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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/5/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Agenda Packet 11-05-2015, Item#60 File 15-1235 WMO Appendix
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15-1225 11ReportReport on the investment interest income during August 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1226 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during September 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1228 13ReportReport on investments purchased during August 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1229 14ReportReport on investments purchased during September 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1234 15ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at September 30, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1186 16ReportReport on negotiations to enter into agreements with Anaergia Services, LLC for professional engineering services and for the long-term supply of organic waste material for 13-RFP-06 Biogas Renewable Energy Project at the Calumet Water Reclamation PlantPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1187 17ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-27 Liquid Organic Waste Supply Chain Manager at the Calumet Water Reclamation PlantPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1209 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 20, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1214 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 13, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
15-1224 110ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 27, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1233 111ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 14-811-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Boiler System at the 125th Street Pumping Station, estimated cost $455,400.00 (As Revised)Deleted  Action details Not available
15-1241 112ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2014 Annual ReportPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1248 113ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 15-711-21, Process Control Building Restoration at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $525,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1170 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 17, 2015, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 16-103-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Coats and Coveralls to Various Locations, estimated cost $22,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1404334, Agenda Item No. 9, File No. 15-1034ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1181 115Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies (IAWA) for 2015/2016 membership dues in the amount of $14,120.00, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1198 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 6, 2015, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 15-607-21 Furnish and Deliver Station Batteries to the Stickney and O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants, and the North Branch Pumping Station, estimated cost $210,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645600/645650, Requisition 1401466, Agenda Item No. 22, File No. 15-0884ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1203 117Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 6, 2015, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 15-802-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install a Hydraulic Operator at TARP Gate Structure Number 1 in the Calumet Service Area, estimated cost $1,500,000.00, Account 201-50000-623270, Requisition 1398626, Agenda Item No. 25, File No. 15-0917ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1205 118Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 18, 2015, regarding Authority 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 1398642, Agenda Item No. 9, File No. 15-0605ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1246 119Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase and extend Contract 14-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, with Meccor Industries Ltd., for an additional twenty-four month period (first and second term), in an amount not to exceed $8,000,000.00, from $8,000,000.00 to $16,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501 and 901 FundsDeleted  Action details Not available
15-1180 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-474-11 Furnish and Deliver One-Year Site License Software Maintenance Renewal of FileMaker Pro Software to the MWRDGC, estimated cost $31,050.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1401082ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1185 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-405-11, Provide Maintenance and Printing Supplies for Xerox Nuvera 288 and DocuColor 7002 at the MWRDGC Print Shop for a Thirty-Six Month Period, estimated cost $251,900.00, Account 101-15000-612800, Requisition 1405141ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1188 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-123-3D Safety Railing Around Tanks, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $9,377,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1407354ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1200 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-327-11, Semi-Annual Inspection, Repairing, Recharging and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Various Fire Suppression Systems District-Wide for A Period of Three Years, estimated cost $164,400.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1406704Deleted  Action details Not available
15-1201 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-625-11 Diving Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1404814ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1184 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 15-RFP-16 Furnish, Deliver, and Install a Building Automation System (BAS) at the Main Office Building Complex (MOBC) with Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $41,012.50, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1397944ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1193 126Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into agreement with Ameresco, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 14-250-3P Digester Gas Utilization, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed $2,060,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-601420 and 612450, Requisition 1376719ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1194 127Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Black and Veatch Corporation, for professional engineering post award services for Contract 13-106-4F, Des Plaines Inflow Tunnel, Stickney Service Area in an amount not to exceed $2,396,063.42, Account 401-50000-601440, Requisition 1404340 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1195 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to DLT Solutions, Inc. for CADLearning Center, in an amount not to exceed $16,010.36, Account 101-50000-601100, Requisition 1407837ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1227 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-608-21, Furnish and Deliver Uninterruptible Power Supplies to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Main Office Building to J & S Power Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $64,800.00, Account 201-50000-645600, Requisition 1401811ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1237 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-723-21, Furnish and Deliver a Protective Relay Test Set to AVO Multi-Amp Corporation d/b/a Megger, in an amount not to exceed $72,565.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1398646ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1245 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions, Inc., to Provide Telephone Support and Software for its Ovation for Windows Distributed Control System (DCS) and Remote Telemetry Units at the Stickney, Hanover Park, Kirie, Egan, and O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants, the Lockport Powerhouse Control Center and the Waterways Control Room, in an amount not to exceed $536,216.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 69000-612620, 612650, Requisitions 1403261, 1403265, 1403273 and 1403280ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1210 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-721-21, Devon Instream Aerations Station Air Main Replacement, to Morrison Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $353,060.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1388402ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1215 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-802-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Hydraulic Operator at TARP Gate Structure Number 1 in the Calumet Service Area, to Ornelas Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $1,324,000.00, Account 201-50000-623270, Requisition 1398626ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1216 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-049-11, Furnish and Deliver Work Gloves to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A & B to Kaul Glove & Manufacturing Company, d/b/a Choctaw-Kaul Distribution Company, in an amount not to exceed $17,001.40, and Groups C & D to Saf-T-Gard International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $28,664.75, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1223 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-813-22 (Re-Bid), Rehabilitation of Buildings at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, to CAD Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $230,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1389635ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1230 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-155-3S, Salt Creek Intercepting Sewer 2 Rehabilitation, SSA, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $43,878,100.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $2,193,905.00, for a total amount not to exceed $46,072,005.00. Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1396963Deleted  Action details Not available
15-1232 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Amerisafe, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed $27,108.27, Account 101-20000-623170ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1244 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-030-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Item 1 to Atlas & Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00; Items 3, 5, 13, 14, 21, 22, and 28 to Parent Petroleum, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $18,514.53; Items 4, 9, 16, 18, and 23 to Valdes, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $23,605.40; Items 6, 11, 12, 17, and 24 to Feece Oil Company in an amount not to exceed $73,871.72; Items 7, 8, 15, and 20 to Midtown Petroleum Acquisition, LLC, d.b.a. RelaDyne, in an amount not to exceed $10,524.50; Items 10, 19, 25, and 27 to PetroChoice in an amount not to exceed $29,533.35; and Item 26 to Superior Petroleum Products, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,720.00, Account 101-20000-623860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1182 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend agreement for one year, for Contract 15-RFP-02 State Legislative Liaison Consulting Services, with Kevin J. Fitzpatrick, in an amount not to exceed $102,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Order 3084016ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1183 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders and exercise an option to extend the agreements for one year, 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 101-15000-612430, Purchase Orders 3084096, 3084097, 3084098, and 3084099 respectivelyApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1189 141Agenda 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 $16,916.56, from an amount of $49,070,620.96, to an amount not to exceed $49,087,537.52, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1190 142Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 09-042-3P Sludge Concentration Tank Improvements and for Contract 10-046-3P Battery D Aeration Tank No. 8 at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $1,455,405.70, from an amount of $2,502,387.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,046,981.30, Account 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3066065ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1191 143Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-162-2S Westdale Gardens Pumping Station & Force Main, Northwest 8A Extension A, Stickney Service Area with Northwest General Contractors, Inc. in an amount of $19,250.00, from an amount of $1,995,555.18, to an amount not to exceed $1,976,305.18, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001138ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1192 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-716-3P Wet Weather Treatment Facility and Reservoir, Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, to Joseph J. Henderson & Son, Inc. in an amount of $728,188.74, from an amount of $29,245,336.69, to an amount not to exceed $29,973,525.43, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000006ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1197 145Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease the purchase orders and amend the agreements for Contract 11-RFP-14 for Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C. in an amount of $11,175.00 from an amount of $277,192.98 to an amount not to exceed $266,017.98; with Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C. in an amount of $44,273.93 from an amount of $140,877.34 to an amount not to exceed $96,603.41, and; with Neuson Law, P.C. in an amount of $27,944.89 from an amount of $175,536.87 to an amount not to exceed $147,591.98.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Purchase Orders 3070865, 3070864, and 3070866ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1199 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with SBC Global Services, Inc., d/b/a AT&T Global Services, Inc., for Contract 10-RFP-15 Local and Long Distance Telephone Service, in an amount of $186,100.00 from an amount of $1,009,285.32 to an amount not to exceed $1,195,385.32, Account 101-27000-612210 Purchase Order 3069592ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1204 147Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 11-933-11, Maintenance Services for Cathodic Protection Systems in the Stickney Service Area, to CORRPRO Companies, Inc., in an amount of $15,339.98, from an amount of $158,238.98, to an amount not to exceed $142,899.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Purchase Order 5001272ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1208 148ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures Through Second Quarter June 30, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1222 149ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures Through Third Quarter September 30, 2015Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1202 150Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2015 departmental appropriations in the amount of $275,000 in the Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1206 151Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Israel Rivera vs. MWRDGC, Case 15 WC 2215, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $44,534.37, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1221 152Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Christopher Johnson vs. MWRDGC, Case 15 WC 12137, in the sum of $10,824.90, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1207 153Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the Internship Program to designate up to two positions for students from DenmarkApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1178 154Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Material Service Corporation in the amount of $336,377.98, as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the Second Installment of the year 2014 Real Estate Taxes paid by it for the Lower West Lobe of the Thornton Quarry, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F (401-50000-645620)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1179 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 47-day permit to the Worth Lions Club for use of approximately one acre of District real estate located within Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 9.03, east of Harlem Avenue and south of 116th Street in Worth, Illinois and leased to the Village of Worth for its annual Christmas tree sale and fundraising event from November 14, 2015, through December 31, 2015. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1212 156Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit to The 670 Parking Condominium Association to install and maintain a gutter system between the District’s Main Office Building and the Ritz-Carlton Residences at 625 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1213 157Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-day permit to the Village of Worth to access the Lucas Berg Pit located at 7600 West 111th Street in Worth, Illinois for its Fall Clean-Up Day Event on November 7, 2015. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1217 158Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 4.10 acres of vacant District real estate located at 16500 Industrial Park Drive in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 22.05ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1236 159Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 2,125 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to the Wilmette Harbor Association to operate, maintain, repair, and remove a crane and a walkway on the District’s North Shore Channel Parcel 1.14 in Wilmette, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-1235 160ReportReport on approval of the District’s Green Infrastructure Program Plan by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to the Consent Decree entered in United States of America, et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, 11 C 8859Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
15-1253 161Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Joseph YoungAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
15-1252 162ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Veterans DayAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
15-1261 163ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Chicago Artists Month and the Cycle P15 Art Project (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video