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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $318,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and approving Change Order Number One in the amount of $317,911 for additional professional engineering services for improvements along Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 173 to the Illinois/Wisconsin state line.
Staff Summary
• The County Board, at its March 10, 2020, meeting, approved an appropriation of $1,315,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and a professional engineering services agreement with HR Green, McHenry, Illinois, at a maximum cost of $1,094,522.95, for improvements along Deep Lake Road.
• Change Order Number One includes additional services needed for increased public outreach and property owner coordination, additional multi-use path evaluation, including retaining walls to minimize impacts to adjacent properties, and to include pavement resurfacing of the southern project limits.
• Change orders need to be approved by standing committees for cumulative net increases over 10 percent.
• The sum of all contract change orders to date is $317,911, which represents a 29.1 percent increase over the original awarded contract.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 19-00132-05-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Deep Lake Road, County Highway 36, is a designated route 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 Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 173 to the Illinois/Wisconsin state line; and
WHEREAS, the County Board, at its meeting on March 10, 2020, approved an appropriation of $1,315,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and an engineering services agreement with HR Green, McHenry, Illinois, in the amount of $1,094,522.95; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of funds is necessary for the additional scope of work; 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 the cumulative totals above 10 percent of the original contract.
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 One in the amount of $317,911 for additional professional engineering services for improvements along Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 173 to the Illinois/Wisconsin state line; 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 $318,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these additional professional engineering services, and designated as Section 19-00132-05-CH.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on December 12, 2023.