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Amending a Contract with Ellen Kamps to Provide Additional Food and Agriculture Project Consulting Services
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WHEREAS, the Kane County Development and Community Services Department is seeking to amend a contract with Ellen Kamps, the lead consultant working with other approved qualified consultants as subcontractors, to provide additional project services following the withdrawal of an alternate service vendor; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board previously authorized a contract (RES: 24-050) with Ellen Kamps to provide a range of potential services within the scope of the Priority Service Needs for Kane County Agriculture Projects detailed in Exhibit 2 - EK of the approved contract resolution and attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the previously approved contract resolution with Ellen Kamps established a not to exceed amount of $170,000 based on a select set of project needs determined by the Department including but not limited to developing a pollinator habitat toolkit for farmers and managing the implementation of a farmer assistance grant program; and
WHEREAS, the Department requests that the contractual not to exceed amount be increased from $170,000 to $290,000 for the delivery of additional project services to be provided by an approved qualified consultant working as a subcontractor under Ellen’s contract including the administration of Kane County’s Land Transfer Navigator Program and transition support for Kane County’s Farmland Protection Program; and
WHEREAS, the Department has secured funding through an American Farmland Trust Land Transfer Navigator Program grant as well as retains funds within the Farmland Preservation Fund 430 Contractual / Consulting Services line item to pay for the additional services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Kane County Board is authorized to amend the contract with Ellen Kamps, not to exceed $290,000 (Two Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars), by signing the First Contract Amendment (Attachment A).
(Turn over page to see Attachment A - First Contract Amendment)
Line Item: Fund 430 (Farmland Preservation) Fund 400 (Economic Development), Fund 435 (Growing for Kane), Fund 355 (ARPA)
Line Item Description: N/A
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Partially
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Partially
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available?
The American Farmland Trust grant disbursements and expenses will be reflected in the budget pending the approval of an FY 24 budget adjustment to the Growing for Kane Fund.
Passed by the Kane County Board on June 11, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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