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Waukegan public works committee approves multiple repair contracts, equipment purchase and ordinance
Summary
On March 17 the Waukegan Public Works and Infrastructure Committee approved a series of contracts, a retroactive emergency payment, a sole-source equipment purchase and an ordinance to dispose of two surplus loaders; all measures passed by roll call.
The Waukegan Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on March 17 approved a package of contracts, change orders and an ordinance affecting water and street infrastructure, emergency repairs, training equipment and asset disposal.
The actions include approved repairs to a force main, a water‑main interconnect installation, a change order for trucking materials, purchase of a heavy‑equipment simulator under a sole‑source finding, retroactive approval for emergency water‑main repairs, disposal of two surplus loaders by ordinance and drainage/roadway repairs on Seahorse Drive.
Why it matters: the contracts and change orders authorize city spending and commit vendors to repair and maintain water and roadway systems that the committee and staff described as needed to address winter damage, flooding and an urgent transmission‑line break.
The committee voted on each item by roll call. Each recorded roll call that appears in the meeting transcript shows the same set of committee members voting “Aye” and the motion passing.
Key approved actions (vendor and not‑to‑exceed amounts as stated in the meeting):
- Certificate of authority for state contracts (required by IDOT to use state purchasing contracts, including salt): motion approved by roll call (Alderman Florian; Alderman Martinez; Alderman Bowden; Alderman Newsom; Alderman Donaworth — recorded votes: all Aye). Amount not applicable.
- River Road Force Main repairs: Campanella and Sons, not to exceed $337,730.07; committee recorded votes: Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Downerwerth — all Aye; motion passed. The committee said the pipe is in poor condition, Campanella has performed prior repairs at the site and the project would replace the pipe.
- Fourteenth Street water‑main interconnect meter vault: award to Campanella and Sons as lowest qualified bidder, not to exceed $401,659.94; recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Downerwerth; motion passed.
- Change order No. 1 with Kershawffer Trucking for materials: not to exceed $30,000 (which the committee said increases an original $60,000 authorization to $90,000 to cover additional winter water‑main breaks); recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Downerwerth; motion passed.
- Sole‑source purchase of a heavy‑equipment simulator from Centimeters Labs for training of Public Works and Water Department staff: not to exceed $219,785.74; the committee said staff could not locate another vendor that makes the required simulator; recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bolton, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Downerwerth; motion passed.
- Retroactive approval for emergency water‑main repairs by Joel Kennedy Construction Corporation for a not to exceed amount of $112,021.41 (staff said the work addressed a break on a 30‑inch transmission line on Pershing Road and required a contractor because city crews could not complete the repair); recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Donworth; motion passed.
- Ordinance authorizing disposal of two surplus public‑works “lightning loaders” to Cleveland Recycling for capital asset disposal (staff said the equipment is rusted through and usable parts have been removed for reuse); recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Donnerworth; motion passed.
- Seahorse Drive drainage and roadway repairs: Rabin Paving, good‑faith waiver, not to exceed $225,170.15; staff said the area has frequent flooding; recorded roll call Aye votes by Alderman Florian, Alderman Martinez, Alderman Bowden, Alderman Newsom, Alderman Donnyworth; motion passed.
Votes at a glance: every recorded action in the transcript passed on a roll call of the committee members present; each motion concluding with “Motion passes” in the meeting record.
The committee adjourned at 5:48 p.m.
Sources: verbatim meeting transcript of the March 17 Public Works and Infrastructure Committee; roll calls and staff remarks recorded in the transcript.
