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Joint resolution ratifying contracts with Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $85,065 and Campanella and Sons Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $249,579.73 for emergency procurements required for emergency repair work on the culvert installation on Stearns School Road at Mill Creek, and appropriating $335,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
Staff Summary
* There were two 8.6-foot-by-13.9-foot corrugated structural plate pipe arch culverts on Stearns School Road at Mill Creek, approximately 1300 feet east of Hutchins Road. On March 25, 2021, Lake County Division of Transportation maintenance personnel detected a deflection in the pavement above the west culvert and determined that the west culvert was in a state of failure.
* The road was closed to all traffic and a detour was put in place on March 25, 2021.
* On March 29, 2021, the County Engineer declared an emergency for repair work on the culvert installation on Stearns School Road at Mill Creek.
* In accordance with Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the County Engineer of Lake County certified an emergency procurement for contractual design and construction services.
* The firm selected to provide emergency contractual design services was Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc., in the amount of $85,065. The contractor selected to provide emergency contractual construction services was Campanella and Sons Inc., in the amount of $249,579.73. The project was designated as Section 20-00235-01-DR.
* The repair work was completed on May 24, 2021, and included replacing the failed west culvert with two six-foot diameter culverts.
* This resolution, per Article 6-103 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, ratifies these emergency procurement contracts and appropriates $335,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
* As a long-term solution, the Stearns School Road culvert installation at Mill Creek is programmed to be replaced with a single span bridge str...
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