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Contracted Street Light Repairs - Underground Line Faults, Vehicle knock-downs, Overhead Line conflicts - Payment
History
There are approximately 3,800 street lights located within the Village of Orland Park. These street lights require periodic repairs at different times for various reasons. The Public Works Department has established an online and call-in processes to report and document street light outages. Once notified, staff evaluate and repair the street light, or document a more significant issue. In some cases repairing the more significant issues may involve specialized equipment and take longer than anticipated; specifically those outages that are identified to be caused by underground line faults, vehicle knock-downs (accidents) and street lights near electric lines. When these specific repairs are not made in a timely manner, residents are negatively and directly impacted. While Village staff is committed to repairing street lights as quickly as possible, these specific repairs often require the use of outside contractors.
The Village currently has a Master’s Services Agreement for Electrical Repair with Edward Electric of Hillside, IL. To date in 2017, staff has required assistance from Edward with ground fault repairs at 10501 Louetta Ln. ($2200), Aubrieta Ln. at 153rd Street ($1100) and 9041 Sunrise Ln. ($3200); and the relocation of a conduit from private property on Orland Woods Drive at Southwest Highway ($2800). The total cost to complete these repairs is $9,300.
Additionally, there have been instances when staff has required assistance and Edward Electric was unable to quickly respond to repair street light issues. In order to facilitate timely repairs at competitive costs, staff requested proposals from several area electrical contractors for a variety of repairs. Proposals were submitted by Excel Electric of Frankfort, IL; Elmund & Nelson of Elgin, IL; and S&S Electric of Joliet, IL. The lowest costs for the requested repairs ...
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