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DuPage County stormwater committee approves intergovernmental agreement, stream restoration and professional services contracts
Summary
The DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee on April 1 approved multiple intergovernmental and vendor contracts, including an IGA with Naperville Park District, Winfield Creek restoration work under an EPA grant, a $100,000 native-vegetation contract and a short-term Verizon services contract.
The DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee on April 1 approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Naperville Park District, a stream-restoration agreement with the Village of Winfield and several vendor contracts to support stormwater projects and county operations.
Committee members approved the Naperville Park District intergovernmental agreement (SMR 125), a Winfield Creek restoration agreement (SMR 225), a one-year native-vegetation management contract with GreenTree and Pizzo Associates (SMP-725) and a short-term Verizon wireless services contract for information technology devices. The committee also approved minutes, the schedule of claims and received staff reports.
The Naperville Park District agreement covers use of the county's on-call construction contract (Earthworks Inc.) for work that the park district still needs to finish after partnering with the county on ARPA-funded stormwater projects. A staff member summarized the arrangement: "It's it's with Earthworks Inc. They were the low bid contractor for this on call contract. During the days of our ARPA funds, Naperville Park District was a partner with us and completed a lot of projects using that Earthworks contract and the county's ARPA funds." The committee was told the park district will reimburse DuPage County for work done under the county's contract.
The Winfield Creek item was presented as an EPA-funded grant project that required design modifications to satisfy EPA bidding rules before proceeding. Committee members were told the project had taken additional time because the EPA realigned some bidding policies.
The committee approved SMP-725, a renewable professional services contract with GreenTree and Pizzo Associates to provide native-vegetation management for stormwater sites from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, with an amount not to exceed $100,000. The Verizon contract was listed as a shorter-term information-technology services agreement, not to exceed $24,300 and covering February 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2025.
Votes at a glance: - Motion to permit remote participation by members not physically present (moved by Member Sartre; seconded by Member Evans) — approved. - Approval of March 4 regular meeting minutes (moved by Member Evans; seconded by Member Dorgerson) — approved. - Schedule of claims for March (moved by Member Honing; seconded by Member Evans) — approved. - SMR 125: Intergovernmental agreement, Naperville Park District and DuPage County (mover/second not specified in transcript for this motion beyond initial motion) — approved. Note: staff said Naperville Park District will reimburse the county and that use of the county on-call contract was reviewed by the state's attorney and determined legal. - SMR 225: Ongoing agreement with Village of Winfield for Winfield Creek stream restoration (mover/second recorded) — approved. Presented as an EPA grant-funded project requiring modified bidding. - SMP-725: Professional services contract with GreenTree and Pizzo Associates, 05/01/2025'-04/30/2026, not to exceed $100,000 — approved. - Contract for Verizon wireless tablet and machine services, 02/01/2025'-09/30/2025, amount not to exceed $24,300 — received and placed on file/approved.
Committee chair and members expressed thanks to staff for advancing projects and for managing procurement and contracting steps; no roll-call tallies of individual yes/no votes were recorded in the transcript. Each motion was taken with the committee's standard voice vote procedure ("All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.").
The approvals allow the county and partner agencies to continue construction and maintenance work this spring, and to keep short-term information-technology services in place while staff transition devices and contracts.
Documentation placed on file included staff reports and the claims schedule; committee members moved to receive those reports and place them on file during the meeting.
