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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/7/2016 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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16-0711 11ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on July 1, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0712 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during April 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0713 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during May 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0714 14ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0715 15ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0686 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 14, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0687 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 21, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0692 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-656-11, Repair and Improve TARP DCS Computer Systems and Allen-Bradley Equipment at Various Service Locations, estimated cost $653,600.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0699 19ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-685-51, Furnishing, Delivering and Administration of Rain Barrels, estimated cost $1,700,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0717 110ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 28, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0721 111ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-618-11, Inspecting, Repairing and Pressure Testing of Fire Suppression Systems at Various Locations, estimated cost $164,400.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0653 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of February 4, 2016, regarding Authority to Advertise Contract 16-104-11, to furnish and deliver Collection, Shipment, and Analysis of Thornton Composite Reservoir and Monitoring Well Samples, estimated cost $424,080.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1406685, Agenda Item No. 7, File No. 16-0102Deleted  Action details Not available
16-0669 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 16, 2016, regarding Authority 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 1404340, Agenda Item No. 18, File No. 16-0629ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0651 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-810-21 Furnish and Deliver Six Submersible Grit Pumps to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $102,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1420662ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0652 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-806-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install an Upgraded Vacuum System at the 95th Street Pumping Station, Estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-645600, Requisition 1417079 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0654 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-605-21, Installation of a Drainage Tile and Bioreactors at the Prairie Plan in Fulton County, Illinois, Estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 201-50000-645690, Requisition 1414640ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0666 117Agenda ItemAuthority 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 from the May 19, 2016 Board Meeting. The item was not brought to the June 2 or June 16, 2016 Board Meetings, and as a result is being presented at the July 7, 2016 Board Meeting.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0670 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 15-118-3M Main Sewage Pump Seal Water System Modification, Mainstream Pumping Station, estimated cost $1,030,000.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1425926ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0688 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-049-11, Furnish and Deliver Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $49,500.00, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0694 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $225,000.00, Account 101-20000-623860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0700 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hardware to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $40,500.00, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0655 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct four years of research on the use of perennial riparian grass buffer strip at the Fulton County site in an amount not to exceed $207,800.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Requisition 1424756 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0662 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Carahsoft Technology Corporation to Furnish and Deliver Acquia Cloud Software-as-a-Service and a subscription agreement with Acquia Inc. for a one year period in amount not to exceed $29,315.52, Account 101-27000-623800 Requisition 1426534ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0664 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 16-RFP-08 Executive Coaching Services for a Three-Year Period with Talent Assessment and Development, LLC., in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1421399Deferred  Action details Not available
16-0667 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with ReadSoft Inc., to provide software configuration services relating to a system upgrade, in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1430442ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0677 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 16-RFP-05 Point to Point Communications, with AT&T Corp. in an amount not to exceed $324,000.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisition 1413582ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0682 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish, Deliver, and Install Vehicle Up-fit Modifications for six Ford Transit T-250 Cargo Vans under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 102811-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $14,129.60, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1430278.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0683 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 15-RFP-19 (Re-Bid), Microfilming and Scanning Services for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period with Microsystems, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $318,297.75, Account 101-15000-612090, Requisition 1396190ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0690 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc., to Provide Parts and Service for CardKey Maintenance for the Stickney, Egan and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $81,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1403954ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0691 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-654-11, Furnish and Deliver Valve Actuators and Parts, to Action Automation, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $792,601.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612650, 623270, 612600, 623070, 612620, Requisitions 1413609, 1420668, 1417071 and 1411223Deleted  Action details Not available
16-0695 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Hitachi America, LTD., to Provide Replacement Parts for the TARP Split Case Centrifugal Pumps at Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $850,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0696 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Suez Treatment Solutions, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Coarse Screens at Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $101,100.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0697 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Ovivo USA, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One Dorr-Oliver Tank Drive, in an amount not to exceed $58,070.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1429403ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0698 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-706-21, Furnish and Deliver a Bar Screen to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Kusters Water, a Division of Kusters Zima Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $108,815.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1418881ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0716 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco Equipment, in an amount not to exceed $469,367.40, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 612840, 201-50000-634810, Requisition 1428007ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0718 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 16-690-11, Furnishing and Delivering Low Voltage AC and DC Motors to Various Locations, to Koontz-Wagner Maintenance Services LLC, in an amount not to exceed $102,399.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1420409, 1420408 and 1420427ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0701 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-653-11, Underground Infrastructure Cleaning at Various Locations, to Sheridan Plumbing & Sewer, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $994,160.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1402584ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0702 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Structural and Stainless Steel to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Super Roco Steel & Tube Ltd. II, in an amount not to exceed $62,651.70, and Group B to Nak-Man Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $24,808.07, Account 101-20000-623030ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0703 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies and Wire to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $72,332.30, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $43,097.11, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0704 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-123-3D, Safety Railing Around Tanks, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $5,239,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $261,950.00, for a total amount not to exceed $5,500,950.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1407354ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0705 141Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-601-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install Communications Conduit at the Lockport Powerhouse, to M. G. Electric Service Company, in an amount not to exceed $115,900.00, Account 201-50000-645620, Requisition 1415432ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0706 142Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-824-3D (Re-Bid), Rehabilitation of Bridges, NSA on the North Shore Channel, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $2,093,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $104,650.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,197,650.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1400366Deleted  Action details Not available
16-0720 143Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-612-11, Street Sweepers at Various Locations, to Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $172,200.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1420670ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0671 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollit/Sachi/Alworth JV in an amount of $213,451.00, from an amount of $35,331,593.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,545,044.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0672 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-128-3P Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction and F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $2,019,487.00, from an amount of $227,033,905.30, to an amount not to exceed $229,053,392.30, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645780, 645680, Purchase Order 4000020ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0673 146Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease the purchase order for Contract 14-254-3F (Re-Bid), Blue Island Green Infrastructure Project, Blue Island, Illinois with Industria, Inc. in an amount of $33,191.90, from an amount of $697,029.90, to an amount not to exceed $663,838.00, Account 401-50000-645690, Purchase Order 4000025ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0678 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Xylem Dewatering Solutions, Inc., to Provide a Submersible Pump Rental to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Digester Complex, in an amount of $4,975.00, from an amount of $9,950.00, to an amount not to exceed $14,925.00, Account 101-69000-612330, Purchase Order 8008488ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0679 148Agenda 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 $64,100.00 from an amount of $1,195,385.32 to an amount not to exceed $1,259,485.32, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3069592ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0681 149Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and extend the agreement for a one-year period with Pitney Bowes Inc., for Supplies, Maintenance, and Repairs of Mailroom Equipment under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract Number 043012-PIT, in an amount of $8,120.00, from an amount of $63,782.78, to an amount not to exceed $71,902.78, Accounts 101-15000-612330, 612800, 623520, Purchase Order 3078214ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0684 150Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. to represent the District in the case of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 11-CV-2937, in an amount of $2,065,000.00 from an amount of $2,350,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $4,415,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 3069593ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0622 151Agenda ItemRequest for Order adopting Hearing Officer’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, to the Board of Commissioners for the Show Cause Complaint for the violation of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Sewer Permit Ordinance and Manual of Procedures in the matter of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Palatine Funding Corporation, an Illinois Corporation and Mohammad A. Amjad and Sadia Amjad, Violation Complaint No. 07-001-VC, Permit Nos. 77-1105 and 81-116ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0659 152ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0709 153Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s claim as a creditor in the bankruptcy case In Re: Edgewater Medical Center, Chapter 11, Case No. 02-bk-07378, in the amount of $5,000.00 in full and final compromise of the total amount claimed by the District for unpaid User Charges for the years 1997 through 2001 for two Users, Edgewater Property c/o Edgewater Medical Center and Northside Operating d/b/a Edgewater Medical CenterApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0707 154ReportReport of Collective Bargaining Activities in 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-0657 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit to the City of Des Plaines to periodically access confined space meter vaults located at the James C. Kirie Water Reclamation Plant located at 701 W. Oakton Street in Des Plaines, Illinois, to read, inspect and maintain its City-owned water meters. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0658 156Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-year permit extension to Ford Motor Company for the continued use of District land c/k/a “Stony Island Drying Beds” for the temporary storage of new vehicles manufactured at the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant located at 12600 S. Torrence Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a monthly permit fee of $70,400.00; said monthly fee subject to upward adjustments in accordance with the terms and conditions stated herein.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0661 157Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) day permit to the Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail to access the District’s Blue Island SEPA Station for the Cal-Sag Plunge Fundraising Event on Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Blue Island, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0710 158Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 0.79 acre non-exclusive easement to BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. for the continued operation, maintenance, repair and removal of an 8” petroleum pipeline through District Main Channel Parcel 37.01 in Forest View, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $17,220.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0719 159Agenda ItemConsent to Sublease between Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC and Ozinga Materials, Inc. on a 2,000 sq. ft. barge dock area on a portion of the Vulcan leasehold located north of the Main Channel and west of Lawndale Avenue in Summit, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 34.07. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0674 160Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Elgin whereby the City of Elgin will enforce the Kane County Stormwater Ordinance for the entire City of ElginApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0675 161Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Park District to share the cost of an experimental test conducted by Parjana Distribution, LLC at Mount Greenwood Park in Chicago, Illinois (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0676 162Agenda ItemAuthority to become a program partner with the Water Environment Federation and DC Water in developing a National Green Infrastructure Certification Program, with payment to the Water Environment Federation in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 501-50000-612490, Requisition 1430284ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0723 163Agenda ItemAuthorization to extend Contract 14-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, with Meccor Industries Ltd., for a twelve-month period, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501 and 901 FundsApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0724 164Agenda ItemAuthorization to extend the current agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the Job Order Contracting System, for a one-year period, in an amount not to exceed $78,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501, and 901ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0725 165ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 16-RFP-25 to obtain Court Reporting Services for a three-year period, estimated cost $400,000.00, Accounts 101-25000, 30000, 40000, 50000-612250 and 401, 501-50000-612250, Requisitions. 1430737, 1430739,1430740 and 1430886Deleted  Action details Not available
16-0726 166Agenda 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 $741,510.00, from an amount of $50,840,502.17, to an amount not to exceed $51,582,012.17, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001224ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-0727 167Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with DHI Water & Environment, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 16-835-3C Energy Neutrality Feasibility Study at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant and the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $353,841.97, Account 401-50000-612440, Requisition 1429750Deleted  Action details Not available