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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/4/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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15-0560 11ReportReport on the 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care TrustPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0591 12ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on June 1, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0598 13ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2015, in the amount of $36,512,852.62Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0570 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 19, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0587 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 26, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0569 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept amended annual rental bid for Contract 14-366-11 Amendment to Bid for Proposal to Lease for 39-years on approximately 11.66 acres of District real estate located at 3301 S. California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 42.03 from Gardner-Gibson, Incorporated in the amount of $841,000.00 (Deferred from the May 21, 2015 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0571 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 7, 2015, regarding authority to advertise Contract 15-340-11, Services to Furnish, Deliver and Install Exterior Electronic Signs at Various District Locations for a Two Year Period, estimated cost $118,000.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1388441, File No. 15-0454AApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0582 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 21, 2015, regarding Issue purchase order for Contract 15-604-11, Furnishing and Delivering Plumbing Supplies, in an amount not to exceed $132,170.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623090, Requisitions 1386157, 1385820, 1384955, 1385014, 1386812 and 1386801, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 15-0542ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0596 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 21, 2015, regarding Issue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Dresser, Inc., to Provide Technical Field Services for Blowers at the Calumet and Egan Water Reclamations Plants, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00, Accounts 101-67000- 68000-612650, Requisitions 1393038 and 1364669, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 15-0539ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0579 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-605-21 Furnish and Deliver Two Windrow Turners and One Screener to LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $1,500,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1398950ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0525 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to SAS Institute Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of Existing SAS Software and SAS Software Extensions Licenses, in an amount not to exceed $31,110.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1398275ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0576 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 15-RFP-11 Legal Services for Workers' Compensation Defense for the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017 with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $170,000.00, Neuson Law, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, and Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00. Account 101-25000-601170. Requisitions 1394106, 1394107, and 1394108 (Deferred from the May 21, 2015 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-0577 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with DLT Solutions, LLC for furnishing and delivering AutoDesk Constructware Software License Renewal and Consulting Services, in an amount not to exceed $185,488.92, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1397613ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0584 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Hayward Gordon, Varec, Watson Marlow, Fairbanks Morse, and Pentair Pumps and Parts, to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $239,900.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623090, 623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0586 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-100-11, Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers, to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $45,195.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1387993 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0590 116Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Cicero Manufacturing & Supply Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $58,958.19, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0597 117Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-053-11 Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Graybar Electric Company, in an amount not to exceed $111,141.84, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0572 118Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-202-4F Connecting Tunnels & Gates, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to Walsh/II in One Joint Venture in an amount of $500,000.00, from an amount of $136,077,670.92, to an amount not to exceed $136,577,670.92, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001136ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0573 119Agenda 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 $11,121.24, from an amount of $50,930,121.31, to an amount not to exceed $50,941,242.55, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0574 120Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pumping Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth JV in an amount of $17,000.00, from an amount of $35,121,983.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,104,983.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0578 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 14-102-12 Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Inspection and Repair of Lysimeters and Monitoring Wells, to Patrick Engineering, Inc. in an amount of $12,000.00, from an amount of $51,029.21, to an amount not to exceed $63,029.21, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3080361ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0583 122Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2015 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,134,000 in the Corporate Fund and Construction FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0567 123ReportReport on acceptance of yardwaste from Republic Services, Inc., for a pilot-scale evaluation to produce a value-added product by co-composting biosolids, woodchips, and yardwastePublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0588 124Agenda ItemAuthority to Amend Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust, effective June 4, 2015ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0589 125Agenda ItemAuthority to Amend the Investment Policy for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust, effective June 4, 2015ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0592 126Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a six (6) month permit extension to the Village of Willow Springs for continued use of 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 $6,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0593 127Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company on approximately 10.39 acres of District real estate located west of Pulaski Road and north of the Main Channel in Chicago, Illinois, and known as parts of Main Channel Parcels 40.02, 40.04 and 40.07, to continue to operate, maintain and remove electrical transmission lines. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $307,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0594 128Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 13-month permit to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to access Dead Stick Pond located east of Stony Island Avenue, south of 122nd Street, and north of the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois to conduct bird surveys in June, 2015, and from May 1, 2016, through June 15, 2016. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0595 129Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 39-year lease with the Village of Wheeling on an approximately two acre segment of the William Rodgers Memorial Diversionary Channel located southwest of the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Lake Cook Road in Wheeling, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
O15-002 130OrdinanceAuthority to Adopt Ordinance O15-002, Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
PWR15-001 131Prevailing Wage Rate OrdinanceAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act Ordinance (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
15-0602 132Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Wheeling and the Wheeling Park District for the construction of stormwater storage facilities and improvements to Heritage ParkApprovedPass Action details Not available