Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois/Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for improvements at the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Miller Road, and appropriating $20,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be improving the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Miller Road.
• This project will improve the existing traffic signals at the intersection.
• IDOT has secured federal funds to pay up to 90 percent of the project costs.
• The County’s cost for its share of the traffic signal work is estimated to be $10,062.50.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction anticipated to begin in 2025 and designated as Section 25-00118-13-TL.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Miller Road, County Highway 2, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Miller Road could be improved with traffic signal improvements; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement for the above referenced improvement, a draft copy of which is attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are hereby directed to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, for traffic signal improvements at the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Miller Road, and designated as Section 25-00118-13-TL; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any subsequent amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk and grant plan and specification approval to IDOT; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is appropriated $20,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this agreement, and any subsequent amendments, when executed in their final form, be submitted to IDOT for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 14, 2025.