Lake County, IL
File #: 14-0306    Version: 1 Name: FY2014 Materials Inspections: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/25/2014 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/8/2014
Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk Grove, Illinois for material inspections for the FY2014 Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) highway construction program at a maximum cost for services described as $70,032.95, appropriating $85,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 14-00000-05-EG.
Attachments: 1. 14-0306 FY2014 Materials Inspections Consultant Agreement Draft
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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk Grove, Illinois for material inspections for the FY2014 Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) highway construction program at a maximum cost for services described as $70,032.95, appropriating $85,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 14-00000-05-EG.

Staff Summary
* FY2014 Materials Inspections: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
* The LCDOT must provide quality assurance testing for contractor supplied construction and maintenance contract projects during the FY2014 construction season.
* In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended consultant is Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk Grove, Illinois, at a maximum cost for services of $70,032.95.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of a professional services agreement with Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk Grove, Illinois and appropriates $85,000 of Matching Tax funds for these services.

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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, Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk 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 Material Solutions Laboratory, Elk Grove, Illinois, be employed to p...

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