REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES

 

February 21, 2007

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Present:

President Stroger and Vice Chairman Gorman, Commissioner(s) Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Silvestri, Sims, Steele and Suffredin (15)

 

Absent:

Chairman Moreno and Commissioner Goslin (2)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Your Committee on Roads and Bridges, having had under consideration the matters hereinafter mentioned, respectfully reports and recommends as follows:

 

Section 1

 

Your Committee has considered the following communications from Rupert Graham, Jr. P.E., the Acting Superintendent of County Department of Highways, recommending for approval of the change in plans and extra work involved in the construction of certain highway improvements as described:

     

284775

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  03-B8336-03-FP.  Michigan City Road, 154th Street to Indiana State Line in Calumet City in County Board District #4.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $83,816.47 (Deduction).

 

284776

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  06-A5011-06-BR.  Group 3-2006:  Lake-Cook Road bridge over the Slough River; and Roselle Road over the Elgin O’Hare Expressway in the Villages of Palatine and Roselle and unincorporated Cook and Lake Counties in County Board District #14.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $110,842.11 (Addition).

 

284777

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  05-W2219-04-TL.  Wolf Road at German Church Road in the Village of Willow Springs in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities.  $4,895.94 (Deduction).

 

284778

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  96-W5007-04-FP.  Ashland Avenue, Ridge Road to 171st Street in the Villages of East Hazel Crest and Homewood in County Board District #6.  Final adjustment of quantities.  $15,377.15 (Deduction).

 

 

 

284779

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  01-B5919-03-RS.  167th Street, Will/Cook County Line to 96th Avenue in the Villages of Orland Hills and Orland Park, unincorporated Cook County and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $78,215.70 (Deduction).

 

284780

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  01-B7528-05-PV.  123rd Street, Cicero Avenue to Kedzie Avenue in the Village of Alsip in County Board District #6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $108,128.70 (Addition).

 

284781

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Acting Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  01-W3019-05-RP.  88th Avenue, 87th Street to 79th Street in the City of Hickory Hills and the Village of Justice in County Board Districts #16 and 17.  New item.  $436,415.04 (Addition).

 

Commissioner Murphy, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved the approval of the change in plans and extra work described in Communication Nos. 284775, 284776, 284777, 284778, 284779, 284780 and 284781.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Collins.  The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

                                                                                                           

 

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

Committee on Roads and Bridges

 

 

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Elizabeth “Liz” Doody Gorman, Vice Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary