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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $120,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and approving Change Order Number Two in the amount of $214,702.76 for the additional repairs of traffic control signals, streetlights, and field elements of Lake County PASSAGE, as part of the 2022 Patrol I, Traffic Signal Maintenance and Electrical contract.
Staff Summary
• Traffic signal maintenance for 2022 was under contract with Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $926,165.14.
• The Lake County Board, at its meeting of September 14, 2021, appropriated $1,112,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the 2022 Patrol I, Traffic Signal Maintenance and $75,000 for Electrical Service, and designated as Section 22-00000-01-GM.
• Change Orders need to be approved by the standing committees for cumulative net increases over 10 percent.
• Change Order Number One in the amount of $87,634.57 and Change Order Number Two in the amount of $214,702.76 were both needed to repair unexpected traffic signal equipment damage due to vehicle collisions.
• The sum of all contract change orders to date is $302,337.33, which represents a 32.64 percent increase over the original awarded contract amount.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 213 traffic control signal installations with interconnect, 35 flashing beacons, 20 PASSAGE communication cabinets, and more than 690 streetlights for the County, as well as Deerfield, Deer Park, Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood and the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 14, 2021, the County Board approved an appropriation of $1,112,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for 2022 traffic signal maintenance; and
WHEREAS, traffic signal maintenance in 2022 was under contract with Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $926,165.14; and
WHEREAS, Change Order Number Two, in the amount of $214,702.76, is needed for unexpected traffic signal equipment damage due to vehicle collisions; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of funds is necessary for the additional scope of work due to repairs for unexpected traffic signal equipment damage; 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 cumulative totals above 10 percent of the original contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, 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 $214,702.76 for unexpected traffic signal equipment damage due to vehicle collisions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is appropriated a supplemental amount of $120,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for unexpected traffic signal equipment damage due to vehicle collisions and designated as Section 22-00000-01-GM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this appropriation 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 May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 11, 2023.