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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, for Phase III construction engineering services for the intersection improvement of Wadsworth Road, at Illinois Route 131 (Green Bay Road), at a maximum cost of $1,147,029.20, and designated as Section 03-00033-12-CH.
Staff Summary
· Wadsworth Road, at Illinois Route 131 (Green Bay Road), Intersection Improvement; Phase III: Consultant Agreement.
· This improvement will provide increased traffic capabilities by roadway widening to five-lanes, and installing new traffic control signals.
· A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase III construction engineering services.
· The selected and recommended firm is Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, with a maximum cost of $1,147,029.20.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersection of Wadsworth Road and Illinois Route 131 (Green Bay Road) could be improved by widening, resurfacing and the installation of new traffic control signals; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for the Wadsworth Road and Illinois Route 131 improvement; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said Phase III construction 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, Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase III construction engineering services.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase III construction 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 amendments, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois at a maximum cost of $1,147,029.20 and designated as Section 03-00033-12-CH.
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 this agreement, and any amendments, when executed in their final form, be submitted to the IDOT for their approval and final processing.
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.