Lake County Illinois - File #: 22-1561

• File #: 22-1561
• Version: 1
• Name: Joint Resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $130,200.00 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project in Unincorporated Libertyville, Il
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/13/2022
• In control: Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee
• Final action: 11/15/2022
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $130,200 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project in Unincorporated Libertyville, Illinois.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2022	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/27/2022	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
10/26/2022	1	Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title

Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois, in the amount of $130,200 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project in Unincorporated Libertyville, Illinois.

Staff Summary

•                     The Lake County Department of Public Works is the local sponsor and is responsible for maintaining, operating, and repairing the North Libertyville Estates Levee in unincorporated Libertyville Township.

•                     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers performs inspections of the Levee and recommended the replacement of Relief Well #1 as a result of the levee inspection in 2021. Subsequent testing revealed the screening on the well has failed.

•                     The replacement of the relief well is required for the integrity of the levee.

•                     The County received a bid from one contractor for this work in the amount of $130,200.

•                     Award of this contract is recommended to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois.

•                     This resolution authorizes and directs the County Purchasing Agent to execute a contract with Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. of Joliet, Illinois in the amount of $130,200.

Body

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County), is the local sponsor, and maintains, operates, and repairs the North Libertyville Estates (NLE) Levee; and

WHEREAS, in response to observed sand boils on the neighborhood side of the levee, three relief wells were installed in 2011 to relieve pressure during flood events; and

WHEREAS, Relief Well #1 showed signs of failure during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspection in 2021 and subsequent testing showed failure of the screen; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, bids were called for by publication for the NLE Levee Relief Well Replacement Project; and

WHEREAS, Great Lakes Water Resources Group, Inc. is the lowest and only responsive, and responsible bidder in the amount of $130,200.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract with Great Lakes Resources Group, Inc., of Joliet, Illinois in the amount of $130,200 for the North Libertyville Estates Levee Relief Well Replacement Project.

DATED, at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 15, 2022.