ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve a New AGREEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING For Maintenance and Construction with the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and to Authorize CITY ENGINEER SCOTT REEISE to Execute the Agreement, and TERMINATE the PRIOR AGREEMENT, ITEM #09-260, Executed March 3, 2010.
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BACKGROUND:
Attached is a new Agreement of Understanding with the Illinois Department of Transportation covering maintenance and construction activities of the City of Peoria under State Motor Fuel Tax regulations. Under this Agreement, as long as the City employs a full time Public Engineer, there is no need for IDOT to review and approve maintenance and construction work for regular MFT projects. For record purposes on the projects, the City will still provide the same information to IDOT.
With the retirement of former City Engineer Jeff Smith and the hiring of City Engineer Scott Reeise, the City and the Department now enter into the attached new Agreement.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: N/A
IMPACT IF APPROVED: Each City contract for construction utilizing MFT funds will not require full IDOT review prior to its letting.
IMPACT IF DENIED: Each City contract for construction utilizing MFT funds will require full IDOT review prior to its letting.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL'S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City Government, Effective City Organization
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Invest in our infrastructure and transportation.
2. Have an efficient government.
DEPARTMENT: Public Works