Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/2/2013 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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13-0409 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of March 2013, in the amount of $58,891,202.57RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0443 12ReportReport to the Board of Commissioners on The Boeing Company’s Request for Reimbursement in the amount of $103,183.30 pursuant to the terms of a Tax Reimbursement Agreement approved by the Board on September 6, 2001RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0438 13Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 08-041-3P, Rehabilitation of Final Settling Tank Nos. 11, 12, 13 & 14 in Batteries A, B and C, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $3,800,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0407 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 16, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0416 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 23, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0422 16ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 13-612-11, Services of Street Sweepers at Various Locations, estimated cost $219,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0411 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-814-11 Furnish, Deliver and Install an Electric, 5-Ton Hoist at the Calumet Union Ditch Pumping Station, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1356593RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0419 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-805-21 Furnish and Deliver Two 13.2 kV Circuit Breakers to Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $82,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1351274RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0420 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-706-21 Restoration of Preliminary Tank Drives at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $240,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645650/645750, Requisition 1343670RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0414 110Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-102-11, Furnish and Deliver Repairs, Service, and Laboratory Parts for Laboratory Balances and YSI Meters, to John F. Starmann, Company, d/b/a C & M Scale Company, in an amount not to exceed $16,680.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1352406RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0415 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 11-705-22, Furnish and Deliver Ammonia Analyzers and Dissolved Oxygen Meters at the Egan, North Side, and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $251,028.08, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisitions 1338196 and 1343702RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0418 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-411-12, Furnish and Deliver LED Luminaries for the Main Office Building Complex, to T&N Chicago, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $63,728.97, Account 101-15000-623070, Requisition 1347922RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0423 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Bob Ridings, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver one Ford F150 Pickup Truck under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4017339, in an amount not to exceed $19,769.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360048RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0424 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Bob Ridings, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver one Ford F350 Pickup Truck under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4017340, in an amount not to exceed $33,285.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360049RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0425 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Bob Ridings, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver two Ford Expedition Sport Utility Vehicles under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4017150, in an amount not to exceed $54,720.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360047RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0426 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Wright Automotive, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver six Ford Fusion Hybrid Sedans and two Ford Explorer Sport Utility Vehicles under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4017336, in an amount not to exceed $196,888.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360050RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0437 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-30 Consulting Services for Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), with Astrix Software Technology, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $149,984.60, Account 101-27000-601170 Requisition 1346213RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0444 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, to Furnish, Deliver and Install a QuikChem Flow Injection Analysis System, in an amount not to exceed $60,231.28, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1359779RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0445 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Dr. Charles “Steve” Melching, to Evaluate the Lake Michigan Discretionary Allocation Reduction, in an amount not to exceed $100,625.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1360038RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0446 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to the E-Z-Go Division of Textron Inc., to Furnish and Deliver twenty four Cushman 800G Utility Vehicles under General Services Administration (GSA) Joint Purchasing Contract GS-07F-8894D, in an amount not to exceed $210,450.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360062RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0447 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to BCR, LLC Automotive Group, D.B.A. Roesch Ford, to Furnish and Deliver seven Ford Interceptor Police Sports Utility Vehicles under the City of Chicago Joint Purchasing Contract No. 26235, in an amount not to exceed $180,544.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1360061RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0462 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-04, Human Resources Information System Including Payroll and Time Management, for Solution 1, Time and Attendance, with Workforce Software, LLC in an amount not to exceed $753,140.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition1338209RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0406 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-212-3M, Calumet TARP Pump Station Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $35,067,000.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1246148RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0421 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-929-21, Rehabilitation of Rotating Assemblies at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant West Side Pumping Station, to Pumping Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $88,750.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1351224RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0410 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Autodesk Inc. for the renewal of the Constructware online program and consulting report in an amount of $45,298.57, from an amount of $214,491.18, to an amount not to exceed $169,192.61, Accounts 101-27000-601170, 612820, Purchase Order 3073301RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0412 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with CohnReznick, for appraisal services for real estate in an amount of $30,000.00 from an amount of $99,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $129,000.00, Account 501-50000-612490, Purchase Order 3075791RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0427 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Motorola, Inc. for STARCOM21 radio service, in the amount of $7,980.00, from $197,670.00 to an amount not to exceed $205,650.00, Accounts 101-15000-612840 and 623850, Purchase Order 3058080RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0431 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 77-235-AF Thornton Reservoir Vincennes Avenue Relocation, to Zepeda Construction Company in an amount of $396,181.69, from an amount of $3,930,608.59, to an amount not to exceed $3,534,426.90, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 3001890RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0432 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 91-177-DE Distributed Control System for Westside Pumping Station & Racine Avenue Pumping Station, SSA, to Divane Brothers Electric Company in an amount of $45,210.00, from an amount of $9,787,974.00, to an amount not to exceed $9,742,764.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001316RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0433 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 $96,539.18, from an amount of $71,754,839.32, to an amount not to exceed $71,851,378.50, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0441 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 05-836-3D Lockport Powerhouse Sluice Gates Replacement, SSA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $272,285.98, from an amount of $13,046,299.95, to an amount not to exceed $12,774,013.97, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5000871RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0450 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-627-11 Furnishing, Delivering and Rental of Arc Flash Personal Protective Equipment for the Calumet and North Service Areas, to Lechner and Sons, Inc., in an amount of $27,000.00 from an amount of $354,412.41 to an amount not to exceed $381,412.41, Accounts 101-67000/68000-612330, Purchase Orders 3058699 and 3058701RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0451 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Groups A and C, to Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc., in an amount of $29,925.00 from an amount of $374,683.94 to an amount not to exceed $404,608.94, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612600/612680, Purchase Orders 5001143, 5001144RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0461 134ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the Year Ended December 31, 2012 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0404 135Agenda ItemCorrection of a scrivener’s error in the 2012 and 2013 Budgets of the Maintenance & Operations Department for one position from Engineering Technician V #4 (HP14) to Engineering Technician IV #4 (HP12) and in the 2013 Budget of the Human Resources Department for one position from Senior Safety Coordinator to Senior Safety SpecialistRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0439 136Agenda ItemAuthority to accept and execute Permit 12-03-3439-C from the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways for Contract 06-357-3S, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 20B Rehabilitation, NSARecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0403 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Kenneth Lawrence vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 10 WC 44273 and 11 WC 046822, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $52,447.63. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0408 138Agenda ItemEmployee Wellness Survey Results and RecommendationsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0428 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-month permit to North American Coatings, LLC to traverse Main Channel Parcel 31.01 and the Harlem Avenue Solids Management Area via Canal Bank Road to reach IDOT’s US 12/20/45 (LaGrange Road) bridge located in Willow Spring, Illinois, to clean and paint the bridge structure. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0429 140Agenda ItemConsent to the City of Blue Island’s early surrender of its 25-year lease agreement on 3.5 acres of District real estate located at 2125 Fulton Avenue in Blue Island and known as Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 for use as a Metra commuter parking lot. Consideration shall be $10.00 (Deferred from the April 18, 2013 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0430 141Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 3.5 acres of District real estate located at 2125 Fulton Avenue in Blue Island, Illinois, and known as Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 and to waive the policy of authorizing leases for no longer than a 60-year term for commercial development (Deferred from the April 18, 2013 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0435 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit to the Lockport Township Fire Protection District to use the boat ramp at the Old Cargill Site on Main Channel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois, to launch an emergency response boat and to store the boat at the Lockport Powerhouse parking lot. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0436 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to DisposAll Waste Services, L.L.C., for a construction staging area on approximately 5.45 acres of District real estate located at 6400 West 41st Street (northwest side of Canal Bank Road, west of Central Avenue) in Forest View, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 38.11 (Portion). Consideration shall be $37,500RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0442 144Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Material Service Corporation in the amount of $237,173.31 as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the First Installment of the year 2012 Real Estate Taxes paid by it for the Lower West Lobe of the Thornton Quarry, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F (401-50000-645620)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0413 145Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Commissioner James C. Harris, Sr.Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0440 146Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-360-11 for public tender of bids a 39-year lease on approximately 2.66 acres of District real estate located at 12483 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The minimum initial rental bid shall be established at $2,500.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0463 147Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kevin Devereux vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 12 WC 16245, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $33,675.75. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0464 148Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Bernard Ellis vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200005424, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $13,219.82. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0485 149ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating employees who retired in the last yearRecommendedPass Action details Not available