Lake County Public Works Committee met March 31.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
Chair Durkin called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
Chair Durkin led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Roll Call of Members
Present 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
Others present:
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation
Kevin Carrier, Division of Transportation
Eric Waggoner, Planning Building and Development Krista Braun, Planning Building and Development
Austin McFarlane, Public Works
Kurt Woolford, Stormwater Management Commission
Gary Gibson, County Administrator's Office
Jim Hawkins, County Administrator's Office
Matt Meyers, County Administrator's Office
Cassandra Torstenson, County Administrator's Office
Blanca Vela-Schneider, County Administrator's Office
RuthAnne Hall, Finance and Administrative Services
Jeff Carlstone, Communications
Sandy Hart, County Board
Gina Roberts, County Board
Carissa Casbon, County Board
Julie Simpson, County Board
Judy Martini, County Board
Paul Frank, County Board
Marah Altenberg, County Board
Donny Schmitt, Village of Fox Lake
Gloria Charland, resident
Stacy Davis-Wynn, resident
Abby Scalf, County Board Office
4. Addenda to the Agenda
There were no additions or amendments to the agenda.
5. Public Comment (Items not on the agenda)
There were no comments from the public.
6. Chair's Remarks
Chair Durkin had no remarks.
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 8.1 - 8.6)
*APPROVAL OF MINUTES*
8.1 21-0509
Minutes for February 24, 2021.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.2 21-0510
Minutes for February 24, 2021 - Joint Meeting with Finance and Administrative.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.3 21-0511
Minutes for March 3, 2021.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
*DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION*
8.4 21-0468
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with SKC Construction, Inc., Elgin, Illinois, in the amount of $42,753.55 to provide for the crack sealing of hot-mix asphalt and concrete pavements, where necessary, on various County highways under the Illinois Highway Code, appropriating $55,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.5 21-0469
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Payne and Dolan, Inc., Antioch, Illinois, in the amount of $458,738.34 for annual hot-mix asphalt maintenance of various roads on the County highway system under the Illinois Highway Code, appropriating $551,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.6 21-0470
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Corrective Asphalt Materials, LLC, South Roxana, Illinois, in the amount of $430,953.85 for the application of a pavement rejuvenator on various County highways, appropriating $518,000 of Matching Tax funds.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Clark, that Consent Agenda items 8.1 to 8.3 be approved and items 8.4 to 8.6 be approved and referred to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
REGULAR AGENDA
*DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION*
8.7 21-0471
Joint resolution appropriating $50,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 engineering services, water quality monitoring services, watershed workgroup dues, and materials needed to meet the requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) ILR40 Permit for Lake County.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item for the annual appropriation for engineering services, water quality monitoring services, watershed workgroup dues, and materials to meet the requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) ILR40 Permit for Lake County. The department works with the Stormwater Management Commission to do this work.
A motion was made by Member Clark, seconded by Member Vealitzek, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.8 21-0472
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with MYS, Inc., Palos Heights, Illinois, in the amount of $285,775 for the Buffalo Grove Road Bridge Railing Rehabilitation, appropriating $343,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item for rehabilitation of over 1,000 feet of bridge railing on Buffalo Grove Road. The road will remain open during the work, which will begin in June and is expected to be completed in August.
A motion was made by Member Maine, seconded by Member Pedersen, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.9 21-0474
Joint committee action item approving Change Order Number Three consisting of an increase of $24,746.24 for additions to the Midlothian Road culvert replacement contract.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item to authorize a change order to cover payout of the incentive to the contractor who was provided an incentive to complete the replacement of three culverts last year on Midlothian Road ahead of schedule.
A motion was made by Member Vealitzek, seconded by Member Pedersen, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.10 21-0475
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with 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 appropriating $3,195,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Fairfield Road at Monaville Road where there currently is a four-way stop control. There were six public meetings to engage residents, and DOT has worked with the Village of Lake Villa and Lake County Forest Preserve District, which provided support of the project. Work will begin later this spring and will wrap up by the end of the construction season. Discussion ensued.
A motion was made by Member Wasik, seconded by Member Maine, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.11 21-0476
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Village of Lake Villa (Village) relating to the intersection improvements at Fairfield Road and Monaville Road.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item, to approve an agreement between the County and Village of Lake Villa as part of the intersection improvements to Fairfield and Monaville roads. The agreement details a sanitary force main that needs to be relocated in addition to other non-motorized improvements. Discussion ensued.
A motion was made by Member Pedersen, seconded by Member Clark, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.12 21-0477
Joint committee action item approving Change Order Number Two consisting of an increase of $22,493.69 for additions to the Fairfield Road and Monaville Road intersection improvement Phase II consultant agreement.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, presented this item to authorize a change order to the engineering consultant agreement, which includes the addition to relocate the force main and easements to be modified to complete the intersection improvement project at Fairfield and Monaville roads.
A motion was made by Member Wilke, seconded by Member Pedersen, that this item be approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 7 - Member Clark, Chair Durkin, Member Maine, Vice Chair Pedersen, Member Vealitzek, Member Wasik and Member Wilke
8.13 21-0051
Director’s Report - Transportation.
Shane Schneider, Division of Transportation Director, had nothing to report.
*PLANNING BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT*
8.14 21-0052
Director’s Report - Planning Building and Development.
Eric Waggoner, Planning Building and Development (PBD) Director, and Krista Braun, PBD, presented information on the public outreach campaign and the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearings scheduled to address adult-use cannabis business regulations in unincorporated Lake County.
Krista Braun, PBD, demonstrated a new website, which includes background information, an overview of the zoning amendment process, an opportunity to provide input and ways to get involved, which includes signing up for email updates.
Director Waggoner said the ZBA will hold public hearings on April 19 and 21, organizing, different times to account for different schedules, at the Central Permit Facility. There will be limited occupancy at the hearings due to the pandemic. Following the public hearing, staff will present the ZBA recommendations and testimony collected through the public hearings and through the webpage to the committee for review in late April.
Discussion ensued.
*PUBLIC WORKS*
8.15 21-0053
Director’s Report - Public Works.
Austin McFarlane, Interim Public Works Director, had nothing to report.
*STORMWATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION*
8.16 21-0499
Stormwater Management Commission 2021 Annual Update.
Kurt Woolford, Interim Stormwater Management Commission Director, presented its 2021 Annual Update, which detailed the commission's work toward flood mitigation and addressed the wetland restoration and preservation plan, which was adopted in 2020.
This matter was presented
9. County Administrator's Report
Matt Meyers, Assistant County Administrator, had nothing to report.
10. Executive Session
11. Members' Remarks
Member Vealitzek said members of the Squaw Creek Drainage District Board and Clean Water Alliance are seeking support to change the creek's name from Squaw Creek to Manitou Creek. Following discussion, consensus was given by the Committee for staff to draft a resolution voicing the County's support of the name change. The resolution would be presented to the Committee at its April 7 meeting.
12. Adjournment
Chair Durkin called the meeting to be adjourned at 9:29 a.m.
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