Call to Order

1.0 Call to Order

2.0 Roll Call of Commissioners

President’s Report, Special Recognition and Appointments

Consent Agenda

8.1 Approve Minutes of September 10, 2019

8.2 Approve a motion to (i) release Board closed session minutes, (ii) retain as confidential all other Board closed session minutes not previously released, and (iii) erase Verbatim Recordings, in accordance with The Open Meetings Act and the District’s Policy on Closed Meeting Minutes and Verbatim Records, as provided in Exhibit 1.

8.3 Approve a Resolution Awarding Contracts for Woody Invasive Plant Clearing Winter 2019 at Multiple Forest Preserves to Clean Cut Tree Service, Grayslake, Illinois in the Contract Price of $171,600.00; Integrated Lakes Management, Waukegan, Illinois in the Contract Price of $56,987.74; Native Restoration Services, Lake Bluff, Illinois in the Contract Price of $27,900.00; Clean Cut Tree Service, Grayslake, Illinois in the Contract Price of $89,100.00; Integrated Lakes Management, Waukegan, Illinois in the Contract Price of $28,133.73; Cardno Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin in the Contract Price of $66,807.00; and Clean Cut Tree Service, Grayslake, Illinois in the Contract Price of $136,500.00.

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

9.1 Approve an Ordinance Approving the Annual Budget for the District for Fiscal Year January 1 through December 31, 2020.

9.2 Approve an Ordinance Setting Forth the Annual Appropriations for the District for the Fiscal Year January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

9.3 Approve an Ordinance Providing for the Levy of Taxes for the District for the Fiscal Year January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

9.4 Approve an Ordinance Partially Abating Taxes Heretofore Levied for Year 2019 to Pay the Principal of and Interest on the Taxable General Obligation Land Acquisition and Development Bonds Series 2010A (Build America Bonds - Direct Payment), the Taxable General Obligation Land Acquisition Bonds, Series 2010B (Build America Bonds - Direct Payment), and the General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2019.

9.5 Approve an Ordinance Approving the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement with the United States Department of the Army regarding the Fort Sheridan Cemetery.

9.6 Approve a Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with Wauconda Township regarding Hope Grove Cemetery and Kettle Grove Forest Preserve.

9.7 Approve a Resolution to Purchase an Approximately 99-acre Property in Fremont Township known as the Dearlove Property for $958,000.00 as an Addition to Ray Lake Forest Preserve.

15.0 Adjournment