ACTION REQUESTED:
Title
Communication from the City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request to:
A. Approve the SUPPLEMENTAL MOTOR FUEL TAX RESOLUTION in the Amount of $200,000.00 for Construction and Permanent Easement Acquisition Services for TOWNLINE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION for a Total Resolution in the Amount of $1,240,000.00.
B. Accept the LOW BID of ILLINOIS CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INCORPORATED and Award the CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, in the Amount of $1,022,617.12, with an Additional Authorization in Contingency of $51,130.86, for a Total Award of $1,073,747.98 for the TOWNLINE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION Project (340 feet east of Industrial Road to University Street). [District 5]
Body
BACKGROUND: Council approved of Item #14-005(A) on January 14, 2014, which established the Motor Fuel Tax Resolution authorizing expenditure of MFT funds on Survey and Design Engineering, Construction, Construction Contingency, Construction Engineering, and City Project Administration. The Resolution for roadway Section number 13-00363-01-PV was then submitted to Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The Phase 2 Engineering (Survey and Design Engineering) was completed in May 2014.
City Council also approved a Permanent Easement Purchase Payment to an adjacent property of the Townline Road project as Item #14-152 on April 22, 2014. The Permanent Easement that was purchased will allow the Townline Road project to properly rebuild the stormwater drainage outfall area. This public infrastructure was previously on private property without an easement.
The Location Map of the project site is attached.
This Motor Fuel Tax project design was approved by IDOT and advertised for bids on May 22 and 23, 2014. Bids were opened on June 10, 2014 with four bids received as follows:
Contractor Total Bid
Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc. $1,022,617.12
Otto Baum Company $1,051,960.79
RA Cullinan (UCM) $1,061,020.75
Stark Excavating $1,...
Click here for full text