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A Resolution Approving the Renewal of the Independent Contractor Agreement with Davis Tree Care and Landscape, Incorporated for Village Wide Parkway Tree Pruning and Removal Services in an Amount not to Exceed $450,000.00 and Authorizing its Execution
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Introduction
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The Public Works Department is responsible for Parkway Tree Pruning and Removal. To assist in this effort, a contractor is utilized. Davis Tree Care and Landscape, Incorporated performed this work over the past year following a competitive bidding process. The Agreement provides for two possible one (1) year renewals. It is proposed to exercise the second of the two possible renewals with Davis Tree Care and Landscape, Incorporated for Fiscal Year 2026 Parkway Tree Pruning and Removal Services.
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Recommended Action
Adopt the Resolution.
Prior Board Action
The Village Board has approved funding for the program as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and has approved Independent Contractor Agreements for this type of work annually.
* The Village Board approved the first of two annual renewals for this agreement on December 3, 2024 (RES 24-353).
* The Board approved the Independent Contractor Agreement on December 4, 2023 (RES 23-350).
Background
The Village has over 18,000 public trees on parkways and in other public spaces. The Village has utilized contractors to help prune a portion of these trees annually. The Village maintains a four-year pruning cycle where one-fourth of all Village-owned trees are pruned each year by a contractor. All trees within a specified geographical area are pruned in a single season.
When the pruning contract was bid in August 2023, Davis Tree Care and Landscaping, Incorporated, was the lowest bidder. In 2026, contracted pruning work will include all parkway trees 1) between I-290 and Madison Street and west of S East Ave, and 2) between Madison Avenue and South Boulevard and between N Harlem Avenue and N Austin Boul...
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