Lake County, IL
File #: 22-0498    Version: 1 Name: IL Route 59 at Grand Avenue: Phase II Consultant Change Order Number Two and Supplemental Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/21/2022 In control: Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/12/2022
Title: Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $80,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and approving Change Order Number Two in the amount of $138,991 for additional Phase II engineering services for the intersection improvement of Illinois Route 59 at Grand Avenue in the Village of Fox Lake.
Attachments: 1. 22-0498 IL Route 59 at Grand Ave. Engineering Supplement, 2. 22-0498 IL Route 59 at Grand, Committee Action Memo, 3. 22-0498 Location Map, IL 59 at Grand Ave, 4. 22-0498 Vendor Disclosure, Alfred Benesch
Title
Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $80,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and approving Change Order Number Two in the amount of $138,991 for additional Phase II engineering services for the intersection improvement of Illinois Route 59 at Grand Avenue in the Village of Fox Lake.

Staff Summary
* The County Board, at its October 11, 2016 meeting, approved an appropriation of $890,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and a consultant engineering agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $739,049, for Phase II engineering services for the intersection improvement of Illinois Route 59 at Grand Avenue in the Village of Fox Lake.
* Change orders need to be approved by standing committees for cumulative net increases over 10 percent.
* The sum of all contract change orders to date is $210,601, which represents a 28.5 percent increase over the original awarded contract amount.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 10-00279-01-CH.

Body
R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois, acting by and through its Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersection improvement of Illinois Route 59 at Grand Avenue in the Village of Fox Lake, could be improved by a realignment inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and

WHEREAS, the County Board, at its meeting of October 11, 2016, approved an appropriation of $890,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for Phase II engineering services for the intersection improvement of Illinois Route 59 at Grand Avenue; and

WHEREAS, this project is currently under contract with Alfred Benesch & Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $810,659; and

WHEREAS, Change Order Number Two, in the amount of $138,991, is needed for additional Phase II engineering...

Click here for full text