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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency procurement contract with Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $116,404.74 for emergency procurement and replacement of the culverts under Grass Lake Road, 625 feet east of Illinois Route 83, and Kenosha Road, 300 feet north of 21st Street, appropriating $125,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for this contract and other emergency related procurements, and designated as Section 15-00999-21-DR.
Staff Summary
• Grass Lake Road and Kenosha Road Culverts Emergency Declaration: Appropriation and Contract Award.
• On October 30, 2015, the County Engineer declared an emergency for the culverts under Grass Lake Road, 625 feet east of Illinois Route 83, and Kenosha Road, 300 feet north of 21st Street.
• After inspection by the Lake County Division of Transportation staff, the need to replace the culverts, to protect the traveling public, was evident.
• This constituted an emergency and in accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Lake County Engineer certified an emergency procurement for contractual construction services.
• The contractor selected to provide emergency contractual construction services is Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $116,404.74.
• This resolution, per Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, ratifies these emergency procurements and appropriates $125,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Grass Lake Road, County Highway 18, and Kenosha Road, County Highway 53, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the culverts under Grass Lake Road, 625 feet east of Illinos Route 83, and Kenosha Road, 300 feet north of 21st Street, were in need of replacement for the safety of the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, on October 30, 2015, in accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Lake County Engineer declared that an emergency existed and certified an emergency procurement; and
WHEREAS, a contract, in the amount of $116,404.74, has been awarded to Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, a qualified construction firm having the necessary manpower, equipment, materials and expertise to implement the determined replacement of the culverts under Grass Lake Road, 625 feet east of Illinois Route 83, and Kenosha Road, 300 feet north of 21st Street; and
WHEREAS, based on the emergency procurement contract amounts and other emergency procurements, an appropriation is needed.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the emergency procurement authorized by, and effectuated through, the County Engineer for construction services with Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $116,404.74 is ratified, a draft copy of said contract is attached hereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $125,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the repair of the culverts under Grass Lake Road, 625 feet east of Illinois Route 83, and Kenosha Road, 300 feet north of 21st Street.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2016.