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Resolution Approving a Construction Contractor Change for the Big Rock Forest Preserve RTP Trail Restoration Project
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WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois finds it necessary and desirable to approve the construction contractor change for the Big Rock Forest Preserve RTP Trail Restoration Project; and
WHEREAS, the District has terminated the $210,640.09 contract with the lowest bidder, Evans & Son, Inc. due to their inability to complete the project; and
WHEREAS, the District has asked the second lowest and qualified bidder, Obsidian Asphalt Paving, Inc. to hold their original bid price of $232,126.30 and complete the remainder of the project; and
WHEREAS, the bonding company for Evans & Son, Inc., EMC Insurance, has agreed to cover the $21,486.21 difference between the two bid prices so that the District is not financially impacted by the contractor replacement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois that the construction contractor change be, and hereby is, accepted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 12th day of August, 2025.
___________________________ ____________________________
Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois