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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Civiltech Engineering, Inc. Itasca, Illinois, for professional engineering services to evaluate the feasibility of improvements at the intersection of Darrell Road and Roberts Road, at a maximum cost of $222,295 and appropriating $267,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• 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 (LCDOT) 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 23-00177-03-ES.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Darrell Road, County Highway 44, and Roberts Road, County Highway 35, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County desires to evaluate the feasibility of improvements at the intersection of Darrell Road and Roberts Road, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, professional engineering services are required for these improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these professional 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, Civiltech Engineering, Inc. Itasca, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of these professional 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 Civiltech Engineering, Inc. Itasca, Illinois, in the amount of $222,295 for professional engineering services related to evaluate the feasibility of improvements at the intersection of Darrell Road and Roberts Road, 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 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 there is hereby appropriated $267,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these professional engineering services, and designated as Section 23-00177-03-ES; 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; 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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 10, 2023.