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Joint resolution appropriating $1,270,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the maintenance and electrical service for traffic control signals, street lights, and Lake County PASSAGE field elements from December 1, 2013, to November 30, 2014, and designated as Section 14-00000-01-GM.
Staff Summary
· 2014 Patrol I; Traffic Signal Maintenance and Electrical Service: Appropriation.
· Patrol I maintenance activities are paid out of the Motor Fuel Tax fund, including the maintenance and electrical service for the County traffic control signals, street lights, other field equipment, and field elements of Lake County PASSAGE.
· Before a project letting can be held for the contract maintenance services, an appropriation of $1,200,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is needed.
· An appropriation of $70,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is needed for the electrical service.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 164 traffic control signal installations with interconnect; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 28 flashing beacons, 3 permanent count stations, and over 400 street lights; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains the Lake County PASSAGE field elements, including the fiber interconnect network, 18 PASSAGE communication cabinets, 5 PASSAGE Highway Advisory Radio towers; and
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the preservation of said traffic control signals and other field equipment, and to the safety of the general public, to provide electrical service and regular maintenance to said traffic control signals and other equipment; and
WHEREAS, before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is required for said contract maintenance service; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required for electrical service associated with the above mentioned traffic control signals and street lights.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,270,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for fiscal year 2014 contract maintenance services needed to maintain the traffic control signal installations with interconnect and other field equipment and electrical service associated with the above mentioned traffic control signals and street lights, and designated as Section 14-00000-01-GM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these appropriations be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the "Agreement of Understanding" between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 11, 2013.