Title
Annual JULIE Underground Locating Services - Payments
History
JULIE, Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators, of Bedford Park, IL is the One-call Locator System in Illinois which serves our area. JULIE was formed in August, 1974, and initially only served Will County. Since December 1, 1980, JULIE has provided one-call service to the entire state with the exception of the City of Chicago. Effective July 1, 1991, a new law entitled "Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act" required all owners and/or operators of underground facilities to join JULIE. Our underground utilities include water, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street lights, fiber optic, etc.
The JULIE, Inc. Board of Directors approved a new method for invoicing members that took effect January, 2011. This billing method, successfully used by several other one-call industry centers, is designed to assist members with their annual budgeting and tracking processes.
In September, JULIE communities receive their Annual Contribution Assessment Notifications showing the number of tickets their company received from July 1 through June 30 and their exact cost for the upcoming year. For reference, in 2015 almost 11,000 JULIE request tickets were processed by Village staff. In January, each member company receives an Annual Assessment Invoice. The Village of Orland Park received its 2016 annual assessment of $13,548.46.
To enhance staff’s ability to process JULIE requests, the Village uses software purchased from Irth Solutions, LLC of Columbus, Ohio to receive, review, track, process and complete locate tickets using an online/web based format. Similar to the JULIE billing format, Irth Solutions also bills annually based on the number of software users and anticipated number of processed tickets based on the prior year. Irth Solutions, LLC submitted a 2016 annual invoice for $5,187.60.
On March 7, 2016, this item was reviewed and approved by the...
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