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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of a contract with Civiltech Engineering Inc., Itasca, Illinois, for professional services for the provision of Phase II design engineering services for the reconstruction and widening of Quentin Road, from US Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, at a maximum cost of services described as $1,840,676, appropriating $2,005,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $210,000 of Matching Tax funds for this improvement, and designated as Section 08-00090-12-CH.
Staff Summary
· Quentin Road, from US Route 12 to Illinois Route 22; Phase II Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
· Quentin Road will be reconstructed and widened from US Route 12 to Illinois Route 22.
· A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase II design engineering services for this improvement.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of a professional services agreement with Civiltech Engineering Inc., Itasca, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services, and appropriates $2,005,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $210,000 of Matching Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Quentin Road, County Highway 5, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic along Quentin Road is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Quentin Road could be improved, from US Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, by reconstruction and widening; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide professional services for Phase II design engineering services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm, Civiltech Engineering Inc., Itasca, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for the reconstruction and widening of Quentin Road, from US Route 12 to Illinois Route 22.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Civiltech Engineering Inc., Itasca, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase II design engineering services at a maximum cost of services described as $1,840,676, 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 subsequent amendments hereto, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and Civiltech Engineering Inc., Itasca, Illinois.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any subsequent amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $2,005,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $210,000 of Matching Tax funds for these engineering services, and designated as Section 08-00090-12-CH.
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, provided the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2013.