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Resolution Authorizing A One-Year Fuel Contract
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WHEREAS, The District seeks to approve fuel delivery with J.T. Barrier LLC of Lemont, Illinois for unleaded and B5 biodiesel fuels for a one-year period; and
WHEREAS, the District collaborated with Kane County and other municipalities on a joint fuel bid, in July 2025, which allows the District to call for fuel to be delivered on a keep fill basis; and
WHEREAS, bids were structured so that the base cost of the fuel is determined from the OPIS low rack pricing on the date of the delivery, plus the quoted per gallon mark-up contained in the bid; and
WHEREAS, the lowest responsive bidder is J.T. Barrier LLC of Lemont, Illinois. The price for J.T. Barrier has a mark-up of $0.115 per gallon for unleaded gasoline, and a mark-up of $0.125 per gallon for the B5 biodiesel. This option was in the best interest of the District based on actual usage for fiscal year 2025/2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois that the contract from J.T. Barrier LLC of Lemont, Illinois, with a mark-up of $0.115 per gallon for unleaded gasoline, and a mark-up of $0.125 per gallon for the B5 bio-diesel; and which allows the District to call for fuel to be delivered on a keep fill basis be, and hereby is approved for a One-year period ending on November 30, 2026.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 9th day of September, 2025.
___________________________ ____________________________
Bill Lenert Mohammad Iqbal
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois