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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Horner & Shifrin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, to provide Phase II design engineering services for concrete pavement repairs and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements on Buffalo Grove Road, from Illinois Route 83 to Deerfield Parkway, at a maximum cost of $140,000 and appropriating $168,000 of Matching Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• Horner & Shifrin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, will be utilized to complete these Phase II design engineering services for concrete pavement repairs and ADA improvements on Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove.
• 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 and designated as Section 24-00249-05-GM.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Buffalo Grove Road, County Highway 16, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Buffalo Grove Road, from Illinois Route 83 to Deerfield Parkway, could be improved by repairing deteriorated pavement and updating sidewalk ramps for ADA compliance; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these Phase II design 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, Horner & Shifrin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, are consultant engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase II design engineering services; 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 Horner & Shifrin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $140,000, for Phase II design engineering services for concrete pavements repairs and ADA improvements of Buffalo Grove Road, from Illinois Route 83 to Deerfield Parkway, 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 $168,000 of Matching Tax funds for these Phase II design engineering services and designated as Section 24-00249-05-GM; 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 November 12, 2024.