portion of  
tax Lot 0001 in tax Block 490, Section 2, as shown on the Tax Map of the  
City, to be used by the County, its successors, assigns, employees,  
invitees, agents, independent contractors and subcontractors, to facilitate  
a capital project to rehabilitate the Glen Island Bridge, for which the term  
of the agreement shall commence upon execution thereof by both parties  
and approval of same by the Office of the County Attorney, and will expire  
upon completion of the Project; and in consideration for the grant of  
Easement, the County will pay the City the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar.  
K. O'Connor  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
20. 109570DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 17-530 with Laura Li Industries LLC  
(WBE), West Harrison, NY, for Rehabilitation of Various Bridges,  
Westchester County, New York. Acceptance of completed work and  
approval of the Final Contract Amount of $3,552,010.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
21. 109573DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 15-526 with Arben Group LLC,  
Pleasantville, NY, for Replacement of Butlerville Road Bridge over Croton  
River (BIN 3348590), Town of Somers, New York. Acceptance of  
completed work and approval of Final Contract Amount of $3,138,696.50.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
22. 109610DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 17-514 for Rehabilitation of Cove  
Road and Edgewater Point Pumping Stations, Mamaroneck Sanitary  
Sewer District, Mamaroneck, New York. Award to the Low Bidder, Mace  
Contracting Corporation (MBE), New Rochelle, NY, in the amount of  
$5,763,000. (4 bids)  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
23. 109611DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 22-525 for Rehabilitation of Fifth  
Avenue and Saxon Woods Pumping Stations, New Rochelle and  
Mamaroneck Sanitary Sewer Districts, New Rochelle and Mamaroneck,  
New York. Advertise for bids.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
24. 109614DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 20-521 for Pumping Station  
Rehabilitation Program, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Main Street and Ludlow  
Street Pumping Stations, North Yonkers and South Yonkers Sanitary  
Sewer Districts, Villages of Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry, and  
City of Yonkers, New York. Advertise for bids.  
H. Greechan  
Mr. Jenkins moved the Resolution, which was duly seconded and  
unanimously approved.  
25. 109623DPW/Transportation - Contract No. 22-508, with Sun-Dance Energy  
Contractors, Inc. d/b/a Markley Mechanical, Peekskill, NY, for Basement  
Mechanical Room Rehabilitation, Norwood E. Jackson Correctional  
Center, Old Jail Medical Unit, Grasslands Campus, Valhalla, New York.  
Approval of Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $232,000.  
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: 08/08/2024