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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/12/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-0849 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2010, in the amount of $45,533,578.04RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0911 12ReportReport on investments purchased during June 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0912 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during June 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0913 14ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at June 30, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0914 15ReportReport on investments purchased during July 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0915 16ReportReport on the investment interest income during July 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0919 17ReportReport to Board of Commissioners on The Boeing Company’s Request for Reimbursement in the Amount of $84,591.86 Pursuant to the Terms of a Tax Reimbursement Agreement Approved by the Board on September 6, 2001RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0874 18Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 05-711-3P Wet Weather Reservoir, Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $15,000,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0875 19Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 08-714-3P Lemont Pumping Station and Force Mains, Calumet and Stickney Service Areas, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $52,000,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0876 110Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 10-716-3P Wet Weather Treatment Facility, Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $10,000,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0871 111ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 13, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0872 112ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 20, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0873 113ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 27, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0917 114ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 3, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0903 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of July 8, 2010, regarding authority for 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 1294250, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 10-0780RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0923 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend the agreement for one year for Contract 07-RFP-33 (Rebid), Duplication of Legal Materials, Trial Records and Other Reprographic Services for the District’s Law Department for a Two-Year Period, with Advanced Discovery, LLC, f/k/a Loop Legal Copy & Imaging, Account 101-30000-612090, Purchase Order 3054426RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0942 117Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of July 8, 2010, regarding authority to issue purchase order for Contract 10-893-11, Furnish and Deliver Two Heavy-Duty Rotary Mowers to the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, to A. C. to McCartney Equipment, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,000.00, Account 101-68000-634760, Requisition 1289238, Agenda Item No. 23, File No. 10-0812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0947 118Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 17, 2010, regarding authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Deutsch, Levy & Engel, LLC for legal services in representing the District in an environmental remediation action against Nicor/ComEd for District property at Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois, in an amount of $85,000.00, from an amount of $341,380.34, to an amount not to exceed $426,380.34, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order A84545, Agenda Item No. 18, File No. 10-0721RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0868 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-474-11 Furnish and Deliver One-Year Software Maintenance Renewal of FileMaker Pro Software to the MWRDGC, estimated cost $31,050.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1296038RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0885 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-641-11 Services to Furnish and Deliver Liquid Carbon Dioxide, and Maintain a Carbon Dioxide Storage Tank and Feed System at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,500,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1307603RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0901 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-001-11 Furnish and Deliver Lumber, Plywood and Nails to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $78,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0902 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-032-11 Furnish and Deliver Coveralls, Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $86,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0921 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-036-11 Furnish and Deliver Salt and Calcium Chloride to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $60,000.00, Account 101-20000-623130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0930 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-871-3S, Inverted Siphon Inspection, North Service Area, Stickney Service Area & Calumet Service Area, estimated cost $3,050,000.00, Account 401-50000-612240, Requisition 1308528RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0878 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Laboratory Synergy L.L.C., to Furnish, Deliver and Install an Auto Titration System, in an amount not to exceed $34,451.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1307162RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0890 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CEM Corporation, to Furnish, Deliver and Install One Microwave Accelerated Reaction System, in an amount not to exceed $30,034.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1309197RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0891 127Agenda 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 1309927DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0892 128Agenda 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 1309922DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0896 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-726-11, Furnish and Deliver Instrumentation to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $72,250.00, Account 101-67000-623070, Requisition 1304562RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0906 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. for professional engineering and architectural services for Contract 09-872-3D Civil, Structural and Architectural Engineering Consulting Services, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-601420, Requisition 1309191Recommended  Action details Not available
10-0920 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and extend an existing agreement with SAP Public Services, Inc., for SAP Software Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $692,916.24, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1299676RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0922 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Horizon Technology, Inc. to furnish, deliver and install two 4790 Add-On Extractor Units, one Dry Vap Concentrator/Drying System - 5000, one SPE-DEX Model 3000XL Automated Oil and Grease Extractor and one SpeedVap III Evaporator System, in an amount not to exceed $73,831.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1309144RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0932 133Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for professional engineering services for Contract 10-048-4C, Modeling Geysering and Hydraulic Transients on North Branch Tunnel of the Mainstream TARP System, in an amount not to exceed $84,837.00, Account 401-50000-601410, Requisition 1309916RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0935 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-02 to provide consulting services for the Identification of Benthic Invertebrates Collected from Chicago Area Waterways, with EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $60,400.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1291247RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0963 135Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with MWH Americas, Inc., for professional engineering post award services for Contract 04-202-4F, Connecting Tunnels and Gates, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, in an amount not to exceed $9,290,289.65, Account 401-50000-601440, Requisition 1309932RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0964 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Chicago, for a Geothermal Energy Feasibility Study, in an amount not to exceed $87,500.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1306862RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0965 137Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, to Evaluate Phytoextraction of Cadmium from Biosolids-Amended Soils in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1309912RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0869 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-737-11, Rebuild One Raw Sewage Pump at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Rotating Equipment Repair Inc., in an amount not to exceed $51,842.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1302095RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0879 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-725-11, Recondition Blower Motor No. 1 at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,995.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1301515RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0880 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-923-11, Maintenance Services for Large Motors at Various Locations in the Stickney Service Area, to Midwest Service Center, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $113,160.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1285022RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0883 141Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-171-3P, Westside Imhoff Battery A and Skimming Tank Demolition at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth, Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $32,848,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1287619RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0884 142Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups 1 through 5, to Parent Petroleum, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $125,114.65, Account 101-20000-623860RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0894 143Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-617-11 Services to Inspect Overhead Cranes and Hoists at Various Service Areas, to Sievert Electric Service and Sales Co., in an amount not to exceed $51,000.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612240, Requisitions 1293107 and 1291346RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0895 144Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-614-11, Group B, Elevator Maintenance at Various Service Areas, to ACM Elevator Company, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1289262RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0897 145Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-830-11, Maintenance and Repair Services for Overhead Cranes and Hoists in the Calumet Service Area, to Sievert Electric Service and Sales Co., in an amount not to exceed $124,500.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1297551RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0898 146Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-864-11, Seal Coating and Patching of Roads at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, to Illinois Valley Paving Co., A Division of United Contractors Midwest, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $55,965.00, Account 101-68000-612420 Requisition 1300987RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0899 147Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-989-11, Railroad Crossing Gate and Signal Installation in the Stickney Service Area, to Railroad Signal International, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $131,566.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Requisition 1296080RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0940 148Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and C, to Johnson Pipe & Supply Company, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed $218,977.66, and Group B to Griffith Windustrial Company, in an amount not to exceed $140,394.16, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0946 149Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Fairmont Supply Company, in an amount not to exceed $56,325.45, and Group B to S & J Industrial Supply Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $24,729.34, Account 101-20000-623680RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0958 150Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-984-11, Painting Services for Final Tanks at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $504,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1299713RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0860 151Agenda 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 3054932DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0877 152Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to PerkinElmer, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Parts and Supplies, in an amount of $4,000.00, from an amount of $9,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $13,500.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Purchase Order 3061979RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0893 153Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Deutsch, Levy & Engel, LLC for legal services in pursuing environmental remediation against Nicor/ComEd on vacant District property in Lockport, Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 14.03, in an amount of $60,000.00, from an amount of $100,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $160,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 3047153RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0900 154Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to the Chicago Defender, to Publish Invitations to Bid for Contracts and Publish Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations in a Newspaper Intended to Target the African-American Market, in an amount of $7,500.00, from an amount of $9,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $17,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Purchase Order 8006302RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0904 155Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-951-11, Truck Hauling of Direct Haul Centrifuge Cake from the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to Various Locations, to Big “O” Movers and Storage, Inc., in an amount of $195,882.09, from an amount of $1,295,338.92, to an amount not to exceed $1,099,456.83, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5000690RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0907 156Agenda 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 $29,007.00, from an amount of $16,633,288.24, to an amount not to exceed $16,662,295.24, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000803RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0908 157Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 05-144-3D Lagoon 23 Lining & Lysimeters Installation, LASMA, HASMA, & CWRP, to T. J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc., in an amount of $263,264.11, from an amount of $11,478,907.13, to an amount not to exceed $11,742,171.24, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000848RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0910 158Agenda ItemAuthority to Increase Contract 06-156-3P Grit Piping Replacement, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $96,329.40, from an amount of $2,856,905.96, to an amount not to exceed $2,953,235.36, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000891RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0918 159Agenda 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 $1,645,424.00, from an amount of $67,817,111.34, to an amount not to exceed $69,462,535.34, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0924 160Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-440-13, Environmental Cleanup and Emergency Response at Various District Facilities in Cook County, to SET Environmental, Inc., in an amount of $15,400.00, from an amount of $60,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $75,400.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001102RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0925 161Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Flow-Technics, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Allis-Chalmers, ITT Gould and Netzsch Replacement Pump Parts to the North Side, Egan, and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $140,000.00, from an amount of $1,125,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $985,800.00, Account 101-69000-623270, Purchase Order 3061227RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0926 162Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Parts for Varec Gas Burners to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $106,000.00, from an amount of $68,051.69, to an amount not to exceed $174,051.69, Account 101-69000-623090, Purchase Order 3054754RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0927 163Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for developing the North Branch of the Chicago River Detailed Watershed Plan-Phase B, in an amount of $123,088.20, from an amount of $1,367,215.57, to an amount not to exceed $1,490,303.77, Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3052790RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0933 164Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 03-296-3M, Installation of Central Boiler Facility at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies LLC, in an amount of $100,000.00, from an amount of $29,394,254.83, to an amount not to exceed $29,494,254.83, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000458RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0936 165Agenda 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 $155,569.99, from an amount of $30,407,802.48, to an amount not to exceed $30,563,372.47, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0939 166Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-103-2S (REBID), 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation Phase 1 - Bypass Tunnel, Stickney Service Area, to Kenny/Shea, A Joint Venture, in an amount of $159,127.31, from an amount of $146,602,822.26, to an amount not to exceed $146,761,949.57, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000962RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0943 167Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-299-2P, Improvements to Aeration Batteries A, B, C, E1, and E2 at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen & Associates, L.L.C., in an amount of $61,901.44, from an amount of $20,690,337.23, to an amount not to exceed $20,752,238.67, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 401-50000-645650, and 645750, Purchase Order 5000831RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0945 168Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 02-009-3S, Evanston Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation Lake Street Leg to Kenny Construction Company, in the amount of $13,217.00, from an amount of $8,419,566.00, to an amount not to exceed $8,406,349.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000618RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0948 169Agenda 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 $385,645.75, from an amount of $230,698,696.98, to an amount not to exceed $231,084,342.73, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0949 170Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease 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 $5,783.00, from an amount of $8,912,677.93, to an amount not to exceed $8,906,894.93, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0950 171Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Hitachi America, Ltd., to furnish and deliver overhaul parts for Main Sewage Pump No. 8 at the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount of $294,990.00, from an amount of $279,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $574,790.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 3061081RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0954 172Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for legal services in the Matter of Doretha Jackson v. MWRDGC, to Seyfarth Shaw LLP, in an amount of $940.00, from an amount not to exceed $9,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $10,440.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3061015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0955 173Agenda 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 3046881 (Deferred from the July 8, 2010 Board Meeting) (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0960 174Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Infilco Degremont, Inc., to provide services for fine and coarse screens at the Stickney and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $29,999.00, from an amount of $79,974.66, to an amount not to exceed $49,975.66, Account 101-69000-612600, Purchase Order 3057831RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0835 175ReportReport on Receipt of Illinois Emergency Management Agency/Federal Emergency Management Agency (IEMA/FEMA) Grant Number 1800-031-UT1QD-00 for Reimbursement for the District’s Administrative Costs Related to Mitigation Efforts during the Rain Event of September 2008, in the amount of $20,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0840 176ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures through Second Quarter June 30, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0867 177Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $9,774,100.00 in the Corporate Fund and Capital Improvement Bond FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0962 178ReportReport on status of development of new measures to mitigate impacts on MWRD caused by groundwater infiltration/stormwater inflow in local sanitary sewer systemsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0971 179ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the months of June and July 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0952 180Agenda ItemDeclaration of an Emergency for rehabilitation of the 36 inch diameter Main Drain Line in North Side Water Reclamation Plant and authority to issue an emergency work order to protect the public health and safety to Kenny Construction Company, estimated cost not to exceed $120,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1310285RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0850 181ReportThe General Counsel Reports on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and User Charge MatterRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0833 182Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Larry Sanetra vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 07 WC 17224, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $77,496.25, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0846 183Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Dann Grillo vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 05 WC 28037 and 07 WC 4702, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $51,008.25, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0864 184Agenda ItemAuthority to pay the award in the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Jesus Avina vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 06 WC 30752 and 07 WC 34640, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $24,093.80, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0882 185Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Dwight Grant v. MWRDGC, Claim Nos. 0200003372, 0200003934, 0200004247, 0200004250, 0200004347, 02000004373 and 0200004837 in the sum of $28,593.01, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0847 186ReportReports on (1) Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity - for Solar Hot Water Panel Installation at the John E. Egan Water Reclamation Plant, and (2) Grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation - for Energy Recovery at the Kirie Water Reclamation PlantRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0944 187ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of June and July 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0837 188Agenda ItemAuthority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding to participate in the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Invasion Control Work GroupRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0848 189Agenda ItemDeclaration of an emergency for repair of the West Side Sludge Line and authority to ratify the execution of Contract 10-700-01, Kenny Construction Company, in accordance with Section 11.5 of the Purchasing Act to protect public health and safety, estimated cost is not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220 (Req. 1309155) (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0929 190Agenda ItemDeclaration of an Emergency for repair of two Pumping Stations in the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Service Area and authority to ratify the execution of Contract 10-900-01, Divane Bros. Electric Co., in accordance with Section 11.5 of the Purchasing Act to protect public health and safety, estimated cost is not to exceed $450,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220 (Req. 1309589) (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0967 191Agenda ItemRequesting the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners to the appointment of Ms. Denice E. Korcal as the Director of Human Resources for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0969 192Agenda 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 (As Revised)DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0966 193Agenda ItemRequest for Policy Direction on the Studies of Separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River WatershedsDeletedPass Action details Not available
10-0845 194Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit extension to A. Block Marketing, Inc. & Wholesale Mulch Products, Inc. on approximately 18 acres of District land located at 15660 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, and known as part of Main Channel Atlas Parcel 23.03, consideration shall be $112,480.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0852 195Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Hanson Material Service Corporation in the amount of $285,516.03 as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the Second Installment of the year 2008 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
10-0854 196Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to IMTT-Illinois for the use of approximately 37.25 acres of improved District real estate lying at the confluence of the Cal-Sag and Main Channels in Lemont, Illinois, and c/k/a Main Channel Parcel Numbers 26.02 and 26.03. Consideration shall be a 6-month permit extension fee of $135,750.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0855 197Agenda ItemAuthorization to declare as surplus and not required for corporate purposes and to sell to the Forest Preserve District of Will County approximately 400 acres of District real estate located in Will County and known as Main Channel Parcels 1.01 (northern 2/3), 14.01, 14.03, 15.01, 15.03, 15.06 and 15.07. Consideration is $2,555,465.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0886 198Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s July 16, 2010 execution of a 1-year Easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to construct an electrical substation and to install overhead power lines upon and over District land located along the east bank of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal south of the 135th Street Bridge in Romeoville, Illinois, consideration shall be $26,110.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0888 199Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s July 22, 2010 execution of a 1-year Right-of-Entry to United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct an electrical substation upon and over District land located along the east bank of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal south of the 135th Street Bridge in Romeoville, Illinois, consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0889 1100Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the United States Army Corps of Engineers an 11-month Right-of-Entry upon Main Channel Parcel 19.01 for use as a construction staging area to conduct surveys and soil borings, and to construct three parasitic structures in, across, and under the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal north of the 135th Street Bridge as part of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier Project, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0856 1101ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commemorating the induction of Bart T. Lynam into the NACWA Hall of FameRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0857 1102ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commemorating the induction of Ben Sosewitz into the NACWA Hall of FameRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0858 1103ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commemorating the induction of Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing into the NACWA Hall of FameRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0859 1104ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commemorating the induction of Hugh H. McMillan into the NACWA Hall of FameRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0862 1105ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 28th Annual Chicago Regional Minority Enterprise Development WeekRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0972 1106Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into agreement with Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc., for professional engineering design services for Contract 09-042-3P Sludge Concentration Tank Improvements and for Contract 10-046-3P Battery D Aeration Tank No. 8 at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, in the amount not to exceed $2,502,387.00, Account: 401-50000-601420, Requisition 1309913RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0973 1107Agenda ItemIssue Board Orders: (1) Approving and Adopting Hearing Officer J. Paula Roderick’s Settlement of Board Appeal No. 10B-001 On Appeal of 2007 and 2008 User Charges in the Matter of an Appeal Entitled, “Tampico Beverages v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago”RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0974 1108ReportReport on Deer Creek ReservoirRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0976 1109Agenda ItemAuthorization 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 $1,516,478.41, from an amount of $217,169,089.74, to an amount not to exceed $215,652,611.33, Accounts 401-50000-645650,101-69000-612590, Purchase Orders 5000950 and 5001145 (Deferred from the July 8, 2010 Board Meeting) (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available