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Joint resolution appropriating $95,000 of Matching Tax funds for the Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators, Inc. (JULIE) ticket screening and locating of Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) storm sewers for excavator dig requests for various County highways, and designated as Section 13-00000-09-GM.
Staff Summary
· 2013 JULIE Locates Storm Sewer Services: Appropriation.
· Pursuant to Illinois law, JULIE serves as a message handling notification service for underground facility owners about planned excavations.
· The County’s existing storm sewer locating contract with USIC Locating Services, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, began on May 15, 2012, and will be extended for a year to cover the time period January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013 (The contract allows for a total of four one year extensions).
· Prior to the formal extension being granted, an appropriation of $95,000 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, process over 5,000 storm sewer locate requests and over 10,000 ticket screening requests from JULIE on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting of May 8, 2012, awarded a contract to USIC Locating Services, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, for storm sewer locates and ticket screening services required to comply with “The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act” for the time period May 15, 2012, thru December 31, 2012; and
WHEREAS, said contract contains a clause providing for the extension of said contract for four additional one year periods starting January 1; and
WHEREAS, in order to consummate said contract extension, an appropriation of funds is required for the 2013 fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $95,000 of Matching Tax funds for FY 2013 storm sewer locates and ticket screening services required to comply with “The Illinois Unde...
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