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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/9/2015 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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15-0396 11ReportReport to the Board of Commissioners on The Boeing Company’s Request for Reimbursement in the amount of $109,442.47 pursuant to the terms of a Tax Reimbursement Agreement approved by the Board on September 6, 2001RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0392 12Agenda ItemAuthority to add Non Core Capital Projects to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the projects is $2,956,843.72RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0341 13ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-10, Procurement of Natural Gas Services, estimated cost $7,200,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612160RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0344 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 17, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0345 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 15-RFP-14 eLearning Courses for Return-to-Work Program for a One-Year Period, with an option to extend for an additional year, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00, Account 101-25000-612820, Requisition 1396181RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0384 16ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 15-988-11, Inspection, Testing and Repair of Railroad Crossing Signal Systems, estimated cost $69,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0399 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 31, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0347 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 14-RFP-35 with EnergyConnect, Inc., a Johnson Controls Company to provide energy curtailment servicesRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0348 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement with a successful Proposer(s) for the Request for Proposal (RFP) 15-RFP-10, Procurement of Natural Gas, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612160RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0349 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 19, 2015, regarding Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with David Mason & Associates of Illinois, LTD for professional engineering services for Contract 14-110-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project at 61st Avenue and 36th Street in Cicero, Illinois, in amount not to exceed $175,334.00, Account 401-50000-601410, Requisition 1387540, Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 15-0300RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0355 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into a Contract of Commitment with Illinois-American Water Company for the development of a project for beneficial reuse of effluent water at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in relation to 14-EOI-11 (Re-Advertised), Request for Expression of Interest for A Development Project for Beneficial Reuse of Effluent Water at the Calumet Water Reclamation PlantRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0383 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to forfeit Contract 14-030-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Items 1 and 2 to Intek Technology Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,971.75, Account 101-20000-623860RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0334 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-318-11, Furnishing and Delivering Washing Machines and Dryers, To Various District Locations, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 201-25000-634990, Requisition 1393446RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0340 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-753-11 Contract Farming at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $374,000.00, Accounts 101-67000-612520/612530, Requisition 1392683RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0358 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-632-11 Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hypochlorite, estimated cost $8,271,630.50, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1394416, 1393461, 1396208, 1393431, 1388449 and 1393031RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0360 116Agenda 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 1389635RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0361 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-620-11 Radio Communication Equipment Repairs, estimated cost $82,200.00, Account 101-69000-612840, Requisition 1380480.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0362 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-636-11 Furnishing and Delivering Hydrogen Peroxide, estimated cost $225,000.00, Accounts 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1394928RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0365 119Agenda ItemAuthority 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 1395251RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0368 120Agenda ItemAuthority 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 $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1388441 (As Revised)Deferred  Action details Video Video
15-0372 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-715-11 Furnish, Deliver, Install and Modify Handrailing at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-67000-634600, Requisition 1394963RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0379 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-683-11 Furnishing and Delivering Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel to Various Locations, estimated cost $295,300.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1376697, 1394962, 1376964, 1394646, 1392170, 1376718 and 1393017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0382 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-004-11 Furnish and Deliver Structural and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $117,000.00, Account 101-20000-623030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0388 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-090-11 Furnish and Deliver One New Fork Lift at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $80,000.00, Account 101-20000-634990 Requisition 1393438RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0389 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies and Wire to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $124,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0336 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to InterSeeder Technologies, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver a crop interseeder, in an amount not to exceed $42,750.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1394929RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0386 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Serpentix Conveyor Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts for Serpentix Conveyors, to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $102,900.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0391 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Nu-Recycling Technology, Inc., to Provide for a Full-Service Lease and Maintenance Agreement for Two Nu-ReTec8800 Automatic Misting and Odor Control Systems at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, for a total amount not to exceed $136,500.00, Accounts 101-69000-612490, 623560, Requisition 1387577RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0387 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-618-11, Specialized Repairs for Large Motors, to Midwest Service Center, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $149,178.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 623070, 612650, Requisitions 1376685, 1385814, 1387213RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0335 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies North America, Incorporated, to design, furnish and deliver an ANITA Mox Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor System and to provide start-up services for Contract 13-409-3P, Nitrogen Removal in Centrate, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $8,000.00, from an amount of $4,420,115.00, to an amount not to exceed $4,428,115.00, Accounts 401-50000-601420 and 645650, Purchase Order 3079128RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0350 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL), for Contract 13-809-5C Implementation of the Watershed Management Ordinance - Phase B, in an amount of $200,000.00, from an amount of $1,248,097.04, to an amount not to exceed $1,048,097.04, Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3079008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0352 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-131-2D Rehabilitation of the A/B and C/D Service Tunnels - Phase One, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen, in an amount of $43,759.67, from an amount of $13,720,290.69, to an amount not to exceed $13,764,050.36, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001396RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0353 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Hey and Associates, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 11-187-5C, Preliminary Engineering for Addison Creek Channel Improvements, in an amount of $39,801.00, from an amount of $1,182,333.72, to an amount not to exceed $1,222,134.72, Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3069386RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0357 134Agenda 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 $566,776.55, from an amount of $60,093,131.29 to an amount not to exceed $60,659,897.84, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000005RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0373 135Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to LAI, LTD., to Furnish and Deliver Process Equipment Parts to Various Locations, in an amount of $15,830.77, from an amount of $615,277.89, to an amount not to exceed $599,447.12, Accounts 101-67000-623070, 623270, 623090, Purchase Order 3076288RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0374 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Xylem Dewatering Solutions, Inc., for the rental of two submersible pumps at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $16,870.00, from an amount of $3,374.00, to an amount not to exceed $20,244.00, Account 101-67000-612330, Purchase Order 3084361RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0376 137Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Corporation for Co-Location Services in an amount of $54,000.00 from an amount of $1,191,244.98, to an amount not to exceed $1,245,244.98, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3067251RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0377 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for the WSCAJ/NASPO PC Contracts 2009-2014 with Oracle America, Inc. for the maintenance, support and acquisition of miscellaneous parts for the District's SAP Enterprise Servers, GIS Systems, the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), and the disaster recovery servers for a period of seventeen (17) months with option to extend for (4) additional one-year terms, in an amount of $73,806.94, from an amount of $357,475.39, to an amount not to exceed $431,282.33, Accounts 101-27000-601170, 612810, 612820, 634810, Purchase Order 3077612RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0381 139Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2015 departmental appropriations in the amount of $9,600.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0375 140Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Fatouma Ali vs. MWRDGC, Case 14 WC 9645, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $375,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0394 141Agenda ItemAuthority to settle Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center d/b/a Presence Saint Elizabeth Hospital’s 2006, 2009, and 2012 User Charge penalties for a payment in the amount of $5,000.00 and to waive $24,661.08 in User Charge penalties for 2006, 2009, and 2012.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0337 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-day permit to Friends of the Chicago River to access District land at 14 locations along the North Branch of the Chicago River, North Shore Channel, Main Channel, and Cal-Sag Channel, in Cook County, Illinois for its Annual Chicago River Day Clean-Up Event on May 9, 2015. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0363 143Agenda ItemAuthorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 23 acres of unimproved District real estate located west of Lemont Road and north of the Main Channel in Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 23.01RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0393 144Agenda ItemAuthority to commence negotiations with the Village of Wheeling for the sale of an approximately two acre segment of the William Rodgers Memorial Diversionary Channel on District real estate located southwest of the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Lake Cook Road in Wheeling, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0395 145Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 12-month permit extension to Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company on District property located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue to continue to conduct confirmatory sampling and additional environmental remediation. Consideration shall be $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0397 146Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the City of Chicago a permanent subterranean easement on 3.398 acres on District North Shore Channel Parcels 9.02, 9.06 and 9.13 and a five (5) year construction easement on 4.444 acres on District North Shore Channel Parcel 9.02 in connection with the Albany Park Flood Control Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0378 147Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Reverend Willie Taplin BarrowRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0265 148ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 48th Annual Chicago Business Opportunity FairRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0338 149ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Belgian American Club of ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0380 150ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the Loyola University Museum of ArtRecommendedPass Action details Not available
IW15-001 151Industrial Waste OrdinanceRequest Authority to Amend the Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
R15-003 152Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R15-003 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the Des Plaines Inflow Tunnel (Contract 13-106-4F) connecting the existing Des Plaines tunnel system from 53rd Street and Joliet Road to the McCook Reservoir, in McCook, Illinois, in parts of Sections 11 and 14, Township 38 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0371 153Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 8, 2015, for Authority to advertise Contract 15-655-11, Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs, estimated cost $600,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1387968, Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 15-0035RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0400 154Agenda ItemReport on Participation in Multi-Jurisdictional Disaster Response ExerciseRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0401 155Agenda ItemReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of March 2015.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0403 156ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 2015 inductees into the Irish American Hall of FameRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0407 157ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Thomas Liston’s thirty years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating him on his well-earned retirement (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available