Title
Oak Lawn Water Negotiation - Consultant Fees
History
Beginning in August 2009, the Village began engaging three (3) different consultants for professional services related to due diligence review and the negotiations for contract renewal with Oak Lawn for water supply. This effort was in collaboration with four other customer communities of Oak Lawn’s wholesale system: Tinley Park, Oak Forest, Mokena, and New Lenox.
The three (3) consultants and the amount approved are as follows:
WRB, LLC $234,933
Malcolm Pirnie Engineering $120,060
Holland & Knight $322,500
Total $677,493
Of the amount listed above, the Village is responsible for 33% of the expense ($224,992). The remaining 67% is paid for by Mokena (10%), New Lenox (18%), Oak Forest (11%) and Tinley Park (28%). The Village of Tinley Park acts as the administrator of the contract.
As of December 2013, all five (5) communities have executed the intergovernmental agreement with Oak Lawn. Our collective work and combined approach generated very positive results for all communities. Specifically, the new agreement includes consent approach from member communities before certain expenses can be made by Oak Lawn, review and input into operations issues, the provision of asset management plan and a most favorable nation’s clause. In total, there were over 150 issues raised throughout the negotiations which were successfully negotiated.
At present, our authorized expenditure for Holland and Knight has expired and there is only $2,900 still available under our contract with WRB, LLC. We anticipate a certain amount of work related to closing out the agreement and preparing documentation. We also anticipate some services necessary to review the agreements being considered by the northern communities (Palos Park, Palos Hills, Chicago Ridge). This would be to ensure that there are no more favorable provisions are being provided to them than were negotiated by our custo...
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