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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/16/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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16-0630 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2016, in the amount of $38,799,620.25Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0611 12ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 16-RFP-24 Claims Management Services for a three-year period, with an option to extend for an additional two years, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Requisition 1427999Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0624 13ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2015 Annual ReportPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0625 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 31, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0626 15ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-673-11, Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $632,440.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0637 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 7, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0600 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 16-361-12 (Re-Bid) Proposal to Lease for 36-years approximately 0.535 acres of District real estate located at 20 Harbor Drive in Wilmette, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcel 1.14 from the Wilmette Harbor Association in the amount of $91,292.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0606 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order to obtain 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, agenda Item No. 6, File No. 16-0514ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0616 19Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to Water Environment Federation for registration fees for staff in various departments to attend the annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference WEFTEC 2016, in an amount not to exceed $21,992.00, Accounts 101-11000, 15000, 16000, 50000, 66000, 69000-601100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0601 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-363-11 for public tender of bids a 35-year lease on 1.18 acres of District real estate located at 12900 South Throop Street in Calumet Park, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 16.04. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $10,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0604 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-268-2V IWD and Construction Office Renovation, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $2,200,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1428913ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0627 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $84,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0636 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-603-11 Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $147,400.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1428466, 1429219, and 1428310ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0607 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc., to furnish, deliver, and install a Quicktrace M-7600 Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Mercury Analyzer System, in an amount not to exceed $32,007.25, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1400008 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0610 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Willis of Illinois, Inc. for Furnishing Property Insurance Coverage for District Properties in an amount not to exceed $1,994,130.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1428917ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0628 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-108-11, Perform Gas Analysis of Odorous Compounds in Gas Samples, to ALS Group USA Corp dba ALS Environmental, in an amount not to exceed $35,920.00, Account 201-50000-612490, Requisition 1422365ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0631 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend the agreement with Workforce Software, LLC to provide software configuration relating to upgrade in an amount not to exceed $33,000.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1429217ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0629 118Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-106-4F, McCook Reservoir Des Plaines Inflow/Tunnel, SSA, to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $107,770,362.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $5,388,518.10, for a total amount not to exceed $113,158,880.10, Account 401-50000-645630, Requisition 1404340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0632 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Cicero Manufacturing & Supply Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $50,845.43, Group B to Synergy Systems, LLC in an amount not to exceed $21,321.31, and Group C to Superior Industrial Supply Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,579.20, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0603 120Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-203-4F Final Reservoir Preparation, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to Walsh/II in One, Joint Venture in an amount of $1,789,604.00, from an amount of $49,050,898.17, to an amount not to exceed $50,840,502.17, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0608 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction in an amount of $3,050,437.89, from an amount of $166,800,805.23, to an amount not to exceed $169,851,243.12, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0623 122ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2016, ended March 31, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0621 123ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of May 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0633 124Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Krishna University of India to Engage in a Knowledge Exchange ProgramApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0612 125Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Tatarczuch vs. MWRDGC, Case 12 WC 25707, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $185,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0615 126ReportReport on the 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0635 127Agenda ItemRatify the action of the Executive Director of June 3, 2016, accepting IDNR Permit No. NE2016020 in Connection with Temporary Low Water Crossing Downstream from the CSSC Controlling WorksApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0641 128Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase 3.111 acres of real estate and acquire a four (4) year 0.180 acre temporary access easement from Calvary Temple Assembly of God located at 18620 Governor’s Highway in Flossmoor, Illinois for the Cherry Creek Flood Control Project and authority for payment to Calvary Temple Assembly of God in an amount not to exceed $173,500.00 plus closing and title costs. Account No. 401-50000-656010ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0605 129Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Lake County Forest Preserve District for construction of off-site wetland mitigation necessary for Contract 13-370-3F, Buffalo Creek Reservoir ExpansionApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0620 130Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to the Village of Niles for construction of a bioswale and permeable parking lot (16-IGA-09), Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1429189ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0618 131MotionMOTION to adopt policy restricting the use of toxic and persistent herbicides on landscaped areas and around facilities and infrastructure at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0619 132MotionMOTION to change the time of all regular meetings for the remainder of the year 2016 from 10:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0613 133ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Karyn Calabrese for 40 years of service dedicated to inspiring and educating the community, locally and internationally, on health and wellnessAdoptedPass Action details Not available
16-0642 134ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Midwest Pesticide Action Center and their Midwest Grows Green initiativeAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
PWR16-001 135Prevailing Wage Rate OrdinanceAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act OrdinanceAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0644 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Corp, for Contract 12-RFP-32 (Re-Bid) Point to Point Communications, in an amount of $122,000.00 from an amount of $295,791.10 to an amount not to exceed $417,791.10, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3076935ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0646 137Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with and make payment to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) for the expansion of its Prescription Drug Take-Back Program in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490 (Deferred from the June 2, 2016 Board Meeting) (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-0647 138ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Denice Korcal’s more than thirty years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating her on her well-earned retirementAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0648 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the retirement of James Buchanan, Business Manager for Pipefitters Local 597AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-0649 140Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with McLarens, Inc. for claims adjuster services and related expenses incurred as a result of the operating emergency that was declared on March 3, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Requisition 1426856ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0650 141ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 100th birthday of Virginia Crawford White on June 29, 2016AdoptedPass Action details Video Video