Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final-revised Meeting date/time: 5/19/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Board Room Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Video eComment: Not available   Attachments: Agenda Packet Meeting Items (43) 43 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 16-0516 1 1 Report Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2016, in the amount of $34,661,408.52 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 16-0521 1 2 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 16-0528 1 3 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 16-0508 1 4 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 10-237-3F Streambank Stabilization on Oak Lawn Creek, estimated cost $4,500,000.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1380198 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0512 1 5 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 16-901-21 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Boiler Controls at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1422798 Deferred   Action details Not available 16-0514 1 6 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 16-641-11 Furnishing and Delivering Liquid Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,280,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1426350 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0515 1 7 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 16-685-51 Furnishing, Delivering and Administration of Rain Barrels, estimated cost $1,700,000.00, Account 501-50000-623990, Requisition 1424314 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Video 16-0522 1 8 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 16-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $56,000.00, Account 101-20000-623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0502 1 9 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 16-RFP-04 Multi-year Benefits Consulting Services with Deloitte Consulting LLP in an amount not to exceed $217,500.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1412337 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0505 1 10 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Metrohm USA, Inc., to furnish, deliver, and install an Ion Chromatograph with Autosampler for Hexavalent Chromium Samples, in an amount not to exceed $44,163.50, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1424274 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0507 1 11 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to Oracle America, Inc. for annual Oracle Database Management System (DBMS) Software Licensing and Support, in an amount not to exceed $224,758.39, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1421392 Approved Pass Action details Video 16-0513 1 12 Agenda Item Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Neal & Leroy, LLC to represent the District in acquiring certain land rights in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvements in Burbank, Illinois in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1427016 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0523 1 13 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 16-106-11, Furnish and Deliver Organic Compounds Analyses, to TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $9,105.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1410957 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0524 1 14 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders for Contract 16-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $326,410.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Requisition 1415436 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0527 1 15 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 16-101-11, Furnish and Deliver Inspection, Maintenance and Repairs of Lysimeters and Groundwater Monitoring Wells, to Patrick Engineering, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1405979 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0529 1 16 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders for Contract 16-610-11, Furnish and Deliver Recertified Safety Relief Valves, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $178,080.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612240, 612650, 612680, 623090, Requisitions 1404366, 1404367 and 1404368 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0536 1 17 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., to Provide Vaughn, YSI, and Yeomans Pumps and Replacement Parts for Main Sewage, Sump and Chopper Pumps, Instrumentations and Process Support Equipment at Various Locations, for a three year period, in a total amount not to exceed $296,250.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0537 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc., to Provide Services for the HVAC and Mechanical Systems at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1418888 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0525 1 19 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 15-120-3P, Conversion of Old GCTs to Wasstrip Process, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Morrison Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $5,223,243.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $261,162.15, for a total amount not to exceed $5,484,405.15, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1415434 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0526 1 20 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 16-707-21, Scum Line Replacement at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to Morrison Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $309,765.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1418341 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0533 1 21 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 16-027-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group D to Environmental Express, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,940.00, Account 101-20000-623570 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0534 1 22 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 15-063-12, Furnish and Deliver V-Belts and Conveyor Belts to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group B (Re-Bid) to Atlas & Associates, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed $26,089.00, Account 101-20000-623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0506 1 23 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Deutsch, Levy & Engel, LLC, for legal services in representing the District with respect to environmental remediation of property located at 3266 West Devon Avenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcel 7.03, in an amount of $25,000.00 from an amount of $50,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 8002358 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0509 1 24 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 14-817-2P Evaluate the Aeration Systems at the Stickney, Calumet, and O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants to Donohue and Associates, Inc. in an amount of $20,318.66, from an amount of $478,042.00, to an amount not to exceed $457,723.34, Account 201-50000-612440, Purchase Order 3083159 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0517 1 25 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Hey and Associates, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 13-370-5F, Buffalo Creek Reservoir Expansion in an amount of $114,420.78, from an amount of $1,030,731.38, to an amount not to exceed $1,145,152.16, Account 501-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3080022 Approved Pass Action details Video 16-0539 1 26 Agenda Item Authority to decrease 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 $6,155.70, from an amount of $101,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $95,344.30, Accounts 101-15000, 27000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623850, Purchase Orders 3084127, 3084128, 3084129, 3084130, 3084131 and 3084180 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0535 1 27 Agenda Item Authority to transfer 2016 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,700,000.00 in the Stormwater Management Fund Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0519 1 28 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2016 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 16-0518 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to increase the amount of funds allocated for the emergency repairs of a Northshore Intercepting Sewer 3 manhole and the surrounding pavement in an amount of $800,000.00, from an amount of $300,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,100,000.00 Deleted   Action details Not available 16-0544 1 30 Agenda Item Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2016 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0532 1 31 Agenda Item Authorization for participation in a job exchange visit per the Memorandum of Understanding with Aarhus Vand A/S of Denmark for engaging in a Knowledge Exchange Program Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0501 1 32 Agenda Item Authorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 1.18 acres of District real estate located at 12900 S. Throop Street in Calumet Park, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 16.04 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0511 1 33 Agenda Item Authority to issue a three (3) month confined space entry permit to the Village of Orland Park to install, monitor, and remove one (1) flow meter within the District’s intercepting sewer system in Orland Park, Illinois to evaluate the flow of the Orland Park sewer system. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0530 1 34 Agenda Item Consent to an assignment of sublease from an Assignee/Trustee, acting on behalf of and for the benefit of Pure Metal Recycling, LLC, to B.L. Duke Inc. of approximately 23.5 acres of District real estate located west of the Des Plaines River and south of the CN Railroad in Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 12.01. Consideration shall be a $5,000.00 document preparation fee Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0531 1 35 Agenda Item Authority to commence statutory procedures to sell an approximately 25 foot by 125 foot parcel of District real estate located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0540 1 36 Agenda Item Authority to issue a six (6) month permit to Builders Paving LLC to operate a construction staging area on two (2) acres of District real estate located on North Shore Channel Parcel 6.20 in Skokie, Illinois and access thereto through North Shore Channel Parcels 6.01 and 6.02 located north of Howard Street and east of the North Shore Channel in Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be a fee of $8,625.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0500 1 37 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 16-109-11 Perform Olfactometry Analysis of Odorous Gas Samples estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 201-50000-612490, Requisition 1425944 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0503 1 38 Agenda Item Authorization for payment to Marquette University for annual membership in the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Water Equipment and Policy, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0545 1 39 Agenda Item Authority to pay 2015 real estate taxes in the amount of $706,439.28 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois, Account 101-30000-667130 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0546 1 40 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 20th Anniversary of Chicago Wilderness Adopted Pass Action details Video 16-0548 1 41 Agenda Item Authority to enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey to supply and install flow monitoring and water quality instrumentation at Grissom Elementary School and Morrill Elementary School in an amount not to exceed $55,085.00, Account 501-50000-612490, Requisition 1427517 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0547 1 42 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Donohue and Associates, Inc., for professional services in connection with Contract 14-253-5C, Preliminary Engineering for a Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in Robbins, Illinois in an amount of $125,000.00, from an amount of $251,351.00, to an amount not to exceed $376,351.00, Account 501-50000-612440, Purchase Order 3082450 Approved Pass Action details Not available 16-0550 1 43 Agenda Item Authority to increase emergency Contract 16-076-AS North Shore Manhole Station 276+80 Rehabilitation, NSA in an amount of $800,000.00, from an amount of $60,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $860,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645700 and 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1427829 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available