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Joint resolution authorizing emergency procurement contracts with Alfred Benesch & Company, Naperville, Illinois, in the amount of $14,854.52 and Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $825,586.39 for emergency procurement and replacement of the collapsed culvert/bridge under Diamond Lake Road, between Gilmer Road and Illinois Route 60 at Indian Creek, appropriating a supplemental amount of $295,000 of County Bridge Tax funds, and designated as Section 13-00139-06-DR.
Staff Summary
* Diamond Lake Road Culvert/Bridge Emergency Declaration: Supplemental Appropriation and Contract Awards.
* On July 17, 2015, the County Engineer declared an emergency for the collapsed culvert/bridge under Diamond Lake Road, between Gilmer Road and Illinois Route 60 at Indian Creek.
* In accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the County Engineer of Lake County certified an emergency procurement for contractual construction services.
* The selected professional engineering firm to provide emergency structural design and geotechnical engineering services is Alfred Benesch & Company, Naperville, Illinois, in the amount of $14,854.52.
* The contractor selected to provide emergency contractual construction services is Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc., Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $825,586.39.
* This County Board, at its meeting of November 11, 2014, approved an appropriation of $600,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the repair of the culvert/bridge under Diamond Lake Road, between Gilmer Road and Illinois Route 60, at Indian Creek.
* Based on the emergency procurement contract amounts, and other emergency procurements, a supplemental appropriation is needed.
* This resolution, per Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, ratifies these emergency procurements and appropriates a supplemental amount of $295,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
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