A seal for the Forest Preserves of Cook County is pictured on a podium during a July 2023 board meeting. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Board of Commissioners for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County met at the Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Tuesday and approved a contract to complete various picnic shelter repairs, approved the purchase of more than two dozen new vehicles and approved the latest report on model policing under the forest preserves’ police department.  

The board also introduced new legislation, including changes to the preserves' ban on bottled water purchases and an extension of the district’s fee schedule.