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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/18/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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15-0645 11ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 2, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0652 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 9, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0603 13Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup for membership dues in an amount not to exceed $68,662.00, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0630 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 9, 2015, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 15-416-11 Providing Operating Engineering Services to the Main Office Building Complex for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $3,065,400.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370, 612390, Requisition 1395251, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 15-0365ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0638 15Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Water Environment Federation for registration fees for seven Commissioners and eighty-six employees in various departments to attend the annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference WEFTEC 2015, in an amount not to exceed $54,254.00, Accounts 101-11000, 15000, 16000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 69000-601100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0646 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 7, 2014, regarding Authority 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-VAR (Deferred from the July 10, 2014 Board Meeting, As Revised), Agenda Item No. 49, File No. 14-0888ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0664 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 4, 2015 regarding Issue 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 1397613, Agenda Item No. 13, File No. 15-0577ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0604 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-408-11 Janitorial Services for the Main Office Building Complex for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $1,954,800.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370, 612390, Requisition 1396186ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0605 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-815-21 Furnish and Deliver One Gear Reducer to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-623270, Requisition 1398642ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0606 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-936-11 Furnishing and Delivering Citric Acid, estimated cost $110,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1398609ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0613 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-106-11 Furnish and Deliver Contract Laboratory Technicians for various locations, estimated cost $360,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1397583ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0625 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-901-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Four Sacrificial Deep Anode Ground Beds for the Cathodic Protection System Located at the Mainstream Pumping Station, estimated cost $460,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1396951ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0628 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-239-3S, Calumet Intercepting Sewer 19F Rehabilitation, CSA, estimated cost $12,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1399616ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0629 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise for public tender of bids a 39-year lease of approximately 6.61 acres of District real estate located at 3615 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois and known as North Shore Channel Parcels 5.01, 5.02 and 5.03. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $345,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0647 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0618 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Contract 15-833-5F Watershed Specific Release Rate Study, Phase I for the Illinois State Water Survey to conduct Phase I of a Watershed Specific Release Rate Study for the Watershed Management Ordinance, in an amount not to exceed $423,000.00, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1399595ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0627 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Willis of Illinois, Inc. for Furnishing Property Insurance Coverage for District Properties for a one-year period in an amount not to exceed $1,988,516.89, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1399643ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0644 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-101-12, Furnish and Deliver Work Uniforms for the Environmental Specialists, Patrol Boat Operators and Pollution Control Technicians, to V.C.G. Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $45,024.10, Account 101-16000-623700, Requisition 1384595ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0658 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Lai, Ltd., to Provide Parts for MSA Gas Detection Systems to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623780ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0639 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Structural and Stainless Steel to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Super Roco Steel & Tube Ltd. II, in an amount not to exceed $67,456.95, and Group B to T & N Chicago, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $38,264.99, Account 101-20000-623030ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0649 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-665-11, Landscape and Native Prairie Landscape Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Group A to Christy Webber & Company, in an amount not to exceed $1,323,000.00, and Group H to Native Landscape Contractors LLC, in an amount not to exceed $438,724.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1391280Deferred  Action details Not available
15-0611 122Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease 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 of $42,200.00 from an amount of $880,600.00 to an amount not to exceed $838,400.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Purchase Order 5001456ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0619 123Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 04-202-4F Connecting Tunnels & Gates, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to Walsh/II in One Joint Venture in an amount of $20,562.23, from an amount of $136,577,670.92, to an amount not to exceed $136,557,108.69, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001136ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0620 124Agenda 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 $92,477.40, from an amount of $50,941,242.55, to an amount not to exceed $51,033,719.95, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0621 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-128-3P Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction and F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $172,080.00 from an amount of $224,790,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $224,962,080.00, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645780 and 645680, Purchase Order 4000020ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0659 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-685-51, Furnishing, Delivering, and Administration of Rain Barrels, to Upcycle Products, Inc., in an amount of $152,800.00 from an amount of $307,458.00 to an amount not to exceed $460,258.00, Account 501-50000-623990, Purchase Order 3079540ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0665 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-054-3P Disinfection Facilities, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC in an amount not to exceed $695,950.84, from an amount of $60,875,763.97 to an amount not to exceed $61,571,714.81, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000005 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0662 128Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2015 departmental appropriations in the amount of $34,320,800 in the Construction Fund and Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0623 129ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of May 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0634 130ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0600 131Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Andrew Coleman vs. MWRDGC, Case 11 WC 38745, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $15,068.09, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0601 132Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jerry Culhane vs. MWRDGC, Case 14 WC 27125, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $45,068.79, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0657 133Agenda ItemAuthorization to settle payment dispute with SAP Public Services, Inc. related to SAP Annual Software Maintenance Fees and Discontinue Maintenance for Certain Software Licenses for a final payment of $177,827.18, Account 101-27000-612820ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0653 134Agenda ItemReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of May 2015ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0642 135ReportReport on the 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-0607 136Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 3.47 acres of District real estate located at 7800 Canal Bank Road in Summit, Illinois and known as Main Channel Parcel 34.03ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0608 137Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to the City of Evanston for the continued operation, maintenance, and repair of three (3) storm sewer outfalls to the North Shore Channel through North Shore Channel Parcels 2.07 and 2.09 in Evanston, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0609 138Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to the City of Evanston for the continued operation, maintenance, and repair of four (4) storm sewers, connecting structures, and outfalls to the North Shore Channel through North Shore Channel Parcels 3.06 and 6.20 in Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0610 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a three (3) year permit extension to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for continued access to Main Channel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois to launch and retrieve boats to collect and analyze aquatic species in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0615 140Agenda ItemConsent to assignment of lease from Monarch Asphalt Company to Builder’s Asphalt, LLC on 6.04 acres of District real estate located at 3219 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.06 and 6.11. Consideration shall be a $2,500.00 document preparation feeApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0616 141Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated January 1, 1954, with the Chicago Transit Authority on 9.66 acres of District real estate located north of the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant and east and west of McCormick Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.13 and 6.14, extending the lease expiration date from June 30, 2015, to September 30, 2015 Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0617 142Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 9,700 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Alsip MiniMill, LLC to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, and remove a pumping station, intake conduit, sewer and appurtenances related thereto on District real estate located north of the Cal-Sag Channel and east of Crawford Avenue, in Alsip, Illinois on a portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 13.04. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $ 2,850.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0631 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 15-month permit extension to The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company on approximately 9.71 acres of District real estate located west of Pulaski Road and north of the Main Channel in Chicago, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcels 40.04 and 40.07 for continued operation and maintenance of its natural gas pipeline and to perform environmental testing. Consideration shall be $237,919.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0636 144Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a three (3) year permit to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to widen and extend an existing access road located west of Higgins Road at the Majewski Reservoir Site in Elk Grove Village, Illinois to remove approximately five hundred thousand (500,000) cubic yards of soil for roadway improvement work in connection with the construction of the O’Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0648 145Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated April 5, 2012, between the District and the Mount Prospect Park District on 34.239 acres of District real estate located east of Elmhurst Road and south of the James C. Kirie Water Reclamation Plant and known as Majewski Metro Park in Des Plaines, Illinois to reduce the leasehold by approximately 2.48 acres. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0650 146Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated July 13, 2000, between the District and the Mount Prospect Park District on 50.40 acres of District real estate located at the Majewski Reservoir site to extend the construction commencement date to May 20, 2020 for constructing, operating and maintaining recreational facilities. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0651 147Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 5-year, non-exclusive easement to the Illinois Department of Transportation on 2 parcels of District real estate comprising a total of 0.0240± acres located on the north and south banks of the Cal-Sag Channel at Western Avenue, in Blue Island, Illinois, and known as portions of SEPA Station No. 3 and Cal-Sal Channel Parcel 15.03, respectively, as construction staging areas. Consideration shall be $2,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0622 148Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Barrington Hills whereby the Village of Barrington Hills will enforce the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance for the entire Village of Barrington HillsApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0635 149Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to continue participation in the Chi-Cal Rivers Fund, with a contribution to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in the amount of $500,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0643 150Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to collaborate on the restoration and maintenance of the Lyons LeveeApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0656 151Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to Palatine Park District for easements, loss of mature trees, and business disruptions, in an amount not to exceed $190,000.00, Account 501-50000-667340, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-0614 152Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Alice Lucille TregayAdoptedPass Action details Not available
15-0637 153Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Bunion Davis, Jr.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
15-0667 154Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Dynegy Energy Services for Contract 14-RFP-18, Supply of Electricity, for 2018 and 2019, subject to the District obtaining an acceptable price, at the current or lower contracted price, for an amount not to exceed $0.04285 per kWh RTC for Group 1 and $0.03925 per kWh RTC for Group 2, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612150 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available