Public Works & Transportation Committee - May 7, 2025

Chapters

1. Call to Order 00:00:17


2. Pledge of Allegiance 00:00:35


3. Roll Call of Members 00:00:52


4. Addenda to the Agenda 00:01:09


5. Public Comment 00:01:10


6. Chair's Remarks 00:01:14


7. Unfinished Business 00:01:15


8. New Business 00:01:18

CONSENT AGENDA (Item 8.1)


8.2 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:01:29

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Geske and Sons, Crystal Lake, Illinois, in the amount of $329,651.66 for the resurfacing of various roads in the Wauconda Township Road District, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 1.49 miles.


8.3 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:02:12

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Peter Baker & Son Company, Lake Bluff, Illinois, in the amount of $489,390.69 for the resurfacing of various roads in the Grant Township Road District, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 1.90 miles.


8.4 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:02:58

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Meade, Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois, in the amount of $299,276.50 for upgrades to traffic signal detection systems at 11 Lake County owned traffic signal locations and appropriating $359,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.


8.5 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:04:26

Joint resolution authorizing an application to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), for the Section 5310 grant program for the Ride Lake County countywide paratransit service.


8.6 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:10:04

Joint resolution authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $172,511 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for improvements to the intersection of Illinois Route 131 and Kenosha Road.


8.7 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION 00:13:36

Joint resolution authorizing a three-year maintenance agreement with Midwestern Software Solutions, LLC (MS2), of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Traffic Crash Location System (TCLS) used by the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) at a cost of $41,427 and appropriating $50,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.


8.8 PUBLIC WORKS 00:15:32

Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with D’Land Construction LLC of Algonquin, Illinois, in the amount of $2,744,239.30 for the Gages Lake Road Water Main Replacement Project.


8.9 PUBLIC WORKS 00:21:48

Joint resolution authorizing execution of a contract with Archon Construction Company, Inc., of Addison, Illinois, in the amount of $269,493 for the North Chicago Water Interconnect Meter Vault Rehabilitation Project.


8.10 PUBLIC WORKS 00:23:39

Joint resolution accepting a grant from Congressionally Directed Spending through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Community Grants Projects to support the Lake County New Century Town Water Reclamation Facility (NCT WRF) Centrifuge Project, including an emergency appropriation of $959,752 in grant funds and an emergency appropriation from Fund 610 Public Works Fund reserves.


8.11 PUBLIC WORKS 00:26:06

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with M.E. Simpson Co. Inc. of Valparaiso, Indiana, for the Lake County Department of Public Works (LCPW) water main leak detection and locating services.


8.12 PUBLIC WORKS 00:28:42

Public Works Annual Update.


9. County Administrator's Report 01:18:13


10. Executive Session 01:18:18


11. Member Remarks and Requests 01:18:20


12. Adjournment Next Meeting: May 28, 2025 01:18:22



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