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Joint resolution appropriating $165,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the FY 2017 Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators, Inc. (JULIE) annual fee, ticket screening, and locating of Lake County Division of Transportation’s (LCDOT) storm sewers for excavator dig requests for various County highways, and designated as Section 17-00000-09-GM.
Staff Summary
• FY2017 Storm Sewer Locating Services: Appropriation.
• Pursuant to Illinois law, JULIE serves as a message handling notification service for underground facility owners regarding planned excavations.
• Storm sewers are included in the law and the LCDOT must mark the location of storm sewers at excavation sites.
• Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $165,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds is necessary to provide for the JULIE annual fee, ticket screening, and locating of LCDOT storm sewers in FY2017.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, processes over 10,000 storm sewer locate requests from JULIE on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to employ the services of a professional firm to ensure compliance to the “Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act”; and
WHEREAS, prior to a letting, an appropriation of funds is required for each fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that there is hereby appropriated $165,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for FY 2017 JULIE annual fee, storm sewer locating, and ticket screening services required to comply with the “Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act”, and designated as Section 17-00000-09-GM.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 8, 2016.