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A Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Independent Contractor Agreement between the Village of Oak Park and Meade, Inc. for Emergency Street Lighting and Traffic Control Repair Services to Increase the not to exceed Amount from $50,000.00 to $70,000.00 and Authorizing its Execution
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Introduction
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The Public Works Department typically makes in-house repairs and upgrades to the street lighting and traffic signal systems. When in-house staff is unavailable or lacks the necessary equipment to perform emergency repairs or upgrades, an outside contractor is utilized to do the work. Meade is currently performing this work for the Village for 2026. Due to the number of emergency repairs and the costs associated with them, the not to exceed amount for the existing agreement needs to be increased to cover possible repairs through the remainder of 2026.
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Recommended Action
Adopt the resolution.
Prior Board Action
There is no prior Board action associated with this item.
Background
The Public Works Department Street Lighting Division staff typically makes in-house repairs to the street lighting and traffic signal systems. When in-house staff is unavailable or lacks the necessary equipment to perform emergency repairs or improvements, an outside contractor is needed to do the work. Typical examples of such repairs are streetlight and/or traffic signal pole knockdowns due to vehicular accidents, underground electrical cable failures due to contractors hitting and breaking the lines, and, if the budget allows, assisting the Department with street outages.
For 2026, the Street Lighting Division entered into an Independent Contractor Agreement with Meade Inc, for a not-to-exceed amount of $50,000. Due to several unforeseen repairs, including knockdowns of traffic signals and streetlights currently out of service, the renewal budget has been nearly exhausted and needs to be increased.
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