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Resolution Authorizing a Bid For Native Seed Purchases to Restore Lands at Various Preserves
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WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois, that the District desires to restore lands through a purchase of native seed for conversion of agricultural lands, prairie restoration, woodland restoration, and habitat creation; and
WHEREAS, native plants are the basis of all native ecosystems and therefore are the basis of our work in the Natural Resource Management department; and
WHEREAS, bids have been solicited and received for the purchase of native seed; the qualified, lowest bids were received from Shooting Star Nursery, Genesis Nursery, Agrecol, RES Great Lakes, Spence Restoration Nursery, and Millborn Seeds for Projects 1 and 2, as listed below:
Project 1 - Rutland North Forest Preserve (172 acres):
Agrecol - 11 species: Bid of $16,521.00
Genesis Nursery - 5 species: Bid of $12,079.08
Millborn Seeds - 42 species: Bid of $35,079.62
RES Great Lakes - 17 species: Bid of $10,700.75
Spence Restoration Nursery - 15 species: Bid of $19,848.60
Shooting Star Native Seed - 43 species: Bid of $42,082.60
Total: 133 species - $136,311.65
Project 2 - Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve (87 acres):
Agrecol - 6 species: Bid of $8,420.00
Genesis Nursery - 2 species: Bid of $2,960.00
Millborn Seeds - 31 species: Bid of $26,244.00
RES Great Lakes - 5 species: Bid of $3,415.00
Spence Restoration Nursery - 11 species: Bid of $5,433.60
Shooting Star Native Seed - 23 species: Bid of $27,081.00
Total: 78 species - $73,553.60
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, that the qualified, lowest bids by Shooting Star Nursery in the amount of $69,163.60, Genesis Nursery in the amount of $15,039.08, Agrecol in the amount of $24,941.00, RES Great Lakes in the amount of $14,115.75, Spence Restoration Nursery in the amount of $25,282.20, and Millborn Seeds in the amount of $61,323.62, as listed above, for the purchase of native seed for the conversion of agricultural lands, prairie restoration, woodland restoration, and habitat creation in the total amount of $209,865.25 be, and hereby are, accepted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 9th day of September, 2025.
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Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois