Title
Joint resolution appropriating $1,605,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2025-2026 winter season.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) participated in the County's joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2024-2025 winter season, with the option for a one-year extension.
* LCDOT's contract for salt, which was provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, will be extended for the winter season of 2025-2026, and an appropriation of funds is required.
* The 2025-2026 contract unit price will range from $84.90 to $89.15 per ton, based on industry Consumer Price Index adjustments, and 15,000 tons of ice control salt is estimated to be required.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 26-00000-05-GM.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation (LCDOT), participated in the County's joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2024-2025 winter season, with the option for a one-year extension; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 15,000 tons of ice control salt will be required for the 2025-2026 winter season; and
WHEREAS, the contract for salt for LCDOT provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, for the 2024-2025 winter season, will be extended for the winter season of 2025-2026 and an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that there is hereby appropriated $1,605,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of ice control salt for the 2025-2026 winter season by said joint procurement, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, and designated as Section 26-00000-05-GM; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation;...
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