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Joint resolution approving Change Order No. 2, appropriating a supplemental amount of $25,000 of Matching Tax funds for the Lake County Year 2040 Transportation Priority Plan, and designated as Section 09-00000-19-ES.
Staff Summary
· 2040 Lake County Transportation Priority Plan, Change Order No. 2: Supplemental Appropriation.
· The 2020 Transportation Plan for Lake County adopted by the County Board on June 11, 2002, is being updated by Transystems, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois.
· Additional services are necessary to accommodate the agreed upon vision for the Illinois 53/Illinois 120 extension.
· The original appropriation of $515,000 of Matching Tax funds needs to be supplemented by $25,000 to cover cumulative change orders which exceed 10% of the original contract.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the 2020 Transportation Plan for Lake County, which was adopted by the County Board on June 11, 2002, is being updated; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting of March 16, 2010, authorized the execution of a professional engineering agreement with Transystems, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, for said transportation plan preparation and appropriated $515,000 of Matching Tax funds for these engineering services; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that additional engineering services are required for revisions to the original scope of work to accommodate the agreed upon vision for the Illinois 53/Illinois 120 extension; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance requires the Public Works and Transportation Committee and the Finance and Administrative Committee to approve change orders with cumulative totals above 10% of the original contract.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Matching Tax funds is hereby authorized for the 2040 Lake County Transportation Priority Plan preparation, and designated as Section 09-00000-19-ES.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution being presented to the County Board for approval, the Public Works and Transportation Committee and the Finance and Administrative Committee hereby have approved Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $44,042.67.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 14, 2012.