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Joint resolution ratifying contracts with Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $26,652 and Lake County Grading, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $777,459.77 for an emergency procurement required to replace the collapsed culvert on Center Street, located east of Illinois Route 83 in Grayslake, appropriating $810,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for these contracts and other associated costs, and designated as Section 17-00189-05-DR.
Staff Summary
* On July 15, 2017, the Acting County Engineer declared an emergency for the collapsed culvert on Center Street, located east of Illinois Route 83 in Grayslake, Illinois.
* The culvert collapse was a result of the historic flood event that occurred in July 2017.
* In accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Acting County Engineer of Lake County certified an emergency procurement for contractual construction services.
* The contractors selected to provide emergency contractual construction services is Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $26,652 and Lake County Grading, Libertyville, Illinois, in the amount of $777,459.77.
* This resolution, per Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, ratifies these emergency procurement contracts and appropriates $810,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for these contracts and other associated costs.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Center Street, County Highway 77, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the culvert on Center Street, located east of Illinois Route 83 in Grayslake, Illinois, collapsed during a historic flood event causing a safety hazard for the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, on July 25, 2017, in accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Acting County Engineer of Lake County declared that an emergency existed and certified an emergency procurement; and
WHEREAS, contracts with Hampt...
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