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Public Act 102-0460 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Forest | ||||
Preserve District and Conservation District Design-Build | ||||
Authorization Act. | ||||
Section 5. Purpose. This purpose of this Act is to | ||||
authorize forest preserve districts and conservation districts | ||||
to use design-build processes to increase the efficiency and | ||||
effectiveness of delivering public projects. | ||||
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Delivery system" means the design and construction | ||||
approach used to develop and construct a project. | ||||
"Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system | ||||
used on public projects that incorporates the Local Government | ||||
Professional Services Selection Act, the competitive bidding | ||||
process set forth in Section 6 of the Conservation District | ||||
Act, the competitive bidding process set forth in subsection | ||||
(b) of Section 8 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||
Act, or the competitive bidding process set forth in Section | ||||
14 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. | ||||
"Design-build" means a delivery system that provides |
responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of | ||
architecture, engineering, land surveying, and related | ||
services as required and the labor, materials, equipment, and | ||
other construction services for the project. | ||
"Design-build contract" means a contract for a public | ||
project under this Act between a forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district and a design-build entity to furnish: | ||
architecture, engineering, land surveying, public art or | ||
interpretive exhibits, and related services, as required; and | ||
the labor, materials, equipment, and other construction | ||
services for the project. | ||
"Design-build entity" means any individual, sole | ||
proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, | ||
professional corporation, or other entity that proposes to | ||
design and construct any public project under this Act. A | ||
design-build entity and associated design professionals shall | ||
conduct themselves in accordance with the relevant laws of | ||
this State and the related provisions of the Illinois | ||
Administrative Code. | ||
"Design professional" means any individual, sole | ||
proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, | ||
professional corporation, or other entity that offers services | ||
under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the | ||
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Structural | ||
Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the Illinois Professional | ||
Land Surveyor Act of 1989. |
"Evaluation criteria" means the requirements for the | ||
separate phases of the selection process as defined in this | ||
Act and may include the specialized experience, technical | ||
qualifications and competence, capacity to perform, past | ||
performance, experience with similar projects, assignment of | ||
personnel to the project, and other appropriate factors. | ||
"Proposal" means the offer to enter into a design-build | ||
contract as submitted by a design-build entity in accordance | ||
with this Act.
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"Public art designer" means any individual, sole | ||
proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, | ||
professional corporation, or other entity that has | ||
demonstrated experience with the design and fabrication of | ||
public art including any media that has been planned and | ||
executed with the intention of being staged in the physical | ||
public domain outside and accessible to all or any art which is | ||
exhibited in a public space including publicly accessible | ||
buildings, or interpretive exhibits including communication | ||
media that is designed to engage, excite, inform, relate, or | ||
reveal the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of a | ||
topic or story being presented. | ||
"Request for proposal" means the document used by the | ||
forest preserve district or conservation district to solicit | ||
proposals for a design-build contract. | ||
"Scope and performance criteria" means the requirements | ||
for the public project, including, but not limited to, the |
intended usage, capacity, size, scope, quality and performance | ||
standards, life-cycle costs, and other programmatic criteria | ||
that are expressed in performance-oriented and quantifiable | ||
specifications and drawings that can be reasonably inferred | ||
and are suited to allow a design-build entity to develop a | ||
proposal. | ||
Section 15. Solicitation of proposals. | ||
(a) A forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
may enter into design-build contracts. In addition to the | ||
requirements set forth in its local ordinances, when the | ||
forest preserve district or conservation district elects to | ||
use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice | ||
of intent to receive proposals for the project at least 14 days | ||
before issuing the request for the proposal. The forest | ||
preserve district or conservation district must publish the | ||
advance notice in the manner prescribed by ordinance, which | ||
shall include posting the advance notice online on its | ||
website. The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
may publish the notice in construction industry publications | ||
or post the notice on construction industry websites. A brief | ||
description of the proposed procurement must be included in | ||
the notice. The forest preserve district or conservation | ||
district must provide a copy of the request for proposal to any | ||
party requesting a copy. | ||
(b) The request for proposal shall be prepared for each |
project and must contain, without limitation, the following | ||
information: | ||
(1) The name of the forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district. | ||
(2) A preliminary schedule for the completion of the | ||
contract. | ||
(3) The proposed budget for the project, the source of | ||
funds, and the currently available funds at the time the | ||
request for proposal is submitted. | ||
(4) Prequalification criteria for design-build | ||
entities wishing to submit proposals. The forest preserve | ||
district or conservation district shall include, at a | ||
minimum, its normal prequalification, licensing, | ||
registration, and other requirements; however, nothing | ||
precludes the use of additional prequalification criteria | ||
by the forest preserve district or conservation district. | ||
(5) Material requirements of the contract, including, | ||
but not limited to, the proposed terms and conditions, | ||
required performance and payment bonds, insurance, and the | ||
entity's plan to comply with the utilization goals for | ||
business enterprises established in the Business | ||
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||
Disabilities Act and with Section 2-105 of the Illinois | ||
Human Rights Act. | ||
(6) The performance criteria. | ||
(7) The evaluation criteria for each phase of the |
solicitation. Price may not be used as a factor in the | ||
evaluation of Phase I proposals. | ||
(8) The number of entities that will be considered for | ||
the technical and cost evaluation phase. | ||
(c) The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
may include any other relevant information that it chooses to | ||
supply. The design-build entity shall be entitled to rely upon | ||
the accuracy of this documentation in the development of its | ||
proposal. | ||
(d) The date that proposals are due must be at least 21 | ||
calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for | ||
proposal. In the event the cost of the project is estimated to | ||
exceed $12,000,000, then the proposal due date must be at | ||
least 28 calendar days after the date of the issuance of the | ||
request for proposal. The forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district shall include in the request for | ||
proposal a minimum of 30 days to develop the Phase II | ||
submissions after the selection of entities from the Phase I | ||
evaluation is completed. | ||
Section 20. Development of scope and performance criteria.
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(a) The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design | ||
professional or public art designer, a request for proposal, | ||
which shall include scope and performance criteria. The scope | ||
and performance criteria must be in sufficient detail and |
contain adequate information to reasonably apprise the | ||
qualified design-build entities of the forest preserve | ||
district's or conservation district's overall programmatic | ||
needs and goals, including criteria and preliminary design | ||
plans, general budget parameters, schedule, and delivery | ||
requirements. | ||
(b) Each request for proposal shall also include a | ||
description of the level of design to be provided in the | ||
proposals. This description must include the scope and type of | ||
renderings, drawings, and specifications that, at a minimum, | ||
will be required by the forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district to be produced by the design-build | ||
entities. | ||
(c) The scope and performance criteria shall be prepared | ||
by a design professional or public art designer who is an | ||
employee of the forest preserve district or conservation | ||
district, or the forest preserve district or conservation | ||
district may contract with an independent design professional | ||
or public art designer selected under the Local Government | ||
Professional Services Selection Act to provide these services. | ||
(d) The design professional or public art designer that | ||
prepares the scope and performance criteria is prohibited from | ||
participating in any design-build entity proposal for the | ||
project. | ||
(e) The design-build contract may be conditioned upon | ||
subsequent refinements in scope and price and may allow the |
forest preserve district or conservation district to make | ||
modifications in the project scope without invalidating the | ||
design-build contract. | ||
Section 25. Procedures for Selection.
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(a) The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
must use a two-phase procedure for the selection of the | ||
successful design-build entity. Phase I of the procedure will | ||
evaluate and shortlist the design-build entities based on | ||
qualifications, and Phase II will evaluate the technical and | ||
cost proposals. | ||
(b) The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall include in the request for proposal the evaluating | ||
factors to be used in Phase I. These factors are in addition to | ||
any prequalification requirements of design-build entities | ||
that the forest preserve district or conservation district has | ||
set forth. Each request for proposal shall establish the | ||
relative importance assigned to each evaluation factor and | ||
subfactor, including any weighting of criteria to be employed | ||
by the forest preserve district or conservation district. The | ||
forest preserve district or conservation district must | ||
maintain a record of the evaluation scoring to be disclosed in | ||
event of a protest regarding the solicitation. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall include the following criteria in every Phase I | ||
evaluation of design-build entities: (i) experience of |
personnel; (ii) successful experience with similar project | ||
types; (iii) financial capability; (iv) timeliness of past | ||
performance; (v) experience with similarly sized projects; | ||
(vi) successful reference checks of the firm; (vii) commitment | ||
to assign personnel for the duration of the project and | ||
qualifications of the entity's consultants; and (viii) ability | ||
or past performance in meeting or exhausting good faith | ||
efforts to meet the utilization goals for business enterprises | ||
established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | ||
and Persons with Disabilities Act and with Section 2-105 of | ||
the Illinois Human Rights Act. The forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district may include any additional relevant | ||
criteria in Phase I that it deems necessary for a proper | ||
qualification review. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district may | ||
not consider any design-build entity for evaluation or award | ||
if the entity has any pecuniary interest in the project or has | ||
other relationships or circumstances, including, but not | ||
limited to, long-term leasehold, mutual performance, or | ||
development contracts with the forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district, that may give the design-build entity a | ||
financial or tangible advantage over other design-build | ||
entities in the preparation, evaluation, or performance of the | ||
design-build contract or that create the appearance of | ||
impropriety. No proposal shall be considered that does not | ||
include an entity's plan to comply with the requirements |
established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, | ||
and Persons with Disabilities Act, for both the design and | ||
construction areas of performance, and with Section 2-105 of | ||
the Illinois Human Rights Act. | ||
Upon completion of the qualifications evaluation, the | ||
forest preserve district or conservation district shall create | ||
a shortlist of the most highly qualified design-build | ||
entities. The forest preserve district or conservation | ||
district, in its discretion, is not required to shortlist the | ||
maximum number of entities as identified for Phase II | ||
evaluation, provided that no less than 2 design-build entities | ||
nor more than 6 are selected to submit Phase II proposals. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall notify the entities selected for the shortlist in | ||
writing. This notification shall commence the period for the | ||
preparation of the Phase II technical and cost evaluations. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district must | ||
allow sufficient time for the shortlist entities to prepare | ||
their Phase II submittals considering the scope and detail | ||
requested by the forest preserve district or conservation | ||
district. | ||
(c) The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall include in the request for proposal the evaluating | ||
factors to be used in the technical and cost submission | ||
components of Phase II. Each request for proposal shall | ||
establish, for both the technical and cost submission |
components of Phase II, the relative importance assigned to | ||
each evaluation factor and subfactor, including any weighting | ||
of criteria to be employed by the forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district. The forest preserve district or | ||
conservation district must maintain a record of the evaluation | ||
scoring to be disclosed in event of a protest regarding the | ||
solicitation. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall include the following criteria in every Phase II | ||
technical evaluation of design-build entities: (i) compliance | ||
with objectives of the project; (ii) compliance of proposed | ||
services to the request for proposal requirements; (iii) | ||
quality of products or materials proposed; (iv) quality of | ||
design parameters; (v) design concepts; (vi) innovation in | ||
meeting the scope and performance criteria; and (vii) | ||
constructability of the proposed project. The forest preserve | ||
district or conservation district may include any additional | ||
relevant technical evaluation factors it deems necessary for | ||
proper selection. | ||
The forest preserve district or conservation district | ||
shall include the following criteria in every Phase II cost | ||
evaluation: the total project cost, the construction costs, | ||
and the time of completion. The forest preserve or | ||
conservation district may include any additional relevant | ||
technical evaluation factors it deems necessary for proper | ||
selection. The total project cost criteria weighing factor |
shall not exceed 30%. | ||
The forest preserve or conservation district shall | ||
directly employ or retain a licensed design professional or a | ||
public art designer to evaluate the technical and cost | ||
submissions to determine if the technical submissions are in | ||
accordance with generally accepted industry standards. | ||
Upon completion of the technical submissions and cost | ||
submissions evaluation, the forest preserve or conservation | ||
district may award the design-build contract to the highest | ||
overall ranked entity.
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Section 30. Small projects. In any case where the total | ||
overall cost of the project is estimated to be less than | ||
$12,000,000, the forest preserve or conservation district may | ||
combine the two-phase procedure for selection described in | ||
Section 25 into one combined step, provided that all the | ||
requirements of evaluation are performed in accordance with | ||
Section 25. | ||
Section 35. Submission of proposals. Proposals must be | ||
properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed | ||
until after the deadline for submission has passed as set | ||
forth in the request for proposals. All design-build entities | ||
submitting proposals shall be disclosed after the deadline for | ||
submission, and all design-build entities who are selected for | ||
Phase II evaluation shall also be disclosed at the time of that |
determination. | ||
Proposals shall include a bid bond in the form and | ||
security as designated in the request for proposals. Proposals | ||
shall also contain a separate sealed envelope with the cost | ||
information within the overall proposal submission. Proposals | ||
shall include a list of all design professionals, public art | ||
designers, and other entities to which any work may be | ||
subcontracted during the performance of the contract. | ||
Proposals must meet all material requirements of the | ||
request for proposal or they may be rejected as | ||
non-responsive. The forest preserve or conservation district | ||
shall have the right to reject any and all proposals. | ||
The drawings and specifications of the proposal may remain | ||
the property of the design-build entity. | ||
The forest preserve or conservation district shall review | ||
the proposals for compliance with the performance criteria and | ||
evaluation factors. | ||
Proposals may be withdrawn prior to evaluation for any | ||
cause. After evaluation begins by the forest preserve or | ||
conservation district, clear and convincing evidence of error | ||
is required for withdrawal. | ||
Section 40. Award. The forest preserve or conservation | ||
district may award the contract to the highest overall ranked | ||
entity. Notice of award shall be made in writing. Unsuccessful | ||
entities shall also be notified in writing. The forest |
preserve or conservation district may not request a best and | ||
final offer after the receipt of proposals. The forest | ||
preserve or conservation district may negotiate with the | ||
selected design-build entity after award but prior to contract | ||
execution for the purpose of securing better terms than | ||
originally proposed, provided that the salient features of the | ||
request for proposal are not diminished. | ||
Section 45. Reports and evaluation. At the end of every 6 | ||
month period following the contract award, and again prior to | ||
final contract payout and closure, a selected design-build | ||
entity shall detail, in a written report submitted to the | ||
forest preserve or conservation district, its efforts and | ||
success in implementing the entity's plan to comply with the | ||
utilization goals for business enterprises established in the | ||
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||
Disabilities Act and the provisions of Section 2-105 of the | ||
Illinois Human Rights Act. | ||
Section 905. The Conservation District Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 6 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 410/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7106)
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Sec. 6. Officers and employees. As soon as possible after | ||
the initial
election or the initial appointments, as the case | ||
may be, the trustees shall organize
by selecting from their |
members a president, secretary, treasurer, and
other officers | ||
as are deemed necessary, who shall hold office for 2 years in
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the case of an elected board, or the
fiscal year in which | ||
elected in the case of an appointed board, and until their | ||
successors are selected and
qualify. Three trustees shall | ||
constitute a quorum of the board for the
transaction of | ||
business if the district has 5 trustees. If the
district has 7 | ||
trustees, 4 trustees shall constitute a quorum of the board
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for the transaction of business. The board shall hold regular | ||
monthly
meetings. Special meetings may be called by the | ||
president and shall be called
on the request of a majority of | ||
members, as may be required.
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The board shall provide for the proper and safe keeping of | ||
its permanent
records and for the recording of the corporate | ||
action of the district. It
shall keep a proper system of | ||
accounts showing a true and accurate record
of its receipts | ||
and disbursements, and it shall cause an annual audit to be
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made of its books, records, and accounts.
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The records of the district shall be subject to public | ||
inspection at all
reasonable hours and under regulations as | ||
the board may prescribe.
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The district shall annually make a full and complete | ||
report to the
county board of each county within the district | ||
and to the Department of Natural Resources of its transactions | ||
and
operations for the preceding year. The report shall | ||
contain a full statement
of its receipts, disbursements, and |
the program of work for the period covered,
and may include | ||
recommendations as may be deemed advisable.
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Executive or ministerial duties may be delegated to one or | ||
more trustees
or to an authorized officer, employee, agent, | ||
attorney, or other
representative of the district.
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All officers and employees authorized to receive or retain | ||
the custody
of money or to sign vouchers, checks, warrants, or | ||
evidences of indebtedness
binding upon the district shall | ||
furnish surety bond for the faithful
performance of their | ||
duties and the faithful accounting for all moneys that
may | ||
come into their hands in an amount to be fixed and in a form to | ||
be
approved by the board.
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All contracts for supplies, material, or work involving an | ||
expenditure in
excess of $30,000 $25,000 , or a lower amount if | ||
required by board policy, shall be let to the lowest | ||
responsible bidder, after due
advertisement, excepting work | ||
requiring personal confidence or necessary
supplies under the | ||
control of monopolies, where competitive bidding is
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impossible , or as otherwise provided in the Forest Preserve | ||
District and Conservation District Design-Build Authorization | ||
Act . All contracts for supplies, material, or work shall be | ||
signed by
the president of the board and by any other officer | ||
as the board in
its discretion may designate.
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(Source: P.A. 99-771, eff. 8-12-16.)
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Section 910. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is |
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 805/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
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Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and | ||
officers; contracts; salaries.
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(a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such | ||
forest
preserve district and shall have power to pass and | ||
enforce all necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for | ||
the management of the property and
conduct of the business of | ||
such district. The president of such board
shall have power to | ||
appoint such employees as may be necessary. In counties
with | ||
population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 days after their | ||
selection
the commissioners appointed under the provisions of | ||
Section 3a of this Act
shall organize by selecting from their | ||
members a president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer and | ||
such other officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold
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office for the fiscal year in which elected and until their | ||
successors are
selected and qualify. In the one district in | ||
existence on July 1, 1977, that
is managed by an appointed | ||
board of commissioners, the incumbent president
and the other | ||
officers appointed in the manner as originally prescribed in | ||
this
Act shall hold such offices until the completion of their | ||
respective terms or
in the case of the officers other than | ||
president until their successors
are appointed by said | ||
president, but in all cases not to extend beyond January
1, | ||
1980 and until their successors are selected and qualify. |
Thereafter,
the officers shall be selected in the manner as | ||
prescribed in this Section
except that their first term of | ||
office shall not expire until June 30, 1981
and until their | ||
successors are selected and qualify.
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(a-5) An officer selected pursuant to subsection (a) may | ||
be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an | ||
affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board of the forest | ||
preserve district. Upon adoption of a motion to remove an | ||
officer: (i) the office becomes vacant and the former | ||
officer's compensation shall be prorated to the date the | ||
motion was approved; (ii) if the officer removed is the | ||
president then the vice president immediately assumes the | ||
duties of the president without president compensation and, if | ||
the officer removed is the vice president, treasurer, or | ||
secretary, then the president shall select an interim | ||
appointee who shall serve until the next regularly scheduled | ||
forest preserve district board meeting; and (iii) a new | ||
officer shall be selected at the next regularly scheduled | ||
forest preserve district board meeting. An officer removed | ||
under this Section maintains his or her status as a member of | ||
the forest preserve district board. | ||
(b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
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sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
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governing body of a forest preserve district, the person | ||
exercising
the powers of the president of the board shall have | ||
power to appoint a
secretary and an assistant secretary and |
treasurer and an assistant
treasurer and such other officers | ||
and such employees as may be necessary.
The assistant | ||
secretary and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties
of | ||
the secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of | ||
such officers
or when such officers are unable to perform the | ||
duties of their respective
offices. All contracts for | ||
supplies, material or
work involving an expenditure in excess | ||
of $30,000 $25,000 , or a lower amount if required by board | ||
policy, shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, after | ||
advertising at least once in one or more
newspapers of general | ||
circulation within the district, excepting work
requiring | ||
personal confidence or necessary
supplies under the control of | ||
monopolies, where competitive bidding is
impossible , or as | ||
otherwise provided in the Forest Preserve District and | ||
Conservation District Design-Build Authorization Act . | ||
Contracts for supplies, material or work involving an
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expenditure of $30,000 $25,000 , or a lower amount if required | ||
by board policy, or less may be let without advertising for | ||
bids,
but whenever practicable, at least 3 competitive bids | ||
shall be obtained
before letting such contract. All contracts | ||
for supplies, material or
work shall be signed by the | ||
president of the board of commissioners or
by any such other | ||
officer as the board in its discretion may designate.
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(c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed | ||
under the
provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a | ||
salary not to
exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary |
of other members of the
board so appointed shall not exceed | ||
$1500 per annum. Salaries of the
commissioners, officers and | ||
employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
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(d) Whenever a forest preserve district owns any personal | ||
property that, in the opinion of three-fifths of the members | ||
of the board of commissioners, is no longer necessary, useful | ||
to, or for the best interests of the forest preserve district, | ||
then three-fifths of the members of the board, at any regular | ||
meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose by an | ||
ordinance or resolution that includes a general description of | ||
the personal property, may authorize the conveyance or sale of | ||
that personal property in any manner that they may designate, | ||
with or without advertising the sale. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
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Section 915. The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act | ||
is amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 810/14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6417)
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Sec. 14. The board, as corporate authority of a forest
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preserve district, shall have power to pass and enforce all | ||
necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for the management | ||
of the property and
conduct of the business of such district. | ||
The president of such board
shall have power to appoint a | ||
secretary and an assistant secretary, and
treasurer and an | ||
assistant treasurer and such other officers and such
employees |
as may be necessary, all of whom, excepting the treasurer and
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attorneys, shall be under civil service rules and regulations, | ||
as
provided in Section 17 of this Act. The assistant secretary | ||
and assistant
treasurer shall perform the duties of the | ||
secretary and treasurer,
respectively, in case of death of | ||
said officers or when said officers
are unable to perform the | ||
duties of their respective offices because of
absence or | ||
inability to act. All contracts for supplies, material or
work | ||
involving an expenditure by forest preserve
districts in | ||
excess of $30,000 $25,000 shall be let to the lowest
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responsible bidder,
after due advertisement, excepting work | ||
requiring personal confidence or necessary
supplies under the | ||
control of monopolies, where competitive bidding is
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impossible , or as otherwise provided in the Forest Preserve | ||
District and Conservation District Design-Build Authorization | ||
Act . Contracts for supplies, material or work involving an
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expenditure of $30,000 $25,000 or less may be let without | ||
advertising for bids,
but whenever practicable, at least 3 | ||
competitive bids shall be obtained
before letting such | ||
contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a | ||
forest preserve district may establish procedures to comply | ||
with State and federal regulations concerning affirmative | ||
action and the use of small businesses or businesses owned by | ||
minorities or women in construction and procurement contracts. | ||
All contracts for supplies, material or
work shall be signed | ||
by the president of the board or
by any such other officer as |
the board in its discretion may designate.
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Salaries of employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
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(Source: P.A. 99-264, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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Section 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||
severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, | ||
2022.
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