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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/5/2015 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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15-0214 11ReportReport on the Government Finance Officer's Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the District for the 2014 Budget and Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the District, the MWRD Retirement Fund, and to the MWRD Retiree Health Care Trust for the Fiscal Year 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0267 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2015, in the amount of $57,319,239.16RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0240 13ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-11 Legal Services for Workers' Compensation Defense for a two-year period, with an option to extend for an additional year, in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1394108RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0277 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 24, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0250 15Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the U.S. Water Alliance for the 2015 Value of Water Coalition (Coalition) Membership in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0255 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Orders of January 8, 2015 and February 5, 2015, regarding Authority to increase purchase order with Bonner Group LLC, for Contract 13-RFP-30, for Temporary Personnel Services for the Finance Department, in an amount of $21,000.00, from an amount of $67,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $88,900.00, Account 101-40000-612490, Purchase Order 3080029RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0262 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind contract with CBRE, INC. for maintenance and operation of the common areas of the 101/111 Erie Street Building for the period of November 26, 2014 through December 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $102,779.99, Account 101-15000-612390, Purchase Order 3083803RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0266 18Agenda ItemAuthorization for the Executive Director or his designee to solicit amended bids from the two highest bidders for a 39-year lease of approximately 11.66 acres of District real estate located at 3301 South California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 42.03 subject to the terms and conditions stated hereinRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0241 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-884-AF Flood Control Project for Upper Salt Creek, estimated cost $1,450,973.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1382552Deleted  Action details Not available
15-0249 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-400-11 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-15000-623700, Requisition 1394116RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0254 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-831-11, Replacement of Station Battery Cells at the 125th Street Pumping Station, estimated cost $44,400.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1393432RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0238 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Oracle America, Inc., for annual Oracle Database Management System (DBMS) Software Licensing and Support, in an amount not to exceed $218,212.03, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1394661RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0246 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to GIC 101 Erie LLC for maintenance and operation of the common areas of the 101 Erie Street Buildings for the period of November 26, 2014 through December 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612390, Requisition 1390095RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0258 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 14-RFP-34, Furnish, Deliver, and Configure an Odor Monitoring System, with I. Kruger, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $342,000.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1383888RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0269 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-716-21, Furnish and Deliver Return Activated Sludge Valves and Appurtenances to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to American Precision Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $39,646.04, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1384958RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0274 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Central Scale and Supply Company, Inc., to Furnish Parts and Service for Biosolids Truck Scale Maintenance at CALSMA, LASMA, and at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $33,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 69000-612650, 612680, 623270, Requisitions 1385394 and 1389253RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0275 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Moog, Inc., to Inspect, Adjust, Service, and Repair the Moog Flo-Tork Actuator for Discharge Valve No.8 at the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1388812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0276 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Gardner Denver Nash, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Pump and Compressor Parts for the Nash Digester Compressors and Nash Gas Booster Compressors, to the Calumet, Stickney and North Side Water Reclamation Plants, in a total amount not to exceed $104,200.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0268 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-842-2E, Electrical Equipment Replacement, Egan Water Reclamation District, to Broadway Electric, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,949,646.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders, in an amount of $97,482.30, for a total amount not to exceed $2,047,128.30. Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1385432RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0270 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B, C, and D to The Welding Center Inc., in an amount not to exceed $36,153.00, Account 101-20000-623840RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0281 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-696-11, Services of Tractor Mounted Paddle Aerators and Rotavators with Operators, to Bechstein-Klatt Loading and Shredding, in an amount not to exceed $3,234,200.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 137914RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0242 122Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-046-3P Battery D - Aeration Tank No. 8, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $14,686.20, from an amount of $6,554,747.10, to an amount not to exceed $6,540,060.90 Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001366RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0243 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-162-2S Westdale Gardens Pumping Station & Force Main Stickney Service Area, to Northwest General Contractors, Inc. in an amount of $29,106.80, from an amount of $1,961,775.67, to an amount not to exceed $1,990,882.47, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001138RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0252 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 15-900-01, Emergency Rewind and Refurbish Two Dewatering Pumps at the Mainstream Pumping Station, to Midwest Service Center, LLC, in an amount of $7,393.45 from an amount of $50,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $57,393.45, Account 201-50000-645700, Purchase Order 5001496RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0257 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Tetra Tech EM, Inc., for professional services in connection with environmental site investigations of MWRDGC-owned land, in an amount of $167,711.29, from an amount of $666,507.67, to an amount not to exceed $834,218.96, Account 101-66000-601170, Purchase Order 3076477RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0271 126Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2015 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,448,500.00 in the Corporate Fund, Construction Fund, and Stormwater Management FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0244 127Agenda ItemEnter into an agreement with GE Ionics, Inc., doing business as GE Water & Process Technology for professional research services to conduct a Pilot Research Study of a Membrane Aerated Bioreactor, O’Brien Water Reclamation PlantRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0285 128Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Park District for the District to repurpose the Collateral Channel for use as park and natural habitat and transfer ownership of the reclaimed land to the Chicago Park DistrictRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0251 129ReportFinal report of emergency for repair and structural lining of the Salt Creek No. 3 Intercepting Sewer, Emergency Contracts 12-900-01 and 12-900-02, total final amount of $522,883.90.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0263 130Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to the Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Illinois on 1.908± acres of District real estate located at the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA) to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove a copper cable, a fiber optic cable and a 4-inch conduit to provide high speed switched Ethernet service to the LASMA Visitor's Center. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0278 131Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, approximately 1.71 acre non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company for the installation, maintenance, operation, repair and removal of fiber optic facilities within the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to service District structures. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0245 132Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Northbrook for an Electronic Control System and Irrigation Control System at Wescott Park in Northbrook, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0279 133ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0264 134ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 22nd Annual African American Contractors Association Annual Membership AwardsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0265 135ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 48th Annual Chicago Business Opportunity FairDeleted  Action details Not available
15-0282 136ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Irish Fellowship Club of ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0280 137ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Young Irish Fellowship Club of ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0283 138ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Shannon Rovers Irish Bagpipe BandRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0237 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of March 2015 as Women's History MonthRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0235 140ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of February 2015 as Black History MonthRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0236 141ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing National Engineers WeekRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0253 142Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-719-21 Rehabilitate the Cathodic Protection System for the Kirie to Egan Sludge Pipeline, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 139304RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0256 143Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-813-21 Rehabilitation of Buildings at the Prairie Plan site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $250,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1389635Deferred  Action details Video Video
15-0259 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-863-12, Pavement Improvement and Maintenance in the Calumet Service Area, Group A, to Pan-Oceanic Engineering Company, Inc., in an amount of $29,250.00, from an amount of $222,394.23, to an amount not to exceed $251,644.23, Account 101-69000-612420, Purchase Order 5001317 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0260 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-863-12, Pavement Improvement and Maintenance in the Calumet Service Area, Group B, to Sumit Construction Company, Inc., in an amount of $19,250.00, from an amount of $67,632.90, to an amount not to exceed $86,882.90, Account 101-69000-612420, Purchase Order 5001318.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0286 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-494-3P Centrifuge Building and Sludge Loading System Upgrades at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant and the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, North Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $282,722.50, from an amount of $8,907,758.80, to an amount not to exceed $9,190,481.30, Accounts 201-50000-645650, 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5001400RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0287 147Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to exercise an option to renew for a five (5) year term the License Agreement dated June 1, 2010, with Piedmont 500 West Monroe Fee, LLC, successor to Broadway 500 West Monroe LLC for leasing space to install a TARP back-up repeater at 500 West Monroe Street in Chicago in an amount not to exceed $225,530.00. Account 101-69000-612330, Requisition 1393744RecommendedPass Action details Not available