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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/2/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Agenda Packet 09-02-2010
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10-0982 11Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 10-880-4H, TARP Control Structure Rehabilitation and South Park Control Structure Improvements, North Service Area, Stickney Service Area, and Calumet Service Area to the Engineering Department Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $9,100,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0983 12Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 06-023-3P Stop Logs and Diversion Pumps at Wilmette Pump Station and Evanston Pump Station Rehabilitation, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Corporate and Capital Improvements Bond Funds, estimated cost of the project is $25,500,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0987 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 10, 2010Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-1021 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 17, 2010Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0990 15Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-009-11 Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper Towels, & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $99,000.00, Account 101-20000-623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0994 16Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior-U.S. Geological Survey for the maintenance and operation of nine streamflow gaging stations within Cook County, Illinois in an amount not to exceed $70,985.00, Account 501-50000-612490, Requisition 1309910ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0998 17Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Risk Management Resources, Inc. for Furnishing Excess Auto Liability Insurance Coverage for Automobiles, Trucks, Trailers, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists and Non-owned Automobiles in an amount not to exceed $77,873.00, Account 101-30000-612290, Requisition 1309162ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1001 18Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and exercise the option to renew the existing agreement for an additional three-year period with Veritext Corp., d/b/a Veritext Chicago Reporting for Contract 07-RFP-32 to provide court reporting services, in an amount not to exceed $450,000.00, Accounts 101-25000, 30000, 40000-612250 and 201, 401, 501-50000-612250 (07-RFP-32), Requisition 1309914ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1003 19Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-622-12, Furnishing, Delivering, and Installing Radio Equipment at Various Service Areas, to United Radio Communications, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $32,455.04, Account 101-69000-623850, Requisition 1296072ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1007 110Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Pioneer Air Systems, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Four (4) Gas to Gas Heat Exchangers to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $31,000.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1308504 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1009 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-678-13, Locksmith Services at Various Service Areas, for Group C, to Fullmer Locksmith Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $39,000.00, Account 101-67000-612680, Requisitions 1289960, 1289968, 1289983, and 1290641ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1012 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Flow-Technics, Inc., for Services to Rebuild Two ITT Flygt A-C Model 42-30 WSID TARP Pumps at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $255,000.00, Accounts 101-68000-612600, 623270, Requisition 1308459ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1020 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Gardner Denver Nash, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Two Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps for the Racine Avenue Pumping Station and West Side Pumping Station, for an amount not to exceed $54,763.00, Account 101-69000-623270, Requisitions 1310671 and 1306010ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1028 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-881-3P, Furnish and Deliver Temporary Technical Personnel Services to the Engineering Department at the Annex Office Building Complex, for Groups A and B, to Veolia ES Special Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $225,000.00, Account 401-50000-601420, Requisition 1299071ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1031 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to DLT Solutions, Inc. for the renewal of Autodesk Subscription Program, in an amount not to exceed $62,192.73, Account 201-50000-612820, Requisition 1310652ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1032 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 10-885-5C, Preliminary Engineering for Streambank Stabilization Projects on Tinley Creek, I&M Canal Tributary D, and Calumet-Sag Tributary C, in an amount not to exceed $226,229.49, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1310664ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1034 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 10-RFP-05, Multi-Project Training Services: Group A with RJ Reliance, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $7,500.00; Group B with Writing at Work, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00; Group C and Group E with Management Resource Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $52,000.00; and Group D with Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in an amount not to exceed $24,500.00, Accounts 101-25000-601100 and 101-25000-601170, Requisitions 1309923, 1309924, 1309925, 1309926 and 1309927 (Deferred from the August 12, 2010 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1035 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-06, On-Site Training Services: Human Resources Internal Consulting Skills Training, with Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in an amount not to exceed $14,775.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1309922 Administration (Deferred from the August 12, 2010 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0993 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award 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 $23,544,400.00, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Requisition 1302502ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0996 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-839-11, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Bar Screen in the Concentration Tanks at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to A H C Mechanical Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $240,070.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1303040ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1010 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-715-12 (Re-Bid), Services to Perform Preventive Maintenance on Synchronous Motors at the North Branch Pumping Station, to L & S Electric, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $225,000.00, Account 101-67000-612600, Requisition 1301528ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1013 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-937-11, Rehabilitation of One Crane 66”, Iron Body, Double-Disc Gate Valve at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Pumping Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $237,000.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1288611ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1017 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-728-11, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Remote Telemetry Units at Unmanned Reservoirs, Pumping Stations and Aeration Stations in the North Service Area, to Divane Bros. Electric Company, in an amount not to exceed $479,000.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1301542ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1025 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-849-11, Repair of Heavy Equipment at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant and Calumet Solids Management Area, to Patten Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $270,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 68000-612760, Requisitions 1293673 and 1287538ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1030 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-780-11, Rehabilitation of Fine Bubble Diffuser Systems and Pumping Station Improvements in the North Service Area, Group A, to Lakes & Rivers Contracting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,195,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1255113ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0986 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement for Dykema Gossett, PLLC to represent the District in the lawsuit of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Terra Foundation et al., Case No. 06-CH-13817 involving the District’s interest in the alley adjacent to its Main Office Building (100 East Erie Street) in an amount of $200,000.00, from an amount of $1,660,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,860,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3054932 (Deferred from the August 12, 2010 Board Meeting) (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0995 127Agenda 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 $131,405.89, from an amount of $231,090,261.36, to an amount not to exceed $231,221,667.25, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0997 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Buck Consultants, LLC, for Contract 07-RFP-15, Furnish Professional Services for Multi-Year Benefits Consulting, in an amount of $12,895.10, from an amount of $169,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $156,104.90, Account 101-25000-601170, Purchase Order 3046029ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0999 129Agenda 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 $27,170.00, from an amount of $69,462,535.34, to an amount not to exceed $69,489,705.34, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1000 130Agenda ItemAuthority to Increase Contract 04-294-3M Calumet TARP Valve Isolation Chamber and Pump Station Upgrade, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount of $386,836.46, from an amount of $60,511,759.18, to an amount not to exceed $60,898,595.64, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1002 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-675-11, Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning at Various Locations, to DNA Cleaning, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $23,999.00, from an amount of $59,600.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,601.00, Account 101-69000-612490, Purchase Order 5001088Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1004 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-824-2P Tertiary Filter Rehabilitation, Pump VFDs & Other Plant Improvements at the Egan, Hanover Park, and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $7,821.00, from an amount of $16,660,284.37, to an amount not to exceed $16,668,105.37, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000803ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1006 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-666-11, Native Prairie Landscape Installation and Maintenance at Various Service Areas, to J.F. New & Associates, Inc., in an amount of $55,928.21, from an amount of $283,496.20 to an amount not to exceed $227,567.99, Account 101-69000-612420, Purchase Order 5001046Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1008 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 03-296-3M Installation of Central Boiler Facility at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $16,454.56, from an amount of $29,497,326.03, to an amount not to exceed $29,513,780.59, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000458ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1016 135Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-900-01, Dewater, Inspect, and Otherwise Recommission the Mainstream Pumping Station, to Jay Dee Contractors, Inc., in an amount of $70,136.71, from an amount of $1,000,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $929,863.29, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000982ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1019 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-125-3S (Re-Bid), Upper Des Plaines Pumping Station Rehabilitation and TARP Connection, Stickney Service Area, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen and Associates LLC, in an amount of $31,878.00, from an amount of $8,908,669.66, to an amount not to exceed $8,940,547.66, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000812ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1026 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-665-11 Landscaping Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Groups A and B, to Christy Webber & Co., in an amount of $286,000.00, from an amount of $2,164,300.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,878,300.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Purchase Order 5001174Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1027 138Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to FLC Instruments, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts on an As-Needed Basis, for Scott Digital Multi-Channel Gas/Vapor Systems to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $37,083.00, from an amount of $40,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,917.00. Account 101-67000-623780, Purchase Order 3043266ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0992 139Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,144,100.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1023 140ReportReport on Contract 06-526-3P, Infrastructure and Process Needs Feasibility Study for the Hanover Park Water Reclamation PlantPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0978 141Agenda ItemAuthority to Settle Property Damage Claim Against Stanley Rebacz Trucking, Inc. and Universal Casualty Co., in the amount of $21,219.19ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0979 142Agenda ItemAuthority to Settle Interboro Packaging Corp. v. MWRDGC, Case No. 05 L 10949, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0984 143Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Joseph Costello vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 09 WC 46302, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $30,773.76, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0977 144Agenda ItemRequesting the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners to the appointment of Ms. Manju P. Sharma as the Director of Maintenance and Operations for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the August 12, 2010 Board Meeting)Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0985 145Agenda ItemRequest for authorization to continue District participation in the “Power Lunch” Program of Working in the SchoolsApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0980 146Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to BP to enter unto District land to remove underground storage tanks, conduct supplemental soil borings, and install temporary monitoring wells at BP’s former leasehold located at 3266 W. Devon Avenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois (c/k/a North Shore Channel Parcel #7.03), consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0981 147Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-year permit to Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., (“Waste Management”) to access the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant to take shipments of digester sludge for biological water treatment at its CID Recycling and Disposal Facility located in Calumet City, Illinois, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0989 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit to Amtrak on approximately 0.5 acres of District land located south of Taylor Street, north of Roosevelt Road, and along the west bank of the Chicago River in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, consideration shall be a rental fee of $10,890.00Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0991 149Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Corn Products International, Inc., on approximately 14.02 acres of District land located at 6400 South Archer Avenue in Bedford Park, Cook County, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 33.01, consideration shall be a fee of $23,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1033 150Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 10-year easement extension to Skokie Eruv Committee (“Skokie Eruv”), Inc. to operate, maintain, repair and remove six decorative poles located upon and over District-owned real estate located along the west bank of the North Shore Channel in Skokie, Illinois, and amend same to include the construction and maintenance of the two additional poles near McCormick Boulevard and Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-1022 151Agenda ItemRequest for Policy Direction Regarding Continued Pursuance of Possible Dissolution of Calumet Union Drainage District No. 1Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0851 152ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 24th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference and the Women’s Business and Buyer Mart on September 22, 2010AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0863 153ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Chatham Business Association’s 38th Annual Awards Gala AdoptedPass Action details Not available