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Joint resolution approving Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $45,536, appropriating a supplemental amount of $25,000 of Matching Tax funds for the modifications of older existing stormwater detention basins to improve functionality and water quality, and designated as Section 11-00999-24-DR.
Staff Summary
· 2012 Stormwater Detention Basin Retrofits: Change Order No. 3 and Supplemental Appropriation.
· Lake County Division of Transportation has been converting certain dry detention basins to wet detention basins to improve stormwater management and water quality treatment.
· This Lake County Board, at its meeting of July 10, 2012, appropriated $115,000 of Matching Tax funds and $80,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the Detention Basin Retrofits.
· This Lake County Board, at its meeting of January 13, 2013, appropriated a supplemental amount of $70,000 of Matching Tax funds for the Detention Basin Retrofits.
· The balancing of construction items is being requested, as detailed in the attached Change Order No. 3, with the major item contributing to the cost increase being earthwork, which was built to the plan dimensions but exceeds estimated quantities.
· A supplemental appropriation of $25,000 is needed to cover Change Order No. 3.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County Division of Transportation has been converting certain dry detention basins to wet detention basins to improve stormwater management and water quality treatment; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of July 10, 2012, appropriated $115,000 of Matching Tax funds and $80,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the Detention Basin Retrofits, and designated as Section 11-00999-24-DR; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 13, 2013, appropriated a supplemental amount of $70,000 of Matching Tax funds for the Detention Basin Retrofits, and designated as Section 11-00999-24-DR; and
WHEREAS, balancing of construction items are being requested, as detailed in the attached Change Order No. 3. The major item contributing to the cost increase is earthwork, which was built to the plan dimensions but exceeded the estimated quantities; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 is necessary to cover Change Order No. 3; 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% of the original contract.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Matching Tax funds is hereby authorized for the 2012 Stormwater Detention Basin Retrofit, and designated as Section 11-00999-24-DR.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution being presented to the Lake County Board for approval, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, and Finance and Administrative Committee hereby have approved Change Order No. 3.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 14, 2014.