Title
Resolution authorizing the execution of a master agreement with the Village of Barrington regarding the energy, maintenance, and future costs of traffic control devices and interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE.
Staff Summary
• The Village of Barrington operates, and has jurisdiction over, certain traffic control devices within its corporate boundaries.
• The Village has requested to participate in Lake County’s Annual Traffic Signal Maintenance Contract and will reimburse Lake County for all services performed on Village-owned traffic control devices and equipment.
• This master agreement allows for the addition of future Village-owned and County-owned traffic control devices.
• This agreement was approved by the Village Board on February 13, 2023.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County (County), by and through its Division of Transportation, maintains and operates, through Lake County PASSAGE, traffic control devices on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Barrington (Village) operates, and has jurisdiction over, certain traffic control devices within its corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Village has requested to participate in the County’s Annual Traffic Signal Maintenance Contract; and
WHEREAS, this master agreement allows for the addition of future Village-owned and County-owned traffic control devices; and
WHEREAS, the effective maintenance of traffic control devices through Lake County’s Annual Traffic Signal Maintenance Contract, as well as the operation of traffic control devices through Lake County PASSAGE, is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the Village and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Village are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions for energy, maintenance, and future costs of traffic control devices and interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE, a draft copy of said agreement is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County, be authorized, and they are hereby directed to execute a master agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, with the Village stating the terms and conditions for energy, maintenance, and future costs of traffic control devices and interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any subsequent amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer of Lake County is hereby authorized to update, within the above-said master agreement between the County and the Village, the list of traffic control devices, as may be warranted from time-to-time, and that are within the corporate boundary of the Village in accordance with said master agreement.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 14, 2023.