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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Sam Schwartz Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for traffic signal optimization studies on Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173, at a cost of $39,190, appropriating $50,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 17-00999-30-TL.
Staff Summary
• Lewis Avenue 2017 Signal Coordination: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
• The consultant will be tasked with traffic signal optimization studies on Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173, and this project is included in the highway improvement program.
• Lake County has selected Sam Schwartz Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, under the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for these engineering services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, plans to develop a model to coordinate all traffic signal timing throughout Lake County; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a professional engineering services firm be employed for traffic signal optimization studies on Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has selected a professional engineering services firm, Sam Schwartz Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for said traffic signal coordination modeling.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Sam Schwartz Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, be employed to provide professional services for traffic signal optimization studies on Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173, at a cost of $39,190, and that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, a contract and any amendments, a draft of which is attached hereto, for the provision of said professional engineering services between Lake County and Sam Schwartz Engineering, Itasca, Illinois.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $50,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for these professional engineering services, and designated as Section 17-00999-30-TL.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement and any amendments to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement be administered in accordance with Chapter 605, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes without further Board action providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 13, 2017.