Lake County Illinois - File #: 13-0130

• File #: 13-0130
• Version: 1
• Name: FY2013 Materials Inspections: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/29/2013
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 2/12/2013
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement between Lake County and ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, for material inspections for the FY2013 Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) highway construction program at a maximum cost for services described as $87,685, appropriating $90,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 13-00000-05-EG.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/12/2013	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
2/6/2013	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
2/6/2013	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement between Lake County and ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, for material inspections for the FY2013 Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) highway construction program at a maximum cost for services described as $87,685, appropriating $90,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 13-00000-05-EG.

Staff Summary
· FY2013 Materials Inspections: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
· The LCDOT must provide quality assurance testing for contractor supplied construction and maintenance contract projects during the FY2013 construction season.
· In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended consultant is ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, at a maximum cost for services of $87,685.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of a professional services agreement with ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and appropriates $90,000 of Matching Tax funds for these services.

Body
R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, annually, during the construction season, oversees highway construction and maintenance projects worth tens of millions of dollars; and

WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide additional professional engineering services for material inspections on said projects; and

WHEREAS, in order to acquire necessary professional engineering services, an appropriation of funds is required for this fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm, ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for said materials inspections.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that ECS Midwest, LLC, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, be employed to provide professional engineering services for the materia...