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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $1,450,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and approving Change Order Number Three in the amount of $1,206,975 for additions to the Phase II engineering services contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois for improvements along Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road.
Staff Summary
• The County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its May 12, 2020, meeting, approved an appropriation of $3,165,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and a professional engineering services agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, at a maximum cost of $2,634,307.26, for improvements along Deerfield Road.
• The County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its November 12, 2024, meeting, approved a supplemental appropriation of $570,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and Change Order Number Two, in the amount of $1,026,121, for improvements along Deerfield Road.
• Change Order Number Three includes expanded drainage and structural design (additional retaining walls and culvert refinements), updated traffic signal plans, extensive utility coordination, additional topographic survey and environmental permit updates, major design integration with Lake County Department of Public Works and the Village of Riverwoods (including the Federal Life redevelopment site), additional IDOT requests including a second plan submittal, re-design of the traffic control plans to shorten construction duration, and extensive land acquisition support and federal funding coordination. This required additional consultant effort and increased the engineering plan set from 650 to 969 pages.
• Change orders need to be approved by standing committees for cumulative net increases of over 10 percent. The sum of all contract change orders to date is $2,253,753, which represents an 86 percent increase over the original awarded contract. The current construction cost is estimated to be $46,000,000.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 15-00038-07-WR.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Deerfield Road, County Highway 11, Saunders Road, County Highway 58, are designated routes on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the traveling public to improve Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its meeting on May 12, 2020, approved an appropriation of $3,165,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and an engineering services agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, in the amount of $2,634,307.26; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its meeting on November 12, 2024, approved a supplemental appropriation of $570,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and Change Order Number Two, in the amount of $1,026,121, with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of funds is necessary for the additional scope of work.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Engineer of Lake County is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, Change Order Number Three in the amount of $1,206,975 for additional professional engineering services for improvements along Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval on behalf of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated May 3, 2018; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated a supplemental amount of $1,450,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these additional professional engineering services, and designated as Section 15-00038-07-WR.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 9, 2026.