Thursday, December 20, 2012
A negotiation process that stemmed from a bidder's objection will result in cost savings as the village removes trees infested with the emerald ash borer.
Buffalo Grove will pay $342,842 next year for the removal of infested ash trees, officials decided this week. The cost is lower than the village was prepared to spend earlier this month. Officials were prepared to award the contract to another company when a Clean Cut Tree Service representative objected, stating that the company could complete the work for a more competitive price. Buffalo Grove then invited Clean Cut and the other company, Central Forestree, to negotiate with the village, which would award the contract to the lower of the two offers. Central Forestree, which the village originally declared the winning bidder, was outbid by Clean Cut by just under $3,000. Buffalo Grove will continue its ash tree removal program in 2014 …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A vote to issue a contract for ash tree removal was delayed Monday night due to confusion over prices.
Buffalo Grove will invite a bidding war between two tree businesses competing for a contract to remove infested ash trees in the village. Buffalo Grove officials were prepared to vote on a 2013 contract with Hoffman Estates-based Central Forestree Monday night when another bidder objected, stating that his company actually provided the lowest price. Based on prices submitted for removing trees of various diameters, the village determined that Central Forestree would charge $361,406.25 for next year’s work, while the second-lowest bidder, Lake Villa-based Clean Cut Tree Service, would cost $389,129.17. Following a conversation with Clean Cut Tree Service’s Michael Kelly, village officials determined that the company’s prices were lower …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The village plans to remove thousands of ash trees in the coming years and replace them with a variety of other trees.
The Village of Buffalo Grove will continue to replace ash trees with other species in the months and years ahead. Bids are being solicited for the removal of 6,183 ash trees between 2013 and 2015. It is suspected that all ash trees in the village are infested with the emerald ash borer, officials were told earlier this year. “We’re starting to see in the north part of the village the trees are showing signs of distress,” Village Manager Dane Bragg told trustees Sept. 10. Trustees agreed last week to purchase 700 trees, which will be planted this fall and next spring. The new trees will replace ash trees that were removed due to ash borer infestation. “There’s a whole litany of trees. None of those will be ash trees,” said Village …
