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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: _~/- V.
Purchase of Road Salt from Compass Minerals America, Inc. of
land Park. K f 2025- COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: July 3, 2025
Overland Park, Kansas, for the 2025-2026 Winter Season COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: July 21, 2025
STAFF REVIEW: Mehul T. Patel, P.E., CFM, Director of Public Works SIGNATURE
ITEM SUMMARY:
For FY 2025, or for the 2025-2026 winter season, City staff participated in the DuPage County Road Salt
Purchasing Program for the purchase of road salt. In March 2025, City staff submitted information to DuPage
County of the City’s intent to participate in its Road Salt Purchasing Program for the purchase of 1,600 tons of road
salt (1,280 tons (80%) minimum purchase required and 2,080 tons (130%) maximum purchase guaranteed
available). It should be noted that the purchase of Road Salt has decreased by 400 tons since the 2023-2024
season and remained flat since the 2024-2025 season due to less than average usage during our last winter
season as well as operational efficiencies implemented by staff, such as frequent usage of liquids and reduction of
salt per lane mile.
On Thursday, June 5, 2025, DuPage County opened bids for BID#25-OSALT-02-MS. Bid results are shown below,
with Compass Minerals America, Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas, submitting the lowest responsible bid of $70.79
per ton of road salt delivered. Following the bid opening, DuPage County advised all program participants that it
would be awarding its 2025-2026 salt procurement contract to Compass Minerals America, Inc. Each participating
agency is required to award its own contract. Compass Minerals America, Inc. is required to hold its bid prices for
90 days; a contract/commitment from the City of West Chicago is required prior to September 3, 2025. The City of
West Chicago is grouped with other local agencies in bid category Group 2B, which means the salt delivery will
take place after December 1, 2025. The bid pricing below only represents Group 2B pricing.
CONTRACTOR BID SUBMITTAL AMOUNT OVERALL RANK
Compass Minerals America, Inc. $70.79/ton 4
Morton Salt, Inc. $73.40/ton 2
ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE $75.00/ton N/A
Based upon pricing received under the DuPage County Rock Salt Purchasing Program, City staff recommends that
City Council authorize the purchase of up to 2,080 tons of road salt, at the price of $70.79 per ton delivered for the
initial 1,600 tons and at the price of $70.79 per ton delivered for the additional 480 tons, if necessary, from Morton
Salt, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, for the 2025-2026 winter season under the DuPage County Joint Purchasing
Program.
Purchase History:
e For FY 2024, or the 2024-2025 season, the City paid $73.90 per ton of road salt delivered under the DuPage
County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2023, or the 2023-2024 season, the City paid $78.31 per ton of road salt delivered under the DuPage
County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2022, or the 2022-2023 season, the City paid $75.88 per ton of road salt delivered under the DuPage
County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2020 and FY 2021, or the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 winter seasons, the City paid $81.13 per ton of
road salt delivered under the DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program (one contract extension).
e For FY 2019, or the 2019-2020 winter season, the City paid $82.96 per ton of road salt delivered under the

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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2018, or the 2018-2019 winter season, the City paid $67.15 per ton of road salt delivered under the
DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2017, or the 2017-2018 winter season, the City paid $51.49 per ton of road salt delivered under the
DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2016, or the 2016-2017 winter season, the City paid $56.35 per ton of road salt delivered under the
DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2015, or the 2015-2016 winter season, the City paid $70.44 per ton of road salt delivered under the
DuPage County Road Salt Purchasing Program.
e For FY 2014, or the 2014-2015 winter season, the City paid $112.69 per ton of road salt delivered under the
CMS program (State of Illinois Program).
The cost to deliver 1,600 tons at $70.79/ton will be $113,264.00. The cost to deliver 480 tons, if necessary, at
$70.79/ton will be $33,979.20.00. The total is $147,243.20. In FY2025, there is $305,000.00 budgeted under 08-
34-53-4670 for this expenditure.
ACTIONS PROPOSED:
Authorize the purchase and delivery of up to 2,080 tons of road salt, at the price of $147,243.20, from Compass
Minerals America, Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas, under the DuPage County Road Salt Joint Purchasing Program
for the 2025-2026 winter season.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The Infrastructure Committee voted 5-0 for approval.