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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/20/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-0639 11Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 09-871-3S, Inverted Siphon Inspection, North Service Area, Stickney Service Area & Calumet Service Area to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $3,050,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0626 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 4, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0638 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 11, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0617 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 7, 2010, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 10-681-11 Window Washing Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $73,800.00, Account 101-66000/69000-612490, Requisitions 1289230 and 1293106RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0640 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 1, 2010 regarding authority 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 $247,537.46, from an amount of $229,610,728.74 to an amount not to exceed $229,858,266.20, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 10-0431RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0648 16Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW) for 2010/2011 membership dues in an amount not to exceed $61,005.00, Account 101-15000-612280RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0616 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-771-11 Underground Infrastructure Cleaning and Manhole Repairs in the North Service Area, estimated cost $225,000.00, Accounts 101-67000-612600, Requisition 1301534RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0621 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-825-11 Repair One 1,750 HP Synchronous Motor and Installation of One Motor Starting Line Reactor at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1301041RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0622 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-728-11 Furnish, Deliver and Install Remote Telemetry Units at Unmanned Reservoirs, Pumping Stations and Aeration Stations in the North Service Area, estimated cost $440,000.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1301542RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0623 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-780-11 Rehabilitation of Fine Bubble Diffuser Systems and Pumping Station Improvements in the North Service Area, estimated cost $2,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1255113RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0646 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-404-11 Annual Maintenance, Repairing, Recharging, and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers for a 36-Month Period, estimated cost $107,400.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1302506RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0647 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-435-11 Maintaining Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs), Complete with Accessories, at Various District Locations for a 36-Month Period, estimated cost $60,000.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1302507RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0657 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-874-11 Furnish, Deliver and Erect a Pre-Engineered Steel Storage Building at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $835,000.00, Account 401-50000-645680, Requisition 1299703RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0663 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-726-11 Furnish and Deliver Instrumentation to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $72,000.00, Account 101-67000-623070, Requisition 1304562RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0624 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-678-11, Locksmith Services at Various Service Areas, Groups A and B, to Fullmer Locksmith Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612680, Requisitions 1289895 and 1293015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0631 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., for Preventive Maintenance, Repair and Consumable Supplies for various PerkinElmer Instruments at various locations, in an amount not to exceed $187,090.57, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1303004RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0632 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with 233 Broadcast, LLC, for rental space on the 88th Floor of Willis Tower, located at 233 South Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois, for Communications Radio Repeater Equipment for a 5-Year period, from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $69,922.52, Account 101-69000-612330, Requisition 1298114 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0643 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with EarthCam, Inc. for the renewal of communication and archiving services in an amount not to exceed $17,876.80, Account 201-50000-612990, Requisition 1296506RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0652 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-602-11, Furnishing and Delivering Chain, Sprockets and Appurtenances to Various Service Areas, to Fairfield Service Company of Indiana, LLC, for Groups A, C, and E., in an amount not to exceed $657,338.46, and to Allied-Locke Industries, Inc., Groups B and D, in an amount not to exceed $145,724.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1286894, 1286897, 1286899, 1287623, and 1288643RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0662 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Oracle America, Inc. for Computer Software and Hardware Maintenance, Integration and Software Support Services for the District’s Enterprise (SAP) Servers, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and Disaster Recovery Servers for a period of three (3) years, in an amount not to exceed $839,923.74, Accounts 101-27000-601170, 612810, 612820, Requisition 1302101RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0665 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., to Perform Annual Steel Pipe Wall Condition Assessment at the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $23,300.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1298100RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0636 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-026-11 Furnish and Deliver PVC Pipe, Valves and Fittings to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Indelco Plastics Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $46,815.03, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0650 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Groups A and C, to Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $518,000.00, and Group B, to Universal Elevator Werks, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 612680, Requisitions 1286850, 1289239, 1289262, 1289963, 1291983, and 1293077RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0651 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 07-162-2S, Westdale Gardens Pumping Station & Force Main, Northwest 8A Extension A, Stickney Service Area, to Northwest General Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,996,570.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1279247RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0660 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-925-11, Services to Perform Preventive Maintenance on Synchronous Motors at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Magnetech Industrial Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $160,000.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1291906Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0664 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $30,353.76, Groups B and D to Progressive Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,020.56, and Group C to Trane US, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,183.24, Account 101-20000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0613 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-677-11 Overhead and Exterior Door Maintenance Services at Various Locations, to Builders Chicago Corporation, in an amount of $14,196.84, from an amount of $263,371.64 to, an amount not to exceed $249,174.80, Account 101-68000-612680, Purchase Order 5000713RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0630 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 08-105-11 to Furnish and Deliver Helicopter Service for a Two-Year Period, to Len Jablon Helicopters, Inc., in an amount of $4,200.00, from an amount of $28,202.50, to an amount not to exceed $24,002.50, Account 101-16000-612330, Purchase Order 3048627RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0653 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Donnelly/Milhouse Joint Venture for professional engineering services for contract 03-822-2M, Elevator Improvement at Various District Facilities in an amount of $59,756.50, from an amount of $290,922.74 to an amount not to exceed $350,679.24, Account 201-50000-601420 and 601440, Purchase Order 3028261RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0654 130Agenda 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 $198,085.39, from an amount of $230,172,618.69, to an amount not to exceed $230,370,704.08, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0661 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-299-2P Improvements to Aeration Batteries A, B, C, E1, and E2 at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen & Associates, L.L.C., in an amount of $17,698.89, from an amount of $20,613,004.29, to an amount not to exceed $20,630,703.18, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000831RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0612 132Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $100,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0659 133ReportReport on the status of the agreement entered into between the District and Hanson Material Service for the mining of the required “Rough Hole” for the Thornton Composite Reservoir (Deferred from the May 6, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0670 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0609 135Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to Approve a Site Specific Variance from the Environmental Remediation Wastewater Ordinance for McCook Industrial Center II Site (Deferred from the May 6, 2010 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0610 136Agenda ItemRecommendation for the Board of Commissioners to deny the request by Atotonilco #2, Inc. for the Facility Located at 1707 West 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, for Review by the Board of Commissioners of the 2008 User Charge Liability Determination Made by the Director of Monitoring and Research - Appeal No. 10B-002Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0629 137ReportThe General Counsel Reports on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation ClaimsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0614 138Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of David Robertson vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 10 WC 05481, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $46,247.89, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0615 139Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Scott Dickinson vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200004570, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $35,316.67, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0668 140ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of March and April 2010 (Deferred from the May 6, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0628 141Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (“ILWARN”) to participate in an Intrastate Mutual Aid and Assistance ProgramRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0618 142Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures for a 39-year lease on approximately 15.50 acres of improved District land located along the south bank of the Main Channel and west of Harlem Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, and c/k/a Main Channel Parcel Number 35.04 (Deferred from the May 6, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0620 143Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 1250’ x 25’ non-exclusive 25-year easement to the City of Des Plaines to construct, operate, maintain, repair, and remove a storm water sewer on District land located along the westerly section of Marshall Drive (extended) between Wille Road and Oakton Street in Des Plaines, Illinois, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0627 144Agenda ItemAuthorize and approve the issuance of a 1-year permit to South Cicero Baseball Association, Inc. for the continued use of approximately 8 acres of District land for little league baseball on the vacant westerly portion of the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, east of Ridgeland Avenue and south of 39th Street in Stickney, Illinois, consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0633 145Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2009 real estate taxes in the amount of $445,630.96 for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0634 146Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2009 real estate taxes in the amount of $54,456.38 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0635 147Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2009 real estate taxes in the amount of $12,162.20 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in DuPage County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130Recommended  Action details Not available
10-0644 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 9-month permit extension to SPI Petroleum, LLC to continue to use approximately 3.78 acres of District land located at 4801 South Harlem Avenue in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 37.11, consideration shall be $109,582.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0666 149Agenda ItemAuthority to amend and extend permit issued to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for an additional 6-months to construct, maintain, repair and remove warning signs on additional District land located along the east and west banks of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal in Will County, Illinois, c/k/a Main Channel Parcels 18.03, 19.01 and 19.02, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0667 150Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-year permit extension to CH2M Hill, Inc. to access District land to plan and conduct soil borings, surveying and other site-related activities in connection with District Contract 05-711-3P related to the design of pipelines to transport waste water from the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0658 151Agenda ItemRequest for approval of methodology for conducting Watershed Management Ordinance Economic Impact StudyRecommendedPass Action details Not available
PWR10-001 152Prevailing Wage Rate OrdinanceAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act Ordinance PWR10-001 (As revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0671 153Agenda ItemIssue orders: (1) authorizing the General Counsel to negotiate with the City of Chicago for a lease on 33 acres of vacant land located at 2025 East 134th Street in Chicago and (2) authorizing the issuance of a 30-day permit to the City of Chicago’s Department of General Services to conduct a Phase II environmental site investigation thereon. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0672 154ReportReport on the 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust and the Actuarial Valuation Report of the Retiree Health Care Benefit PlanRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0673 155Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP for the Civil Service Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170 Requisition 1305895RecommendedPass Action details Not available