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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a contract with Transystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, for professional services for the provision of Phase II design engineering services for the intersection improvement of Hart Road, at US Route 14, at a maximum cost of services described as $927,604.31, appropriating $1,115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for this improvement, and designated as Section 09-00174-05-CH.
Staff Summary
· Hart Road, at US Route 14, Intersection Improvement; Phase II Consultant Agreement and Appropriation,
· Hart Road will be improved at the intersection of US Route 14 in the Village of Barrington.
· The Village of Barrington was the lead agency for Phase I, and Lake County will be the lead agency for Phase II and construction.
· A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase II design engineering services for this improvement.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of a professional services agreement with Transystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services and appropriates $1,115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hart Road, County Highway 80, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic along Hart Road is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Hart Road could be improved at the intersection of US Route 14; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide professional services for the phase II design engineering; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm, Transystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for the intersection improvement of Hart Road, at US Route 14; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Transystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase II design engineering services, 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 subsequent amendments hereto, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and Transystems Corporation, Schaumburg, 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 there is hereby appropriated $1,115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for these engineering services designated as Section 09-00174-05-CH.
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 November 20, 2012.