Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/5/2012 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
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11-1645 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of November 2011, in the amount of $37,370,674.91RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0020 12ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on December 1, 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0005 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, December 20, 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0010 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, December 13, 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0042 15ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 12-988-12, Services to Maintain Crossing Signal Systems at the HASMA and Ridgeland Railroad Crossings, estimated cost $60,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0044 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 22, 2009, for Authority to award Contract 08-RFP-03, Geographic Information System Consulting Services, to Michael Baker Jr., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,888,500.00, Accounts 101-66000-601170; 201-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3057983, Agenda Item No. 31, File No. 09-0051RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0001 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-028-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Laboratory Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $63,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0018 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-431-11 Refinish Wood Panels in offices of the Main Office Building (MOB), estimated cost $25,000.00, Account 101-15000-612680, Requisition 1333134RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0019 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-435-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Kitchen Equipment in the Main Office Building Cafeteria, estimated cost $42,500.00, Account 101-15000-623990, Requisition 1333467DeferredPass Action details Not available
12-0021 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-429-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install one 25 HP Inverter Motor with a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) for the Marley Cooling Tower at the McMillan Pavilion, estimated cost $30,000.00, Account 101-15000-612680, Requisition 1333132RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0023 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 04-131-2D Rehabilitation of the A/B and C/D Service Tunnels - Phase One, Stickney WRP, estimated cost $9,674,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1335454RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0030 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-864-11 Seal Coating of Roads in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $44,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1334994RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0031 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-718-11 Maintain and Repair Boilers at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $66,000.00, Account 101-67000-612680, Requisition 1331293RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0002 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreement with Calco, Ltd. for Preventative Maintenance, Emergency Repair Service and Parts for Water Purification Systems at Various Locations for Three Years, in an amount not to exceed $76,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1330864RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0003 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with YSI, Incorporated, to Repair Multiparameter Water Quality Monitors, in an amount not to exceed $33,901.20, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1333902RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0008 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-673-11, Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts and Services for Trucks and Trailers at Various Locations, to B&W Truck Repair, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $235,600.00, Accounts 101, 501-50000, 67000, 69000-612860, 623250, Requisitions 1328141, 1328438, 1328437, 1328439, and 1325591RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0009 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-927-11, Furnishing and Delivering Parts and Services to Repair PLC Modules for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to EESCO, Division of Wesco Distribution, Inc., d/b/a Englewood Electrical Supply, in an amount not to exceed $36,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1329990DeferredPass Action details Not available
12-0011 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Repair and Operating Catalog Products, under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract #102109-WWG to W.W. Grainger, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $293,800.00, Accounts 101-15000, 16000, 20000, 27000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623130, 623170, 623190, 623250, 623270, 623660, 623680, 623700, 623810, and 623990, Requisitions 1325264,1325272, 1325553, 1325309, 1325597, 1325593, 1325271 and 1325020RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0013 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SimplexGrinnell, L.P., for Maintenance and Repair Services for SimplexGrinnell Fire Alarm Systems at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, for a Five (5) Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $379,260.00, Account 101-69000-612780, Requisition 1325291RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0015 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Four (4) Pump Rotating Assemblies to the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $81,772.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1332603RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0052 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-01 Perform Federal Legislative Consulting Services, with Carmen Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $417,600.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1327265RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0006 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to A. Daigger & Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $33,378.18, Group B to Spectrum Chemical & Lab Products, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $27,486.98, and Group C to Crown Packaging International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $100,471.04, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0007 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-699-13, Environmental Cleanup and Emergency Response at Various District Facilities, to SET Environmental, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $98,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1318236RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0012 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Grade Fuel Oil to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Avalon Petroleum Company in an amount not to exceed $470,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1330442, 1330437, 1331298, 1330422, 1330411, 1330421, and 1330429RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0014 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-041-11, Furnish and Deliver Data Storage Cartridges to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Backupworks.com, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $75,250.00, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0017 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Item 1, to Petroleum Traders Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $268,000.00, Item 2, to G. Cooper Oil Co. Inc., in an amount not to exceed $97,000.00, Accounts 101-20000, 66000-623820RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0046 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Disposable Gloves and Flexible Tubing to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Bushnell, Incorporated, for an amount not to exceed $12,221.00, and Group B to Cicero Manufacturing & Supply Company, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $45,295.28, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0024 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 99-467-2E Electrical Upgrade; Pumps, Motors and Drives Replacement; and Elevator Upgrades, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Divane Brothers Electric Company, in an amount of $35,311.00, from an amount of $9,074,720.00, to an amount not to exceed $9,110,031.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000959RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0025 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-168-3P Scum Concentration, Centrifuge Building, Preliminary & Imhoff Tanks, Elevator Improvements, Diffuser Plates and Trailer Replacement, Stickney Service Area, LASMA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $244,530.00, from an amount of $22,535,836.55, to an amount not to exceed $22,780,366.55, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001198RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0026 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-201-4F Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen and Associates LLC, and Cabo Construction Corporation, Joint Venture, in an amount of $40,370.00, from an amount of $71,452,867.76, to an amount not to exceed $71,493,237.76, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0033 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-653-11, Underground Infrastructure Cleaning at Various Service Areas, to Sheridan Plumbing & Sewer, Inc., in an amount of $125,000.00, from an amount of $953,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $1,078,000.00, Account 101-67000-612600, Purchase Order 5001292RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0034 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Barnes & Thornburg, for legal services in the pending rulemaking before the Illinois Pollution Control Board entitled, In the matter of: water quality standards and effluent limitations for the Chicago area waterways system and the lower Des Plaines River: proposed amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303 and 304, R08-09 (Rulemaking-Water), in an amount of $150,000.00, from an amount of $1,240,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,390,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3049607RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0035 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement for Contract 05-837-2P Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Support Services with Stanley Consultants, Inc., in an amount of $89,000.00, from an amount of $1,200,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,111,000.00, Account 201-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3052467RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0041 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 73-161-JH McCook Reservoir Stage 2 Miscellaneous Overburden Removal, to T.J. Lambrecht Construction Inc., in an amount of $13,030.00, from an amount of $7,055,748.00, to an amount not to exceed $7,068,778.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001132RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0043 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC, for Contract 08-RFP-11 for the Purchase, Installation and Configuration of Cellular Telephones, Accessories and Wireless Communications Services in an amount of $103,699.75, from an amount of $606,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $709,699.75, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3054860Deleted  Action details Not available
12-0048 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, to Veolia ES Special Services, Inc., in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $103,205.00 to an amount not to exceed $123,205.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Purchase Order 5001109RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0028 137ReportReport to the Board on guidelines for the use of Green Infrastructure to meet MWRD stormwater detention requirementsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1646 138Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Donald Caldwell vs. MWRDGC, File No. 200005003, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $16,618.00. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0016 139ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of November 2011.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0037 140Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to operate, maintain, service, repair, and remove an electrical substation and overhead electrical transmission lines on approximately 20.50 acres of District land located south of 135th Street in Romeoville, Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 18.03. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $67,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0038 141Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 39-year lease agreement with the City of Chicago for the use of approximately 33 acres of unimproved District real estate located at 2025 East 134th Street in Chicago to build and operate a police training facility and an outdoor firing range. Consideration shall be $10.00, free use of the firing range by District police officers and free tuition at the Chicago Metro Police Academy for District recruits. (Deferred from the December 15, 2011, Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0039 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit to NuStar Energy to continue to use 0.50 acres of District real estate located near 131st Street and Kedzie Avenue in Blue Island and known as Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 13.02 to operate a barge dock and ancillary pipelines. Consideration shall be a lump sum payment of $77,000.00 and a permit fee of $7,000.00. (Deferred from the December 15, 2011, Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Not available
12-0040 143Agenda ItemIssue orders approving an assignment of the 5-year lease between the District, Lessor, and SG Supply Company, Lessee, to Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., Assignee, on 1.18 acres of unimproved real estate located at 12900 S. Throop Street in Calumet Park, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 16.04. Consideration shall be a $2,500.00 document preparation fee.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0051 144Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year non-exclusive roadway easement to Waste Management of Illinois for use of a roadway along Jeffrey Avenue (Extended) between 134th and 137th Streets in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a biosolids disposal agreement.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0032 145ReportReport on meeting held at City of Markham on November 7, 2011 regarding natural channel approach to address erosion and flooding at Calumet Union Drainage Ditch in Markham, Illinois under Contract 10-882-5F, Streambank Stabilization Projects on Tinley Creek, Midlothian Creek, and Calumet Union Drainage DitchRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0036 146MotionMOTION to amend previously adopted motion to reimburse the relocation expenses incurred by the Executive DirectorRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0049 147MotionMOTION to appoint the firm of Edward F. McElroy and Associates as Public Relations Consultant for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0053 148Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 1, 2011, regarding Furnish and Deliver Cisco Maintenance to the Main Office Complex, in an amount not to exceed $434,059.86, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1327381, Agenda Item No. 78, File No. 11-1097RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0055 149MotionMOTION to re-appoint Donald J. Storino as a member of the Civil Service Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0056 150MotionMOTION to appoint Barbara J. McGowan as Trustee of the MWRD Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available