Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners

Agenda — 23 items

1. 1 Minutes of February 11, 2026
2. 1 Monthly Financial Statements - February 2026
3. K FINANCE COMMITTEE – Newquist
4. 1 Schedule of Bills - February 2026
5. 1 Approval of Resolution No. 26-01 Authorizing the Submission of a Land Acquisition Grant Application through the Prairie State Conservation Fund for the Acquisition of HORS1A1, A2, and A3 in the Horse Creek Watershed as part of the 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program
6. 1 Forest Preserve Staff Report
7. 2 Next Meeting Date – Thursday, April 2, 2026 immediately following the Operations Committee Meeting but no earlier than 9:15 AM at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois
8. O OPERATIONS COMMITTEE – Oxley
9. 1 Award of Contract in the amount of $224,355.19 to ASE Illini-Scapes Inc. of Oswego, Illinois for Four Rivers Environmental Education Center Water Access Improvements
10. 2 Award of NCPA Contract in the Amount of $193,616.40 to Alliance Technology Group, of Chicago, IL for the Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure System
11. 3 Approve Renewal of a Contract in the Amount of $147,199.21 to Stantec, Inc. of Monee, Illinois for 2026 Campus Facility Landscape Maintenance
12. 4 Approve Four Task Orders totaling $351,575.08 to Davey Resource Group, Inc. of Elmhurst, Illinois; Five Task Orders totaling $323,904.23 to Integrated Lakes Management, Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois; Ten Task Orders totaling $461,913.57 to Natural Resource Management, Inc. of Beecher, Illinois; and One Task Order in the Amount of $108,561.40 to HGS, LLC dba RES Environmental Operating Company, LLC of Chicago, Illinois for Professional Habitat Enhancement and Ecological Management Services 2026
13. 1 2025 Permit Summary on Facility Visitation and Preserve Use
14. 2 Next Meeting Date – Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 9 AM at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois
15. R AD HOC COMMITTEE – Brooks
16. 1 Approval of the Forest Preserve District of Will County 2026 State Legislative Work Plan and Extension of Professional Services Contract with Brent Hassert Consulting
17. 1 Collective Bargaining (5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2))
18. 2 Land Acquisition (5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (5))
19. 3 Pending or Imminent Litigation (5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (11))
20. 4 Personnel (5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1))
21. 5 Review of Executive Session Minutes (5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (21))
22. V ACTIONS FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION – None
23. 1 Recommendation to Hire a Real Estate Manager in the Planning and Land Preservation Department