Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee Meeting - September 8, 2021

Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Excavating Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $10,583,076.83 for intersection improvements at Gilmer Road and Midlothian Road.

Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago, Illinois, for Phase I professional engineering services for non-motorized travel improvements along Lake Cook Road, between the Skokie Valley Bike Path and the Chicago Botanical Gardens entrance, at a maximum cost of $998,903, and appropriating $1,200,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.

Resolution providing policy direction and the authority to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with Pace Suburban Bus that would establish a borderless countywide paratransit service known as Ride Lake County.

Presentation and discussion regarding the proposed 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Program for the Lake County Department of Public Works.

Continued discussion of proposed ordinance amendments to the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances related to wildlife rehabilitation and ecotherapy uses in unincorporated Lake County.

Director’s Report - Planning Building and Development.