Title
Joint resolution appropriating $1,580,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2017 - 2018 winter season, and designated as Section 18-00000-05-GM.
Staff Summary
• 2017 - 2018 Winter Season Ice Control Salt: Appropriation.
• The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) participated in the County’s joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the winter season of 2016 - 2017.
• The LCDOT’s contract for salt, provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, will be extended for the winter season of 2017 - 2018 and requires an appropriation of funds.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) participated in the County’s joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the winter season of 2016 - 2017; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 16,000 tons of ice control salt will be required for the 2017-2018 winter season; and
WHEREAS, the LCDOT’s contract for salt, provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, for the 2016 - 2017 winter season, will be extended for the winter season of 2017 - 2018, and requires an appropriation of funds.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,580,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of ice control salt for the winter season of 2017-2018 by said joint procurement, and designated as Section 18-00000-05-GM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 14, 2017.