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Approving 2025 Purchase of Ice Control Salt for the Kane County Division of Transportation and for Participating Governmental Agencies (BID# 24-033-TK)
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WHEREAS, bids have been solicited and received for the annual supply of ice control salt for the Maintenance Department of the Kane County Division of Transportation (KDOT) and participating governmental agencies (Agencies) through the Kane County Purchasing Department; and
WHEREAS, KDOT will utilize “Treated” salt that is untreated “Dry” salt mixed with an application of a chemical deicing agent to create ice control salt for winter roadway maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the Agencies will utilize both “Treated” salt that is untreated “Dry” salt mixed with an application of a chemical deicing agent to create ice control salt for winter roadway maintenance and untreated “Dry” salt; and
WHEREAS, the Treated Salt Contract allows for the purchase of 80% - 150% of the contract amount and the Dry Salt Contract allows for the purchase of 80% - 120% of the contract amount for the 2024-2025 winter season; and
WHEREAS, Skyline Salt Solution, LLC, 165 Westside Court, Dubuque, Iowa 52003 was the low bidder in the amount of Seventy-Six Dollars ($76.00) per ton for the Dry salt and Eighty-Six Dollars ($86.00) per ton for Treated salt; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that KDOT will purchase approximately 8,000 tons of Treated salt from Skyline Salt Solution, LLC for the 2024-2025 winter season and the Treated Salt contract allows for the purchase of up to 10,600 tons of Treated Salt by the County; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the Agencies will purchase approximately 7,750 tons of Treated salt from Skyline Salt Solution, LLC for the 2024-2025 winter season and the Treated Salt contract allows for the purchase of up to 9,300 tons of Treated Salt by the Agencies; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the Agencies will purchase approximately 2,400 tons of Dry salt from Skyline Salt Solution, LLC for the 2024-2025 winter season and the Dry Salt contract allows for the purchase of up to 2,880 tons of Dry Salt by the Agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Skyline Salt Solution, LLC Contracts for 2024-2025 winter season will be effective December 1, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board approves and authorizes a contract for the purchase salt from the lowest responsible bidder, Skyline Salt Solution, LLC of Dubuque, Iowa in the amounts as indicated hereinabove and that the County Board Chairman is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract and contractor’s bond therefor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board herby appropriate One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000.00) from the County Highway Matching Fund #303, Line Item #60390 (Rock Salt) and Seven Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($752,000.00) from the Motor Fuel Local Option Fund #304, Line Item #60390 (Rock Salt) for a total appropriation of Eighty Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($912,000.00) for KDOT purchases.
Line Item: 303.520.523.60390 and 304.520.524.60390
Line Item Description: Rock Salt
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on August 13, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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