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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/2/2014 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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14-1131 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of August 2014, in the amount of $42,797,599.50RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1141 12ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 14-618-11, Furnish and Deliver HVAC and Refrigeration Parts and Service, estimated cost $348,700.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1142 13Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 4, 2014, regarding Issue purchase order and amend an existing agreement with SAP Public Services, Inc. for annual SAP Software Maintenance, Agenda Item No. 35, File No. 14-0938RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1148 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 14-638-11 Recondition Ground and Test Devices, from $21,500.00 to $24,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612600/612650, Requisition 1381199RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1159 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 4, 2014, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Sustainable Generation LLC, to furnish and deliver rental services of GORE Cover technology, in an amount not to exceed $49,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1383891, Agenda Item No. 30, File No. 14-0917RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1166 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend agreement for a one year period for Legal Services for General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds for the 2012 IEPA Series Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3078998RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1101 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-367-11 for public tender of bids a 60-year lease of approximately 1.801 acres of District real estate located southeast of the intersection of McCormick Boulevard and Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, and known as North Shore Channel Parcel 8.06. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $118,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1106 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-884-AF Flood Control Project for Upper Salt Creek, estimated cost $1,450,973.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1382552   Action details Not available
14-1128 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-699-11, Services of Heavy Equipment with Operators, estimated cost $2,190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1379144RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1139 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-022-11 Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $384,700.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1384659, 1384943, 1384952, 1384954, 1385456 and 1385783RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1143 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-670-11 Repair and Maintenance of Debris, Pontoon and Skimmer Boats, estimated cost $160,000.00, Account 101-66000-612790, Requisition 1382534RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1145 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-101-11 Furnish and Deliver Work Uniforms for Environmental Specialists, Patrol Boat Operators and Pollution Control Technicians, estimated cost $31,800.00, Account 101-16000-623700, Requisition 1384595RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1147 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-449-11 Furnish and Deliver Videoconference Equipment, estimated cost $118,655.86, Accounts 101-27000-623810, 634840, Requisition 1382162RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1160 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 06-842-2E Electrical Equipment Replacement, Egan WRP, estimated cost $1,600,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1385432RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1169 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-617-11 Power Distribution Equipment Inspection and Repairs, estimated cost $184,200.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070/612240, Requisition 1376098Deleted  Action details Not available
14-1104 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Early Morning Software, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver EMS PRISM Compliance Software On-Line Subscription License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $18,250.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1385041RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1108 117Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Chastain & Associates LLC for professional engineering services for Contract 14-259-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project in the vicinity of 131st St. and Cypress Drive in Palos Heights, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $284,351.88, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1385011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1111 118Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Design International, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-260-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project in the Washington Street Area of Blue Island, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $273,022.38, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1385796.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1149 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey for the maintenance and operation of seven streamflow gaging stations and one rain gage within Cook County, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $80,400.00, Accounts 501-50000-612490 and 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1385791RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1156 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Rush Truck Centers of Illinois, Inc., DBA Rush Truck Center, Springfield, to Furnish and Deliver One 2015 International 4300M7 Diesel Truck with 24 Foot Van Body and Lift Gate under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4017341, in an amount not to exceed $69,283.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1368316RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1103 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. to represent the District in the case of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 11-CV-2937, in an amount of $450,000.00, from an amount of $1,900,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,350,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3069593RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1112 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-158-3S Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation, SSA, to Kenny Construction Company in an amount of $212,829.74, from an amount of $13,277,766.00, to an amount not to exceed $13,490,595.74, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1113 123Agenda 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 $160,246.00, from an amount of $71,926,043.27, to an amount not to exceed $72,086,289.27, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1120 124Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Xerox Corporation, for Contract 10-RFP-09 Furnish, Deliver and Install One Color High-Speed Printing System and One Monochrome High-Speed Printing System with a Five Year Repair, Supply and Maintenance Agreement, in an amount of $50,800.00, from an amount of $871,163.26 to an amount not to exceed $820,363.26 Account 101-15000-612800, Purchase Order 3066016RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1123 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 14-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $1,950,000.00, from an amount of $19,188,702.50, to an amount not to exceed $17,238,702.50, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001472RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1130 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 14-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount of $650,000.00, from an amount of $6,472,790.00 to an amount not to exceed $5,822,790.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001440RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1146 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Chemical Analysis to Test America Laboratories, Inc., in an amount of $4,750.00, from an amount of $9,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $14,250.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 8007671RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1170 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Carlson Environmental, Inc., for environmental site investigation services, in an amount of $100,000.00, from an amount of $322,726.87, to an amount not to exceed $422,726.87, Account 101-66000-601170, Purchase Order 3073512RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1162 129ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures Through First Quarter March 31, 2014RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1173 130Agenda ItemAuthority to amend extraterritorial service agreement with the City of Chicago pertaining to 994 acres of land located in DuPage County at O’Hare International Airport, outside the territorial limits of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1171 131Agenda ItemAuthority to pay a judgment in an amount not to exceed $39,519,000.00, as entered on January 4, 2013, by Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Kathleen Pantle in Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Terra Foundation for American Art, et al., Case No. 06 CH 13817, Account 901-30000-667220RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1150 132Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until November 6, 2014, the terms of the collective bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) the Teamsters Local Union 700; 4) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); and 6) the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1110 133Agenda ItemAuthority to execute Amendment 9 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 five years, beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2019. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1151 134Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 7,396 square foot non-exclusive easement to the Village of Hanover Park to construct, maintain, operate, repair and remove two 12-inch storm sewers on District real estate located within the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant premises in Hanover Park, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1153 135Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-year permit to the Illinois Department of Transportation to traverse District Main Channel Parcels 34.03, 34.05 and 35.06, via the Lawndale Avenue Service Road, and Main Channel Parcels 35.02, 35.03, 37.03 and the Harlem Avenue Solids Management Area, via Canal Bank Road, to reach the 1st Avenue overpass in Summit, Illinois to rehabilitate the bridge structure. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1172 136Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to re-enter the District’s property located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois to conduct confirmatory sampling and any necessary additional environmental remediation. Consideration shall be $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1174 137Agenda ItemAuthority to commence negotiations with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a thirty-nine year lease on District real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois for public recreational useRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1132 138Agenda ItemAuthorization to execute a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work provided or performed prior to execution of a project partnership agreement for the Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries Multipurpose ProjectRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1158 139Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Public Schools to install green infrastructure at various Chicago Public Schools, with payment to Chicago Public Schools not to exceed $3,000,000.00 per year for five years at a maximum of $500,000.00 per school for a maximum of 30 schools, starting in year 2015Deferred  Action details Not available
14-1164 140MotionMOTION to amend OPEB Advance Funding PolicyRecommendedPass Action details Not available
14-1165 141MotionMOTION to establish a Pension Funding PolicyRecommendedPass Action details Not available
O14-006 142OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance O14-006 An ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $200,000,000 General Obligation Bonds(Alternate Revenue Source) of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the purpose of providing funds for stormwater management projectsRecommendedPass Action details Not available