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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/10/2014 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
The Time of the Regular Board Meeting has been rescheduled to start at 10:30 AM or Immediately following the Public Hearing
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Attachments: 07-10-2014 Agenda Packet
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14-0647 11ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 10, 2014Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0649 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 24, 2014Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0650 13ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-02 State Legislative Liaison Consulting Services, estimated cost $102,000.00 Account 101-15000-601170Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0662 14ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 14-RFP-31 Consulting Services for SAP System Support, estimated cost $600,000.00, Account 101-27000-601170, Requisition 1381502 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0677 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 14-RFP-30 Co-Location Services, estimated cost $792,000.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisition 1381490Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0711 16ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 14-RFP-21, Master Agreement for Professional Development Courses for a Three-Year Period, Account 101-25000-601170Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0716 17ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-03 State Legislative Consulting Services, not to exceed $84,000.00 Account 101-15000-601170Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0693 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 7, 2013, for Authority to advertise Contract 14-673-11, Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $972,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/68000-612760/612330, Requisitions 1360890 and 1360641, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 13-1374ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0698 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 19, 2014, Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC., to Furnish and Deliver SolarWinds Network Monitoring Software, in an amount not to exceed $34,397.53, Account 101-27000-623800, Requisition 1380490, Agenda Item No. 17, File No. 14-0619ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0699 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 19, 2014, Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco Wireless Networking Equipment, in an amount not to exceed $44,351.88, Account 101-27000-623850, Requisition 1380506, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 14-0617ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0702 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 5, 2014, issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-24 Geographical Information Integrated System for a Complete Real Estate Inventory, Information and Tracking System with Globetrotters International, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $840,000.00. Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1354100, Agenda Item No. 32, File No. 14-0549ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
14-0703 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 17, 2014, accepting initial annual rental bid for Contract 14-361-11 Proposal to Lease for 39-years 16.77+/- acres of District real estate located at 18500 West 9th Street in Unincorporated Lockport, Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 15.02 and 15.04 from ACL Transportation Services, LLC in the amount of $147,200.00, Agenda Item No. 6, File No. 14-0319ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0705 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 17, 2014, regarding Authority to decrease Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation, NSWRP, KWRP, EWRP, HPWRP, & Bartlett P.S., to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in amount of $1,375,322.96, from an amount of $14,358,868.55, to an amount not to exceed $12,983,545.59, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001225, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 14-0340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0730 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 17, 2014, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Unum Group to provide group term life insurance for employees for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $254,664.00, Account 101-25000-601250, 501-25000-601250, Requisition 1374226, File No. 14-0330 ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
14-0732 115Agenda 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 $156,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401-VAR-VARApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0659 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-181-3P Battery C Airlift & Air Main Rehabilitation and Aeration Tanks No. 6, 7, and 8 Diffuser Plate Replacement, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $5,500,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1380503ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0679 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-029-11 Furnish and Deliver Safety Equipment to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $88,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0689 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-617-11 Power Distribution Equipment Inspection and Repairs, estimated cost $179,200.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070/612240, Requisition 1376098ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0690 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-987-11 Railroad Track Inspection and Repairs in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $345,000.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Requisition 1367581ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0697 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-922-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install a Hazardous Gas Detection System to the Westside Pumping Station, estimated cost $160,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1380228ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0648 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-101-13 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Contract Laboratory Technician for Various Locations, to ANA Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $86,632.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1366494ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0653 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC., to Furnish and Deliver Cisco Networking Equipment, in an amount not to exceed $28,962.94, Account 101-27000-623850, Requisition 1381494ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0660 123Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Flood Testing Laboratories, Inc., for professional engineering services on Contract 13-814-3C Testing and Inspection of Concrete and Construction Materials for Years 2014 - 2016, in an amount not to exceed $390,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-612240, 401-50000-612240, and 501-50000-612240, Requisition 1379882ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0673 124Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to the Illinois Institute of Technology, pursuant to the Terms of Master Agreement 11-RFP-12, to provide three seminars on Technical Writing for Engineers, in a total amount not to exceed $15,591.00, Account 101-25000-601100. Requisition 1380216ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0678 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with enfoTech & Consulting, Inc., for Software Maintenance Support Services, in an amount not to exceed $752,758.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1381503 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0680 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, to evaluate groundwater monitoring wells and historical monitoring data of the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, in an amount not to exceed $221,660.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1381208ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0692 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., to furnish, deliver, and install an Optima 8300 Cross Flow ICP System and Accessories, Optima Instrument Basic Bench, and Controller-ICP WINLAB32 with Monitor, in an amount not to exceed $73,529.15, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1380467ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0713 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-917-21, Furnish and Deliver HVAC Equipment for Digesters at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to BTU Company, in an amount not to exceed $74,200.00. Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1374234ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0719 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-904-11, Furnish, Deliver and Exchange PLC and VFD Parts to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to WESCO Distribution, Inc., d/b/a Englewood Electrical Supply, in an amount not to exceed $46,156.13, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1364702ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0727 130Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Iowa State University, for professional engineering services for Contract 14-062-2P, Evaluation of Revolving Algae Biofilm System for Recovery of Nutrients, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $190,036.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1381530ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0734 131Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to the Illinois Institute of Technology, pursuant to the Terms of Master Agreement 11-RFP-12, to provide a three and a half-day seminar on Circuit Breaker Maintenance and two, four and a half-day seminars on Microprocessor-Based Relay Testing, in a total amount not to exceed $63,557.00, Account 101-69000-601100. Requisition 1376086ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0751 132Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Invensys Systems, Inc., to Provide On-Site Service Support and Upgrade to the Existing Invensys I/A Service Systems in the Calumet Service Area Locations in a total amount not to exceed $2,118,622.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1361126Deleted  Action details Not available
14-0752 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-407-21 Furnish and Deliver Six New Ram Promaster 2500 Cargo Vans to Larry Roesch Chrysler Jeep Dodge, in an amount not to exceed $213,594.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1376985ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0681 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, to Meccor Industries Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $8,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401-VAR-VARDeferred  Action details Not available
14-0683 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, Group A, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,333,640.00, and Group B, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,855,062.50, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1367189ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0687 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-932-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install Sludge Heat Exchangers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Meccon Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,593,000.40, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1360613ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0721 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies and Wire to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A, to J.P. Simons & Company, in an amount not to exceed $71,183.21, and Group B to Active Electrical Supply Company, in an amount not to exceed $42,795.00, Account 101-20000-623070.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0722 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-673-12 (Re-Bid), Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, Group A, to Patten Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $95,259.90, and Group B, to Cranes & Equipment Specialists of Chicago, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $522,179.00 Accounts 101-66000, 68000-612760 Requisitions 1360641, 1377813ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0685 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with John Anspach Consulting, for professional engineering services for Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pump Station Improvements, CWRP, in an amount of $50,000.00, from an amount of $26,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $76,500.00, Account 401-50000-601440, Purchase Order 3078135ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0723 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with RhinoDox (formerly Federal Record Storage MDMC) for Contract 11-RFP-02, Outsourcing of Storage of District Records for a Three-Year Period, in an amount of $13,000.00, from an amount of $155,389.11 to an amount not to exceed $168,389.11, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 3068734. (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0733 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 13-045-11 Publish Invitations for Contracts and Publish Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations and Other Legal Notices for a One (1) Year Period, to Sun-Times Media Productions LLC, in an amount of $22,000.00, from an amount of $48,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $70,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Purchase Order 3078446ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0735 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase the purchase order for Contract 12-RFP-22 Furnishing Property Insurance Coverage for District Properties for an additional twelve (12) month period to Willis of Illinois Inc. in an amount of $1,970,783.00 from an amount of $2,027,900.00 to an amount not to exceed $3,998,683.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Purchase Order 3077576 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0740 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for the WSCAJ/NASPO PC Contracts 2004-2009 and WSCAJ/NASPO PC Contracts 2009-2014 with Master Price Agreement Number B27164 for the of purchase new computer equipment, peripherals and related services, with Hewlett-Packard Company, in an amount of $200,000, from an amount of $2,869,083.68 to an amount not to exceed $3,069,083.68. Account 201-27000-623810, Purchase Order 3061831ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0745 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-213-EW Emergency Work Repairing and Improving Junction Chamber Associated with Calumet TARP, Little Calumet Leg, to Jay Dee Contractors in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount of $250,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $500,000.00, Account 901-50000-667220, Purchase Order 3081415ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0700 145Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2014 departmental appropriations in the amount of $831,000.00 in the Construction FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0709 146ReportReport on the connection authorization to allow BIT Wolf Point West Investors LLC or its successors to own and maintain a sanitary sewer connecting to the District's West Side 7 Interceptor in conjunction with Sewerage System Connection Authorization Application 14-CH-02Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
14-0661 147Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Illinois Department of Transportation for professional engineering services for Contract 73-161-2H, McCook CUP Reservoir Stages 1&2, McCook, in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00, Account 401-50000-645630ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0641 148ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0748 149Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Murray vs. MWRDGC, Claim W000816403, in the sum of $30,639.65, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0749 150Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Scott Bryant vs. MWRDGC, Case 10 WC 26467, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $30,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0750 151Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Mathieu vs. MWRDGC, Claim W000865303, in the sum of $36,212.83, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0646 152ReportReport on National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Peak Performance Awards for 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0672 153ReportReport on the 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-0642 154Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 4.2+/- acres of District real estate located at approximately 4300 West 130th Street in Alsip, Illinois, and known as part of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 12.03 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0644 155Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated October 7, 1993, between the District and the Alsip Park District to surrender a 4.2+/- acre portion of its 75.931 acre leasehold located at approximately 4300 West 130th Street in Alsip, Illinois, and known as part of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 12.03. Consideration shall be $10.00 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0645 156Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 1,072.44’ x 10’ non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to continue to operate, maintain and remove aerial and subterranean electrical transmission and service lines and appurtenances thereto through the District’s Calumet East Solids Handling Area located north of 130th Street in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $2,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0675 157Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 5-year, non-exclusive temporary easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation on 0.112± acres of District real estate located along the east side of McCormick Boulevard between Touhy Avenue and Howard Street in Skokie, Illinois and known as a portion of North Shore Channel Parcel 6.10 as a construction staging area. Consideration shall be $20,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0704 158Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a permanent, non-exclusive easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation on 0.126± acres of District real estate located along the east side of McCormick Boulevard between Touhy Avenue and Howard Street in Skokie, Illinois and traversing North Shore Channel Parcel 6.10 to construct, operate, maintain and remove storm sewer outfall pipes. Consideration shall be $30,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0707 159Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-month permit to Midwestern Contractors to use Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 1.02 as a work staging area and emergency access route and Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 1.04 as an emergency access route in connection with the Buckeye Partners & Westshore Pipeline Company’s project to replace 24 pipe hangers on the west side of the Route 83 Bridge over the Cal-Sag Channel. Consideration shall be $2,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0714 160Agenda ItemAuthority to execute a Facility Access Agreement granted to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago by Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals, LLC on its real estate at 8500 West 68th Street in Argo, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0725 161Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2013 real estate taxes in the amount of $67,095.12 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0729 162Agenda ItemAuthority to execute a Stipulation to Dismiss in the lawsuit entitled Northern Will County Water Agency, et al. v. American Lake Water Company, et al., Case No. 14 ED 33, filed in the Circuit Court of Will County, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0736 163Agenda ItemAuthority to commence negotiations with the City of Chicago for the sale of approximately 4.35 acres of District real estate located at 31st Street and Sacramento Avenue in Chicago, Illinois and known as Main Channel Parcels 42.01 and 42.15ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0738 164Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one-month soil boring permit to MWH Americas, Inc. on North Shore Channel Parcel 9.02 and within the prism of the North Shore Channel south of Foster Avenue in Chicago in support of the design of the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-0747 165Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and adopt amendments to the Cook County Stormwater Management Plan to be consistent with the Stormwater Management Act as amended by Public Act 98-0652 on June 18, 2014ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
14-0731 166Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Ayoub Talhami (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O14-005 167OrdinanceOrdinance O14-005 Authority to amend the Watershed Management Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
R14-002 168Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R14-002 Amending Ordinance R12-002 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Streambank Stabilization Projects on Tinley Creek, Midlothian Creek, and the Calumet Union Drainage Ditch, (Contracts 10-882-5F and 10-882-AF) in parts of Sections 14 and 23, Township 36 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian; and Sections 23 and 30, Township 36 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, IllinoisAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
14-0754 169Agenda ItemAuthorization to implement the Municipal Distribution Network of the Rain Barrel Program, a component of the District’s Green Infrastructure Program, and to enter into intergovernmental agreements (As Revised)Deleted  Action details Not available