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Joint resolution appropriating $230,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators, Inc. (JULIE) ticket screening and locating of Lake County Division of Transportation's (LCDOT) storm sewers for excavator dig requests along various County highways.
Staff Summary
* Pursuant to Illinois law, JULIE serves as a message handling notification service for underground facility owners regarding planned excavations.
* LCDOT processes over 6,000 storm sewer ticket screenings and locate requests from JULIE annually to comply with the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act.
* LCDOT's existing storm sewer locating contract with USIC Locating Services, LLC, Lombard, Illinois, began on March 1, 2021, for a period of two years, and allows a total of three one-year contract extensions. This will be the first one-year contract extension and will cover the period of March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024.
* The appropriation includes the annual message handling service fee of $25,000 paid to JULIE.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 23-00000-09-GM.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, processes over 6,000 storm sewer ticket screenings and locate requests from JULIE on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, at its meeting of February 9, 2021, awarded a contract to USIC Locating Services, LLC, Lombard, Illinois, for storm sewer ticket screening and locate services required to comply with the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act for the period March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the contract was extended for the period of March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024; and
WHEREAS, to consummate said contract extension, an appropriation of funds is required for the 2023 fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County...
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