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Resolution Approving a Bid to Purchase and Install Wetland Plugs at Hoscheit Woods Forest Preserve
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WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable for the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois to solicit and receive bids for the purchase and installation of wetland plugs at Hoscheit Woods Forest Preserve; and
WHEREAS, the District is restoring a 1.6-acre prairie pothole present within a larger 77-acre tallgrass prairie planting. The use of plugs is necessitated by the changing hydrologic conditions and will result in improvements to water infiltration and waterfowl habitat; and
WHEREAS, bids were sought for a base project of 7,500 plugs, spread across 53 species, to be planted, watered and guaranteed for a full year of survival of 80% of the plugs planted within the 1.6-acre pothole, as well as an additional option to plant 2,500 more plugs in the same area; and
WHEREAS, the lowest, qualified bid was received from McGinty Brothers, Inc. of Long Grove, Illinois in the amount of $28,907.50 with a price for the option at $10,235.00, for a total cost not to exceed $39,142.50.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, that the bid by McGinty Brothers, Inc. of Long Grove, Illinois to purchase, and install the specified wetland plant plugs in the amount of $39,142.50 be, and hereby is accepted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 11th day of March, 2025.
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Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois