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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/21/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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10-1228 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of September 2010, in the amount of $69,440,393.5RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1278 12ReportReport on investments purchased during September 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1279 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during September 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1280 14ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at September 30, 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1308 15Agenda ItemAuthority to execute agreements with Chapman and Cutler LLP as Lead Bond Counsel, Special Tax Counsel, and Disclosure Counsel, and with Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, L.L.P., as Co-Bond Counsel, in an amount not to exceed $359,000.00, in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000.00 of General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Limited Tax Series of 2010, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1234 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 5, 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1233 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 12, 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1229 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 7, 2010, regarding authority for award Contract 10-771-11, Underground Infrastructure Cleaning in the North Service Area, to Sheridan Plumbing and Sewer, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $198,598.45.00, Account 101-67000-612600, Requisition 1301534, Agenda Item No. 25, File No. 10-110RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1285 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to Participate in the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, under the llinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 45, Interstate Compacts 45 ILCS 155/ Midwestern Higher Education Compact ActRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1303 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 7, 2010, regarding authority to advertise Contract 10-678-11, Locksmith Services at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $129,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680, Requisitions 1289895, 1289960, 1289968, 1289983, 1290641 and 1293015, Agenda Item No. 9, File No. 09-1888RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1305 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 2, 2010, regarding issue purchase order for Contract 10-678-13, Locksmith Services at Various Service Areas, 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 1290641, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 10-1009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1284 146Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 16, 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 $426,380.34, to an amount not to exceed $511,380.34, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order A84545, Agenda Item No. 13, File No. 10-072RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1231 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-021-11 Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $359,000.00, Accounts 101-20000, 66000-623820 Requisition 131296RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1237 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-002-11 Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $53,500.00, Account 101-20000-62384RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1238 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-101-11 to furnish and deliver work uniforms for environmental specialists, patrol boat operators and pollution control technicians, estimated cost $49,800.00, Account 101-16000-623700, Requisition 1313274Deferred  Action details Not available
10-1247 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-809-11 Furnishing and Delivering Unleaded Gasoline and Diesel Grade Fuel Oil to the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $70,000.00, Account 101-68000-623820, Requisition 1307556RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1248 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-041-11 Furnish and Deliver Data Storage Cartridges to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $116,000.00, Account 101-20000-62381RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1249 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-670-11 Preventive Maintenance and Repair Services for Debris and Pontoon Boats at Various Locations, estimated cost $160,000.00, Account 101-66000-612790, Requisition 131374RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1253 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-937-11 Repair Services for AC and DC Motors at the Post Digestion Centrifuge Building at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 131294RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1257 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-468-11 Furnish and Deliver Forty-Seven (47) Multi-Functional Photocopier Devices and a Four (4)-Year Repair Service, Supplies, and Maintenance Agreement at Various District Locations, estimated cost $385,000.00, Accounts 101-27000-634810, 612810 Requisition 1313308RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1270 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-697-11 Demolition of Lake River Terminal and Other Derelict Buildings on District Property in Cook County, IL, estimated cost $2,800,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Requisition 131292Deferred  Action details Not available
10-1258 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Rolta International, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal Licenses for OnPoint Software, Annual Maintenance and Technical Support, in an amount not to exceed $22,500.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1308508RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1261 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Bradley S. Waterman, Attorney at Law to represent the District in the matter of a United States Internal Revenue Service examination of the District’s issuance of Build America Bonds in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00. Account 101-30000-601170, Requisition 131373RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1265 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to YSI Incorporated, to furnish and deliver multi-parameter water quality loggers and ROX Optical Oxygen Sensors, in an amount not to exceed $26,201.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1312417RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1275 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with D. J. Wheeler Hydro Electric Services, Inc., to Provide Maintenance and Technical Support Services for Digital Governors at the Lockport Powerhouse, in an amount not to exceed $65,090.00, Account 101-66000-612620, Requisition 131295RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1276 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc., to Provide Parts and Services to Maintain the Cardkey Security Access Control System at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and at the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $220,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 130646RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1230 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-036-11 Furnish and Deliver Salt and Calcium Chloride to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Russo Hardware, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $45,075.00, Account 101-20000-623130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1236 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-927-13 (Re-Bid), Services to Repair and Maintain Variable Frequency Drives in the Stickney Service Area, to Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 129511RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1245 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 06-614-11 Elevator Maintenance at Various Locations, to ACM Elevator Company, in an amount of $18,219.73, from an amount of $782,339.82, to an amount not to exceed $764,120.09, Account 101-69000-612680, Purchase Order 500068RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1252 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-641-11, Furnishing and Delivering Liquid Carbon Dioxide, and Maintaining the Carbon Dioxide Storage Tank and Feed System at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Linde LLC, in an amount of $145,000.00, from an amount of $600,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $745,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Purchase Order 500108RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1262 130Agenda 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 $139,006.92, from an amount of $30,576,466.73, to an amount not to exceed $30,715,473.65, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1263 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with YSI Incorporated, to repair multi-parameter water quality monitors for two years in an amount of $41,718.80, from an amount of $116,805.00, to an amount not to exceed $75,086.20, Account 101-16000-612970, Purchase Order 306166RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1264 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 02-010-3S (REBID) Evanston Intercepting Sewer Orrington Avenue Leg Rehabilitation, North Side Service Area, to Kenny Construction Company in an amount of $79,635.25, from an amount of $5,489,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $5,409,364.75, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 500112RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1266 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 91-177-CE Distributed Control System for Solids Processes at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Mainstream Pumping Station, and Other Remote Stations, Stickney Service Area, to Divane Brothers Electric Company, in an amount of $697,205.00, from an amount of $32,242,242.89, to an amount not to exceed $32,939,447.89, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 500097RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1267 134Agenda 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 $57,166.96, from an amount of $16,654,540.41, to an amount not to exceed $16,711,707.37, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 500080RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1277 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement for Contract 07-RFP-31, Outsourcing of Storage of District Records for a Three-Year Period, with GRM Information Services, Inc. in an amount of $17,000.00, from an amount of $134,304.00 to an amount not to exceed $151,304.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 305139RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1302 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-611-11 Repairs and Alterations to Various Water Reclamation Facilities in the Stickney Service Area and Other Installations, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount of $2,410,000.00, from an amount of $5,735,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $3,325,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612600/612650, Purchase Orders 5001124 and 5001125 (Deferred from the October 7, 2010 Board Meeting) (As Revised)DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1268 137ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of September 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1227 138Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Andrew Freeman vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 09WC28417, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $28,582.96. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1235 139Agenda ItemAuthority to file Release(s) of Lien for 2008 and 2009 Non-Compliance Enforcement Charges for Pioneer Plating Co., and authorize the General Counsel to take all necessary steps to release the liens and resolve this matter in accordance with the conditions set forth hereinRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1269 140ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of August and September 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1307 141Agenda 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 ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1271 142Agenda ItemRescind Board Order of May 6, 2010, authorizing and approving the entering into a contract for the purchase of 4.36 of unimproved land located at 3535 Oakton Street in Skokie, IllinoiRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1272 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Material Service Corporation in the amount of $264,843.00 as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the First Installment of the year 2009 Real Estate Taxes paid by it for the Lower West Lobe of the Thornton Quarry, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F (401-50000-645620RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1273 144Agenda ItemAuthorize issuance of a 39-year lease to the City of Chicago to build and operate a police outdoor firing range and other police training facilities on 33 acres of unimproved District land located at 2025 East 134th Street in Chicago and request for direction with respect to rent to be charged thereunder (Deferred from the October 7, 2010 Board MeetingDeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1274 145Agenda ItemAuthority to execute Amendment 8 to the Army Corps of Engineers License DACW 35-3-95-2001, extending the District’s right to use a portion of the Chicago Harbor Properties to moor its boats along the east-west wing wall of the Chicago River Controlling Works, west of the Old Coast Guard Station, and to maintain a boathouse for an additional four years, beginning January 1, 2011 and ending December 31, 2014. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.0RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1260 147Agenda ItemAuthority to execute Letter Agreement with Private Property Owner for installation of Mesh Silt Fence on fence line of private property located at 10808 South 76th Avenue, Worth, Illinois, and authorize the General Counsel to take all necessary steps to record the fully executed Letter Agreement with the Cook County Recorder of DeedsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1225 148MotionMOTION to approve dates for the regular Board Meetings of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to be held in the year 201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1239 149ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Black Contractors United 29th Annual Awards DinnerRecommendedPass Action details Not available
O10-003 150OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance O10-003 An Ordinance authorizing the sale of up to $500,000,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Limited Tax Series of 2010, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the execution of one or more bond orders in connection therewith, and the levy of a direct annual tax in an amount to pay the principal of and interest on said bondsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0720 151User Charge OrdinanceAn Ordinance to Amend the User Charge Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagDeleted  Action details Not available