Report of the Committee on Roads and Bridges

 

September 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, Quigley, Maldonado, Murphy, Peraica, Schneider, Silvestri, Sims and Suffredin (16)

 

Absent:

Commissioners Steele (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.

 

295888

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  Section:  06-W2509-05-FP.  104th Avenue, 167th Street to 159th Street in the Village of Orland Park and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities.  $62,272.05 (Addition).

 

295889

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  04-A7322-03-FP.  Group 1-2008:  Walters Avenue, Waukegan Road to Lee Road; and Lee Road, Walters Avenue to Dundee Road in the Village of Northbrook in County Board District #14.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $143,172.20 (Addition).

 

295890

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  07-B6528-01-RS.  Flossmoor Road, Cicero Avenue to Kedzie Avenue in the City of Country Club Hills and the Village of Flossmoor in County Board District #5.  Adjustment of quantities and a new item.  $35,178.65 (Deduction).

 

295891

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 a new item.  $238.00 (Addition).

 

295892

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  02-W2222-01-FP.  Wolf Road, Plainfield Road to 55th Street in the Villages of Indian Head Park, Western Springs and unincorporated Cook County in County Board Districts #16 and 17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $52,298.90 (Deduction)

 

295893

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  04-W3013-02-RS.  86th Avenue, 131st to Calumet Sag Road in the Village of Palos Park and unincorporated Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities.  $49,127.86 (Addition).

 

295894

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  05-B5620-04-FP.  153rd Street, Wolf Road to 100th Avenue in the Village of Orland Park and unincorporated Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $1,000,443.84 (Deduction).

 

295895

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  02-A8626-02-FP.  Howard Street, New Gross Point Road/Tierney Drive to the Edens Expressway West Frontage Road in the Villages of Niles and Skokie in County Board District #13.  Adjustment of quantities and a new item.  $373.76 (Deduction).

 

295896

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., 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; Vollmer Road, Kedzie Avenue to Dixie Highway in the City of Chicago Heights, the Villages of Flossmoor, Olympia Fields and unincorporated Cook County in County Board Districts #5 and 6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $429,501.56 (Deduction).

 

295897

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  03-W5809-03-FP.  Cottage Grove Avenue, 167th Street (170th Street) to 159th Street (US Route 6) in the Village of South Holland in County Board Districts #4 and 6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $52,141.17 (Deduction).

 

295898

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  01-W3016-02-FP.  88th/86th Avenue, 111th Street to 103rd Street in the Village of Palos Hills, unincorporated Cook County and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in County Board District #17.  Adjustment of quantities.  $103,507.00 (Deduction).

 

295899

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting recommendation for change in plans and extra work on Section:  98-W5812-03-PV.  Cottage Grove Avenue, Lincoln Avenue to 138th Street in the Village of Dolton in County Board Districts #4 and 6.  Adjustment of quantities and new items.  $16,175.04 (Deduction). 

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to suspend the rules Section 2-108 (h)(1) of the County Code to consider Communication No. 295888. The motion carried unanimously.

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved the Approval of the change in plans and extra work described in Communication Nos. 295888, 295889, 295890, 295891, 295892, 295893, 295894, 295895, 295896, 295897, 295898 and 295899.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

Section 2

 

Your Committee has considered the following Communications from Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways.

 

295900

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting the Bureau of Construction's Progress Report for the month ending June 30, 2008.

 

295901

COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, by Rupert F. Graham, Jr., P.E., Superintendent of Highways, submitting the Bureau of Construction's Progress Report for the month July 31, 2008.

 

Vice Chairman Gorman, seconded by Commissioner Murphy moved to Receive and File Communication Nos. 295900 and 295901. The motion carried unanimously.

 

 

 

Commissioner Suffredin, seconded by Commissioner Butler, 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