Title
Resolution ratifying a professional services agreement with Signature Aviation US Holdings, Inc. for the rental of hangar space to aid in body management in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in an estimated amount of $83,123.82.
Staff Summary
• There was a need to procure rental space to store refrigerated trailers on behalf of the Coroner’s Office in anticipation of the surge of COVID-19 related deaths.
• Lake County Emergency Management Agency identified a secure location and negotiated a lease rate to house the refrigerated trailers.
• Under the terms of the lease, Lake County pays a monthly rent of $13,853.97.
• Expenses will be submitted for reimbursement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the funding received from the United States Government pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
• Pursuant to the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, emergency procurements are made when a threat exists to public health, welfare, or safety, or to prevent or minimize serious disruption of government services.
• Pursuant to Article 6, Section 103, the Coroner’s Office submitted a written determination of the basis for the emergency and the certification that the selection of the vendor is appropriate.
• This action ratifies the contract the County Board Chair authorized under emergency authority.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, there was a need to procure rental space to store refrigerated trailers on behalf of the Coroner’s Office for the surge in COVID-19 deaths; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Emergency Management identified a secure location to house the refrigerated trailers and negotiated a lease rate; and
WHEREAS, expenses will be submitted for reimbursement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the funding received from the United States Government pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act); and
WHEREAS pursuant to the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, emergency procurements are made when a threat exists to public health, welfare, or safety, or to prevent or minimize serious disruption of government services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 6, Section 103, the Coroner’s Office submitted a written determination of the basis for the emergency and the certification that the selection of the vendor is appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Board Chair ratifies the contract the County Boar Chair previously authorized under emergency authority with Signature Aviation US Holdings, Inc for rental of hangar space to aid in body management in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in an estimated amount of $83,123.82.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 26, 2020.