Report of the Committee on Roads and Bridges

June 17, 2008

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, Steele and Suffredin (16)

Absent:

Commissioner Sims (1)

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.

294351

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 06-B5925-03-RP. 167th Street, Harlem Avenue to Cicero Avenue in the City of Oak Forest and the Village of Tinley Park in County Board District #17. Adjustment of quantities and a new item. $5,800.00 (Addition).

294352

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 07-W3726-02-RS. Group 4-2007: Ridgeland Avenue, 26th Street to Roosevelt Road; and Barrypoint (Long Common) Road over the Des Plaines River in the City of Berwyn and the Village of Riverside in County Board District #16. Adjustment of quantities and new items. $69,025.00 (Addition).

294353	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 04-W4603-03-FP. Group 6-2005: Olympian Way/Kedzie Avenue, Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) to Vollmer Road; and Kedzie Avenue, Vollmer Road to Governors Highway in the Villages of Flossmoor and Olympia Fields in County Board District #6. Adjustment of quantities and a new item. $1,235.21 (Deduction).
294354	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 06-W1921-04-RS. County Line Road, Plainfield Road to 55th (10th) Street in the Villages of Burr Ridge and Hinsdale in County Board District #17. Adjustment of quantities. $15,000.00 (Deduction).
294355	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 07-V6439-03-RP. Meacham Road, Schaumburg Road to Higgins Road in the Village of Schaumburg in County Board District #15. Adjustment of quantities. $27,107.50 (Deduction).
294356	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 04-B5121-02-RS. 131st Street, Wolf Road to 96th Avenue in the Village of Palos Park, unincorporated Palos and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #17. Final adjustment of quantity. $1,534.50 (Addition).
294357	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 04-A6728-03-RS. Oakton Street, Skokie Boulevard to McCormick Boulevard in the Village of Skokie in County Board District #13. Final adjustment of quantities. $32,026.67 (Deduction).
294358	HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section: 02-TSCMC-03-TL. Traffic Signal Modernization (19 locations) in various villages of Northern Cook County in County Board Districts #14, 15 and 17. Final adjustment of quantities. $194.24 (Addition).
294359	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. $31,811.50 (Deduction).
294360	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 Justice in County Board Districts #16 and 17. Adjustment of quantities. $26,328.33 (Addition).

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy moved the Approval of the change in plans and extra work described in Communications Nos. 294351, 294352, 294353, 294354, 294355, 294356, 294357, 294358, 294359 and 294360. The motion carried unanimously.

Commissioner Beavers, seconded by Commissioner Steele, 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