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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/2/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-1466 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2010, in the amount of $64,685,470.04RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1519 12ReportReport on investments purchased during October 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1520 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during October 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1521 14ReportReport on payment of interest for outstanding District bonds due on December 1, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1475 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 16, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1484 16ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 10-619-11, Analytical Services for In-Service and Procured Lubricants at Various Locations, estimated cost $134,800.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1495 17ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 11-100-11, Furnish and Deliver Radiochemical Analyses of Water, Wastewater, Sludge and Biosolids, estimated cost $165,712.00Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1496 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 11-435-11, Maintaining Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs), Complete With Accessories, at Various District Locations for a 36 Month Period, estimated cost $60,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1497 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 23, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1507 110ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2009 Annual Report (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1510 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 4, 2010, for Authority 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 1312926, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 10-1363RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1515 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 18, 2010, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-04, Development, Furnishing, Transitioning, and Support Services for Primavera Construction Scheduling for Capital Projects, with Envision Consultants, in an amount not to exceed $284,532.00, Accounts 201-50000-601170 and 201-50000-623800, Requisition 1314521, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 10-1392RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1481 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-618-11 Services to Inspect, Maintain and Repair Emergency Generators at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $137,600.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612600/612650/623070, Requisitions 1313287, 1312944, 1312978, 1315631Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1486 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-108-11, Furnish and Deliver Repairs, Service, and Parts for Laboratory Balances and YSI Meters, estimated cost of $39,000.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1315616DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1508 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-690-11 Services for Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $15,177,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000-612520, Requisitions 1312393, 1312402 and 1314469RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1517 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-904-11 Furnishing and Delivering PLC and VFD Parts and Modules for Exchange at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1315265RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1474 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-474-11, Furnish and Deliver One-Year Maintenance Renewal of FileMaker Pro Software to the MWRDGC, to Koi Computers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $29,673.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1296038RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1477 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Networkfleet, Inc., for Maintenance of the Vehicle Location System for District Vehicles, in an amount not to exceed $65,000.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1314506 (Deferred from the November 4, 2010 and the November 18, 2010 Board Meetings)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1478 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Carmen Group, Inc., for Professional Services associated with Federal Programs, in an amount not to exceed $522,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1315922RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1479 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Kevin Fitzpatrick for Professional Services as Legislative Liaison for the year 2011 State of Illinois Legislative Activities, in an amount not to exceed $106,200.00, including expenses, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1315643RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1490 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Gardner Denver, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Spare Parts for the Gardner Denver Hoffman Blowers at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant and to Repair Blowers at the Devon Instream Aeration Station, in an amount not to exceed $57,400.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-612650, 623270, Requisitions 1313302 and 1314412RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1492 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts for Hayward Gordon Pumps and Parkson Screens to the Egan and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1312429 and 1314037RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1493 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, for Furnishing, Delivering and Maintaining Ammonia Analyzers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $58,713.00, Accounts 101-69000-612650, 623070, Requisition 1313301RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1494 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Superior Industrial Equipment, L.L.C., for Services to Repair Mechanical Seals of Sludge Pumps at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and to Repair Mechanical Seals of Digester Sludge Recirculation Pumps at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $180,000.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1312878 and 1311996RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1500 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-18, provide Deferred Compensation Investment Consulting services for a three-year period, with Segal Advisors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $111,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1315932RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1509 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to LAI, LTD., to Furnish and Deliver Wemco Pumps Parts at the Egan, North Side, Calumet and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $181,700.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1312413, 1312888, 1312976 and 1313297RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1511 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-17, On-Site Training Services: Workplace Violence Awareness Training, with Human Resources Solutions & Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $138,150.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1313699RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1518 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 10-RFP-14, furnish, deliver and configure organizational chart software, including a three-year maintenance agreement, with Aquire Solutions, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $32,397.32, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1315954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1528 129Agenda ItemIssue Purchase Order and Enter into and Agreement for Contract 10-RFP-11, Energy Consultant Services, with The Seaton Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-69000-601170, Requisition 1315267RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1529 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Lexington Lion Chicago GP LLC, for maintenance and operation of the common areas of the 111 East Erie Street Building for the year 2011, in an amount not to exceed $138,700.00, Account 101-15000-612390, Requisition 1312898RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1470 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-776-11, Roof Replacement at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Cuevas Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $104,000.00, Account 101-67000-612680, Requisition 1296519RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1473 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 04-203-4F, Final Reservoir Preparation, Thornton Composite Reservoir, CSA, to Walsh/II in One Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $50,763,937.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1307577RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1488 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-001-12 Furnish and Deliver Lumber, Plywood and Nails to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period to Crafty Beaver Home Centers, in an amount not to exceed $73,116.70, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1476 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-837-11, Maintaining BOD and Ammonia Analyzer Systems at the Calumet and Lemont Water Reclamation Plants, Groups C & D to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., in an amount of $10,440.00, from an amount of $43,647.50, to an amount not to exceed $33,207.50, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 5001005RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1482 135Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-656-11, Services to Inspect and Maintain TARP Electrical Control Chambers and Tide Gate Monitoring Systems at Various Locations, to Divane Bros. Electric Co., in an amount of $45,277.07, from an amount of $867,128.28, to an amount not to exceed $821,851.21, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612600, Purchase Orders 5000935, 5000936RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1487 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-635-12 Furnishing and Delivering Polymer to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Polydyne, Inc., in an amount of $35,243.83, from an amount of $805,113.82, to an amount not to exceed $769,869.99, Account 101-68000-623560, Purchase Order 3051694RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1498 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order with Black & Veatch Corporation for professional engineering services for Contract 05-208-4F, Groundwater Protection System, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, in an amount of $27,881.99, from an amount of $3,691,783.00, to an amount not to exceed $3,663,901.01, Account 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3042690RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1499 138Agenda 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 $22,132.50, from an amount of $69,367,398.87, to an amount not to exceed $69,389,531.37, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1504 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to McHugh Construction, in an amount of $23,284.83, from an amount of $162,237,184.00, to an amount not to exceed $162,260,468.83, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1505 140Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey for Installations, Operations and Maintenance of Two Streamflow Gaging Stations and Sediment Oxygen Demand, Data Collection on Bubbly Creek; and Three Chicago Area Waterway System Streamgaging Stations, in an amount of $110,850.00, from an amount of $292,725.00, to an amount not to exceed $181,875.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Purchase Order 3061674RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1506 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-163-3M (Re-Bid) R & D Building HVAC Improvements, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Path-Milhouse, Joint Venture, in an amount of $17,516.24, from an amount of $8,250,829.78, to an amount not to exceed $8,268,346.02, Accounts 401-50000-645680 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001056RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1513 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Dynamic Refrigeration Service, for preventative maintenance and repair service, including parts, for appliances in the District cafeterias and convenience stations in an amount of $2,000.00, from an amount of $9,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $11,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 8006245RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1516 143Agenda 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 $30,505.22, from an amount of $231,591,020.17, to an amount not to exceed $231,621,525.39, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1525 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise option to extend the agreement with Chatter Box Café, Contract 07-RFP-16 to provide Food Services at the Main Office Building and at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant for an additional Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, in an amount of $104,400.00, from an amount of $104,400.00, to an amount not to exceed $208,800.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 3050564RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1523 145Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $25,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1514 146ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of October 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1501 147ReportReport on Public Notification of Significant Industrial Users Having Exemplary Compliance Records and Industrial Users Significantly Violating Pretreatment Standards or Other RequirementsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1461 148Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a two-year payment plan with, CPC Laboratories, Inc. for unpaid User Charges for the year 2009 and the period January through October 2010 in the total amount of $178,582.58 and to freeze the accrual of interestDeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1468 149Agenda ItemAuthority to Enter into a Settlement Agreement in the Matter of Abec & Crowe v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 03 CH 21800 Consolidated with 04 CH 752 and 03 M1 718897 (Deferred from the November 18, 2010 Board Meeting)Deleted  Action details Not available
10-1485 150Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Joseph Ambroz vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 09 WC 18620, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $54,898.34. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1471 151Agenda ItemRequest for Policy Direction on the Studies of Separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Watersheds (Deferred from the November 18, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1472 152Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to ComEd and Nicor to continue to enter 18-acres of District land located at the southwest corner of Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois, to conduct air monitoring and staging for off-site investigatory work, consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1480 153Agenda ItemRatification of the Executive Director’s November 23, 2010, execution of an easement amendment granting an additional 185’x8’ area to an existing 1250’x 25’ non-exclusive 25-year easement and an additional 175’x10’ area to an existing 1250’x10’, 180-day temporary construction easement granted to the City of Des Plaines to construct, operate, maintain and remove a storm water sewer from Wille Road along Marshall Drive, as extended, and north to Oakton Street on District land located at 751 Oakton Street in Des Plaines, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1524 154Agenda ItemAuthority to commence negotiations to purchase five lots located at 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 Stephen Street in Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, in connection with Contract 05-711-3P "Wet Weather Reservoir, Lemont Water Reclamation Plant” and Contract 10-716-3P "Wet Weather Treatment Facility, Lemont Water Reclamation Plant”RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1512 155Agenda ItemRequest for direction concerning additional funding for Deer Creek ReservoirDeferredPass Action details Not available
10-1526 156MotionMOTION to appoint Commissioner Cynthia M. Santos as trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1531 157Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend agreement with AT&T Corp. to Furnish and Deliver co-location services for a period of 36 months in an amount not to exceed $650,722.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisition 1316291RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1533 158Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Aerico, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver APC Computer Cabinets, in an amount not to exceed $48,368.11, Account 101-27000-623810, Requisition 1294246RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-1471A 159Agenda ItemMOTION with respect to Agenda Item #51, File ID #10-1471, on the Studies of Separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River WatershedsRecommendedFail Action details Not available