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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $35,000 of Matching Tax funds and approving Change Order Number Two in the amount of $82,601.17 for additional construction work for concrete patching on various county highways.
Staff Summary
• The County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its April 8, 2025, meeting, approved an appropriation of $559,000 of Matching Tax funds and a construction contract with Schroeder & Schroeder, Inc., Skokie, Illinois, at a maximum cost of $465,700, for concrete patching on various county highways.
• Change Order Number Two includes additional concrete patching caused by pavement buckling that occurred in June at five locations on Peterson Road, two locations on Deerfield Parkway and one location on Washington Street as well as balancing quantities to final field measurements.
• 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 $128,173.77, which represents a 27.5 percent increase over the original awarded contract.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00000-10-GM.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, each year, the Division of Transportation undertakes patching of its concrete pavements to preserve surface quality, including repairing damaged manholes, catch basins, curbs and gutters; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its meeting on April 8, 2025, approved an appropriation of $559,000 of Matching Tax funds and a construction contract with Schroeder & Schroeder, Inc., Skokie, Illinois, in the amount of $465,700; and
WHEREAS, Change Order Number Two, in the amount of $82,601.17, is needed for additional locations requiring concrete pavement patching that were identified after the contract was awarded; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of funds is necessary for the additional scope of work.
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 Two in the amount of $82,601.17 for construction of additional concrete patching on various county highways; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated a supplemental amount of $35,000 of Matching Tax funds for this additional construction, and designated as Section 25-00000-10-GM.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on December 9, 2025.