Public Works and Transportation Committee - February 25, 2026

1. Call to Order
00:13
2. Pledge of Allegiance
01:18
3. Roll Call of Members
01:36
4. Addenda to the Agenda
01:57
5. Public Comment
02:01
6. Chair's Remarks
02:08
7. Unfinished Business
02:18
8. New Business
02:23
CONSENT AGENDA (Item 8.1) Committee action approving the Public Works and Transportation Committee minutes from February 4, 2026.
8.2 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
02:48
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Quarterly Update.
8.3 PUBLIC WORKS
17:04
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for Retail Sanitary Sewer and Water Supply Services to the Village of Grayslake.
8.4 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
29:25
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Semper Fi Land, Inc., Yorkville, Illinois, in the amount of $97,880 for ecological restoration management of wetland and upland buffer areas requiring native landscape maintenance.
8.5 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
35:10
Joint resolution appropriating $2,000,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for ice control salt materials needed for the 2026-2027 winter season.
8.6 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
40:18
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Civiltech Engineering, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, for Phase II professional engineering services for the improvement of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from Commonwealth Avenue to Illinois Route 137 at a maximum cost of $370,093.78 and appropriating $445,000 of Matching Tax funds.
8.7 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
41:52
Ordinance providing for the establishment of a County altered speed zone of 35 miles per hour (MPH), currently designated 45 MPH on Wadsworth Road, from US Route 41 to a point 1,400 feet east of United States Route 41, located in Newport Township.
8.8 DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
45:38
Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $1,000,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for right-of-way and other right-of-way associated costs for the improvement of Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road.
9. County Administrator's Report
49:12
10. Executive Session
49:15
11. Member Remarks and Requests
49:17
12. Adjournment Next Meeting: March 4, 2026
52:17