Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/15/2012 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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12-0725 11ReportReport on the investment interest income during April 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0734 12ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0736 13Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 11-188-2M, Elevator Upgrades at North and South Pump Houses, Main Stream Pumping Station, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvements Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $800,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0748 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 8, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0755 15ReportAmend the Report on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-04 Human Resources Information System including Payroll and Time Management, estimated cost $700,000.00, Account 101-27000-601170 Requisition 1338209, Agenda Item No. 10, File No. 12-0286 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0762 16ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-21 to obtain Asset Appraisal Services, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1342189RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0737 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-045-11 Publish Invitations for Contracts and Publish Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations and Other Legal Notices for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $48,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0740 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-106-11 Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers, estimated cost $48,900.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1341450RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0761 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 06-024-3M Effluent and Potable Water Piping Upgrades at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $3,750,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1328793RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0774 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-705-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Two Sodium Bisulfite Storage Tanks at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $97,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1341785RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0738 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-102-12, Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Lysimeters and Monitoring Wells for a Two-Year Period, to Practical Environmental Consultants, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1334286RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0778 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Mid-America Dynamics, Inc., to provide pump monitoring and analysis services, in an amount not to exceed $73,194.00 12-RFP-05 (10-238-1M), Account 101-50000-601410, Requisition 1324549RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0779 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with World Water Works, to Furnish and Deliver a Pilot Rental Agreement for a Demon Treatment System for Ammonia Removal and Pilot Study Services, in an amount not to exceed $30,175.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1342544RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0780 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-12 provide an Employee Assistance Program with ComPsych Corporation, for amount not to exceed $360,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1342551RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0742 115Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-929-11, Repair Rotating Assemblies at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant West Side Pumping Station, to Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $85,075.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1330854RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0759 116Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 05-836-3D Lockport Power House Sluice Gate Replacement, South Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $29,543.48, from an amount of $13,036,567.73, to an amount not to exceed $13,066,111.21, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5000871RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0743 117Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 03-119-3D Railroad Track Improvements and Miscellaneous Work, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $396.00, from an amount of $6,970,307.55, to an amount not to exceed $6,969,911.55, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000302RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0744 118Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 05-144-3D Lagoon 23 Lining and Lysimeters Installation, Lawndale Avenue Solids Maintenance Area, Harlem Avenue Solids Maintenance Area and Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to T.J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc. in an amount of $112,088.39, from an amount of $11,742,171.24, to an amount not to exceed $11,630,082.85, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000848RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0745 119Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 00-275-2V R&D Facility, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company in an amount of $0.76, from an amount of $11,756,595.52, to an amount not to exceed $11,756,594.76, Account 401-50000-645680, Purchase Order 5000374RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0746 120Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 03-296-3M Installation of Central Boiler Facility, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $262,612.89, from an amount of $29,515,669.48, to an amount not to exceed $29,253,056.59, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000458RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0747 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-220-3P Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen/IHC Construction Joint Venture in an amount of $161,082.57, from an amount of $233,664,285.18, to an amount not to exceed $233,825,367.75, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0749 122Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 06-153-9D Emergency Repairs to Service Tunnels A-B and C-D, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $50,705.27, from an amount of $2,250,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,199,294.73, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000593RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0750 123Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 02-294-3D Calumet Water Reclamation Plant Site Preparation for Improvement Contracts, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen and Associates, LLC in an amount of $84,150.00, from an amount of $2,429,885.08, to an amount not to exceed $2,345,735.08, Account 401-50000-645690, Purchase Order 5000166RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0751 124Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-160-9D Emergency Demolition of Abandoned Structure at Parcel 14.04/14.10, Kedzie Avenue, Stickney Service Area, to Brandenburg Industrial Services Company in an amount of $30,250.00, from an amount of $187,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $156,750.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000676RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0752 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 99-269-2P Lining of Lagoons 1 and 2, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $164,683.24, from an amount of $7,936,079.79, to an amount not to exceed $7,771,396.55, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000535RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0753 126Agenda 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 $156,867.33, from an amount of $9,044,659.00, to an amount not to exceed $9,201,526.33, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000959RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0754 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation at North Side, Kirie, Egan & Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $1,138.50, from an amount of $14,176,988.57, to an amount not to exceed $14,178,127.07, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001225RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0756 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 01-813-2M Centrifuge Work at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant & Egan Water Reclamation Plant, New Boilers at Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, Scum and Grit Piping at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Scheck Mechanical Corporation in an amount of $12,208.02, from an amount of $5,577,748.10, to an amount not to exceed $5,565,540.08, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000272RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0757 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 73-161-FH Vulcan Conveyance System and Maintenance Facilities, to Graycor Industrial Constructors in an amount of $5,276.86, from an amount of $30,568,905.67, to an amount not to exceed $30,563,628.81, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000562RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0758 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-363-3D Gloria Alitto Majewski Reservoir Repair and Rehabilitation, North Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $40,244.00, from an amount of $5,644,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $5,684,244.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5001286 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0760 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction in an amount of $11,245.06, from an amount of $164,334,866.56, to an amount not to exceed $164,323,621.50, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0766 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase orders to W.W. Grainger, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Catalog Products, under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract #102109-WWG, in an amount of $73,947.30, from an amount of $207,952.44, to an amount not to exceed $134,005.14, Accounts 101-15000, 16000, 20000, 27000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000 - 623070, 623090, 623110, 623270, 623660, 623680, 623700, 623780, 623810 and 623990, Purchase Orders 3068978, 3068979, 3068980, 3068981, 3068982, 3068983, 3068984 and 3068985RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0726 133Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2012 departmental appropriations in the amount of $554,000.00 in the Corporate Fund and Construction FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0735 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0763 135Agenda ItemAuthorization to execute a release and settlement agreement with M&E/CDM Design Partners, to resolve the dispute relating to professional engineering design services for Contract 04-823-3P, New Preliminary Treatment Facilities at Stickney and CalumetRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0719 136ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0717 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claim of Gilbert Gonzalez v. MWRDGC, Case No. 11 WC 8949, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $44,403.30. Account 901-30000-901RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0731 138ReportFinal report on emergency Contract 11-700-05, Repair of the Collapsed Upper Des Plaines 11D Ext F Interceptor Sewer and Hicks Road Repair and Restoration, to Sheridan Plumbing & Sewer, Inc., Purchase Order 5001264, Account 901-30000-667220RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0733 139ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2012.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0739 140ReportFinal report on emergency Contract 11-700-01, Rebuilding Primary Tank Drive #9 at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, to A&L Contractors, Inc., Purchase Order 5001267, Account 101-67000-612650RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0721 141Agenda ItemAuthorize the Village of Worth to conduct its annual Worth Days festival from August 9-12, 2012, on approximately 20 acres of its leasehold property located at 115th Street and Oketo Avenue in Worth, Illinois, Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 8.06. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0722 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Albany Auto Sales to continue to access, use, and maintain a boat dock on approximately 2,009 square feet of District real estate located along the North Branch of the Chicago River adjacent to 4030 North Rockwell Street in Chicago. Consideration shall be $2,500.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0723 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Ravenswood Boatyard, LLC to access, use, and maintain a boat dock on approximately 7,186 square feet of District real estate located along the North Branch of the Chicago River adjacent to 4130 North Rockwell in Chicago. Consideration shall be $5,800.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0727 144Agenda ItemAuthorize and approve entry into a 5-year easement agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company for District use of an approximately 50-foot x 50-foot parcel of ComEd land located at Foundry and Wolf Roads in Des Plaines, Illinois, for a chemical dosing station. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $2,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0728 145Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 9-month permit to the Village of Lemont to use a 1-acre portion of Main Channel Parcel 23.04 located along the south bank of the Main Channel and east of the Lemont Road Overpass in Lemont, Illinois, for the storage of approximately 2,000 tons of road salt. Consideration shall be $6,500.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0729 146Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-month permit extension to LaBarge Propane, Inc. for the continued use of 1.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois; part of Main Channel Parcel 23.01. Consideration shall be $5,445.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0775 147Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two-year, 45-day permit to the United States Marine Corps’ to use North Shore Channel Parcel 9.14 for parking , training events, and storage of gear in box containers. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0776 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 17½-month permit extension agreement to Christy Webber Landscapes for continued use of District property located at Cal-Sag Channel and Ridgeland Avenue, Palos Heights, Illinois. Consideration shall be $95,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0777 149Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2011 real estate taxes in the amount of $506,169.40 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois; Account 101-30000-667130.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0781 150Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2011 real estate taxes in the amount of $14,057.62 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in DuPage County, Illinois; Account 101-30000-667130.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0782 151Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2011 real estate taxes in the amount of $62,599.90 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois; Account 101-30000-667130.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
PWR12-001 152Prevailing Wage Rate OrdinanceAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act Ordinance (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0784 153Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 19, 2012, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-11 Third-Party Administrator for Flexible Spending Account Administration, with eflexgroup.com to provide third-party administrative services for the flexible spending account program from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017 for a total estimated cost of $171,050.00, Account 101-25000-601170, File No. 12-0628 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0785 154Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to Commissioner Frank Avila and his family on the passing of his brother Commander Richard Frank Avila, United States Navy, RetiredRecommendedPass Action details Not available