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Joliet staff to seek Rebuild Illinois funding for multiple traffic and utility projects; contracts and change orders outlined
Summary
City staff outlined a package of roadway, traffic management and utility contracts tied to Rebuild Illinois and other funds, including awards for traffic signal materials, County Line Road widening, a centralized traffic management system amendment and water/wastewater plant repairs.
City staff at the June 16 pre-council meeting summarized several contract awards and Rebuild Illinois appropriations that are on the council agenda, city staff said. Many of the transportation items will use Rebuild Illinois bond funds that must be allocated to projects by state deadlines, staff said.
The city manager reviewed the high-value items listed for council action: a $566,156 contract award for 2025 traffic signal materials to Traffic Control Corporation (replacement at Jefferson and Stryker after ComEd damage); a $895,000.06 award to P.T. Farrow Construction for County Line Road roadway improvements (widening from two lanes to four lanes at the far west side); and an amendment (No. 2) for professional engineering services for the centralized traffic management system to Iteris Inc. for $149,919.73. Staff identified these and other items as using Rebuild Illinois funds, which have statutory timing constraints, while Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds are more flexible.
Other items described on the agenda included: a $34,161 award to VideoTech for physical access control at Fire Station 1; a $76,372.70 purchase order to Lenovo for the 2025 PC lifecycle replacement program; a $51,965 professional services agreement for geotechnical work on the Westside wastewater treatment plant expansion; a $41,700 purchase for replacement sluice gates at the Eastside wastewater treatment plant; and a change order of $26,668.65 for Well 28D rehabilitation. Staff also described a $256,313.20 cost adjustment related to 13 Navistar chassis purchases from 2023 resulting from supply chain delays; staff said budgeted funding is available for that increase.
Resolutions on the agenda would appropriate Rebuild Illinois funds for the advanced traffic management system ($1.2 million) and other projects, and would approve a letter of understanding with the Illinois Department of Transportation to maintain traffic signals at Route 53 and Chicago Street, staff said. The agenda also included a resolution accepting a permanent easement connected to the I‑80/Center Street interchange and an IEPA wastewater discharge fee payment of $152,500 required by Illinois law.
Staff characterized many of the Rebuild Illinois entries as “housekeeping” appropriations necessary to meet state grant and bond requirements. The items were presented for council consideration on the following day’s council agenda; staff did not take final action at the pre-council meeting.
If adopted, the awards and appropriations would fund roadway widening and signal work intended to improve traffic flow and to complete water and wastewater repairs and upgrades the city says have reached the end of their service life.
