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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Baxter and Woodman, Crystal Lake, Illinois, for Phase III construction engineering services for improvements at the intersection of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road, at a maximum cost of $1,233,014, appropriating $1,500,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road will be improved with additional through lanes, turn lanes, drainage improvements, and non-motorized improvements and is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 10-00079-16-CH.
• A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase III construction engineering services.
• 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 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.
• The selected firm has a satisfactory past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Gilmer Road, County Highway 26, and Midlothian Road, County Highway 48, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, to ensure the free flow of traffic and the safety and welfare of the motoring public, Lake County is desirous of intersection improvements at the intersection of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for the intersection improvements of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these Phase III construction 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, Baxter and Woodman, Crystal Lake, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase III construction engineering services; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Baxter and Woodman, Crystal Lake, Illinois, be employed to provide these Phase III construction engineering services for the improvements to the intersection of Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road, 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 amendments, for Phase III construction engineering services between Lake County and Baxter and Woodman, a draft copy attached hereto.
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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $1,500,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for these Phase III construction engineering services, and designated as Section 10-00079-16-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 providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on July 13, 2021.