Title
Joint resolution appropriating $1,605,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2025-2026 winter season.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) participated in the County’s joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2024-2025 winter season, with the option for a one-year extension.
• LCDOT’s contract for salt, which was provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, will be extended for the winter season of 2025-2026, and an appropriation of funds is required.
• The 2025-2026 contract unit price will range from $84.90 to $89.15 per ton, based on industry Consumer Price Index adjustments, and 15,000 tons of ice control salt is estimated to be required.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 26-00000-05-GM.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation (LCDOT), participated in the County’s joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2024-2025 winter season, with the option for a one-year extension; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 15,000 tons of ice control salt will be required for the 2025-2026 winter season; and
WHEREAS, the contract for salt for LCDOT provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, for the 2024-2025 winter season, will be extended for the winter season of 2025-2026 and an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that there is hereby appropriated $1,605,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2025-2026 winter season by said joint procurement, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, and designated as Section 26-00000-05-GM; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval on behalf of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 8, 2025.