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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/16/2017 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 11-16-2017, Errata Correction
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17-1163 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2017, in the amount of $43,569,125.30Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1159 12ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-05 Application Development Consulting Services, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1478157Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1209 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 7, 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1213 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 31, 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1162 15Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the City of Chicago Department of Revenue for participation in underground project coordination, in an amount not to exceed $24,652.00, Account 101-50000-612430ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1199 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the scope of work and agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois, Ltd., for professional engineering services for Contract 14-821-5C, Account 501-50000-612440, Purchase Order 3084186ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1160 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-113-5F Stormwater Retrofits for Real Time Controls and Rainwater Harvesting System at Dearborn Homes, in Chicago, Illinois, estimated cost between $855,000.00 and $1,035,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1478670ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1167 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-107-11, Perform Digester Gas Analyses at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $25,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1477880 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1169 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-618-11, Specialized Repairs for Large Motors, estimated cost $90,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650/623070, Requisitions 1476787, 1476788, and 1476789ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1170 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-701-21, Furnish and Deliver Two Debris Baskets for the Influent Channels at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1476569ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1171 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-935-11 Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hydroxide, estimated cost $5,100,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1460504ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1172 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-959-11 Furnishing and Delivering Sulfuric Acid, estimated cost $502,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1464033ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1177 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-348-11 Services to Remove Hazardous Materials from Various District Locations, on an as-needed basis, for a three-year period, estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1471676ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1186 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-368-11 for public tender of bids a 50-year lease on 0.074 acres of District real estate located at the northwest corner of Route 83 and 127th Street in Alsip, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.03 (Portion). The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1189 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-367-11 for public tender of bids a seven (7) year lease on 1.38 acres of District real estate located east of the North Shore Channel and north and south of the CTA Yellow Line tracks in Skokie, Illinois; part of North Shore Channel Parcel 6.14. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $46,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1210 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-002-11 Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $66,000.00, Account 101-20000-623840ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1211 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-012-11 Furnish and Deliver Paint, Brushes, Solvents and Stains to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $49,000.00, Account 101-20000-623190ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1157 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Resource Associates, Inc. to furnish and deliver Proficiency Testing Standards, in an amount not to exceed $19,000.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1477408ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1164 119Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Microvi Biotech Inc., for Professional Engineering Services for MicroNiche™ Biocatalyst Technology Research Project Study at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $50,300.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1478118 (Deferred from the November 16, 2017 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Not available
17-1168 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into a three-year agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc., for maintenance and consumable supplies for two Atomx Automated Purge and Trap Sample Prep Systems, in an amount not to exceed $32,982.92, Account 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1476588ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1175 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend an agreement with e-Builder, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver e-Builder Electronic Project Management System and Technical Support Services, in an amount not to exceed $937,017.21, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1475898 (Deferred from the November 16, 2017 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the December 7, 2017 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Not available
17-1176 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc., for Furnishing Marine Liability and Hull Insurance for District Marine vessels in an amount not to exceed $21,968.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1477438ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1178 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Excess Casualty Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed $1,016,745.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1477440ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1187 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Networkfleet, Inc., for maintenance of a Vehicle Location System on 210 Fleet Vehicles, in an amount not to exceed $47,754.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1473129ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1196 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-27, Duplication of Legal Materials, Trial Records and Other Reprographic and Electronic Discovery Services for the District’s Law Department for a Two-Year Period, with Inservio3, LLC in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00, Accounts 101-30000-612090 and 401-50000-612090, Requisition 1464223ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1216 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to W.W. Grainger, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Repair and Operating Catalog Products, under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract #091214-WWG, in an amount not to exceed $261,000.00, Accounts 101-15000, 16000, 20000, 27000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623030, 623070, 623090, 623110, 623130, 623190, 623270, 623570, 623660, 623680, 623810, 623860 and 623990, Requisitions 1473875, 1473883, 1474256, 1474258, 1474488, 1474766, 1474790, 1474941ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1212 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 15-074-3D, Installation of Baffle Plates in Final Settling Tanks, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,405,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $70,250.00, for a total amount not to exceed $1,475,250.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1467960ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1161 128Agenda 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 $348,911.00, from an amount of $36,273,778.93, to an amount not to exceed $36,622,689.93, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1173 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-195-AP Phosphorus Recovery System, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. in an amount of $1,905,939.28, from an amount of $34,905,483.55, to an amount not to exceed $36,811,422.83, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 201-50000-612430, Purchase Order 5001478ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
17-1180 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-132-3D A/B and C/D Service Tunnel Rehabilitation - Phase Two, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC, Joint Venture in an amount of $92,933.24, from an amount of $20,709,593.58, to an amount not to exceed $20,802,526.82, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000034ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1181 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 14-692-12, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, to Synagro Central, LLC, in an amount of $100,000.00 from an amount of $3,113,247.69 to an amount not to exceed $3,013,247.69, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001457ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1182 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids From LASMA, CALSMA and the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $172,000.00 from an amount of $12,670,032.90 to an amount not to exceed $12,842,032.90, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001472ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1188 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend agreement for a one-year period, for Contract 16-RFP-01 Perform Federal Legislative Consulting Services, with O’Connell & Dempsey, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $360,000.00, from an amount of $685,205.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,045,205.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Order 3088453Deleted  Action details Not available
17-1191 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Deutsch, Levy & Engel, LLC, for legal services in representing the District with respect to environmental remediation of District property located north of the Main Channel and west of Pulaski Road in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 40.02, 40.04 and 40.07, and vacant property located north of the Cal-Sag Channel on the southwest corner of Ann and James Streets in Blue Island, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 14.05, in an amount of $100,000.00, from an amount of $140,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $240,500.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 3011853ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1215 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Canon Solutions America, Inc., for the leasing of multifunctional photocopier devices in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $1,497,437.05, to an amount not to exceed $1,517,437.05, Account 101-27000-612330, Purchase Order 3079801ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1223 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-987-11, Railroad Track Maintenance in the Stickney Service Area, to Track Service, Inc., in an amount of $40,000.00 from an amount of $477,202.07 to an amount not to exceed $517,202.07, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 5001500ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1200 137ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of October 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1201 238Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Fox River Water Reclamation District for Anaerobic Digestion Improvements at Albin D. Pagorski Water Reclamation Facility of the Fox River Water Reclamation District (17-IGA-03)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1205 139Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Roger Cain vs. MWRDGC, Claim 14 WC 35780, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $31,031.38, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1206 140Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Debra Thurmond vs. MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 13127, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $18,384.25, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1194 141Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until December 7, 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) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 3) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); 4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Motor Vehicle Dispatcher Group); 5) International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399; and 6) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1207 142ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of October 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
17-1203 143Agenda ItemAuthorization to extend the term of the Memorandum of Understanding with Aarhus Vand A/S of Denmark for Engaging in a Knowledge Exchange ProgramApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1184 144Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a Utility Relocation Agreement with Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Illinois to relocate existing telecommunication lines on a parcel of real estate recently acquired by the District as part of the construction of the Addison Creek Reservoir (Contract 11-186-3F) located at 2795 West Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1185 145Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a Utility Relocation Agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company to relocate existing electrical transmission lines and facilities on a parcel of real estate recently acquired by the District as part of the construction of the Addison Creek Reservoir (Contract 11-186-3F) located at 2795 West Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1190 146Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue to use the boat ramp located on an approximately 50' x 8' area, and access road, of District Main Channel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will County, Illinois, to launch and retrieve boats used to collect and analyze aquatic species in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1193 147Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) week permit for Open 4 Business Productions LLC to access the District’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant grounds for filming related to an NBC series “Chicago Fire”. Consideration shall be $15,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1195 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-year permit to the Illinois Natural History Survey to continue to periodically access District real estate located along the Main Channel and the Des Plaines River in Will County, DuPage County and Cook County to conduct its study of the winter ecology of Canadian Geese in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1221 149Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two (2) year permit to The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company on approximately 31.84 acres of District real estate located west of Pulaski Road and north of the Main Channel in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 40.02, 40.04 and 40.07. Consideration shall be a documentation preparation fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
17-1192 150ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating employees who retired in the last yearAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
17-1220 151ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Washed Ashore and the Shedd Aquarium for presenting Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
17-1222 152ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Veterans DayAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O17-009 153OrdinanceRequest Authority to Amend the Resource Recovery Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video