Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee met July 26.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call of Members
4. Addenda to the Agenda
5. Public Comment (Items not on the agenda)
6. Chair's Remarks
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 8.1 - 8.2)
*MINUTES*
8.1 23-1041
Committee action approving the Public Works and Transportation Committee minutes from June 28, 2023.
*DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION*
8.2 23-1035
Joint resolution appropriating $855,500 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for maintaining streets and highways, including utility services, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code, from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024, and $200,000 of Matching Tax funds for de-icing materials.
∙ In order to perform routine and necessary highway maintenance, the Division of Transportation must purchase Patrol One general maintenance materials and services on an annual basis.
∙ Patrol One general maintenance materials and services may include, but not be limited to, supplies such as paint, signposts, shoulder aggregate, and de-icing materials, as well as utility services and repairs.
∙ This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and is designated as Section 24-00000-00-GM.
REGULAR AGENDA
8.3 23-1067
Presentation and discussion regarding proposed Metra Fare Policy amendments.
*DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION*
8.4 23-1037
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) to provide transportation planning staff assistance for the Lake County Council of Mayors and receive an allocation of federal funds to cover the scope of services provided.
∙ Planning liaison funds are distributed yearly from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and then to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
∙ These funds help support transportation planning provided by the LCDOT for the Lake County Council of Mayors (LCDOT staff positions).
∙ In State Fiscal Year 2024, which began on July 1, 2023, the allocation to the LCDOT will be $180,012.29 to cover the scope of services that CMAP describes in its agreement.
23-1037 Resolution, Council of Mayors
8.5 23-1038
Joint resolution appropriating $115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the required local match associated with the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant received by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) that will guide the partnership and technical assistance services to be provided by CMAP for the creation of a Lake County Safety Action Plan.
∙ Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), in partnership with the counties in the region, applied for a joint planning grant to develop a regional and individual county-wide safety action plans through the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Safe Streets for All Program (SS4A).
∙ The SS4A Program is authorized for six billion in competitive grants over the next five years.
∙ Once an agency has an approved safety action plan, they are eligible in future application cycles to apply for implementation grants through the SS4A Program. ∙ CMAP was awarded $3,896,000 of SS4A grant funds to assist in the development of the safety plans, including a Safety Action Plan for Lake County.
∙ Lake County’s local cost share for the study is included in the Transportation Improvement Program.
8.6 23-1077
Joint resolution authorizing a contract with RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., Romeoville, Illinois, in the amount of $276,919.87 for center line rumble strip installation with hot spray thermoplastic pavement markings on various County highways and appropriating $333,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
∙ This work consists of adding approximately 18.5 miles of center line rumble strips on existing two-lane highways with double yellow payment markings and adding hot spray thermoplastic pavement markings on isolated sections of highways.
∙ There was a public call for bids, and a total of two bids were received, and the lowest responsible bidder is RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., Romeoville, Illinois, in the amount of $276,919.87.
∙ This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction in 2023, and is designated as Section 23-00000-12-GM.
*PUBLIC WORKS*
8.8 23-1052
Resolution authorizing emergency appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 for the Lake County Public Works Department in the amount of $12,503,697.26 for certain projects, items, and activities budgeted in the prior year and not completed, as well as other unforeseen needs
∙ Since adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, the Public Works Department has identified increased costs of certain capital expenditures, unforeseen regulatory compliance needs, as well uncaptured carryover opportunities from Fiscal Year 2022. The funds for these additional expenditures could not have been foreseen and appropriated in the FY 2023 budget.
∙ The value of additional funds is $12,503,697.26 and is itemized as follows: 1) increased cost of certain capital expenditures in the amount of $717,120.93, 2) unforeseen regulatory compliance needs in the amount of $1,379,206, and 3) uncaptured carryover opportunities from Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $10,407,370.33.
∙ Due to these events occurring after the County’s 2023 budget development and subsequent approval, there is insufficient authority in the Public Works Department’s FY 2023 operating budget; therefore, an emergency appropriation is required.
∙ This resolution authorizes an emergency appropriation in the amount of $12,503,697.26 to increase the budget during County Fiscal Year 2023 within the Public Works fund 615.
8.9 23-0008
Director’s Report - Public Works.
9. County Administrator's Report
10. Executive Session
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
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