Fiscal Note
The 2020 Adopted Operating Budget includes $293,000 in revenue, within Traffic Engineering’s budget, from Dane County for these costs (Service 455-Traffic Signals=$260,000 and Service 452-Street Lighting=$33,000). This revenue offsets labor and work supply costs budgeted within Traffic Engineering. The proposal authorized here is included in these estimates.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to Execute an Agreement with Dane County for the Operation and Maintenance of Traffic Control Signals and Street Lights Along Certain County Trunk Highways.
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WHEREAS, the City and the County (the Parties) share jurisdiction and responsibility over numerous highways on the County Trunk Highway system, including Cottage Grove Road (CTH BB), Fish Hatchery Road (CTH D), McKee Road (CTH PD), Mineral Point Road (CTH S), and University Avenue (CTH MS); and,
WHEREAS, the City operates and maintains numerous traffic control signals and street lights along these County Trunk Highways; and,
WHEREAS, the City and the County agree that the costs of operating and maintaining these traffic control signals and street lights on the shared highways should be shared based upon each party’s responsibility for the intersection and highway; and,
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to consolidate in a single document the provisions of a number of agreements previously entered into, for the same services at other locations along county trunk highways.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute an intergovernmental agreement with Dane County for the Operation and Maintenance of Traffic Control Signals and Street Lights Along Certain County Trunk Highways, in a form and manner that has been approved by the City Attorney and on terms consistent with the attached Agreement.