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Joint resolution appropriating $60,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the 2014 repair and replacement of various guardrail and fence installations, and designated as Section 14-00000-06-GM.
Staff Summary
· Guardrail and Fence Maintenance 2014: Appropriation.
· The County owns miles of guardrails and fences along the highway system, and annual repairs and replacements must be made to various installations.
· Before a material purchase or a contract service can be procured, an appropriation of $60,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is required.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 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 2014; and
WHEREAS, in order to acquire necessary guardrail and fence materials, or contract services, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $60,000 of Motor Fuel 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 fiscal year 2014, and designated as Section 14-00000-06-GM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the "Agreement of Understanding" between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 14, 2014.