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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/15/2016 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: Agenda Packet, O16-011A Approp Ord Attachment Part 1.pdf, O16-011A Approp Ord Attachment Part 2.pdf, O16-011A Approp Ord Attachment Part 3.pdf, Errata Correction
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16-1341 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of November 2016, in the amount of $50,878,315.52Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-1357 12ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on December 1, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-1334 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 29, 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-1295 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 17, 2016, regarding Authority to award Contract 16-268-2V, IWD and Construction Office Renovation at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Path Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,546,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $127,300.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,673,300.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1428913, Agenda Item No. 29, File No. 16-1213ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1353 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 1, 2016, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Iowa State University for professional engineering services for Contract 14-062-AP Evaluation of Revolving Algae Biofilm System for Recovery of Nutrients Phase 2, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $219,514.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1444817, Agenda Item No. 47, File No. 16-1232ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1299 16Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-618-11, Furnish and Deliver HVAC and Refrigeration Parts and Services, estimated cost $271,900.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680/623070/623270, Requisitions 1446468, 1446472, 1446473, 1446474, 1446475, and 1446931ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1300 17Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Chapman and Cutler LLP for contract 16-RFP-14 Bond Counsel Services for General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds Evidenced by Loans from the IEPA, for a five-year period in an amount not to exceed $235,305.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1429743ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1306 18Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 16-RFP-27 (REBID) Pre-employment Physical Examination and Drug-Alcohol Testing Services with Ingalls Memorial Hospital in an amount not to exceed $120,000.00 and with Mobile Health and Testing Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1432072ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1335 19Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Trojan Technologies Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Ultraviolet Disinfection System Parts to the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant for a Three Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $268,750.00, Account 101-67000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1338 110Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-474-11, Furnish and Deliver One-Year Site License Software Maintenance Renewal of FileMaker Pro Software to the MWRDGC, to KOI Computers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $29,646.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1401812ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1339 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with ABB, Inc., to provide ABB ServiceGrid Coverage at the O’Brien and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants and the North Branch Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $355,392.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1403588 and 1436930ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1356 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to P. D. Morrison Enterprises, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Non-Stock Office Supplies to Various Locations under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract Number PSD4017241, in an amount not to exceed $76,900.00, Accounts 101, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623520, Requisitions 1352438, 1352840, 1352845, 1353126, 1353506, 1353973, 1444007, 1446923, 1446930, 1446932, 1446933, 1446934, and 1447428 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1362 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 16-602-21, Furnish and Deliver Telemetry Replacement for Single Point Data at Various Locations, to Connor-Winfield Corporation D/B/A Janus Remote Communications, in an amount not to exceed $249,500.00, Account 201-50000-645620, Requisition 1429405ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1336 114Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Item A, to Petroleum Traders Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $160,713.90, and Item B, to G. Cooper Oil Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $62,409.93, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 66000-623820, Requisitions 1434667 and 1435244ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1337 115Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Black Dog Chicago Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $255,848.42, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1434668, 1434675, 1434683, 1435245, 1436239, and 1436428ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1297 116Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth JV in an amount of $127,654.93, from an amount of $35,570,964.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,698,618.93, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1298 117Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-403-2P Membrane Gas Holder Replacement and Digester Cleaning, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Path Construction Company, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, from an amount of $5,278,167.09, to an amount not to exceed $5,578,167.09, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000018ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1301 118ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of November 2016Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-1307 119Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jeffrey Mitchell vs. MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 032105, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $37,006.72, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1332 120Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Grace Devereux vs. MWRDGC, Cases 11 WC 33910 and 14 WC 27305 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $475,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1333 121Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Angela Anderson vs. MWRDGC, Claim W001338393, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $46,512.15, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1340 122ReportReport on Development of Composted Biosolids ProgramPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
16-1331 123Agenda ItemRequesting the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners to the appointment of Ms. Eileen McElligott as the Administrative Services Officer for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1227 124Agenda ItemAuthority to amend Lease Agreement dated February 4, 1988, with the City of Palos Heights on approximately 78 acres of District real estate located south of the Cal-Sag Channel between the Northfolk Southern Railway and Ridgeland Avenue in Palos Heights, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.08 and 9.04, and commonly referred to as the Lake Katherine Nature Center, to allow additional uses. Consideration shall be a nominal $10.00 fee plus 25% of the net profits (Deferred from the December 1, 2016 Board Meeting) "ADOPTED AS AMENDED. REFER TO FILE ID #16-1227A"ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-1354 125Agenda ItemAuthority to pay preliminary just compensation in the amount of $162,000.00 to acquire by “quick-take” the fee simple title to real estate commonly known as 6601 W. 86th Street in Burbank, IL from Jenny Chavez, in the eminent domain lawsuit Case No. 16L050555 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1355 126Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $260,000.00 to acquire by “quick-take” the fee simple title to real estate commonly known as 8638 S. Natchez Avenue in Burbank, IL from Antonio and Ana Hernandez, in the eminent domain lawsuit Case No. 16L050528 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and to pay relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1358 127Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a three (3) month permit to the City of Evanston on a 4,900 sq. ft. portion of North Shore Channel Parcel 3.04 located at 2525 Church Street in Evanston, Illinois for off-street parking purposes. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1359 128Agenda ItemConsent to an assignment of lease from an Assignee/Trustee, acting on behalf of and for the benefit of Olympic Oil, Ltd., to Olympic Petroleum Corporation of 8.67 acres of District real estate located at 5000 West 41st Street in Cicero, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 39.10. Consideration shall be a $5,000.00 document preparation feeApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1360 129Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 50-year, 25’ x 1,000’ non-exclusive easement to Hanson Material Service Corporation to access, maintain, repair, and reconstruct an existing roadway and bridge on Main Channel Parcel 16.04 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $5,000.00 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1361 130Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately two (2) acres of District real estate located east of the North Shore Channel and north of Howard Street in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcel 6.20ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1320 131Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the Village of Stone Park for the acquisition of flood-prone properties (16-IGA-15), with payment to the Village of Stone Park in an amount not to exceed $2,700,000.00, Account 401-50000-612400, Requisition 1446955ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1322 132Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the Village of Skokie for construction, operation and maintenance of green infrastructure in Devonshire Park and at the Skokie Police Headquarters (16-IGA-10), with payment to the Village of Skokie in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1442731ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1324 133Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the Village of Flossmoor for the acquisition of flood-prone properties (16-IGA-12), with payment to the Village of Flossmoor in an amount not to exceed $637,429.00, Account 401-50000-612400, Requisition 1446954ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1326 134Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the City of Berwyn for construction, operation and maintenance of ten green alleys (16-IGA-07), with payment to the City of Berwyn in an amount not to exceed $666,700.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1442700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-1343 135Agenda ItemAuthority to Amend the Adopted 2017 BudgetApprovedPass Action details Video Video
16-1344 136MotionMOTION to amend the 2017 budget of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as adopted December 8, 2016, consistent with motions adopted this dateAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O16-011A 137OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance O16-011A, Amending the Annual Appropriation Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017, adopted on December 8, 2016AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-1345 138MotionMOTION to reconsider the December 8, 2016 vote Adopting Ordinance O16-012, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2017 to provide revenues for the Retirement Fund and Corporate Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017AdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1346 139MotionMOTION to reconsider the December 8, 2016 vote Adopting Ordinance O16-013, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2017 to provide revenues for the Construction Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017AdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1347 140MotionMOTION to reconsider the December 8, 2016 vote Adopting Ordinance O16-014, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2017 to pay the interest on outstanding bonds and to discharge the principal thereof, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017 AdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1348 141MotionMOTION to reconsider the December 8, 2016 vote Adopting Ordinance O16-015, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2017 to provide revenues for the Reserve Claim Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017AdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1350 142MotionMOTION to reconsider the December 8, 2016 vote Adopting Ordinance O16-016, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2017 to provide revenues for the Stormwater Management Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017AdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1351 143MotionMOTION to reconsider the vote on the 2017 budget as amendedAdoptedFail Action details Video Video
16-1363 144ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the water conservation pilot program with Sloan Valve Company (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
16-1227A 1 MotionMOTION to amend file number 16-1227 (Agenda item No. 24): Authority to amend Lease Agreement dated February 4, 1988, with the City of Palos Heights on approximately 78 acres of District real estate located south of the Cal-Sag Channel between the Northfolk Southern Railway and Ridgeland Avenue in Palos Heights, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.08 and 9.04, and commonly referred to as the Lake Katherine Nature Center, to allow additional uses. Consideration shall be a nominal $10.00 fee plus 25% of the net profitsAdoptedPass Action details Not available