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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/19/2017 10:35 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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17-0083 11ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on January 1, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0087 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of December 2016, in the amount of $55,663,908.93RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0078 13Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $230,000,000.00 from the Corporate Working Cash Fund to Finance Corporate Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2017, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9bRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0079 14Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $16,200,000.00 from the Construction Working Cash Fund to Finance Construction Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2017, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9cRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0080 15Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $38,800,000.00 from the Stormwater Management Working Cash Fund to Finance Stormwater Management Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2017, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9eRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0081 16Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer $13,000,000.00 from the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, in the amounts of $6,000,000.00 to the Corporate Fund and $7,000,000.00 to the Construction FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0082 17Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer $5,000,000.00 from the Corporate Fund to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust (101-25000-601250)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0051 18ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-17 Employee Assistance Program, estimated cost $365,450.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1451373RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0074 19ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 16-RFP-09, Design, Build, Operate and Maintain a Native Plant and Tree Nursery at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Fischer Farm, estimated cost $2,500,000.00DeletedPass Action details Video Video
17-0077 110ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, January 10, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0058 111Agenda ItemAuthorization for MWRD to become a member of DIGGER, the City of Chicago Department of Transportation’s One-Call System for underground utility damage prevention, and make payment to the City of Chicago Department of Revenue for the annual fee in an amount not to exceed $16,000.00, Account 101-50000-612430RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0067 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 5, 2017, regarding issue purchase order for Contract 16-480-11, Renew and Provide Maintenance and Support for All Existing MWRD Polycom Videoconference Equipment, to CDW Government LLC, in an amount not to exceed $14,119.54, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1434636, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 17-0034RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0075 113Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to Barnes & Thornburg LLP for the 2017 Federal Water Quality Coalition (Coalition) membership dues in the amount of $12,500.00, Account 101-15000-612280RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0003 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-613-11 Scavenger Services at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $3,994,900.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1445212, 1437175, 1449772, 1440568, 1449774, 1449775 and 1449762 (Deferred from the January 5, 2017 Board Meeting)"ADOPTED AS AMENDED, REFER TO FILE ID#17-0003A"RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0055 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various Locations, Estimated Cost $226,300.00, Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1450843RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0052 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 16-RFP-29, Specialized Audit Services for Professional Legal and Engineering Consultant Contracts, with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, in an amount not to exceed $23,840.00, Account 101-40000-612430, Requisition 1436941.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0057 117Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Contract 16-838-5C Watershed Specific Release Rate Study, Phase II for the Illinois State Water Survey to conduct Phase II of a Watershed Specific Release Rate Study for the Watershed Management Ordinance in an amount not to exceed $679,303.00, Account 501-50000-612440, Requisition 1453760 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0066 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-693-11, Use of a Sanitary Landfill, Groups A and B, to Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $54,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1450843RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0073 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-802-21, Furnish and Deliver a Turbo Blower to the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, to APGN, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $179,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1436943RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0065 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Groups A, B, C and D to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $932,850.00, Accounts 101-15000- 67000, 68000, 69000-612370, 612390, 612600, 612680, Requisitions 1434487, 1434490, 1437849, and 1437856RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0044 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Corporation, for Contract 10-RFP-08 Broadband Internet Access, in an amount of $25,700.00 from an amount of $522,235.06 to an amount not to exceed $547,935.06, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3069419RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0053 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend agreement for two additional one year periods, for Contract 13-RFP-14, Litigation Case and Document Management System for the District’s Law Department for a Three-Year Period, with Legal Files Software, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $19,476.00 from an amount of $91,554.00, to an amount not to exceed $111,030.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3079531RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0076 123ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of December 2016RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0068 124Agenda ItemAuthority to accept and approve a temporary easement grant from EFN Bellwood Property, LLC for the Addison Creek Reservoir, Stickney Service Area (Contract 11-186-3F), consideration is $17,400.00, Account No. 401-50000-667340RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0069 125Agenda ItemAuthority to accept and approve a permanent easement grant from the Memorial Park District for the Addison Creek Reservoir, Stickney Service Area (Contract 11-186-3F), consideration is $14,400.00, Account No. 401-50000-667340RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0061 126Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Ronald Esposito vs. MWRDGC, Claim W001318549, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $42,500.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0062 127Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Ronald Gotsch vs. MWRDGC, Claim W001502802, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $15,104.40, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0063 128Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kenneth Kocian vs. MWRDGC, Claim 14 WC 17380, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $41,080.49, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0054 129Agenda 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 $524,244.88RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0060 130Report2016 Annual Report of the Civil Service BoardRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0047 131Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit extension to EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. to continue to use the access road and boat ramp located on an approximately 50' x 8' area of District Main Chanel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois, to launch and retrieve boats. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $5,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0064 132Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 1,560.00’ x 45’ non-exclusive easement to Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Illinois to install, maintain, operate, repair, replace and remove transmission lines and facilities on District real estate located east of the Harlem Avenue Bridge between College Drive and 116th Street in Worth and Palos Heights, Illinois, and known as Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 9.03 and 9.04. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0071 133Agenda ItemAuthorization to assign four (4) permanent easements to the Village of Palatine and the Palatine Park District for maintenance of the Flood Control Project for Upper Salt Creek (Contract 10-884-AF) in Palatine, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0072 234Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $283,800.00 to acquire by “quick-take” the fee simple title to real estate commonly known as 6633 W. 86th Street in Burbank, IL from Sharon Passarella, in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Sharon Passarella, et al., Case No. 16L050538 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0089 135Agenda ItemRecommendations for the State of Illinois 2017 Legislative ProgramDeleted  Action details Not available
17-0070 136Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into 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 Expansion, with payment to the Lake County Forest Preserve District in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0085 137Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Maye Viola TurnerRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0088 138Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Javon Alexander Jordan WilsonRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0046 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners commending and supporting the Buffalo Creek Watershed PlanRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0090 140Agenda ItemAuthority to settle Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 11- CV- 2937 and Prairie Rivers Network, et al. v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, et al., PCB Case Nos. 14-106, 14-107, and 14-108 pending before the Illinois Pollution Control Board, and to execute documents necessary to effectuate settlementRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0091 141MotionMOTION to accept the Chairman and Vice-Chairman Assignments for the 2017-2018 Standing Committees (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0093 142MotionMOTION to appoint Commissioner Debra Shore to serve as a member of the Cook County Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0003A 1 MotionMOTION to amend File No. 17-0003 (Agenda Item No. 14): Authority to advertise Contract 17-613-11 Scavenger Services at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $3,994,900.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1445212, 1437175, 1449772, 1440568, 1449774, 1449775 and 1449762 (Deferred at the January 5, 2017 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available