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Illinois Tollway board reaffirms prior votes, approves multiple contracts and holds executive session
Summary
At its May 20 meeting the Illinois Tollway Board approved multiple agenda items across finance, IT, facilities and engineering, entered executive session under the Open Meetings Act and reaffirmed votes taken Aug. 29, 2024, including several contract awards listed in the meeting record.
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors on May 20 approved a slate of finance, information technology, facilities and engineering items, entered executive session under the Illinois Open Meetings Act and later reaffirmed votes taken at its Aug. 29, 2024 meeting, according to the board record.
Chairman Rivera moved the meeting through grouped motions that approved minutes and multiple agenda items by voice vote. Several specific contract awards and amounts were read into the record as part of a reaffirmation of the Aug. 29, 2024 agenda. Those items included (as read into the record): payment of $480,000 to the Illinois Auditor General Audit Expense Fund for the FY2023 financial audit; IT contract awards to Gartner Inc. (not to exceed $385,215.51), Presidio Network Solutions LLC for Cisco network equipment ($286,407.30) and Cisco firewall equipment ($453,499.26), Zones LLC for VMware licenses (not to exceed $8,014,469.19), Presidio for Dell EMC equipment and services (not to exceed $21,000,000), Carahsoft Technology Corp. for ServiceNow additions (not to exceed $1,278,369.04), Collin Case Management LLC for case management software ($155,650.20) and National Tech Services Inc. for mobile CAD licenses (not to exceed $200,000). Engineering awards included Plaza Improvements to Foundation Mechanics LLC ($8,814,479.12) and a $3,250,000 change order on a roadway and bridge construction contract for Elgin O'Hare Western Access.
The board entered executive session to discuss "pending or probable litigation and the minutes of closed meetings" under sections 2(c)(11) and 2(c)(21) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Director Wright indicated in advance that he would recuse himself from legal item 2; the board later took a roll call on legal item 2 in which Directors Nedmayer, Gomez, Connolly, Paddock, Perinar, Sweeney and Chairman Rivera were recorded as voting yes and Director Wright was recorded as recused. Christie (staff) called the roll during the recorded vote. The transcript shows the motion carried.
After executive session, the board separately reaffirmed its prior approval of a settlement agreement described in the Aug. 29, 2024 record (legal item 1) and then consolidated and reaffirmed the remaining listed items from that prior meeting. No new dollar-amount approvals were introduced at the May 20 meeting beyond those reaffirmed from the Aug. 29, 2024 agenda the board read into the record.
The meeting adjourned following a final moment for new or unfinished business; no additional items were raised.
