R2010-79 AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR ADA ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION SERVICES

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Mass Transit Memorandum No. 040910-2 April 9, 2010 TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council Members FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator , C �' rj - SUBJECT: Award of Contract—ADA Eligibility Determination Services SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council adopt a Resolution awarding a RECOMMENDATION: contract to Easter Seals Central Illinois, Inc., to provide ADA eligibility determination services to the Decatur Public Transit System. BACKGROUND: Persons wishing to use the Transit System's door-to-door paratransit services must be certified as having a disability that prohibits them from using the bus system. Staff inembers review the applications and certify applicants who obviously meet the disability requirement. Staff refers about 50 applicants per year, who do not obviously meet the disability requirement, to an agency with expertise in disabilities for an in-person evaluation. For the past three years those eval- uations have been done by Macon Resources,but that contract has ' now expired. Transit staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new contract. A public notice concerning the RFP was placed in the Decatur Tribune, notices were mailed to nine (9) local agencies that provide services to people with disabilities, and the complete RFP was sent to Macon Resources. Only Easter Seals and Macon Resources sub- mitted proposals by the published deadline. (continued on page 2) POTENTIAL No known objection to awarding the contract to Easter Seals Central OBJECTION: Illinois, Inc. INPUT FROM Richard Foiles, General Manager OTHER SOURCES: George Smith, Operations Superintendent STAFF REFERENCE: Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator BUDGET/TIME The estimated cost of the agreement is included in the current City IMPLICATIONS: budget. No additional staff time is required.