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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/21/2015 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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15-0528 11ReportReport on the investment interest income during February 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0529 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during March 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0530 13ReportReport on investments purchased during February 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0531 14ReportReport on investments purchased during March 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0533 15ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0517 16Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 15-722-21, Furnish and Deliver Two Submersible Pumps for the Bio-P Removal at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $50,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0558 17Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 15-901-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Four Sacrificial Deep Anode Ground Beds for the Cathodic Protection System Located at the Mainstream Pumping Station, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $460,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0535 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 5, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0553 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 12, 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0495 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 15-360-11 Proposal to Lease for 37-years 4.2± acres of District real estate located at approximately 4300 West 130th Street in Alsip, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 12.03 from Greif Packaging LLC, in the amount of $43,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0512 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 9, 2015, regarding Authority to increase Contract 11-054-3P Disinfection Facilities, Terrance 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, 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000005, Agenda Item No. 34, File No. 15-0357 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0552 112Agenda 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 $841,000.00Deferred  Action details Video Video
15-0509 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-108-11 Furnish and Deliver Boat Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts, estimated cost $24,000.00, Account 101-16000-612790, Requisition 1397574RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0514 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-883-AF, Flood Control/Streambank Stabilization Project for Tinley Creek, estimated cost $4,207,935.00, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1398261RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0515 115Agenda 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 1382552RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0534 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $234,200.00, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0543 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-722-21 Furnish and Deliver Two Submersible Pumps for the Bio-P Removal at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1389640RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0544 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $48,000.00, Account 101-20000-623680RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0492 119Agenda ItemIssue Purchase Order and Enter into an Agreement with Ms. Rosalie Swango of R. Swango Consulting to Provide Professional Services for the Nutrient Loss Reduction Program at the Fulton County Site in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1397615RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0496 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for 15-RFP-09 Professional Audio-Video Services for Examinations on an As Needed Basis for the Period May 7, 2015 through December 31, 2017 with Big Shoulders Digital Video Productions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1392698RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0497 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver IEEE Standards Library Online Software Licensing Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $24,920.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1398258RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0501 122Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Weaver Consultants Group North Central, LLC, for professional environmental consulting services including environmental site auditing and Phase I environmental site assessment of District-owned land, in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, Account 101-66000-601170, Requisition 1396557RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0510 123Agenda ItemIssue Purchase Order and enter into an Agreement with Green SEED Energy®, to furnish and deliver rental services of BioSolids Institute Composting Technology, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 201-50000-612490, Requisition 1397975RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0519 124Agenda 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 1394108Deferred  Action details Video Video
15-0532 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Boerger LLC to Furnish and Deliver Boerger Pump Parts to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $160,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0538 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-102-11, Furnish and Deliver Preventive Maintenance on Laboratory Balances to John F. Starmann Co., d/b/a C & M Scale Company, in an amount not to exceed $10,635.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1393041Deleted  Action details Not available
15-0539 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Dresser, Inc., to Provide Technical Field Services for Blowers at the Calumet and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-612650, Requisitions 1393038 and 1364669RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0542 128Agenda ItemIssue 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 1386801RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0551 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PT Chicago, L.L.C. for space at Presidential Towers in Chicago for TARP Telemetry Radio Equipment for a three (3) year period from September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $164,228.05. Account 101-69000-612330, Requisition 1396201RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0536 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-409-3P, Nitrogen Removal in Centrate, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $2,675,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders, in an amount of $133,750.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,808,750.00. Account 401-50000-645650 Requisition 1390642RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0499 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Latisys-Chicago, LLC for Contract 14-RFP-30 Co-Location Services, in an amount of $26,136.00, from an amount of $286,884.00, to an amount not to exceed $313,020.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3083787RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0502 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order with RhinoDox, Inc. (formerly Federal Records Storage MDMC), for Contract 11-RFP-02 Outsourcing of Storage of District Records for a Three-Year Period, in an amount of $1,642.54, from an amount of $216,089.11, to an amount not to exceed $214,446.57, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 3068734RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0513 133Agenda 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 $204,268.06, from an amount of $60,659,907.84 to an amount not to exceed $60,864,175.90, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000005RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0518 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to W.W. Grainger, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Repair and Operating Catalog Products, under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract #102109-WWG, in an amount of $15,896.22, from an amount of $315,691.40, to an amount not to exceed $299,795.18, Account 101-VARIOUS-VARIOUS, Purchase Order 3079720RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0522 135ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0521 136Agenda ItemAuthority to make payment of $9,000,000.00 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the non-federal sponsor’s share of the costs associated with the Chicagoland Underflow Plan McCook Reservoir, Project 73-161-2H, Account 401-50000-645630RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0555 137Agenda ItemAuthority to pay an award for the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Scott Bresnahan vs. MWRDGC, Case 14 WC 23745, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $78,116.40, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0557 138ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0493 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Material Service Corporation in the amount of $258,994.39 as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the First 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)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0527 140Agenda ItemAuthorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 9 acres of District real estate located at 15185 Main Street in Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 24.02 and part of Main Channel Parcel 24.10RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0545 141Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a five (5) year slip agreement with the South Suburban Land Bank & Development Authority for the District to moor a boat and a barge at Fay’s Point Marina in Blue Island, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0546 142Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2014 real estate taxes in the amount of $665,305.20 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0547 143Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2014 real estate taxes in the amount of $69,442.32 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0548 144Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2014 real estate taxes in the amount of $7,938.14 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in DuPage County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-67130 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0550 145Agenda ItemConsent to sub-sublease between Matt Rogatz and Orkin, LLC on an approximately 4,550 sq. ft. portion of the leasehold at 3350 S. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 41.03. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $620.50 plus a $2,500 document preparation fee RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0520 146Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate intergovernmental agreements with the City of Northlake, Village of Stone Park, Village of Melrose Park, Village of Bellwood, Village of Westchester, and Village of Broadview for the Addison Creek Reservoir and Channel ImprovementsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0523 147Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Burr Ridge for authorization to administer provisions of the Watershed Management Ordinance with respect to stormwater managementRecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0549 148Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the Rain Barrel Program and to amend existing rain barrel Intergovernmental Agreements consistent with the program changes, and further to enter into Memorandum of Understandings with community groups and nongovernmental organizations interested in participating in the program.RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
15-0554 149Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Wilmette to partially fund the installation of green alleys in Wilmette, IllinoisDeferred  Action details Video Video
R15-005 150Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R15-005 Amending Ordinance R14-001 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the Addison Creek Reservoir and Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-186-3F) in Melrose Park, Illinois in part of Section 4, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
15-0559 151Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Stickney for the sale of effluent water and for the creation of an effluent water supply line within the Village of StickneyRecommendedPass Action details Video Video