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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois, Woodridge, Illinois, for Phase III construction engineering services for the widening and reconstruction of Washington Street, from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road, at a maximum cost of $774,078.85, and designated as Section 05-00121-07-WR.
Staff Summary
· Washington Street, from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road, Widening and Reconstruction; Phase III: Consultant Agreement.
· This improvement will provide increased traffic capabilities by roadway widening to three lanes.
· A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase III construction engineering services.
· In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is V3 Companies of Illinois, Woodridge, Illinois, with a maximum cost of $774,078.85.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Washington Street, County Highway 45, 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 motoring public if Washington Street, from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road, could be improved by widening and reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for the Washington Street widening; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said Phase III construction engineering 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, V3 Companies of Illinois, Woodridge, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase III construction engineering services.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that V3 Companies of Illinois, Woodridge, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase III construction engineering services at a maximum cost of $774,078.85, 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, an agreement, and any amendments, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and V3 Companies of Illinois, Woodridge, Illinois.
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, and any amendments, when executed in their final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
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 appropriations.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 12, 2013.