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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $251,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and approving Change Order Number 11 in the amount of $524,602.83, for the intersection improvement of Fairfield Road at Monaville Road.
Staff Summary
* The County Board, at its April 13, 2021, meeting, approved an appropriation of $3,195,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and awarded a contract to Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois, in the amount of $2,610,260.43 for this project.
* Change orders need to be approved by the standing committees for cumulative net increases over 10 percent. The sum of all change orders to date is $785,497.53, which represents a 30.1 percent increase over the original awarded contract amount.
* Upon an inspection, a nearby metal culvert was found to be failing which required emergency closure of Monaville Road on April 13, 2022. The replacement of this culvert was added to this construction contract at the amount of $523,964.21.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 15-00120-06-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Fairfield Road, County Highway 49, and Monaville Road, County Highway 55, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the County Board, at its meeting of April 13, 2021, approved an appropriation of $3,195,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and awarded a construction contract to Campanella and Sons, Inc., Wadsworth, Illinois in the amount of $2,610,260.43 for the intersection improvement of Fairfield Road at Monaville Road; and
WHEREAS, separate from this contract, a nearby metal culvert underneath Monaville Road was inspected and found to be failing; and
WHEREAS, the condition of this culvert required Monaville Road to be closed on April 13, 2022 until the culvert could be replaced; and
WHEREAS, it was determined that adding the emergency culvert replacement to the scope of the intersection impr...
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