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Joint resolution appropriating $1,600,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2021-2022 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 2020-2021, 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 2021-2022, and an appropriation of funds is required.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 22-00000-05-GM.
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 2020-2021, with the option for a one-year extension; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 22,000 tons of ice control salt will be required for the 2021-2022 winter season; and
WHEREAS, the contract for salt for LCDOT provided by Morton Salt, Chicago, Illinois, for the 2020-2021 winter season, will be extended for the winter season of 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 by said joint procurement, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, and designated as Section 22-00000-05-GM; and
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 9, 2021.