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Joint resolution appropriating $1,187,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the maintenance and electrical service of traffic control signals, street lights, and Lake County PASSAGE field elements, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, from December 1, 2020, to November 30, 2021, authorizing the one-year renewal clause with Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $926,165.14.
Staff Summary
• Patrol one maintenance activities are paid out of the Motor Fuel Tax fund, including the maintenance, electrical service, and Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators (JULIE) locates for the County traffic control signals, streetlights, other field equipment, and field elements of Lake County PASSAGE.
• Traffic signal maintenance is currently under contract with Meade Electric Company, Inc., with two one-year renewal clauses.
• Before a contract renewal can be signed, an appropriation from Motor Fuel Tax funds of $1,112,000 is needed for Fiscal Year 2021 contract maintenance services and $75,000 for electrical service.
• This is a shared service item, with existing agreements with Deerfield, Deer Park, Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood, and the Illinois Department of Transportation for the inclusion of certain traffic signals within their jurisdiction in the County’s traffic signal maintenance contract for reimbursement to the County for their share.
• This project is included in the transportation improvement program, and designated as Section 21-00000-01-GM.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 210 traffic control signal installations with interconnect for the County, as well as Deerfield, Deer Park, Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood and the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains 18 flashing beacons, 15 permanent count stations, and more than 615 streetlights; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains the Lake County PASSAGE field elements, including the fiber interconnect network, 20 PASSAGE communication cabinets, and five PASSAGE Highway Advisory Radio towers; and
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the preservation of said traffic control signals and other field equipment, and to the safety of the public, to provide electrical service and contract regular maintenance to said traffic control signals and other equipment; and
WHEREAS, traffic signal maintenance is currently under contract with Meade Electric Company, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, with two one-year renewal clauses; and
WHEREAS, before a contract renewal can be signed, an appropriation of funds is required for said contract maintenance service; and
WHEREAS, this is a shared service item, with existing agreements with Deerfield, Deer Park, Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood, and the Illinois Department of Transportation for the inclusion of certain traffic signals within their jurisdiction in the County’s traffic signal maintenance contract for reimbursement to the County for their share; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required for electrical service associated with the County owned above-mentioned traffic control signals and streetlights.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,112,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for Fiscal Year 2021 contract maintenance services with Meade Electric Company, Inc., needed to maintain the traffic control signal installations with interconnect and other field equipment, and designated as Section 21-00000-01-GM.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $75,000 is hereby appropriated for electrical service associated with the above-mentioned traffic control signals and streetlights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these appropriations 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 September 8, 2020.