Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, to provide Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road, at a maximum cost of $3,267,871, and appropriating $3,922,000 of the County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• The scope of these services includes evaluating potential improvements to Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road, including non-motorized facilities within the project limits.
• 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.
• LCDOT received and evaluated Statements of Interest and Qualifications from 15 professional firms, of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00999-17-WR.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Bonner Road, County Highway 61, is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road could be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase I 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, Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase I professional engineering services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, incurs other associated project costs and fees that are paid for outside of this engineering contract; 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 Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $3,267,871, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield 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 there is hereby appropriated $3,922,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds for these Phase I professional engineering services and other associated project costs, and designated as Section 25-00999-17-WR; 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.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12, 2026.