TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Approve Payment for JULIE One-Call System Services to JULIE, Inc. in the amount of $30,347.40
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BACKGROUND:
The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act requires anyone digging, regardless of the depth of their project, to contact the Joint Underground Locating Information for Excavators (JULIE) and inform them of their project location and scope of work. The JULIE Illinois One-Call System serves as a message handling notification service for underground facility owners, taking information about planned excavations and distributing this information to its membership. Per Illinois law, the City is required to be a JULIE member, and the City has to pay an annual assessment fee based on the number of locate tickets we receive. Anyone excavating within the service area is required to call JULIE, and then JULIE sends a utility locate request ticket to the City for the City to mark our underground facilities so that contractors know where our underground facilities are so they can avoid them while digging. The Public Service Committee will review this matter.
CONCLUSION:
JULIE has provided the City its 2024 Assessment invoice in the amount of $30,347.40.
Sufficient funds exist utilizing the Water / Sewer Operating Fund / Professional Services (Org 50080014, Object 524200, $30,347.40).
RECOMMENDATION:
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Based on the above, it is recommended that the Mayor and City Council authorize the payment for JULIE Illinois One-Call System Services, in the amount of $30,347.40, on behalf of JULIE, Inc.
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