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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/15/2018 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 03/15/2018, Errata Correction
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18-0269 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of February 2018, in the amount of $22,709,966.95Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0274 12ReportReport on the investment interest income during December 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0275 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during January 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0276 14ReportReport on investments purchased during December 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0277 15ReportReport on investments purchased during January 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0278 16ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at December 31, 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0192 17ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-09 Community Education Partner Services, estimated cost $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Requisition 1485615 (Deferred from the March 1, 2018 Board Meeting)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0233 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 27, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0264 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 6, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0265 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 18-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $140,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0208 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the Job Order Contracting system, in an amount not to exceed $156,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501, and 901 Funds (Deferred from the March 1, 2018 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0237 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of February 1, 2018 to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-38, E-learning Courses for Return-to-Work Program with RedVector, LLC in an amount not to exceed $42,600.00, Accounts 101-25000-634820 and 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1471487, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 18-0079ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0238 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 14, 2017, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 18-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $140,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1468685, Agenda Item No. 7, File No. 17-0931ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0241 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 1, 2018, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 18-605-31, Pavement Rehabilitation at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $1,100,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1475492, (As Revised), Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 18-0194ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0256 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 17-368-11 Proposal to Lease for fifty (50) years, 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) from SMK3, LLC in the amount of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0295 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to adopt a policy establishing an hourly rate cap for outside legal services procured by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoApprovedPass Action details Video Video
18-0232 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-480-11 Provide One-Year Polycom Premier Support for Existing District Polycom Videoconference Units, estimated cost $34,000.00, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1488354ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0239 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-708-21, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Influent Gate Actuators at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1481930ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0240 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-902-21, Furnish and Deliver Four Submersible Pumps to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $70,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1481932ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0242 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-609-21, Design and Build a Rigid Frame Fabric Building System at HASMA, estimated cost $350,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1487317ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0249 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-703-21 Furnish and Deliver a Four-Inch Hydraulic Submersible Pump to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 201-50000-634600, Requisition 1485365ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0252 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-080-3E Switchgear and Motor Control Center Replacement, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $2,453,000.00 and $2,970,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1489083ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0266 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-070-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0270 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $81,000.00, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0271 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $203,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0272 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-004-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 101-20000-623030ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0273 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-400-11 Major Repairs to Fleet Vehicles for a 36 Month Period, estimated cost $157,900.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1489587ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0292 128Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-690-11, Furnishing and Delivering Refurbished Low Voltage AC and DC Motors to Various Locations, estimated cost $184,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Requisitions 1486557, 1486561, and 1486559ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0229 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-29 Perform Information Technology Network Operations Consulting Services, with Sentinel Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1462221ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0230 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-33 Perform Information Technology Security Assessment and Consulting Services, with Crowe Horwath LLP, in an amount not to exceed $95,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1466775ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0231 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-41 IT Project Management and Business Analysis Consulting, with The William Everett Group in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1475900ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0244 132Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Auto Plus - Pep Boys to provide automobile preventive maintenance and repair services for 245 Fleet Vehicles, under National Joint Power Alliance (NJPA) Contract 062916-PEP, in an amount not to exceed $537,688.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1489243ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0247 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Government Crime Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed $37,032.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1487308ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0255 134Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hey and Associates, Inc., for professional engineering post award services for Contract 13-370-3F, Buffalo Creek Reservoir Expansion in an amount not to exceed $352,871.00, Account 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1488345ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0267 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to National Oilwell Varco, L.P., to Furnish and Deliver Two Exciter Wheels for the Main Sewage Pumps at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $28,508.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1488624ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0282 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Chevin Fleet Solutions LLC, for a Dedicated Fleet Management Solution for 249 Fleet Vehicles for a period of thirty-six months, under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Joint Purchasing Contract No. 022217-CVS, in an amount not to exceed $55,636.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1489608Approved  Action details Not available
18-0268 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $85,469.64, Group C to Qorpak, a Division of Berlin Packaging, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $61,005.00, and Group D to Colonial Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,585.50, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0286 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 14-113-5F, Stormwater Retrofits for Real Time Controls and Rainwater Harvesting System at Dearborn Homes, Chicago, Illinois, to Concord Excavating Enterprises, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,088,880.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $54,444.00, for a total amount not to exceed $1,143,324.00, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1478670ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0285 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Paper Filters, Crucibles and Petri Dishes to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group B To Colonial Scientific, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $18,472.50, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0216 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Schiff Hardin LLP to represent and counsel the District in connection with renewable energy projects, in an amount of $100,000.00, from an amount of $450,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $550,000.00. Account 201-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3081196 (Deferred from the March 1, 2018 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
18-0248 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 17-674-11 Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts and Services for Trucks and Trailers at Various Locations, to B & W Truck Repair, Inc. in an amount of $27,800.00, from an amount of $461,033.29, to an amount not to exceed $488,833.29, Accounts 101-15000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612860, 623250, Purchase Orders 5001616, 5001617, 5001618, 5001619, Requisition 1489275ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0254 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Seeco Consultants, for Geotechnical Analysis in an amount of $60,983.93, from an amount of $674,353.82 to an amount not to exceed $735,337.75. Account 201-50000-612380, 401-50000-612240, and 501-50000-612240, Purchase Order 3078788 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0234 143ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2017Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0284 144Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $10,650,000 in the Capital Improvements Bond FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0259 145ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of February 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0245 146Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Zenobia Williams vs. MWRDGC, Claim 14 WC 14711, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $11,832.11, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0228 147Agenda ItemAuthority to amend health care benefits under the PPO plan for active employees and pre-65 retirees to include the Naturally Slim ProgramApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0235 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit to the Chicago Police Department to install "ShotSpotter" sensors on the rooftops of two buildings located on the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant premises to detect and locate gunfire in the surrounding areas. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0236 149Agenda ItemAuthority to execute petition for annexation and enter into annexation agreement with Elk Grove Village for the annexation of approximately 41 acres of District real estate located at the Majewski Reservoir Site, northeast of Higgins Road, into Elk Grove VillageApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0257 150Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 28,330 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove transmission towers and overhead transmission lines along the north side of the Main Channel and west of Pulaski Road in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $19,547.70ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0260 151Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) day permit to Friends of the Chicago River to access District land at 16 locations along the North Branch of the Chicago River, North Shore Channel, Main Channel, and the Cal-Sag Channel, in Cook County, Illinois, for its Annual Chicago River Day Clean-Up Event on May 12, 2018. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0263 152Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 20’ x 170’ non-exclusive easement to the Village of Willow Springs to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a 36-inch storm water sewer and outfall on District Main Channel Parcel 31.03 located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River between I-294 and Willow Springs Road in Willow Springs, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0279 153Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 25’ x 898’ + non-exclusive easement to Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove two (2) drop shafts and a 42-inch natural gas pipeline on District Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.04 and 8.09 and beneath the bed of the Cal-Sag Channel in Palos Township, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of $8,000.00 Dear Sir: On June 1, 1993, the District granted a 25-year, 25’ x 898’ non-exclusive easement to Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (“Peoples Gas”) to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove two (2) drop shafts and a 42-inch natural gas pipeline on District Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.04 and 8.09 and beneath the bed of the Cal-Sag Channel in Palos Township, Illinois. The easement expires May 31, 2018. Peoples Gas currently pays an annual easement fee of $4,582.83. Peoples Gas has requested a new 25-year easement to continue to operate and maintain the 42-inch natural gas pipeline and two (2) drop shafts which are used to access the pipeliApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0283 154Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit to the City of Chicago, Department of Streets & Sanitation, for the continued use of a 10’ x 10’ area of District real estate located between Taylor Street and Roosevelt Road along the south bank of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois to maintain and operate a concrete/asphalt pad, a front-end loader with a crane attachment, and a roll-off box to collect debris and pollutants from the Chicago River, and to use the District’s jib crane located on-site to off-load its skimmer boat debris baskets. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0262 155Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Franklin Park, Illinois and Cook County Land Bank Authority for the acquisition of 32 flood-prone properties in the Village of Franklin Park, with payment to the Cook County Land Bank Authority in an amount not to exceed $4,681,280.00, Account 401-50000-612400, Requisition1489295ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
18-0291 156Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the purpose of establishing a partnership to address stormwater issues in Cook County.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0287 157ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 63rd Anniversary of the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day ParadeAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
18-0288 158ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Shannon Rovers Irish Bagpipe BandAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
18-0290 159ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Mission PropelleAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
18-0294 160ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Greek Independence DayAdoptedPass Action details Not available
R18-002 161Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R18-002 Establishing the Right-of-Way for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in the Village of Robbins, Cook County, Illinois (Contract 14-253-5C) in Section 1, Township 36 North and Section 36, Township 37 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois AdoptedPass Action details Video Video