Title
Joint resolution appropriating $50,000 of Matching Tax funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 repair and replacement of various guardrail and fence installations.
Staff Summary
• The County owns miles of guardrails and fences along the County highway system, and annual repairs and replacements must be made to various installations which are included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 24-00000-06-GM.
• Before the purchase of material or a contract service can be procured, an appropriation of $50,000 of Matching Tax funds is required.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains more than 300 centerline miles of designated County highways on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, needs to acquire guardrail and fence materials, or contract services, to repair various guardrail and fence installations on the County highway system in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024; and
WHEREAS, to acquire necessary guardrail and fence materials, or contract services, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that there is hereby appropriated $50,000 of Matching Tax funds, for the acquisition of guardrail and fence materials, or contract services, needed to maintain various guardrail and fence installations on the County highway system in FY 2024, and designated as Section 24-00000-06-GM.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 14, 2023.