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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/17/2014 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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14-0318 11ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 14-RFP-23 Real Estate Appraisal Services for a three-year period with an option to extend for an additional one year, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Requisitions 1376991, 1376992RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0323 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 1, 2014RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0346 13ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 14-RFP-04, Consulting Services for Office 365 Migration, estimated cost $180,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0351 14ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 13-RFP-29, Examination Consulting Services, estimated cost $150,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0353 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 8, 2014RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0319 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept 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 $147,200.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0347 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 5, 2013, for Authority to advertise Contract 14-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $23,385,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1367189, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 13-1507, previously amended by Board Order of February 6, 2014, Agenda Item No. 3, File No. 14-0063RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0349 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the agreement with MWH Americas, Inc. (MWH), for professional engineering services for Contract 12-055-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project on the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago RiverRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0354 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 13-RFP-25 Dual-Choice Dental Plan, with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, a division of Health Care Services Corporation, for a three-year period, effective July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017, Account 101-25000-601250RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0356 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 13-RFP-26 Vision Plan Administrator, with Vision Service Plan (VSP), for a three-year period, effective July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017, Account 101-25000-601250RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0320 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-618-11 Furnish and Deliver HVAC and Refrigeration Parts and Services, estimated cost $348,700.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680/623070/623090/623270/623840, Requisitions 13450344, 1343325, 1343658, 1346193 , 1345007, 1345641RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0321 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-806-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Tank Drives at the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $900,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1373923RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0322 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-864-11 Seal Coating and Patching of Roads at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $44,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1376361RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0337 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-197-3M HVAC Improvements at the M&R Building, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $6,500,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-645680, 645780, Requisition 1377207RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0345 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $57,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0330 116Agenda ItemIssue 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, Accounts 101-25000-601250, 501-25000-601250, Requisition 1374226RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0331 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC., to Furnish and Deliver Cisco Hardware Maintenance for Cisco Ironport Appliances, in an amount not to exceed $48,210.60, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1376984RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0336 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 14-RFP-01 Provide Food Services at the Main Office Building and at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Vending Machines at Various Locations for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, with The Chatter Box Café, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $126,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Requisition 1364733RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0352 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Infilco Degremont Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Coarse Screens to the Stickney and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $130,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0361 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with A.C. Advisory, Inc. for contract 14-RFP-07, Financial Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $160,000.00, Account 101-11000-601170, Requisition 1369669 (Deferred from Board Meeting of April 3, 2014)RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0342 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-932-22 (Re-Bid), Painting Services in the Stickney Service Area, to Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,754,760.00, Accounts 201-50000-645700, 645750, Requisition 1369295RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0344 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-839-11, Services to Manually Clean the TARP Bar Screens at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $885,342.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1366377RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0350 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to G.A.G. Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $30,152.32, Group B to Production Distribution Companies, in an amount not to exceed $9,814.88, Group C to Brucker Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,552.56, and Group D to Chicago United Industries, LTD, in an amount not to exceed $15,357.90 Account 101-20000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0324 124Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., for Hardware and Software Repair Services to Maintain the Emerson DCS Process Control Systems at the Egan, Kirie and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $37,900.00, from an amount of $294,863.00, to an amount not to exceed $256,963.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Purchase Order 3072044RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0327 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 12-839-11, Services to Manually Clean the TARP Bar Screens at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $35,000.00, from an amount of $233,543.97, to an amount not to exceed $198,543.97, Account 101-68000-612600, Purchase Order 5001345RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0328 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-613-11, Scavenger Services at Various Service Areas, Group A, to Independent Recycling Services, Inc., in an amount of $238,191.71, from an amount of $1,626,297.10, to an amount not to exceed $1,864,488.81, Accounts 101/501-69000/50000-612520, Purchase Order 5001239RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0338 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-203-4F Final Reservoir Preparation, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to Walsh/II in One, Joint Venture in an amount of $21,048.30, from an amount of $50,918,795.64, to an amount not to exceed $50,939,843.94, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0340 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation, NWSWRP, 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 5001225RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0341 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 13-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Graybar Electric Company, Inc., in an amount of $18,000.00, from an amount of $103,285.41, to an amount not to exceed $121,285.41, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0357 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Flow Technics, Inc., to furnish and deliver Allis-Chalmers and ITT Goulds Pumps’ parts to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $25,000.00 from an amount of $224,470.20 to an amount not to exceed $249,470.20, Account 201-50000-634650, Purchase Order 3076921RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0360 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase a purchase order to conduct the Preliminary Feasibility Phase of the Energy Audit as part of the Intergovernmental Agreement, to the Public Building Commission of Chicago, in an amount of $9,767.93, from an amount of $50,134.16 to an amount not to exceed $59,902.09, Account 201-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3077514RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0311 132ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the Year Ended December 31, 2013 RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0355 133Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2014 departmental appropriations in the amount of $78,000.00 in the Construction FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0332 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of March 2014RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0333 135ReportReport on change orders on contracts with a 5% contingency provision authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of March 2014RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0313 136Agenda ItemAuthority to settle disputed claims of Rausch Construction Company, Inc. relating to Contract No. 01-353-2M Rehabilitation of Existing Influent Pumping Station, James C. Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, Des Plaines, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0310 137Agenda ItemAuthorization to adopt a rain barrel policy as a component of the District’s Green Infrastructure Program (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
14-0314 138Agenda ItemRequest for advice and consent to the appointment of Zelda B. Harris, Jose A. Lopez, and Michael J. Weicher as Commissioners to the MWRD Ethics Commission, pursuant to the Ethics OrdinanceDeleted  Action details Not available
14-0315 139Agenda ItemRequest for advice and consent as to the Executive Director’s designation of Ronald M. Hill, General Counsel, as the MWRD’s Ethics Advisor, pursuant to the Ethics OrdinanceDeleted  Action details Not available
14-0334 140Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Westchester for construction, operation, and maintenance of the expansion of Mayfair Reservoir and additional storm sewer relief in Westchester, Illinois under Phase II of the Stormwater Management Program, with payment to the Village of Westchester in an amount not to exceed $2,121,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0335 141Agenda ItemAuthority for payment to Nicor Gas Company for utility relocation fee for Contract 10-882-BF, Streambank Stabilization Projects along Midlothian Creek and Calumet Union Drainage Ditch in the Village of Markham, in an amount of $68,216.89, Account 501-50000-612490RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0362 142ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Kevin H. McDevitt’s twenty-four years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating him on his well-earned retirement RecommendedPass Action details Not available
O14-001 143OrdinanceOrdinance O14-001 Authority to amend the Watershed Management Ordinance (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
O14-003 144OrdinanceAuthority to adopt an ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago providing for the repeal of the Sewer Permit Ordinance, as amended July 1999, and the Manual of Procedures for the Administration of the Sewer Permit Ordinance, as amended November 1998, except Article 6-5 of the Manual of Procedures for the Administration of the Sewer Permit Ordinance and any corresponding provisions of the Sewer Permit Ordinance necessary to implement Article 6-5, effective May 1, 2014RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-0364 145Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-692-12, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, to Synagro Central, LLC, Option C, Group A, (Items 1 and 4), in an amount not to exceed $2,509,950.00, and to Synagro Central, LLC, Option C, Group B, (Items 1 and 4), in an amount not to exceed $2,077,250.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1364699RecommendedPass Action details Not available