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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Meade, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $1,247,132.20, for the maintenance of traffic control signals, street lights, and Lake County PASSAGE field elements, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, and appropriating $1,580,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $1,497,000 for maintenance and $83,000 for electrical service.
Staff Summary
* Patrol One maintenance activities are paid out of the Motor Fuel Tax fund, including the maintenance and electrical service and Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators (JULIE) for the County traffic control signals, streetlights, other field equipment, and field elements of Lake County PASSAGE.
* This is a shared service item, with existing agreements with Buffalo Grove, 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.
* There was a public call for bids, and a total of two bids were received, ranging from $1,247,132.20 to $1,386,585.69, and the lowest responsible bidder is Meade, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, with a contract amount of $1,247,132.20.
* This improvement is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 23-00000-01-GM.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted by this Lake County Board, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the 2023 traffic signal maintenance for the period from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, and designated as Section 23-00000-01-GM; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on August 16, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois, a tabulation of said bids b...
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