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Joint resolution appropriating $1,600,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2019-2020 winter season.
Staff Summary
• 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 2018-2019, with the option for a one-year extension.
• LCDOT’s contract for salt, which was provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, will be extended for the winter season of 2019-2020, and an appropriation of funds is required.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation (LCDOT), participated in the County’s joint procurement process for the acquisition of ice control salt for the winter season of 2018-2019, with the option for a one-year extension; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 23,000 tons of ice control salt will be required for the 2019-2020 winter season; and
WHEREAS, the contract for salt for LCDOT provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, for the 2018-2019 winter season, will be extended for the winter season of 2019-2020, and an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,600,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of ice control salt for the winter season of 2019-2020 by said joint procurement, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, and designated as Section 20-00000-05-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 May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2019.