Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/20/2018 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Board Room Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Video eComment: Not available   Attachments: 12-20-2018 Draft Agenda Packet.pdf, O18-006A Approp Ord Attachment Part 1.pdf, O18-006A Approp Ord Attachment Part 2.pdf, O18-006A Approp Ord Attachment Part 3.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf Meeting Items (46) 46 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 18-1307 1 1 Report Report on investments purchased during October 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1308 1 2 Report Report on investments purchased during November 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1309 1 3 Report Report on the investment interest income during October 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1310 1 4 Report Report on the investment interest income during November 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1321 1 5 Report Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of November 2018, in the amount of $24,401,608.58 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1305 1 6 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1312 1 7 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1292 1 8 Agenda Item Authorization for payment to the U.S. Water Alliance for the 2019 annual membership dues and the 2019 Value of Water Campaign Sponsorship in the amount of $37,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1301 1 9 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of April 19, 2018, regarding Issue purchase order to CDW Government, LLC and enter into an agreement with Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Premier software and directory services support, in an amount not to exceed $23,266.80, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1490779, Agenda Item No. 12, File No. 18-0334 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1295 1 10 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 19-902-31, Rehabilitate One Electric Motor at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1507882 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1302 1 11 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 19-667-11, Native Prairie Landscape Maintenance at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $520,000.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1505940 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1303 1 12 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 19-360-11 for public tender of bids a 39-year lease on approximately 14.494 acres of District real estate located at 3426 South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 41.07. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $350,000.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1311 1 13 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 19-027-11 Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $217,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1333 1 14 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 19-361-11 for public tender of bids a 99-year lease on 24.69± acres of District real estate located between I-294 and LaGrange Road in Willow Springs, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 31.01. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $750,000.00 Deleted   Action details Not available 18-1260 1 15 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 18-RFP-17 Real Estate Appraisal Services for the MWRDGC Real Estate Division with CohnReznick, LLP in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, and Woodland Valuation Services, LLC d/b/a Appraisal Associates in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Requisitions 1495149 and 1495150 (Deferred from the December 6, 2018 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1293 1 16 Agenda Item Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the MWRD Police to utilize the STARCOM21 Network regional interoperable radio system for the thirty-eight (38) STARCOM radios used by MWRD Police, in an amount not to exceed $53,352.00, Account 101-15000-612840, Requisition 1508868 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1306 1 17 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to Gardner Denver Nash LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Digester Compressors, Gas Booster Pumps and Related Equipment to Various Locations for a Three-Year Period, in a total amount not to exceed $740,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1318 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to Graybar Electric Company, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Electrical Catalog Products, under the U.S. Communities Cooperative Purchasing Contract #EV2370, in an amount not to exceed $75,100.00, Accounts 101-15000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, Requisitions 1502297, 1503112, 1506687, 1506689 and 1507885 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1319 1 19 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Hayward Gordon, Varec, Watson Marlow, Bredel, Fairbanks Morse, and Amiad Filtration Pumps and Parts, to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $891,000.00, Accounts 101-66000. 67000, 68000, 69000-623090, 623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1320 1 20 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 19-103-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Lab Coats and Coveralls, to Alsco, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $20,582.46, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1498397 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1314 1 21 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 18-009-12 Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper Towels & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period (Re-bid), Group A to Cicero Mfg. & Supply Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,104.14, and Group D to The Standard Companies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $5,125.00, Account 101-20000-623660 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1315 1 22 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 19-646-51, Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group A to J & L Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,035,275.00, and Group B to Thornton Equipment Services, Incorporated, in an amount not to exceed $1,984,150.00, Account 501-50000-612620, Requisition 1491729 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1230 1 23 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order, E-Learning Courses for Return-to-Work Program with RedVector.com, LLC, and amend an agreement with RedVector.com, LLC. in an amount of $28,400.00, from an amount of $42,600.00, to an amount not to exceed $71,000.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3099149 (Deferred from the December 6, 2018 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1296 1 24 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 17-633-11, Furnish and Deliver Polymer, to Polydyne Inc., in an amount of $30,000.00, from an amount of $14,518,409.94, to an amount not to exceed $14,488,409.94, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Purchase Order 3096192 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1297 1 25 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 18-708-12 (Re-Bid), Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Carbonate to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Dubois Chemicals, Inc., in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $321,616.40, to an amount not to exceed $301,616.40, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3100235 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1298 1 26 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 18-901-21, Furnish and Deliver Motor Excitation Control Equipment to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Group B, to Basler Electric Company, in an amount of $48,988.00, from an amount of $244,940.00, to an amount not to exceed $293,928.00, Account 201-50000-634600, Purchase Order 3098387 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1299 1 27 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 16-673-13 (Re-Bid), Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, Group A, to Howell Tractor & Equipment, LLC, in an amount of $37,784.22, from an amount of $114,210.75, to an amount not to exceed $151,994.97, Account 101-68000-612760, Purchase Order 5001569 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1316 1 28 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 18-021-11, 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 $23,100.00, from an amount of $172,273.04, to an amount not to exceed $195,373.04, Account 101-20000-623820, Agreement 7001402 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1317 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to negotiate and enter into Administrative Settlement and Compliance Agreements with Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc. and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Neilsen & Associates LLC (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Video 18-1313 1 30 Agenda Item Authority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $498,400.00 in the Corporate Fund Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1289 1 31 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of November 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1334 1 32 Agenda Item Authority to settle potential delay claims against the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago arising out of various steel procurement issues on Contract 13-106-4F, McCook Reservoir Des Plaines Inflow Tunnel, SSA (Deferred from the December 20, 2018 Board Meeting) Deferred   Action details Not available 18-1294 1 33 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of November 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-1304 1 34 Agenda Item Authority to issue a three (3) month permit extension to the City of Chicago’s Department of Aviation for construction staging and capping a portion of a City sanitary sewer and two appurtenant manholes on and beneath two (2) approximate 50’ x 25’ areas located at the southeast corner of the Majewski Reservoir site and for constructing a temporary approximate 15’ x 30’ gravel access driveway. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1331 1 35 Agenda Item Authority to issue a five (5) month permit to Rausch Infrastructure LLC to use a District roadway traversing Main Channel Parcels 30.05, 30.06, 31.01, 31.05 and 31.06 in Willow Springs, Illinois to access Old Willow Springs Road. Consideration shall be $5,000.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1332 1 36 Agenda Item Authority to grant to Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC d/b/a AT&T Illinois a 25-year, 15’ x 435’ non-exclusive easement to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace, and remove subterranean telecommunication cables and two manhole-accessible utility vaults on Main Channel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of $5,000.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1283 1 37 Agenda Item Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Riverside for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Groveland Avenue Levee Improvements under Phase II of the Stormwater Management Program (18-IGA-20), with payment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in an amount not to exceed $2,506,028.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1508871 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-1323 1 38 Motion Authority to Amend the Adopted 2019 Budget Adopted Pass Action details Video 18-1324 1 39 Motion MOTION to amend the 2019 budget of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as adopted December 13, 2018, consistent with motions adopted this date Adopted Pass Action details Video O18-006A 1 40 Ordinance Adopt Ordinance O18-006A, Amending the Annual Appropriation Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019, adopted on December 13, 2018 Adopted Pass Action details Video 18-1325 1 41 Motion MOTION to reconsider the December 13, 2018 vote Adopting Ordinance O18-007, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2019 to provide revenues for the Retirement Fund and Corporate Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Adopted Fail Action details Video 18-1326 1 42 Motion MOTION to reconsider the December 13, 2018 vote Adopting Ordinance O18-008, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2019 to provide revenues for the Construction Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Adopted Fail Action details Video 18-1327 1 43 Motion MOTION to reconsider the December 13, 2018 vote Adopting Ordinance O18-009, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2019 to pay the interest on outstanding bonds and to discharge the principal thereof, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Adopted Fail Action details Video 18-1328 1 44 Motion MOTION to reconsider the December 13, 2018 vote Adopting Ordinance O18-010, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2019 to provide revenues for the Reserve Claim Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Adopted Fail Action details Video 18-1329 1 45 Motion MOTION to reconsider the December 13, 2018 vote Adopting Ordinance O18-011, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the levy of taxes for 2019 to provide revenues for the Stormwater Management Fund, effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019 Adopted Fail Action details Video 18-1330 1 46 Motion MOTION to reconsider the vote on the 2019 budget as amended Adopted Fail Action details Video