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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $73,785 for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas requiring native landscape maintenance.
Staff Summary
• There was a public call for bids, and a total of one bid was received at $73,785, and the lowest responsible bidder is McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $73,785.
• The work includes seeding, mowing, installation of perennial plantings and mulch, and herbicide applications for weed control in various roadside detention basins and roundabout islands.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00000-14-GM.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas requiring native landscape maintenance, and designated as Section 25-00000-14-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication calling for said bid, sealed bids were received and opened on March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
McGinty Bros., Inc.
Long Grove, Illinois
$73,785
WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest responsible bidder is McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $73,785, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, by prior resolution at its meeting of November 12, 2024, appropriated $161,600 of Matching Tax funds for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a contract be awarded to said McGinty Bros., Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, in the amount of $73,785, based on estimated quantities and unit prices, and that the Purchasing Agent, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County be authorized and they are hereby directed to enter into a contract with said low bidder for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas, and designated as Section 25-00000-14-GM; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in as much as such estimated quantities are the best approximation that can be determined at this time, these quantities may be added to, deducted from, or modified from in the final determination of the contract cost in accordance with Chapter 605 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 without further board action, providing the final cost chargeable to the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 8, 2025.