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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/15/2018 10:35 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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18-0164 11ReportReport on the correction of a typographical error in the Ordinance O18-001 An Ordinance directing the County Clerk to reduce the levy of taxes on Capital Improvement Bonds for the levy year 2017 and O18-002 An Ordinance abating taxes heretofore levied to pay the principal of Capital Improvement Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Recommended  Action details Not available
18-0165 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2018, in the amount of $53,411,828.03RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0143 13ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-04 Professional Audio-Video Services for Examinations on an As-Needed Basis, with the option to extend for a 12-month period, estimated cost $30,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1487113RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0146 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, January 30, 2018RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0170 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 6, 2018RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0110 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of July 7, 2016, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 16-605-21, Installation of a Drainage Tile and Bioreactors at the Prairie Plan in Fulton County, Estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 201-50000-645690, Requisition 1414640, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 16-0654RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0132 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 7, 2017, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CDW Government LLC, for Mimecast Advanced Threat Security and Support, in an amount not to exceed $87,175.00, Account 101-27000-623800, Requisition 1480238, Agenda Item No. 24, File No. 17-1269RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0144 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 17-367-11 Proposal to Lease for seven (7) years, 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 from Builder’s Asphalt, LLC in the amount of $46,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0148 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 17-366-11 Proposal to Lease for 10-years, 5.95 acres of District real estate located at 3154 S. California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 42.05 and 42.16 from Connelly-GPM, Inc. in the amount of $117,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0156 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order to issue purchase order with Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver one Swaby Lobeline rotary lobe pump to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $46,400.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1481577, Agenda Item No. 20, File No. 17-1325RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0176 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend agreement to expand product lines regarding the issuing of purchase orders to LAI, Ltd., to Provide MSA gas detection system parts, Headworks screens parts, Wemco pump parts, Dezurik valve parts, Rotork actuator parts, Foxboro instrumentation parts, Wedeco ozone monitoring parts, and Chemineer mixer parts at Various Locations, for a three year period, in a total amount not to exceed $555,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270, and 623780 Agenda Item No. 24, File No. 16-1274RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0131 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-695-11 Furnish and Deliver Temperature Probes and Replacement Batteries, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-66000-623990, Requisition 1485996RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0138 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-672-11 Furnishing and Delivering Tires for Heavy Equipment to Various Locations, estimated cost $55,000.00, Account 101-66000-623250, Requisition 1475500RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0139 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-609-11 Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Parts to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $293,400.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623270, Requisitions 1478639, 1479635, 1478124RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0125 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to R.S. Means Company, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver RSMeans Online Annual License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $20,933.11, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1486236RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0130 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-31, Farm Management Support Services, with Heartland Bancorp, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $186,000.00, Account 101-66000-612430, Requisition 1462114RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0142 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., for Actuarial Service for preparation of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 68, Financial Statement Disclosure Information, in an amount not to exceed $12,960.00, Account 101-40000-612430, Requisition 1487343RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0162 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Kofax, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Software Maintenance and Support for the Kofax Network Fax Software, in an amount not to exceed $26,246.85, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1481256RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
18-0168 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 17-604-13 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Air Handling Coils to Various Locations, Groups A and B to Indi Enterprise, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $133,471.00, and Group C to Affiliated Steam Equipment Company, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00 Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisition 1424442, 1424447 and 1425110RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0173 120Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Precision Control Systems of Chicago, Inc., for a Multi-Year Service Agreement to Provide Periodic Maintenance, Repair and Upgrade Services for the TARP Valve Isolation Chamber and Pump House Ventilation Control Systems at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in a total amount not to exceed $63,096.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1476143RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0172 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-370-3F, Buffalo Creek Reservoir Expansion, Lake County, Illinois, to Lake County Grading Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $9,678,900.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $483,945.00, for a total amount not to exceed $10,162,845.00, Accounts 401-50000-645620 and 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1461806 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0174 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-348-11, Services to Remove Hazardous Materials from Various District Locations, on an As-Needed Basis, for a Three-Year Period, to Luse Environmental Services, Inc., formerly known as The Luse Companies, in an amount not to exceed $157,728.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1471676RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0175 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Disposable Gloves and Flexible Tubing to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Bushnell Incorporated, in an amount not to exceed $8,611.95, and Group B to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $56,430.86, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0134 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-824-3DR Rehabilitation of Bridges, NSA on the North Shore Channel, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $74,112.63, from an amount of $2,375,557.49, to an amount not to exceed $2,449,670.12, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 4000040RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0135 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Horizon Technologies, Inc., for Preventive Maintenance and Consumable Supplies for Horizon Extraction Units, in an amount of $15,147.30, from an amount of $69,770.22, to an amount not to exceed $54,622.92, Account 101-16000-612970 and 623570, Purchase Order 3088168RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0158 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois, Ltd. (V3) for professional engineering services for Contract 14-263-3F, Flood Control Project for the Melvina Ditch Watershed in an amount of $96,418.00, from an amount of $1,225,059.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,321,477.00, Account 401-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3083712RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0160 127ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of January 2018RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0157 128Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Daniel Gierut vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number: W001717386 in the sum of $29,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0127 129Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Lower Des Plaines Watershed Group for Fiscal Year 2018 Membership Dues in an amount not to exceed $127,846.17, Account 101-15000-612280RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0129 130Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit to the Romeoville Fire Department to continue to use the boat ramp located on an approximately 50' x 8' area on Main Channel Parcel 15.05 and access road in Lockport, Will County, Illinois, to launch and retrieve boats during fire/rescue emergencies and routine training operations in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of 10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0145 131Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 8’ x 24’ non-exclusive easement to Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Illinois to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a telecommunications underground vault at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant premises near Meacham Road in Schaumburg, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of $5,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0167 132Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the Morton Grove Niles Water Commission: (1) a one year, 41,770 sq. ft. temporary construction easement and (2) a 70-year, 33,440 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to construct, install, operate, maintain, repair and remove a pump station, access road, two subterranean 24-inch water mains, and one subterranean 30-inch water main, on or beneath North Shore Channel Parcels 3.02, 3.04 and 3.05 and the North Shore Channel in Evanston and Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be a fee of $71,009.00 for the temporary construction easement and an initial annual fee of $59,024.00 for the 70-year easementRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0154 133Agenda ItemAuthority to include Cook County Land Bank Authority in the negotiations of an intergovernmental agreement between the District and the Village of Franklin Park for the acquisition of flood-prone propertiesRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0155 134Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Bensenville whereby the Village of Bensenville will enforce the DuPage County Countywide Stormwater and Floodplain Ordinance for the entire Village of BensenvilleRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0163 135MotionMOTION to re-appoint Barbara J. McGowan as Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0150 136ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners opposing House Bill 4408 pertaining to creating single member districts for Board of Commissioner positionsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0166 137ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing George Leland Elementary School’s participation in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s African American History Month Seminar SeriesRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0177 138ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the PUSH for Excellence (PUSH Excel) Inspirational Speech Oratorical ContestRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0179 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing International Greek Language DayRecommendedPass Action details Not available
O18-003 140OrdinanceAuthority to amend the Watershed Management OrdinanceRecommendedPass Action details Not available
R18-001 141Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R18-001 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the construction, operation and maintenance of modifications to TARP Control Structures CDS-C1 and CDS-45 in the Village of South Holland, Cook County, Illinois (Contract 17-842-3H) in Sections 9 and 15, Township 36 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, IllinoisRecommendedPass Action details Not available