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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/15/2017 10:35 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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17-0548 11ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on June 1, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0623 12ReportReport on the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0655 13ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2017, in the amount of $33,982,013.76RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0666 24Agenda ItemAuthority to Approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director, in the estimated amount of $2,455.15, Accounts 101-11000-612010 and 101-11000-612030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0630 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-33 Perform Information Technology Security Consulting and Assessment Services, estimated cost $95,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1466775RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0640 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 30, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0641 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 6, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0650 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-605-22 (Re-Bid), Installation of a Drainage Tile and Bioreactors at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $150,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0613 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 1, 2017, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-18 Post-Offer Physical Assessments with Occupational Health Centers of Illinois, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $21,500.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1455230, Agenda Item No. 8, File 17-0579RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0616 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept sole bid for Contract 16-367-11 Proposal to Sell an approximately 25’ x 125’ parcel of District real estate located at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in the amount of $50,200.00RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0618 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 20, 2017, regarding Authority 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 1461197, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 17-0420RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0620 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 17-363-12 (RE-BID) Proposal to Lease for 60-years 7 acres of District real estate located south of the Cal-Sag Channel and west of Cicero Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 (eastern Portion) from the Village of Crestwood in the amount of $158,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0624 113Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Water Environment Federation for registration fees for nine Commissioners and three hundred twenty employees in various departments to attend the annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference WEFTEC 2017, in an amount not to exceed $64,180.00, Accounts 101-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 69000-601100RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0619 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-633-11 Furnish and Deliver Polymer, estimated cost $23,931,600.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1464035, 1464238 and 1464049RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0637 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-425-11 Furnish and Deliver Paper to Various District Locations for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $180,000.00, Account 101-15000-623520, Requisition 1465252RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0642 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-049-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $59,500.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0643 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Hardware to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $47,000.00, Account 101-20000-623110RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0644 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $84,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0601 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc., to furnish, deliver, and install a QuickTrace M-8000 Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Mercury Analyzer System and consumables, in an amount not to exceed $38,147.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1463032 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0604 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with enfoTech & Consulting, Inc., to migrate IPACS Application Database from Oracle to SQL Server, in an amount not to exceed $137,500.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1465583RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0614 121Agenda 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 1465600RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0615 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-04, Professional Services to Assist with the Development of Odor Control Strategies at the John E. Egan and Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants, with CDM Smith Inc., in an amount not to exceed $324,920.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1440275RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0636 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-17 Employee Assistance Program with Inova Health Care Services in an amount not to exceed $210,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1451373RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0645 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-703-21, Furnish and Deliver a Stake Body Truck and a Dump Truck to the North Service Area, Items 1 and 2, to Rush Truck Centers of Illinois d/b/a Rush Truck Center, Chicago, in an amount not to exceed $265,000.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1441294RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0665 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-23 Provide Food Services at the Main Office Building and at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, with Torres Restaurant Group, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $122,085.75, Account 101-15000-612490, Requisition 1458946 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0646 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-017-11, 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 $72,074.12, and Group B to Everlights, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $37,386.22, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0647 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-627-11, Repairs to Air Compressors and Air Dryers at Various Locations, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $92,232.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 612650, Requisitions 1459485, 1459489 and 1459500RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0648 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-070-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Evergreen Supply Co., in an amount not to exceed $40,267.23, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0651 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Neher Electric Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $30,406.68, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0652 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B, to Super Roco Steel & Tube, Ltd. II in an amount not to exceed $83,850.80, Account 101-20000-623030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0653 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-027-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group D to Environmental Express, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $18,592.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0621 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Suez Treatment Solutions, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Coarse Screens at Various Locations, in an amount of $92,500.00, from an amount of $101,100.00, to an amount not to exceed $193,600.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Purchase Order 7001225RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0629 133ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of May 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
'17-0664 134Agenda ItemAuthority to make payment of $2,000,000.00 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an advance of funds for the non-federal sponsor’s share of the costs associated with the Chicagoland Underflow Plan McCook Reservoir, Project 73-161-2H, Account 401-50000-645630RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0634 135Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Michael DeFilippis vs. MWRDGC, Claim numbers: W000836836 and W000963947 in the sum of $70,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0635 136Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Rolinda Dominguez vs. MWRDGC, Claim 14 WC 09756, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $30,860.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0639 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kenneth Ryan vs. MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 034815, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $40,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0661 138Agenda ItemAuthority to settle litigation involving Tia C. Schrean and make non-wage payments of $40,324.65 to Ms. Schrean and $40,000.00 to her attorney, Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0633 139Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until July 31, 2017, the terms of the collective bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700; 4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); 6) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Motor Vehicle Dispatcher Group); and 7) International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0628 140ReportReport on the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Video Video
17-0649 141Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 10-year, 40,684 ± sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove a natural gas metering station and access road on the western portion of District North Shore Channel Parcel 6.19 located at the southwest corner of McCormick Boulevard and Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of $30,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0654 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) day permit for Mesquite Productions, Inc. to access the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant grounds for filming related to an Amazon Sony series “Electric Dreams”. Consideration shall be $15,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0656 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a four (4) year permit to the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways to test and remove approximately 260,000 cubic yards of soil on District real estate adjacent to the Majewski Reservoir in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois, for construction of the Touhy Avenue segment of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0657 144Agenda ItemConsent to an assignment of lease and sublease from I.A. Chicago Lincoln, LLC and I.A. Chicago Lincoln II, LLC to TCB-Lincoln Village, LLC and TCB LV GL, LLC of 2.4 acres of District real estate located at Lincoln Avenue and the North Shore Channel in Chicago, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcel 8.05. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $5,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0660 145Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two (2) month permit extension to Connelly-GPM, Inc. on approximately 5.95 acres of District real estate located at 3154 S. California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 42.05 and 42.16. Consideration shall be $32,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0668 146Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of the Reverend Tyrone Crider, Sr.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0662 147ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Commissioner Timothy Bradford and his dedication to the Olympia Fields Park District RecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0663 148ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Daniel E. Collins’ 30 years of service and contribution to the field of water reclamation and biosolids reuseRecommendedPass Action details Not available
17-0667 149ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Dr. Lakhwinder S. Hundal’s 25 years of service and contribution to the field of soil and water environment RecommendedPass Action details Not available
R17-001 150Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R17-001 Amending Ordinance R16-005 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Midlothian and Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois (Contract 14-252-3F) in parts of Sections 9, 10, & 16, Township 36 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois to include the real estate legally described in Exhibit AARecommendedPass Action details Not available