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Intergovernmental Agreement between the County of DuPage and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, for certain portions of bridge improvements of the Ronald Reagan Memorial TollWay (“I-88”) and its crossroad bridges, with a total estimated County cost of $1,857,217.06.
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (hereinafter “COUNTY”), and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (hereinafter referred to as “TOLLWAY”), are public agencies within the meaning of the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq., and Article VII, Section 10, of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois which encourages and provides for units of local government to contract and otherwise associate with each other to exercise, combine or transfer any power or function: and
WHEREAS, the TOLLWAY, by virtue of its powers as set forth in the Toll Highway Act, 605 ILCS 10/1, et seq., is authorized to enter into this Intergovernmental Agreement (“AGREEMENT”); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY, as set forth in the in the Counties Code, 55 ILCS 5/1-1001, et seq., is authorized to enter into the AGREEMENT; and
WHEREAS, the TOLLWAY, in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic and enhance the safety of the motoring public, is improving certain portions of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (“I-88”) and its crossroad bridges, including rehabilitation of bridge no. 853, Midwest Road (Mile Post 136.4), bridge no. 851, Meyers Road (Mile Post 135.4) and bridge no. 827, Raymond Drive (Mile Post 124.1) (collectively, “Crossroad Bridges”), as set forth in various contracts, including but not limited to Contract No. I-24-4947 (“PROJECT”); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY has maintenance responsibility for certain portions of the Crossroad Bridges, as identified in intergovernmental agreements between the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY AND the COUNTY, including Midwest Road, executed April 15, 1998, Meyers Road, executed March 11, 2003, and Raymond Drive, executed February 18, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY requests and the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY agrees to include in the PROJECT, certain repair items that are the jurisdictional responsibility of the COUNTY (“COUNTY WORK”), subject to reimbursement by the COUNTY to the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY; and
WHEREAS, by this AGREEMENT, the COUNTY and the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY desire to determine and establish their respective responsibilities toward design engineering, mobilization, construction engineering, construction, funding and maintenance of the COUNTY WORK; and
WHEREAS, the TOLLWAY will be the lead agency for PROJECT with a total estimated COUNTY cost of $1,857,217.06; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds have been appropriated by the COUNTY to pay for its share of the cost of the PROJECT; and
WHEREAS, said AGREEMENT must be executed before construction of the IMPROVEMENT can begin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the DuPage County Chair is hereby authorized and directed to sign on behalf of the COUNTY, and the DuPage County Clerk is hereby authorized to attest thereto, the attached AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE AND THE TOLLWAY; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Transportation or his designee is hereby authorized to execute any other documents necessary and pertinent to said AGREEMENT and shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out the terms of said AGREEMENT; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that three (2) original copies of this Resolution and AGREEMENT be sent to the TOLLWAY, by and through the DuPage County Division of Transportation.
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Enacted and approved this 12th day of November, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK