REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES

 

May 1, 2007

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Present:

President Stroger and Chairman Moreno, Vice Chairman Gorman, Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Collins, Daley, Goslin, Maldonado, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Silvestri, Sims, Steele and Suffredin (17)

 

Absent:

None (0)

 

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., 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: 

      

286266

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-W2312-02-FP.  Wolf Road, 143rd Street to 123rd Street in the Villages of Orland Park and Palos Park in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $96,625.69 (Deduction).

 

286267

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-B1429-02-RS.  Group 2-2006:  Lawrence Avenue, Central Park Avenue to Ashland Avenue; and Ozanam (Canfield Road), Devon Avenue to Northwest Highway in the City of Chicago and the Village of Park Ridge in County Board Districts #8, 9 and 12.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $669,124.17 (Deduction).

 

286268

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:  97-W3444-01-FP.  Group 5-2006:  Sunset Ridge Road, Willow Road to Skokie Road; and Sunset Ridge Road over the Chicago River in the Villages of Northbrook and Northfield and in unincorporated Cook County in County Board District #14.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $319,001.70 (Deduction).

 

286269

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-B6530-02-RS.  Group 1-2006:  Flossmoor Road, Kedzie Avenue to Western Avenue; and Vollmer Road, Kedzie Avenue to Dixie Highway in the City of Chicago Heights, the Villages of Flossmoor and Olympia Fields and in unincorporated Cook County in County Board Districts #5 and 6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $198.85 (Deduction).

 

 

 

286270

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:  98-B6625-03-RP.  Vollmer Road, Harlem Avenue to Central Avenue in the Villages of Matteson and Tinley Park and in unincorporated Cook and DuPage Counties in County Board Districts #5 and 6.  Final adjustment of quantities and a new item.  $244,191.75 (Deduction).

 

286271

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:  99-A7622-03-FP.  Techny Road, Shermer Road to the Chicago River in the Villages of Glenview and Northbrook and in unincorporated Cook County in County Board District #14.  Adjustment of quantities.  $178,441.45 (Addition).

 

286272

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:  02-26347-03-LS.  Edens Expressway Landscaping.  East Frontage Road, Dundee Road to Lake-Cook Road in the Village of Northbrook, in unincorporated Cook County and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #13.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $131,399.48 (Deduction).

 

286273

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, in unincorporated Cook County and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $200,487.32 (Deduction).

 

286274

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.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $71,877.74 (Addition).

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the approval of the change in plans and extra work described in Communication Nos. 286266, 286267, 286268, 286269, 286270, 286271, 286272, 286273 and 286274.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

Section 2

 

Your Committee has considered the bids submitted on the item hereinafter described in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Acting Superintendent of the County Department of Highways.

 

Your Committee has considered the communications from the Acting Superintendent of the County Department of Highways, submitting recommendations on the award of contracts for said items, and recommends that the contracts be and upon the adoption of this Report, awarded as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)         Meacham Road

            Schaumburg Road to Higgins Road

            Section 07-V6439-03-RP

            Village of Schaumburg

            Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600)

            County Board District #15

 

            Contract awarded to:  Plote Construction, Inc.  $1,496,895.55

 

2)         Furnish Bituminous Materials

            Services 2007 in Maintenance

            Central and South Areas

            Section No. 07-HBITS-01-GM

            Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600)

 

            Contract awarded to:  K-Five Construction Corporation  $  7,685.00  (Central Area)

                                                K-Five Construction Corporation  $66,775.00  (South Area)

           

3)         Furnish Bituminous Materials

            Services 2007 in Maintenance

            North Area

            Section No. 07-HBITN-01-GM

            Motor Fuel Tax Fund (600-600)

 

            Contract awarded to:  Arrow Road Construction Company  $64,900.00

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to concur with the recommendation in awarding the contracts.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

The deposit checks are ordered returned to the unsuccessful bidder at once and to the successful bidders upon the signing of the contract.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Committee on Roads and Bridges

 

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Joseph Mario Moreno, Chairman

 

 

Attest:

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary