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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/17/2018 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
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18-0471 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2018, in the amount of $21,263,396.66RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0448 12ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-16 POTs Local and Long Distance Services, estimated cost $324,000.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisition 1493527RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0475 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0483 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 8, 2018 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0446 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 15, 2018, regarding issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Auto Plus - Pep Boys to provide automobile preventative maintenance and repair services for 245 Fleet Vehicles, under National Joint Power Alliance (NJPA) Contract 062916-PEP in an amount not to exceed $537,668.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1489243, Agenda Item No. 32, File No. 18-0244RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0447 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 5, 2018 to increase the purchase order and to exercise an option to extend the agreement for an additional one-year period for Contract 14-RFP-32 for Third Party Claims Administrator Services with PMA Management Corp. in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount of $696,999.91 to an amount not to exceed $946,999.91, Accounts 101-25000-601170 and 901-30000-601090, Purchase Order 3085673, Agenda Item No. 33, File No. 18-0358RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0462 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order of March 15, 2018, accepting 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 $5,000.00, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 18-0256 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
18-0499 18Agenda ItemRatification and approval of the Executive Director's decision authorizing the Director of Procurement and Materials Management's to reduce the committed KWHs from 36.887 MW to 24 MW in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland (PJM) upcoming 2021/2022 Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) Base Residual Auction (BRA) for Demand Response (DR)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0456 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-613-21, Furnish and Deliver HVAC Coils to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $175,000.00, Account No. 201-50000-634650, Requisition No. 1492217RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0457 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-707-21 Roof Replacement at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $490,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1474249RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0458 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-883-BF Flood Control Project at Arrowhead Lake, Palos Heights, Illinois, estimated cost between $1,489,491.70 and $1,803,068.90, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1489057RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0466 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-634-11, Inspection and Repairs to Cathodic Protection Systems, estimated cost $400,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600, Requisitions 1480773, 1480774, and 1480775RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0445 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mythics, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Oracle Primavera Software Maintenance Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $18,565.98, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1493528RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0449 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mythics, Inc, to Furnish and Deliver Oracle Support Renewal, for one year, in an amount not to exceed $240,761.19, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1490778RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0450 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Citrix Systems, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of Six Hundred (600) Citrix XenApp Software Maintenance Licenses, Renewal of Twenty-Five (25) Citrix XenDesktop Software Maintenance Licenses, and Renewal of Two (2) Citrix NetScaler MPX Appliances in an amount not to exceed $64,372.50, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Requisition 1489771RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0451 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver AutoDesk Constructware Software License Renewal for a One-Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $139,327.80 Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1493526RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0453 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., for preventive maintenance, repair and consumable supplies for various PerkinElmer instruments, in an amount not to exceed $100,728.80, Account 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1490553RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0476 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 18-400-11, Major Repairs for Fleet Vehicles for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, Group A to BCR Automotive Group, LLC d/b/a Roesch Ford, in an amount not to exceed $31,390.00, and Groups B and C to Metro Ford Sales & Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $69,815.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1489587RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0477 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Harris Corporation to Furnish Telephone Support for the TARP Radio Communication System, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, Requisition 1440558RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0484 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 18-609-11, Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Parts to Various Service Areas, to Motion Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $287,820.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1478639, 1479635, and 1478124RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0485 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Howden Roots, LLC, to Provide Shop Repair Services and Field Technician Services for the Blowers at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in a total amount not to exceed $168,991.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1490072RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0486 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 18-639-11, Furnish and Deliver Process Water Chemicals, to Fremont Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $224,494.16, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623560, Requisitions 1482954, 1482955, and 1482956RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0490 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 18-110-11, Furnish and Deliver Water Quality Meters and Accessories, to Chen, Garner & Stevens Partners, LLC d/b/a Eureka Water Probes, in an amount not to exceed $32,450.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1478640RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0491 124Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois, Ltd., for professional engineering services for Contract 18-848-5F, Program Management of Stormwater Master Planning in Separate Sewer Service Area, in an amount not to exceed $2,049,967.00, Account 501-50000-612440, Requisition 1492644RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
18-0492 125Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 18-849-5F, Program Management of Stormwater Master Planning in Combined Sewer Service Area, in an amount not to exceed $2,159,057.00, Account 501-50000-612440, Requisition 1492645RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0472 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 16-125-4F McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Slope Stabilization and Retaining Walls, SSA to Schwartz Excavating, Inc. in an amount of $1,376,551.49, from an amount of $7,388,071.94, to an amount not to exceed $8,764,623.43, Account 401-50000-645630, Purchase Order 4000047RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0496 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 15-913-21, Rehabilitate the Digester Gas Turbine at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $65,638.93, from an amount of $2,038,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,103,638.93, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001556RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
18-0468 128ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2018, ended March 31, 2018RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0489 129Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $6,500.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0474 130ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2018RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0493 131Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into discussions with Cook County to explore terms related to authorizing Cook County’s Independent Inspector General to serve as MWRD’s Inspector GeneralRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0440 132Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Esther Billich vs. MWRDGC, Claim 15 WC 03385, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $42,596.29, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0452 133Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Murray vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number: W001539286 in the sum of $52,544.43, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0481 134Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Richard Flemons vs. MWRDGC, Case 15 WC 042451 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $350,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090 (Deferred from the May 17, 2018 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
18-0487 135Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Johnson Olowu vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number: W001690520 in the sum of $43,146.51, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0459 136Agenda ItemAuthorization to Amend Board Order of April 19, 2018, for Authority to issue specific leases to tenant farmers under the farm management program administrated by the District’s consultant, Heartland Bank and Trust Company, for land parcels of various acreages located at the Prairie Plan Operations in Fulton County, Illinois, for a one year period, pursuant to 17-RFP-31, Farm Management Support Services. Consideration shall be a sum total initial annual rent for all leases of $669,677.38, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 18-0392RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0463 137Agenda ItemAuthority to issue an 8-day permit to the City of Blue Island to use the park area of the District’s Blue Island SEPA Station as an athletes’ village and viewing area and to use Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.09 for parking during its “3rd Annual Chicago Southland Dragon Boat Festival” on the Cal-Sag Channel on June 2, 2018. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0465 138Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order of October 5, 2017, authorizing an amendment to lease agreement dated October 7, 1993, between the District and the Alsip Park District allowing a surrender of a 0.074 acre portion of its 79.931 acre leasehold located at the northwest corner of Route 83 and 127th Street in Alsip, Illinois, and known as part of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.03, Agenda Item No. 55, File No. 17-1019RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
18-0470 139Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated June 15, 2000, between the District and Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC on 6.79 acres of District real estate located at 3152 South California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 42.08 and 42.12 to allow an additional use of installing a floating barge dock along the western edge of its leasehold and southernmost tip of the Collateral Channel. Consideration shall be a $5,000.00 document preparation feeDeleted  Action details Not available
18-0495 140Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2017 real estate taxes in the amount of $99,735.20 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0498 141Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2017 real estate taxes in the amount of $583,278.02 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0478 142Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate Intergovernmental Agreements to assist various local municipalities and other governmental organizations with Phase II Stormwater Management Projects (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0479 143Agenda ItemAuthority to amend an Intergovernmental Agreement and make payment to the Village of Berkeley for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the McDermott Drive and Morris Avenue storm sewer improvements under Phase II of the Stormwater Management Program in an amount not to exceed $3,653,622.00, Account 501-50000-612400, 16-IGA-04RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0488 144Agenda ItemAuthority to Amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Cook County Land Bank Authority for the continued acquisition of flood-prone properties in unincorporated Riverside LawnRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0480 145Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the memory of Gregory Bates HartRecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0482 146ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Jorge Ramirez on his retirement RecommendedPass Action details Not available
18-0494 147ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation DayRecommendedPass Action details Not available
PWR18-001 148Prevailing Wage Rate OrdinanceAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act OrdinanceRecommendedPass Action details Not available