CROWN POINT — Beginning June
1, companies that want to bid on future Lake County public works
construction projects costing in excess of $150,000 must submit a long
list of pre-qualification documents.
In
a 2-0 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, the Lake County Commissioners gave
their blessing to a new county ordinance that “establishes responsible
bidding practices and submission requirements,” said Commission Attorney
John Dull. “This is a big, big, big, big change.”
The
ordinance doesn’t affect bids now being advertised, Dull said. That
includes bids the Purdue Extension/Soil and Water Conservation Project
proposed to convert about 6 acres of green space in front of the Lake
County Government Center complex. Those bids are due prior to 9:30 a.m.
May 18 in the Lake County auditor’s office.
Lake officials plan to
break ground later in 2016 on this $2.5 million office complex and to
sell the remaining acres fronting Main Street (Ind. 55) to a developer
for private offices and retail business space.
Creation
of a Cumulative Bridge Fund and a Cumulative Drainage Fund also came
under scrutiny by Commissioner Mike Repay, D-3rd District, and
Commissioner Gerry Scheub, D-2nd District.
Dull explained
the Lake County Commission was the only governmental body that could
establish a Cumulative Bridge Fund that would add .009 cent per $100 of
assessed value to property taxes and raise $2 million.
The commissioners set a
public hearing about establishing such a bridge fund at their next
meeting on May 18. The 10 a.m. meeting likely will take place in the
Lake County Government Center auditorium, Scheub said.
A
Cumulative Drainage Fund would raise $1.6 million by adding .01 cent
per $100 of assessed value to property taxes, Dull said. This matter
will come before the Lake County Council.
Dull also told Repay and Scheub that the Commissioners Tax Sale held in March raised $1.7 million.
In other action, both Repay and Scheub voted for the County of Lake Resolution No. 16-06 that opposes construction and operation of the Great Lakes Basin Railroad, an approximately 278-mile rail line with up to six tracks.
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In other action, both Repay and Scheub voted for the County of Lake Resolution No. 16-06 that opposes construction and operation of the Great Lakes Basin Railroad, an approximately 278-mile rail line with up to six tracks.
Above is from: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/pre-qualification-required-for-some-future-county-bidders/article_4d0b3c63-e1c9-55b1-bf80-433314ac66eb.html
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