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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/18/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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16-0144 11ReportReport on the Government Finance Officer’s Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the District for the 2015 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 2014Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
16-0164 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2016, in the amount of $51,544,221.21Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0168 13Agenda ItemAuthority to Add Project 16-610-41, Agreement with the Public Building Commission to implement various Energy Efficiency Projects at the Calumet and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $4,250,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0128 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 2, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0141 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 16-RFP-07 Workplace Violence Awareness Training, estimated cost $100,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1420661Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0167 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 9, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0129 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 1, 2015, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company for the purchase of new and replacement computer hardware in an amount not to exceed $783,800.00, Agenda Item No. 17, File No. 15-1080ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0133 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 15-364-11 Proposal to Lease for 39-years 22.81 acres of District real estate located at 16050 Des Plaines River Road in Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 23.01 from Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc., in the amount of $302,750.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0173 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate and enter into a Development and Collaboration Agreement between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Clearas Water Recovery Inc.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0126 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-362-11 for public tender of bids a 10-year lease on 9.44 acres of District real estate located at 6400 Canal Bank Road in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 37.07. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $160,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0135 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-707-21 Scum Line Replacement at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1418341ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0137 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-101-11 Furnish and Deliver Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Lysimeters and Groundwater Monitoring Wells, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1405979ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0140 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-664-11 Seal Coating of Roads and Patching of Pavement at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $44,000.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1414632ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0142 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-659-11 Agricultural Management at Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $1,740,800.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1406710 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0143 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-907-21 Furnish and Deliver Steam/Hot Water Converter Bundles to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $45,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1420431ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0159 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $144,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0115 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc. (dba Teledyne Leeman Labs) for a full maintenance agreement for Hydra AA Mercury Analyzers and Consumable Parts and Supplies, in an amount not to exceed $33,548.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970 and 623570, Requisition 1410954ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0125 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to R.S. Means Company, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver RSMeans Online Annual License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $22,500.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1419968ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0148 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Michael Baker International, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 13-059-1D Biennial Bridge Inspections 2016-2018, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 101-50000-612430, Requisition 1418894ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0157 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AT&T Corp., for Telemetry Services, in an amount not to exceed $303,138.84 Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612210, Requisition 1419948ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0163 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-405-12 (Re-Bid), Provide Maintenance and Printing Supplies for Xerox Nuvera 288 and Docucolor 7002 at the MWRDGC Print Shop for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, to Xerox Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $251,900.00, Account 101-15000-612800, Requisition 1405141ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0169 122Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Public Building Commission of Chicago to implement various Energy Efficiency Projects at the Stickney and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $4,250,000.00, Account 401-50000-645680, Requisition 1421030 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0170 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 15-640-12 (Re-Bid), Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $619,758.50, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-623560, Requisitions 1393045, 1395267, 1397298 and 1408763ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0158 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, Group A to Ox Cart Trucking, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,413,075.30 and Group B to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $2,294,716.38, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1396212ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0162 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-002-11, 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 $36,305.00, Account 101-20000-623840ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0127 126Agenda 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 $31,200.00 from an amount of $1,195,385.32 to an amount not to exceed $1,226,585.32, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3069592Deleted  Action details Not available
16-0138 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 13-103-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Supplies, Glassware and Chemicals for Various Locations, to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount of $10,396.02, from an amount of $142,187.52, to an amount not to exceed $152,583.54, Account 101-16000-623570, Purchase Order 3075347ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0139 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10 Design, Build, Own Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $1,917,833.04 from an amount of $210,018,583.69 to an amount not to exceed $208,100,750.65, Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0145 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders to Graybar Electric Company, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Electrical Catalog Products, under the U.S. Communities Cooperative Purchasing Contract #MA-IS-1340234, in an amount of $18,000.00, from an amount of $84,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $102,000.00, Accounts 101-15000, 27000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623850, Purchase Orders 3084130, 3084131 and 3084180ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0146 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pumping Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth JV in an amount of $43,174.00, from an amount of $35,288,419.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,331,593.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0147 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-195-AP Phosphorus Recovery System, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. in an amount of $95,893.00, from an amount of $31,947,980.34, to an amount not to exceed $32,043,873.34, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001478ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0149 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 73-161-EH McCook Reservoir Excavation Agreement, to Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P., in an amount of $1,006,895.02, from an amount of $93,710,394.23, to an amount not to exceed $94,717,289.25, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000176ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0152 133ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of January 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0150 134Agenda ItemAuthority to make payment to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in an amount not to exceed $330,252.47, for relocation of a segment of the O’Hare-Egan Solids Pipeline. Account 401-50000-645700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0151 135Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute a subterranean easement grant from CSX Transportation, Inc. for the Des Plaines Inflow Tunnel, SSA (ROW File No. 8, Contract 13-106-4F), consideration shall be a fee of $16,000.00, Account No. 401-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0119 136Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Henry Negoda vs. MWRDGC, Cases 12 WC 7422, 12 WC 9083, 12 WC 9345, in the sum of $40,035.87, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0160 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Roger Pray vs. MWRDGC, Case 15 WC 28699, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $27,631.53, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0134 138Agenda ItemAuthority to issue specific leases to tenant farmers under the farm management program administrated by the District’s consultant, Heartland Bank and Trust Company, for land parcels of various acreages located at the Prairie Plan Operations in Fulton County, Illinois, for a one year period, pursuant to 12-RFP-25, Farm Management Support Services. Consideration shall be a sum total for all leases of $500,261.12ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0130 139Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 2600’ x 15’ non-exclusive easement to the Village of Skokie through the District’s North Shore Channel Parcels 6.01, 6.02, 6.06, 6.11, 6.14 and 6.20 located along the easterly bank of the North Shore Channel between Howard Street and Oakton Street, in Skokie, Illinois, to continue to maintain and operate an existing 8-inch water main. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0131 140Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 4, 2015, authorizing the District to enter into a 39-year lease with the Village of Wheeling on an approximate two (2) acre segment of the William Rodgers Memorial Diversionary Channel located southwest of the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Lake Cook Road in Wheeling, Illinois, by adding to the leased premises another one (1) acre segment of the Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0136 141Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 11.97 acres of District real estate located at 3151 South California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 42.06ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0165 142Agenda ItemAuthorization to commence statutory procedures to lease 6+/- acres of District real estate located west of Cicero Avenue and south of the Cal-Sag Channel in Crestwood, Illinois; eastern portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0166 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) month permit extension to Shore Community Services, Inc., for the continued use of 2.58 acres of District real estate located at 2525 Church Street in Evanston, Illinois, and known as North Shore Channel Parcel 3.04. Consideration shall be $1,610.51ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0172 144ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of February 2016 as Black History MonthAdoptedPass Action details Not available
16-0174 145ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 23rd Annual African American Contractors Association Annual Membership AwardsAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0176 146Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the scope of work and agreement with MWH Americas, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 12-055-5C Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project on the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3072526ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0179 147Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction in an amount of $272,008.42, from an amount of $167,297,292.87, to an amount not to exceed $167,025,284.45, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115ApprovedPass Action details Video Video