Report of the Committee on Roads and Bridges

 

April 23, 2008

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

Present:

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

 

Absent:

President Stroger

 

 

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 F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, recommending for approval change in plans and extra work in the construction of certain highway improvements.

 

293357

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  02-B7021-03-CH.  67th Street at East Avenue in the Villages of Brookfield, Hodgkins, LaGrange and in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #16.  New items.  $58,597.50 (Addition).

 

293358

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  95-W7510-01-FP.  108th Avenue, 153rd Street to 143rd Street in the Village of Orland Park in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $65,192.17 (Addition).

 

293359

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  97-B5013-02-PV.  Federal Project No. M-HPP-3420 (001).  State Job No. C-91-366-97.  Illinois Department of Transportation Contract No. 10213.  127th Street, Smith Road to State Street in the Village of Lemont in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $85,205.95 (Addition).

 

293360

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  06-04624-05-BR.  Central Avenue Bridge over the Sanitary and Ship Canal in the Town of Cicero, the Village of Stickney and in unincorporated Cook County in County Board District #16.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $18,103.27 (Addition).

 

293361

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  07-B6126-02-RS.  Group 2-2007:  Central Avenue, Vollmer Road to 167th Street; and 175th Street, Ridgeland Avenue to Cicero Avenue in the Villages of Country Club Hills, Oak Forest, Tinley Park and in unincorporated Cook County in County Board Districts #5 and 6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $172.91 (Deduction).

 

293362

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  03-V6041-11-RP.  Roselle Road, Hillcrest Boulevard to Euclid Avenue in the Villages of Palatine and Schaumburg in County Board Districts #14 and 15.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $84,988.26 (Deduction).

 

293363

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  92-W1918-01-RS.  Cook-DuPage Road, 91st Street to 79th Street in the Village of Burr Ridge in County Board District #17.  Final adjustment of quantities.  $29,840.30 (Deduction).

 

293364

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  01-A5922-03-FP.  East Lake Avenue, Patriot Boulevard to the Edens Expressway in the Villages of Glenview and Wilmette in County Board Districts #13 and 14.  Adjustment of quantities.  $99,936.09 (Deduction).

 

293365

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., 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.  $207,668.36 (Deduction).

 

293366

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., 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.  $20,921.24 (Deduction).

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Silvestri moved the Approval of the change in plans and extra work described in Communications Nos. 293357, 293358, 293359, 293360, 293361, 293362, 293363, 293364, 293365 and 293366.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2

 

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

 

Your Committee has considered the communications from the Superintendent 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)         GROUP 1 – 2008

            Walter AvenueWaukegan Road to Lee Road

            Lee RoadWalters Avenue to Dundee Road

            Sections:  04-A7322-02-03-FP & 04-A7323-01-FP

            Village of Northbrook in County Board District #14

            Motor Fuel Tax Account #600-600

 

            Contract awarded to: Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete, Inc.  $2,937,000.00

 

2)         Smith Road

            135th Street to 127th Street

            Section:  06-V6713-02-RS

            Unincorporated Cook County

            County Board District #17

            Motor Fuel Tax Account #600-600

 

            Contract awarded to:  James D. Fiala Paving Company, Inc.  $674,395.29

 

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

 

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

 

 

Commissioner Beavers, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to adjourn.   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