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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/4/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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14-1439 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2014, in the amount of $82,937,127.13Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-1391 12ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-06 Pre-Offer Screening, Post-Offer Psychological Assessment and Post-Offer Consultation Services for Police Officer Candidates, for a three-year period. The estimated cost for this contract is $85,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1389255Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-1410 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 18, 2014Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-1444 14ReportReport on the results of Request for Proposal (RFP) 14-RFP-18, Supply of Electricity, via the use of a reverse auction for energy procurementPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-1396 15Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the U.S. Water Alliance (Alliance) for the 2013/2014 Mississippi River Nutrients Dialogue (MRND) Report in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1401 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an additional option to extend an agreement for seven months, 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, Accounts 101-27000-623810, 634810, Purchase Order 3061831ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1403 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 6, 2014, regarding Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with American Survey and Engineering, P.C. for professional services for Contract 14-112-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project along the Plainfield Road Corridor, in an amount not to exceed $886,860.57, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1387540, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 14-1261ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1409 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 6, 2014, regarding authority to award Contract 11-403-2P, Membrane Gas Holder Replacement and Digester Cleaning at Egan Water Reclamation Plant, Cook County, to Path Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,364,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders, in an amount of $218,200.00, for a total amount not to exceed $4,582,200.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1379898, Agenda Item No. 33, File No. 14-1285ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1449 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the agreement with Arnstein & Lehr, LLP for legal services related to the bankruptcy filing of FutureMark Paper Company d/b/a Alsip Acquisition, LLC, and other miscellaneous bankruptcy matters, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3080949ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1387 110Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Resource Associates, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Proficiency Testing Standards, in an amount not to exceed $17,800.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1387994 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1394 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Netscalar MPX 5650 Appliance and Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $50,474.48, Accounts 101-27000-634840, 612840, Requisition 1383582ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1397 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 15-RFP-03 State Legislative Consulting Services, with Charles R. Vaughn, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Ado Leo Rugai, Attorney and Counselor at Law, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Paul L. Williams & Associates, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, and Miguel A. Santiago Consulting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1388010ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1398 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 15-RFP-01, Perform Federal Legislative Consulting Services, with Carmen Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $417,600.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1388008 (Deferred from the November 20, 2014 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
14-1399 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CommVault Americas, Inc. for maintenance renewal and software for CommVault’s Backup Software and Premier Maintenance Package, in an amount not to exceed $138,515.27, Accounts 101-27000-623800, 612820, Requisition 1383556ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1404 115Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with ARCADIS U.S., Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-251-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for the Little Calumet River/Cal-Sag Channel Drainage Area, in an amount not to exceed $611,757.75, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1389233ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1405 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-064-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for Northbrook, in an amount not to exceed $598,717.52, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1389235ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1406 117Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-261-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for the Southeast Side of the City of Chicago, in an amount not to exceed $1,323,631.60, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1389236ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1407 118Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with J.F. New & Associates, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-063-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for the Village of Harwood Heights, in an amount not to exceed $689,692.47, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1389234ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1408 119Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois for professional engineering services for Contract 14-821-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for the Roberts Road Drainage Area, in an amount not to exceed $1,402,723.52, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1389237 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1436 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-449-11, Furnish and Deliver Videoconference Equipment, to Audio Fidelity Communications Corporation d/b/a Whitlock, in an amount not to exceed $100,170.73, Accounts 101-27000-623810 and 634840, Requisitions 1382162ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1437 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-808-21, Furnish and Deliver One Submersible Propeller Pump to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $118,737.07. Account 201-50000-634620, Requisition 1376330ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1440 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-608-21, Furnish and Deliver Three Lagoon Pumps and Loading Devices to LASMA and CALSMA, to Wakarusa AG, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $112,215.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1382817ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1441 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-639-11, Furnish and Deliver Process Water Chemicals, to Fremont Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $217,712.28, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623560, Requisitions 1370424, 1378141 and 1371168ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1442 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 14-437-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish, Deliver and Install One (1) Booklet Maker Machine with a Thirty-Six (36) Month Maintenance Agreement, to Tompkins Printing Equipment Company, in an amount not to exceed $93,832.95, Accounts 101-15000-612800 and 634990, Requisition 1380833ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1411 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 04-128-3P, Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies LLC and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $224,760,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders, in an amount of $11,238,000.00, for a total amount not to exceed $235,998,000.00. Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645680 and 645780 Requisition 1379868ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1412 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to G. Cooper Oil Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $412,315.20, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1384659, 1384943, 1384952, 1384954, 1385456, and 1385783ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1438 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Disposable Gloves and Flexible Tubing to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Bushnell Incorporated, in an amount not to exceed $7,990.50, and Group B to Fairmont Supply Company, in an amount not to exceed $46,964.65, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1395 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-815-11, Maintenance Services for HVAC Controls at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount of $12,401.46, from an amount of $49,605.84, to an amount not to exceed $62,007.30, Account 101-68000-612680, Purchase Order 5001242ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1400 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to CDW Government, LLC to Furnish and Deliver Microsoft Software and Software Maintenance for a three-year period in an amount of $63,673.18, from an amount of $1,518,864.13, to an amount not to exceed $1,582,537.31, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 623800, Purchase Order 3075051ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1433 130Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2014 departmental appropriations in the amount of $60,000.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1386 131ReportReport on Public Notification of Significant Industrial Users Having Exemplary Compliance Records and Industrial Users Significantly Violating Pretreatment Standards or Other RequirementsPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
14-1384 132Agenda ItemAuthorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 38+/- acres of District real estate located at 7700 S. LaGrange Road in Willow Springs, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 31.01ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1429 133Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) year permit to Peoples Gas on the District’s 95th Street Pumping Station Site to perform an environmental site investigation. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1430 134Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a nine (9) month permit to Peoples Gas on an approximately 5’ x 270’ area of District real estate located along the southern boundary of the 95th Street Pumping Station Site for construction staging purposes. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1431 135Agenda ItemRatification of the Executive Director’s November 21, 2014, action issuing a one-day permit to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to use District real estate located at 28th Street and Leavitt Street in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 43.03 for parking purposes during a health fair event. Consideration shall be $2,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1432 136Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 4-year permit extension to Christy Webber Landscapes for continued use of approximately 12 acres of District real estate located at the Cal-Sag Channel and Ridgeland Avenue in Alsip, Illinois and known as the Ridgeland Avenue Drying Facilities. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $110,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1434 137Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated January 1, 1954 with the Chicago Transit Authority on 8.623 of acres of District real estate located north of the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant and east and west of the North Shore Channel in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.13 and 6.14, extending the lease expiration date from December 31, 2014, to June 30, 2015. Consideration shall be $17,837.50ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1435 138Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-year permit to the Illinois Natural History Survey to periodically access District real estate located along the Main Channel and the Des Plaines River in Will County, DuPage County and Cook County to conduct its study of the winter ecology of Canadian Geese in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1443 139Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 39-year lease agreement with the Village of Willow Springs for the continued use as a Metra commuter parking lot on approximately 2.13 acres of District real estate located west of Willow Springs Road and south of the Main Channel in Willow Springs, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 29.04. Consideration shall be an initial annual rent of $12,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
14-1447 140Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an agreement with the Wheeling Park District for modifications to athletic field shade structures associated with Contract 09-365-5F, Heritage Park Flood Control Facility.ApprovedPass Action details Not available