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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/8/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-0767 11ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0768 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during May 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0769 13ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on July 1, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0771 14ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2010, in the amount of $51,525,509.31RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0817 15Agenda ItemRevised Investment Policy for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago dated as of July 8, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0750 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 15, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0751 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 22, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0789 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 29, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0790 19ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 10-927-11, Services to Repair and Maintain Variable Frequency Drives in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $90,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0778 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the job order contracting system, in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401-VAR-VARRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0811 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Contract 10-614-11, Group B, Elevator Maintenance at Various Service Areas, to Universal Elevator Werks, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1289262RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0753 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation, North Side, Kirie, Egan & Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $19,019,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Requisition 1307554RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0766 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-437-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install One New Variable Speed Metropolitan Duplex Domestic Water Pressure Booster System Model MS-VCPS-5D-PIH-80 at the McMillan Pavilion Building, estimated cost $65,000.00, Account 101-15000-612680, Requisition 1307178RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0772 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-403-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install One New Bell & Gossett Secondary Water Horizontal Split Case Pump, Series HSC3, Model 4 X 6 X 10M for the Main Office Building, estimated cost $17,000.00, Account 101-15000-612680, Requisition 1307584RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0774 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 04-203-4F, Final Reservoir Preparation, Thornton Composite Reservoir, estimated cost $54,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1307577RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0788 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-049-11 Furnish and Deliver Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $78,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0752 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-01 On-site Physical Therapy with Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, Ltd. in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090, Requisition 1307146 (Deferred from the June 17, 2010, Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0761 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Chicago, for a Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Study, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1307587RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0787 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc., for the maintenance of Johnson Controls access control and security products, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Requisition 1294245RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0792 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 10-609-11, Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Repair Parts to Various Service Areas, to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $136,500.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-623270, Requisitions 1287495, 1287536, 1296504, 1299696, and 1300999RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0805 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Dionex Corporation, to Furnish, Deliver and Install an Accelerated Solvent Extractor 350, in an amount not to exceed $60,353.50, Accounts 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1306435RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0808 122Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Donohue and Associates, Inc., for professional services in connection with the vulnerability and risk assessment study for MWRDGC pumping stations in an amount not to exceed $1,537,649.00, Account 401-50000-601410, Requisition 1305026RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0812 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-893-11, Furnish and Deliver Two Heavy-Duty Rotary Mowers to the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, A. C. to McCartney Equipment, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,000.00, Account 101-68000-634760, Requisition 1289238RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0821 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, to Furnish, Deliver, and Maintain Four (4) Ammonia Analyzers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, and to Furnish and Deliver One (1) Waste Water Sampler to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $47,005.07, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612650, 623070, 623570, Requisitions 1303052 and 1307167RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0823 125Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Cornerstone Environmental, Health and Safety, Inc., for Environmental Management Systems consulting services in an amount not to exceed $16,712.00, Account 101-67000-601170, Requisition 1297542RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0749 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-674-11, Fence and Gate Repairs in the Calumet Service Area, to Industrial Fence, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1299708RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0776 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-764-11, Pavement Repairs in the North Service Area, to Trice Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $23,700.00, Account 101-67000-612420, Requisition 1291275RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0780 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-615-12, Steam Trap Inspection in the North, Calumet and Stickney Service Areas, to Affiliated Steam Equipment Company, in an amount not to exceed $70,200.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612240, 612680, Requisitions 1292450, 1294238, and 1294250RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0782 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-677-12, Overhead and Exterior Door Maintenance Services at Various Service Areas, to Builders Chicago Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $346,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612680, Requisitions 1255010, 1269392, and 1271310RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0783 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-055-11, Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Specialty Products & Insulation Company, in an amount not to exceed $46,418.73, Account 101-20000-623170RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0784 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $59,159.62, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0791 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire and Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and C, to J.P. Simons & Company, in a total amount not to exceed $94,861.34, and Group B to Evergreen Supply Company in an amount not to exceed $63,620.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0793 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-040-11 Furnish and Deliver Computer Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Atlas Stationers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $7,054.00, and Group B to Imprint Enterprises, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $32,901.05, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0799 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 09-499-3D, Twin Lakes Reservoir Rehabilitation, North Service Area, Cook County, Illinois, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $3,124,400.00, Accounts 101-50000-612620 and 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1298619RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0810 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 09-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, to Meccor Industries Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401-VAR-VARRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0813 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-646-11, Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group A to Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, and Group B to Thornton Equipment Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00 Account 501-50000-612620, Requisitions 1287468RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0815 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-665-11, Landscape Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Groups A, B, C, D, and H, to Christy Webber & Company, in an amount not to exceed $2,164,300.00, Group E, to Classic Landscape, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $44,100.00, and Groups F and G, to Alaniz Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $88,500.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612420, Requisitions 1292510, 1293683, 1289221, 1288590, 1295029, 1291325, and 1293051RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0763 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 08-131-11 to Provide Low-Level Mercury Analysis of Treatment Plant Effluent and Ambient Water Quality Samples at Various Locations to Pace Analytical Services in an amount of $9,726.00, from an amount of $143,996.00 to an amount not to exceed $153,722.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3050075RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0764 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal, LLC, to represent the District in the matter of Rausch Construction Company, Inc. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 09 C 05873, in an amount of $400,000.00, from an amount of $250,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $650,000.00, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3062251RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0765 140Agenda 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 $31,714.10, from an amount of $67,785,397.24 to an amount not to exceed $67,817,111.34, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0773 141Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-613-11, Group A, Scavenger Services at Various Locations, to Independent Recycling Services, Inc., in an amount of $428,000.00, from an amount of $2,128,341.50, to an amount not to exceed $1,700,341.50, Account 101-69000-612520, Purchase Order 5000844RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0775 142Agenda 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 $15,129.62, from an amount of $8,897,548.31 to an amount not to exceed $8,912,677.93, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0779 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-198-AD Demolition of Sludge Disposal Building and Rehabilitation of Pump and Blower House and Coarse Screen Building at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $51,445.97, from an amount of $30,356,356.51 to an amount not to exceed $30,407,802.48, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0781 144Agenda 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 $22,918.50, from an amount of $20,668,438.43, to an amount not to exceed $20,691,356.93, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 401-50000-645650, and 645750, Purchase Order 5000831RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0785 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 08-691-11, Group A, Services for Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount not to exceed $9,600,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $9,900,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5000869RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0786 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-980-11 Rehabilitation of Wastewater Treatment Tanks at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $81,958.81, from an amount of $2,324,822.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,406,780.81, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 5001035RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0794 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Emergency Rerailing Service at SWRP Railroad for Year 2010, to Hulcher Services, Inc., in an amount of $4,873.00, from an amount of $9,770.00 to an amount not to exceed $14,643.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 8006301RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0795 148Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 10-105-12 for Helicopter Service for a Two-Year Period, to Len Jablon Helicopters, Inc., in an amount of $33,133.50 from an amount of $35,820.00 to an amount not to exceed $2,686.50, Account 101-16000-612330, Purchase Order 3062974RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0798 149Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Consoer Townsend Environdyne Engineers, Inc. for professional services for Contract 07-026-2P Review and Support of Master Plan Activities at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $700,000.00, from an amount of $1,800,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3046881RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0800 150Agenda 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 $186,278.10, from an amount of $230,514,590.84 to an amount not to exceed $230,700,868.94, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0801 151Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Klein & Hoffman, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 05-814-2D Miscellaneous Structural Engineering and Inspection Services in an amount of $600,000.00, from an amount of $2,100,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,700,000.00, Account 201-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3043159RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0802 152Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-353-2M Rehabilitation of the Existing Influent Pumping Station at Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company, in an amount of $11,319.07, from an amount of $21,717,044.78, to an amount not to exceed $21,728,363.85, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000394RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0803 153Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 93-232-2M Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction/FHP Tectonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $86,612.94, from an amount of $122,725,684.62, to an amount not to exceed $122,812,297.56, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0804 154Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to West Publishing Corporation d/b/a Thomson West, in an amount of $8,771.08, from an amount of $218,590.56, to an amount not to exceed $209,819.48, Account 101-30000-612490, Purchase Order 3037307RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0806 155Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-040-11, Group B, Furnish and Deliver Computer Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Midwest Computer Products, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00, from $37,343.49 to an amount not to exceed $47,343.49, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0807 156Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-986-16, Supervision of Locomotive Inspection, Certification and Preventive Maintenance at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Relco Locomotives, Inc., in an amount of $29,094.00, from an amount of $102,680.00 to an amount not to exceed $131,774.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 5000919RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0816 157Agenda 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 $11,444.52, from an amount of $60,491,540.66, to an amount not to exceed $60,502,985.18, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0822 158Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Motor Repair Services for an 80 HP Submersible Pump at Fulton County, for the year 2010, to Omni-Pump Repairs, in an amount of $2,900.00, from an amount of $9,900.00 to an amount not to exceed $12,800.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 8006467RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0830 159Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10 Design, Build, Own, Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 Years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $1,055,265.85, from an amount of $217,169,089.74, to an amount not to exceed $216,113,823.89, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 101-69000-612590, Purchase Orders 5000950 and 5001145DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0759 160Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $18,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0754 161Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute a temporary easement agreement with the United States of America, acting by and through the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville for the Salt Creek Intercepting Sewer 2 Rehabilitation, Stickney Service Area (Contract 06-155-3S, ROW File 15), consideration is $1,700.00, Account 401-50000-667340RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0748 162Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Donald Dye vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 06 WC 25697, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $11,027.36. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0755 163Agenda ItemAuthorization to Initiate an Annual Biosolids Beneficial Reuse Awards ProgramRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0758 164ReportReport on the 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0745 165Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit to Chevron Environmental Management Company for the use of approximately 5.25 acre portion of District real estate located east of the Main Channel in unincorporated Will County, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Atlas Parcel 15.07. Consideration shall be $28,750.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0746 166Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-month permit extension to Northeastern Fruit Market, Inc. to use .13 acres of District land located at 6000 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and identified as North Shore Channel Atlas Parcel 8.08. Consideration shall be an initial monthly fee of $1,800.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0824 167Agenda ItemAuthority to convey 0.022 acres of District land to Illinois Department of Transportation located along the west side of the Central Avenue Overpass, south of Main Channel and part of Main Channel Parcel 38.13 in Forest View, Illinois. Consideration shall be a fee of $2,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0826 168Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year temporary construction staging permit to Illinois Department of Transportation to use District land containing approximately 0.199 acres and approximately 0.185 acres located along the east and west sides of the Central Avenue Overpass south of the Main Channel in Forest View, Illinois, being a part of Main Channel Parcel No. 38.13. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0827 169Agenda ItemAuthority to amend permit issued to the United States Army Corps of Engineers to erect six warning signs and fencing along the east and west banks of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to permit the trimming, cutting and clearing of trees and brush within the line-of-sight of the signs on Main Channel Parcels 18.03, 19.01, 19.02 and 19.04RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0828 170Agenda ItemRequest to amend the September 3, 2009 Order of a 9-month permit for access to District property at 3548 S. Ashland Avenue for the purpose of collecting soil samples and conducting soil remediation because of contamination by a former leaking underground storage tank on adjacent non-District owned property at 3538 S. Ashland Avenue in Chicago to substitute Wm Wrigley Jr. Company as the permitteeRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0829 171Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease issued to Mr. Jake Fidler, to farm District land located in Fulton County, Illinois, to add approximately 71 acres of pasture, at an additional annual rent of $2,485.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0831 172Agenda ItemRequest for approval to pursue the design of streambank stabilization projects identified subsequent to the completion of the Calumet-Sag Channel Detailed Watershed Plan and to be funded under the District’s Stormwater Management Fund (Deferred from the June 17, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0796 173ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Painter’s District Council #14RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0832 174Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-07 for Professional Assessment of the SAP Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) Module Implementation and Security Role Redesign Project, with Savera Systems, LLC., in an amount not to exceed $19,000.00, Account 101-27000-601170, Requisition 1308479RecommendedPass Action details Not available