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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/20/2017 10:35 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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17-0446 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursement for the Month of February 2017, in the amount of $28,101,430.52RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0430 12Agenda ItemAuthority to Approve Travel for David St. Pierre, Executive Director, in the estimated amount of $1,000.00, for travel to Washington D.C., to attend a meeting with USEPA officials, Accounts 101-15000-612010/612030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0435 13Agenda ItemAuthority to Approve Travel for Debra Shore, Commissioner, in the amount of $180.02, for travel to Madison, Wisconsin, to attend the Environmental Law and Policy Center’s (“ELPC”) 2017 Science-Policy Confluence Conference on March 29, 2017, Accounts 101-11000-612010 and 101-11000-612030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0437 14Agenda ItemAuthority to Approve Travel for Frank Avila, Commissioner, in the estimated amount of $750.00, for travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to attend the 35th Annual National Pesticide Forum, Accounts 101-11000-612010 and 101-11000-612030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0398 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-24 Fitness Tracking Devices, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-25000-601250, Requisition 1459685RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0403 16ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-29 Perform Information Technology Network Operations Consulting Services, estimated cost $80,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1462221RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0432 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 4, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0433 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 11, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0395 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise the option to extend the agreement with Aurico Reports, LLC (formerly known as Aurico Reports, Inc.) for Contract 15-RFP-07 to provide pre-employment background checks and related services for an additional two-year period.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0393 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-847-11 Truck Hauling of Liquid Sludge from the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $262,700.00, Account 101-68000-612520, Requisition 1441334 (Deferred from the April 20, 2017 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
17-0405 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-480-11 Provide Maintenance and Support for Existing District Polycom Videoconference Equipment, estimated cost $13,702.11, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1443931RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0410 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-672-11 Furnishing and Delivering Tires for Heavy Equipment to Various Locations, estimated cost $105,000.00, Account 101-66000-623250, Requisition 1459145RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0411 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-370-3F, Buffalo Creek Reservoir Expansion, estimated cost between $20,074,055.75 and $24,300,172.75, Accounts 401-50000-645620 and 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1461806 (As Revised) (Deferred from the April 20, 2017 Board Meeting) "ADOPTED AS AMENDED REFER TO FILE ID #17-0411A"Deferred  Action details Video Video
17-0418 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-363-12 (RE-BID) for public tender of bids a 60-year lease on 7 acres of District real estate located south of the Cal-Sag Channel and west of Cicero Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois, eastern portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $156,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0420 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-664-11 Seal Coating of Roads and Patching of Pavement at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $34,100.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1461197Recommended  Action details Video Video
17-0400 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-16 Flexible Spending Account Administrator with Chard Snyder & Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $195,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0401 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Acacia Financial Group, Inc., for contract 17-RFP-11 Financial Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program, for a three-year period in an amount not to exceed $91,250.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1443107RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0404 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Citrix Systems, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of Eight Hundred (800) Citrix XenApp Software Maintenance Licenses, Renewal of Twenty-Five (25) Citrix XenDesktop Software Maintenance Licenses, and Renewal of Two (2) Citrix NetScaler MPX Appliances in an amount not to exceed $82,372.50, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Requisition 1460526RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0424 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to 72 Hour LLC, DBA National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish and Deliver four 2017 Ford Escapes, three 2017 Ford Transit Medium Roof Vans, and two Chevrolet Suburbans under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 120716-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $264,057.98, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1462213.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0425 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Landmark Ford Inc., to Furnish and Deliver one 2017 Ford Transit Cargo Van and one 2017 Ford Transit Passenger Van under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract No. 4018029, in an amount not to exceed $43,661.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1462214.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0434 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-100-11, Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $47,504.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1438605RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0436 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-701-21, Furnish and Deliver a Submersible Storm Pump for the Deerfield Reservoir, to Grundfos Water Utility, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $49,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1434511RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0443 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Non-Stock Office Supplies to Various Locations under the National Joint Powers Alliance Purchasing (NJPA) Co-operative Contract Number 010615-SCC, in an amount not to exceed $64,302.10, Accounts 101, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623520, Requisitions 1461808, 1461809, 1461810, 1462095, 1462096, 1462097, 1462099, 1462106, 1462107, 1462110, 1462218, 1462219, and 1462222RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0439 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-240-3P, Organic Waste Receiving Facility and Digester Gas Flare System Upgrade, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C., in an amount not to exceed $8,426,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $421,300.00, for a total amount not to exceed $8,847,300.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1440276 (Deferred from the April 20, 2017 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0440 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-002-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B, C, and D to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $65,900.36, Account 101-20000-623840RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0442 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $62,226.65, and Group C to Qorpak, a Division of Berlin Packaging, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $48,091.19, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0447 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-806-22 (Re-Bid), Furnish, Deliver and Install an Upgraded Vacuum System at the 95th Street Pumping Station, to Ornelas Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $286,309.00, Account 201-50000-645600, Requisition 1417079 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0408 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders and to exercise the option to extend the agreements for an additional twelve (12) month period for Contract 15-RFP-11 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense to Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C. in an amount of $101,992.00, from an amount of $244,024.17 to an amount not to exceed $346,016.17 and to Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. in an amount of $48,008.00, from an amount of $59,586.28 to an amount not to exceed $107,594.28, Account 101-25000-612430, Purchase Orders 3085891 and 3085933RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0445 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase orders issued 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 $64,302.10, from an amount of $76,900.00, to an amount of $12,597.90, Accounts 101, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623520, Purchase Orders 3092215, 3092216, 3092217, 3092219, 3092220, 3092221, 3092223, 3092230, 3092231, 3092232, 3092234, 3092235, and 3092236RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0397 130ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of March 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0412 131Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a Project Partnership Agreement (16-IGA-22) with the Department of the Army, represented by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Chicago Park District for design and construction of the River Riparian Connectivity and Habitat Ecosystem Restoration Project, and to make payment to the United States Army Corps of Engineers in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, Account 401-50000-645630 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0399 132Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Tarita Stewart vs. MWRDGC, Cases 15 WC 13405, 15 WC 13406, and 15 WC 13407 in the sum of $22,428.78, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0402 133Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Lawrence Deschamps vs. MWRDGC, Claim 15 WC 26809, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $21,505.57, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0429 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of March 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0396 135Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 39-year lease agreement with the Village of Lemont on approximately 0.97 acres of District real estate located on the southwest corner of the District's Lemont Water Reclamation Plant property, Main Channel Parcel 23.11. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0427 136Agenda ItemAuthorize and approve entry into a 10-year easement agreement with Mt. Prospect Horizon LP for District use of an approximately 34.5’ x 47’ parcel of land located at Kensington and Wolf Roads in Mt. Prospect, Illinois for a chemical dosing station. Consideration shall be a fee of $6,850.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0428 137Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the Village of Crestwood: (1) a one year non-exclusive temporary construction easement comprising 1.163 acres and (2) a 25-year non-exclusive easement comprising 0.914 acres to install, operate, maintain, repair and remove a 16-inch water main running southeasterly from Cicero Avenue to Kolmar Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois; part of Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 11.04, 12.05, 12.07 and 12.08. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0441 138Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 2, 2017, regarding authority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $235,750.00 to acquire by “quick-take” the fee simple title to real estate commonly known as 8640 Natchez Avenue in Burbank, IL from Bonnie L. Gall, in the eminent domain lawsuit Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Bonnie L. Gall, et. al., Case No. 16L050815 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and to pay relocation costs to Brian Gall in an amount not to exceed $30,918.00 to reflect the payment of relocation costs to Brian Gall and Bonnie L. Gall, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvements Bond Fund RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0394 139Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Stacey Evan Wilson DavisRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0417 140Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of William James Carothers RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0431 141ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Khemarey “Khem” Khoeun for her work in the refugee communityRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0453 142ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing March4MegRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0454 143ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Ron Hill’s twenty-seven years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating him on his well-earned retirementRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0455 144ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Dr. Tom Granato’s twenty-nine years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating him on his well-earned retirementRecommendedPass Action details Not available