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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, for Phase I preliminary engineering for intersection improvements of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road, at a maximum cost of services described as $1,472,132.74, appropriating $1,770,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds, and designated as Section 13-00999-47-ES.
Staff Summary
· Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road, Phase I: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
· Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road needs to be widened and reconstructed.
· Consulting engineering services will be utilized to complete the Phase I preliminary engineering.
· Using the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected and recommended consultant is Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, at a maximum cost of $1,472,132.74.
· The resolution appropriates $1,770,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for these engineering services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersections of Wadsworth Road at Dilleys Road, US Route 41, and Kilbourne Road, could be improved by widening and reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase I preliminary engineering services for said proposed widening and reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.); and
WHEREAS, Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase I preliminary engineering services.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, th...
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