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Approving an Amendment to the County of Kane - Blackberry Township Road District - Union Pacific Railroad Company Wayside Horn Agreement (Brundige Road)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 15-50, the County of Kane (“County”) entered into an agreement (hereinafter the “Agreement”) with Blackberry Township Road District (“Township”) and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (“UPRR”) which included the appropriation of Forty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Ten and 40/100 Dollars ($47,810.40) for the allocation of responsibilities for costs associated with the Wayside Horn System (“WHS”) at the crossing of Brundige Road; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the County Board approved an agreement with UPRR for the original WHS installation project at Brundige Road on behalf of the Blackberry Township Highway Commissioner; and
WHEREAS, the Township’s WHS at Brundige Road has since stopped operating and cannot be repaired; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Division of Transportation (“KDOT”), in conjunction with the Bunker Road Extension project, is replacing the County’s WHS at La Fox Road and has agreed to also replace the Township’s WHS at Brundige Road in exchange for the jurisdictional transfer of Old La Fox Road to Blackberry Township at the conclusion of the Bunker Road Extension project in late 2026; and
WHEREAS, UPRR requires that the original Agreement be amended along with a payment estimated at Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00) for Railroad Force Account Work and One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for an administrative handling fee, for a total cost of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($13,500.00); and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that a contingency of Twenty-Five Percent (25%) in the amount of Three Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($3,375.00) be added, for a total appropriation request of Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($16,875.00).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that an Amendment to the Agreement with the Blackberry Township Road District and the Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby approved, and that the Chairman thereof is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Amendment along with any other document contemplated by the Agreement and this Amendment thereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that is hereby appropriated the sum of Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($16,875.00) from Motor Fuel Local Option Fund 304, Line Item 52020 (Repairs and Maintenance - Roads) for a total appropriation for the Agreement and its Amendment not to exceed Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five and 40/100 Dollars ($64,685.40).
Line Item: 304.520.524.52020
Line Item Description: Repairs and Maintenance - Roads
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? Yes
Passed by the Kane County Board on December 9, 2025.
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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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