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Approving a Relocation Commitment Agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company for the Relocation of Facilities for the Randall Road at Hopps Road Intersection Improvement and Grade Separation Project, Kane County Section No. 19-00511-00-CH
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WHEREAS, Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”) has existing utility easements within the limits of the Kane County Highway No. 34 (Randall Road) and Hopps Road Intersection Improvement and Grade Separation Project (the “Improvement Project”); and
WHEREAS, several ComEd transmission utility towers are currently standing within said easements and must be relocated in order to complete the Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kane is responsible for the relocation cost of the ComEd facilities in ComEd’s easements along part of the Improvement Project pursuant to the Illinois Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5/1-101, et seq.); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Kane County Resolution No. 25-136, ComEd and Kane County entered into a Relocation Commitment Agreement to facilitate the relocation of the existing transmission utility towers which consists of three (3) phases of work: 1 (Scoping Engineering), Phase 2 (Detailed Engineering) and Phase 3 (Construction) and appropriated One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Kane County Resolution No. 25-426, ComEd and Kane County entered into a Relocation Commitment Agreement to facilitate the relocation of the existing transmission utility towers, which consists of three (3) phases of work: Phase 1 (Scoping Engineering), Phase 2 (Detailed Engineering) and Phase 3 (Construction) and appropriated One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and
WHEREAS, ComEd requires an additional appropriation of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,400,000.00) to maintain the expedited schedule of the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the County of Kane enter into a Relocation Agreement with ComEd and further authorizes and directs the Chairman thereof to execute a Relocation Agreement with the Commonwealth Edison Company for relocation of transmission utility towers from within the limits of the Randall Road at Hopps Road Intersection Improvement and Grade Separation Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby appropriates an additional amount not to exceed the sum of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,400,000.00) from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund #302, Line Item #50140 (Engineering Services) to pay for the Improvement Project.
Line Item: 302.520.522.50140
Line Item Description: Engineering Services
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 March 10, 2026.
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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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