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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for Phase III professional construction engineering services for the resurfacing of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 131 to Commonwealth Avenue, at a maximum cost of $286,914 and appropriating $345,000 of Matching Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• The improvement will include pavement resurfacing and other related items.
• Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.
• The Lake County Division of Transportation’s Consultant Selection Process has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the firm selected for this project was selected in accordance with this approved process.
• The selected firm has a satisfactory past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction starting in 2026 and designated as Section 24-00256-03-RS.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, County Highway 54, is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the traveling public to resurface Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 131 to Commonwealth Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Phase III professional construction engineering services are required for these improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, are consultant engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase III professional construction engineering services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, incurs other associated project costs and fees that are paid for outside of this engineering contract; 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 hereby directed to execute on behalf of Lake County an agreement, and any amendments, between Lake County and Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $286,914, for Phase III professional construction engineering services for the resurfacing of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, from Illinois Route 131 to Commonwealth Avenue, a draft copy of which is attached hereto; and
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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated $345,000 of Matching Tax funds for these Phase III professional construction engineering services and other associated project costs, and designated as Section 24-00256-03-RS; and
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 9, 2026.