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File #: 25-1465    Version: 1 Name: Approval of contract service request authorization with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. Vernon Hills, Illinois for engineering and design services for Lake Zurich and Echo Lake Regional Study and Flood Mitigation Project Lake Zurich
Type: commission action item Status: Passed
File created: 10/29/2025 In control: Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
On agenda: Final action: 11/6/2025
Title: Approval of contract service request with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. Vernon Hills, Illinois for engineering and design services for the Lake Zurich and Echo Lake Regional Study and Flood Mitigation Project in Lake Zurich and Ela Township, Illinois in the amount of $175,000.00.
Attachments: 1. Lake Zurich and Echo Lake Regional Study and Flood Mitigation Project, 2. Lake County 2025 Capital Priorities Booklet, 3. Echo Lake Project Location Map

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Approval of contract service request with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. Vernon Hills, Illinois for engineering and design services for the Lake Zurich and Echo Lake Regional Study and Flood Mitigation Project in Lake Zurich and Ela Township, Illinois in the amount of $175,000.00.

 

Staff Summary

                     SMC staff needs additional consultant support to complete work program tasks.

                     The SMC approved a general engineer services contract amendment #1 on January 9, 2025, for a not to exceed contract value of $324,000.00. To date $275,000.00 of this contract has not been encumbered to a specific task.

                     The project identified has been modified since January 2025 Commission approval.

                     This project is a multi-jurisdictional project with incorporated and unincorporated areas of Lake County in and around Lake Zurich. 

                     Project is included in the attached Lake County Administrator's Office 2025 Capital Priorities project list.

                     Recommend funding from FY2025 212-4201010-71150 Consultant Budget.

                     SMC staff recommends approval of this project.