LaSalle County highway department approves amended federal agreement to reimburse prior engineering on Peru slope failure

The LaSalle County Highway Department approved Resolution 25-203 to amend a local agency agreement for federal participation so Peru and Peru Township can recover prior engineering costs for a slope-failure restoration project on North 2550 First Road.

The action amends an earlier agreement tied to a previous resolution (21-23) that had covered only the Jalen engineering portion of phase 1 and omitted reimbursement for work completed by McCleary Engineering before McCleary’s death. Speaker 2, a meeting participant, said, "This is resolution 25 Dash20 3. It's approving the amended local agency agreement for federal participation for section 20 2 8 8 2 0 Dash 0 1 d r North 25 fiftieth Road, FAU 61 18 Sandy Cosgrove Road from North 2550 First Road to 0.2 miles East of North 25 First Road, Peru and Peru Township for preliminary engineering for permanent restoration of the slope failure project."

According to the transcript, IDOT indicated the township could be reimbursed for the McCleary Engineering work; the amendment covers that reimbursement. Speaker 2 summarized that the amendment updates the engineering agreement to allow the township to be reimbursed for expenses already paid: "They redid the engineering agreement. So we're just going through a passionate engineering agreement to approve township, get reimbursed for expenses that's already paid."

A motion to approve was called; the transcript records attendees saying "Aye," followed by "Opposed? Motion carried." The transcript does not identify who made or seconded the motion, nor does it record a roll-call vote tally. The discussion in the provided transcript focused on approving the amended agreement and confirming reimbursement for prior engineering work.

No additional background documents, funding amounts, or implementation dates were specified in the transcript excerpt.