Title
Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $30,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for right-of-way costs associated with the non-motorized improvements along Butterfield Road, from Gregg’s Parkway to Golf Road.
Staff Summary
• Butterfield Road, from Gregg’s Parkway to Golf Road, will be improved by adding non-motorized travel improvements.
• These improvements are identified on the County’s 2040 Non-Motorized Plan and are a priority gap in the path network.
• The County Board, at its July 9, 2024, meeting, appropriated $65,000 for right-of-way costs, which is based on independent appraisals prepared for each property.
• A supplemental appropriation is needed to acquire the necessary right-of-way to construct the improvements.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction planned for 2026 and designated as Section 21-00137-19-BT.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Butterfield Road, County Highway 57, is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Butterfield Road, from Gregg’s Parkway to Golf Road, could be improved inclusive of non-motorized facilities; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its July 9, 2024, meeting, appropriated $65,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of right-of-way necessary to construct the improvements; and
WHEREAS, the original appropriation was based upon independent property appraisals and reports prepared for each impacted property; and
WHEREAS, based on actual settlement amounts, a supplemental appropriation of funds is required to acquire the remaining properties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that there is hereby appropriated a supplemental amount of $30,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for right-of-way costs associated with the non-motorized improvements along Butterfield Road, from Gregg’s Parkway to Golf Road, and designated as Section 21-00137-19-BT.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 14, 2025.