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Meeting Date:
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Category:
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Subject:
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Approval of Transportation Contract Extension with Sunrise Southwest, LLC |
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Vision 2026:
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Operational Excellence Strategies 2 Maintain strong fiscal health of the organization.
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Background:
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The Board of Education awarded a three-year contract for out-of-district special education student transportation services to Sunrise Southwest, LLC in March 2019, and subsequently a two-year extension (First Amendment) of the term in April 2022, which is set to expire on June 30, 2024. A new provision in the law allows for additional extensions to the original term contract, and after consulting with district legal counsel the district began negotiating with Sunrise for multiple-year extensions. |
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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Sunrise has presented a proposal for extending the contract for three (3) additional one (1) year periods for the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027 school years; with an 8% increase in the first year, a 6% increase in the second year, and a 5% increase in the third year. The three-year extension allows the District to build in cost certainty for the next three years while lowering the rates that were proposed to CUSD 200 in years one and two. The estimated cost increase of the contract for the first year of the renewal at 8% is $100,000. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in effect. Attached is the proposed Second Amendment for the three-year extension, which has been reviewed by district legal counsel. The presentation that was reviewed and discussed with the Finance Committee is attached to the board report for the contract extension with Illinois Central, also on this month's agenda. |
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Funding:
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Estimated Cost: $1,100,000
Funding Source: FY25 Transportation Fund |
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4:60 Purchases and Contracts |
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Recommendation
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It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the three-year transportation contract extension with Sunrise Southwest, LLC as presented. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Signed By: |
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Lisa Maher - Dir of Business Services |
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Signed By: |
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Brian O'Keeffe - Asst Superintendent Business Services |
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Signed By: |
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Jeff Schuler - Superintendent |
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Brad Paulsen Moved, Member Dave Long seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the three-year transportation contract extension with Sunrise Southwest, LLC as presented.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 7 - 0 | | | | | Brad Paulsen | Yes | | Rob Hanlon | Yes | | Dave Long | Yes | | Angela Blatner | Yes | | Julie Kulovits | Yes | | Erik Hjerpe | Yes | | John Rutledge | Yes | |
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