Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 1/18/2018 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: 01-18-2018 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf Meeting Items (42) 42 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 18-0034 1 1 Report Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of December 2017, in the amount of $33,451,508.24 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0049 1 2 Report Report on the investment interest income during October 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0050 1 3 Report Report on the investment interest income during November 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0055 1 4 Report Report on investments purchased during October 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0056 1 5 Report Report on investments purchased during November 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0057 1 6 Report Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on January 1, 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0058 1 7 Agenda Item Authority to Transfer up to $247,300,000.00 from the Corporate Working Cash Fund to Finance Corporate Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2018, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9b Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0059 1 8 Agenda Item Authority to Transfer up to $11,100,000.00 from the Construction Working Cash Fund to Finance Construction Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2018, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9c Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0060 1 9 Agenda Item Authority to Transfer up to $45,400,000.00 from the Stormwater Management Working Cash Fund to Finance Stormwater Management Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2018, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9e Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0061 1 10 Agenda Item Authority to Transfer $5,000,000.00 from the Corporate Fund to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust (101-25000-601250) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0016 1 11 Report Report on Advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-06 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense for a two-year period, with an option to extend for an additional year, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1481599 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0043 1 12 Report Report on rejection of bids for Contract 18-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hydroxide, estimated cost $5,100,000.00 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0062 1 13 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0018 1 14 Agenda Item Authorization for payment to the Society of Human Resources Management for eight (8) employees to attend the 2018 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, IL., on June 17-20, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $12,100.00, Account 101-25000-601100 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0039 1 15 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of December 21, 2017, regarding Authority to Issue purchase order for Contract 17-609-21, Furnish and Deliver Enhanced Bio-P Control Equipment, Groups A and B, to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc,, in an amount not to exceed $165,343.91, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1461027, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 17-1394 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0071 1 16 Agenda Item Authorization to decrease cost estimate for Contract 18-935-11 Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hydroxide from $5,100,000.00 to $3,400,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1460504 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0037 1 17 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 18-611-21 HVAC Improvements at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $1,350,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1484783 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0019 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc. (dba Teledyne Leeman Labs) for a maintenance agreement for the Quick Trace M-7600 and Quick Trace M-8000 Mercury Analyzers and Consumable Parts and Supplies, in an amount not to exceed $25,659.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970 and 623570, Requisition 1481568 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0044 1 19 Agenda Item Issue a purchase order with Peterson and Matz, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Six (6) Pumps for Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $96,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1479990 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0063 1 20 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 18-709-11, Furnishing and Delivering Calcium Nitrate to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $205,150.00, Account 101-66000-623560, Requisition 1468520 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0064 1 21 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-35 Consultant Services Pertaining to the Recruitment and Establishment of Small Business Enterprises (SBE) Program for Certain District Contracts, with Precision Management & Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $29,995.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition 1467952 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0038 1 22 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 17-903-42, Elevator Improvements at the Mainstream Pumping Station (Re-Bid) to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $231,258.00. Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1457947 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0045 1 23 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 18-696-11, Services of Tractor Mounted Paddle Aerators and Rotavators with Operators, to Bechstein-Klatt Loading & Shredding, in an amount not to exceed $5,237,250.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1463520 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0066 1 24 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 18-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B, C, and D to Praxair Distribution, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $47,934.80, Account 101-20000-623840 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0030 1 25 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 15-802-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Hydraulic Operator at TARP Gate Structure Number 1 in the Calumet Service Area, to Ornelas Construction Company, in an amount of $66,924.23 from an amount of $1,324,000.00 to a final amount of $1,257,075.77, Account 201-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001541 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0031 1 26 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 17-710-21, Reconditioning of Pump Motor No. 3 at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Omni Drive Holdings, LLC, in an amount of $17,322.00, from an amount of $126,289.00, to an amount not to exceed $143,611.00, Account 201-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001623 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0035 1 27 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 16-666-11, Hazardous Waste Disposal at Various Locations, to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC, in an amount of $22,109.90 from an amount of $215,268.25 to an amount not to exceed $237,378.15, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001558 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0040 1 28 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 15-711-22, Process Control Building Restoration at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to Dardon’s Roofing, Ltd., in an amount of $70,000,00 from an amount of $502,195.00 to an amount not to exceed $572,195.00, Account 201-50000-645690, Purchase Order 5001559 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0070 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 06-212-3M Calumet TARP Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth JV in an amount of $315,538.00, from an amount of $36,702,649.93, to an amount not to exceed $37,018,187.93, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5001404 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0024 1 30 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of December 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0041 1 31 Agenda Item Authority to negotiate and enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Glenwood to transfer ownership of a force main connected to MWRD’s Calumet Intercepting Sewer 17J - Extension C, constructed along Cottage Grove Avenue to exclusively serve a facility owned by T&J Meat Packing Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0032 1 32 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of December 2017 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0048 1 33 Report 2017 Annual Report of the Civil Service Board Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0065 1 34 Agenda Item Authorization to allow participation in 2018 parades Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0052 1 35 Agenda Item Authority to grant to the Morton Grove Niles Water Commission: (1) an 18-month, 17,843 sq. ft. temporary construction easement and (2) a 70-year, 38,517 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to construct, install, operate, maintain, repair and remove three (3) subterranean 30-inch water mains on part of North Shore Channel Parcels 3.02, 3.03 and 3.05 and beneath the North Shore Channel in Evanston and Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be a fee of $45,500.00 for the temporary construction easement and an initial annual fee of $65,479.00 for the 70-year easement Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0075 1 36 Agenda Item Authority to issue a 3-day permit to Morton Grove Niles Water Commission to conduct soil borings on North Shore Channel Parcels 3.04 and 3.05 in Evanston and Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 18-0025 1 37 Report Report on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes Required by the Watershed Management Ordinance Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 18-0017 1 38 Motion MOTION to reappoint Donald J. Storino as a Member of the Civil Service Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Adopted Pass Action details Video 18-0042 1 39 Motion MOTION to appoint Hearing Officers for 2018 Adopted Pass Action details Video 18-0073 1 40 Memorial Resolution MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Dennis Bruce Nelson, Ph.D. Adopted Pass Action details Not available 18-0068 1 41 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Bing Chee Chin’s 36 years of service and contribution to the Army Corps of Engineers and his 80th birthday Adopted Pass Action details Video 18-0072 1 42 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (As Revised) Adopted Pass Action details Video