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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/12/2018 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
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Attachments: 07-12-2018 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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18-0643 11ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0644 12ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0645 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during April 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0646 14ReportReport on the investment interest income during May 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0647 15ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on July 1, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0655 16Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project Furnish and Deliver an All-Terrain Crane to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $950,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0639 17Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 18-804-21 Furnish and Deliver Uninterruptible Power Supplies to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $80,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0653 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 26, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0668 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 19, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0707 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 18-486-11, Provide Dedicated Point to Point Telemetry Communication Service For District Infrastructure For One Year With An Option For A One-Year Extension, estimated cost $912,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0649 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the Master Agreement with Northwestern University to extend the agreement termination date from August 31, 2018, to December 31, 2020ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0659 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to Amend Board Order of May 3, 2018, to issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., to provide parts and services to upgrade the obsolete Ovation controllers, power supplies, network switches, Microsoft software, and Ovation DCS software at the Kirie, Egan, and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in a total amount not to exceed $1,845,325.00, Account 401-50000-645690, Requisition 1469612, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 18-0423ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0691 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to make payment to Current Innovation, NFP (Current) for the 2018 and 2019 annual membership dues, in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
18-0693 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 5, 2018, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 18-603-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install Spring Loaded Covers to North Branch TARP Structures, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 201-50000-645620, Requisition 1490752, Agenda Item No. 10, File No. 18-0319ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0724 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to decrease cost estimate for Contract 17-604-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Headrace Handrails, Guardrails and Fencing at the Lockport Powerhouse, from $46,500.00 to $38,240.00 Account 201-50000-645720, Requisition 1469616ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0638 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-804-21 Furnish and Deliver Uninterruptible Power Supplies to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $80,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1497103ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0650 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-118-11 Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers, estimated cost $34,100.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1497128ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0656 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-628-11, Inspection, Repairing, Recharging and Pressure Testing of Fire Suppression Systems at Various Locations. estimated cost $265,000.00, Account 101-69000-612780, Requisition 1495163ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0660 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-604-11 Furnishing and Delivering Plumbing Supplies to Various Locations, estimated cost $152,700.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623090, Requisitions 1475493, 1486220 and 1492646ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0661 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-364-11 for public tender of bids a ten (10) year lease on approximately 4.46 acres of District real estate located at 4035 S. Cicero Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 40.02. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $140,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0664 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-416-11 Operating Engineering Services to the Main Office Building Complex for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $3,752,000.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370/612390, Requisition 1497734ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0669 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-108-5F Streambank Stabilization Projects for Addison Creek, Northlake and North Riverside, Illinois, estimated cost between $1,146,085.70 and $1,387,366.90, Account 501-50000-645720, Requisition 1497567ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0694 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $88,500.00, Account 101-20000-623680ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0695 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-009-11 Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper Towels & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $129,000.00, Account 101-20000-623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0697 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-036-11 Furnish and Deliver Salt and Calcium Chloride to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $25,500.00, Account 101-20000-623130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0698 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-032-11 Furnish and Deliver Coveralls, Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $37,800.00, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0700 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-029-11 Furnish and Deliver Safety Equipment and Welding Apparel to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $103,000.00, Account 101-20000-623680, 623700, 623780ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0560 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Willis of Illinois, Inc. for Furnishing Property Insurance Coverage for District Properties in an amount not to exceed $1,896,838.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1495814 (Deferred from June 21, 2018 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Video Video
18-0640 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to SHI International Corporation to Furnish and Deliver Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams Software License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $13,455.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1497568ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
18-0657 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AT&T Corp., for Telemetry Services, in an amount not to exceed $414,911.51, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612210, Requisition 1496324ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0658 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, to Furnish and Deliver Hewlett Packard Maintenance for HPE SANs, in an amount not to exceed $49,824.93, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1481257ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0670 132Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., for professional engineering post award services for Contract 13-248-5F Streambank Stabilization on Melvina Ditch, in an amount not to exceed $312,944.44, Account 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1497575ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0672 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AT&T Corp., for Telemetry Services, in an amount not to exceed $492,377.72, Accounts 101-27000/66000/67000/68000/69000-612210, Requisitions 1487711 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0702 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 18-690-11, Furnishing and Delivering Refurbished Low Voltage AC and DC Motors to Various Locations, to KW Maintenance Services LLC, in an amount not to exceed $178,640.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1486557, 1486559, and 1486561ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0712 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 18-608-22 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Screens, Conveyors, and Grit Classifier to Various Locations, Group C to JDV Process Equipment Corp., in an amount not to exceed $123,225.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1475485ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0718 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to 72 Hour LLC, DBA National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish and Deliver a Stake Body Truck to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 120716-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $57,535.44, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1498038ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0719 137Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Walter Payton Power Equipment LLC, to Furnish and Deliver an All-Terrain Crane to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. GUS-032515, in an amount not to exceed $947,621.40, Accounts 201-50000-634760, Requisition 1497284ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0723 138Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-37 Employee Benefits Software with Benefitfocus.com, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $490,000.00, Account 201-50000-634820 and 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1472784ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0703 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-053-11 Furnish and Deliver Lamps and Emergency Lighting to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Neher Electric Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,489.99, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,769.20, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0704 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-040-11 Furnish and Deliver Computer Supplies to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Group A to Runco Office Supplies Equipment Company in an amount not to exceed $929.08, and Groups B and C to Star Image Inc., in an amount not to exceed $26,972.13, Account 101-20000-623810ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0708 141Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Brucker Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $31,627.24, Groups B and D to Production Distribution Companies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $34,557.84, and Group C to G.A.G. Industries, Inc., dba Filter Services Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $2,184.94, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0667 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 17-614-11 Elevator Maintenance Service at Various Service Areas, to Parkway Elevators, Inc. in an amount of $13,894.21, from an amount of $932,065.34, to an amount not to exceed $945,959.55, Accounts 101-15000-612370/612390, Purchase Order 5001577ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0673 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-128-3P Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction and F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $113,350.16, from an amount of $232,460,064.55, to an amount not to exceed $232,573,414.71, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645780, 645680, Purchase Order 4000020ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0674 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-239-3S Calumet Intercepting Sewer 19F Rehabilitation, Calumet Service Area, to Insituform Technologies USA, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,831,573.64, from an amount of $12,407,282.47, to an amount not to exceed $14,238,856.11, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000036ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0689 145Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 17-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $175,000.00 from an amount of $1,945,316.04 to an amount not to exceed $1,770,316.04, Account 101-68000-623560, Purchase Order 3093827ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0696 146Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement for professional engineering services for Contract 13-811-5C Flood Control Measures within the Combined Sewer Area - Alternatives Group B, with Greeley and Hansen LLC in an amount of $27,192.11, from an amount of $250,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $222,807.89, Account 501-50000-612440, Purchase Order 3078994ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0705 147Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $324,400.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0709 148Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an easement agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company to acquire a permanent easement comprising 1.950 acres for the Addison Creek Reservoir (Contract 11-186-3F) in Bellwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $270,000.00, Account No. 401-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0710 149Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an easement agreement with Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company to acquire permanent and temporary easements comprising approximately 1.28 acres for the Addison Creek Reservoir (Contract 11-186-3F) in Bellwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $323,000.00, Account No. 501-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0676 150ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0675 151Agenda ItemSettlement of Electronic Plating Co. v. the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Electronic Plating Co. Enforcement Action Nos. 92403 and 92305ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0690 152Agenda ItemAuthorization to ratify the Acting Executive Director’s action to amend the Board Order of June 21, 2018, regarding Authorization to declare an operational emergency affecting public health and safety and award Contract 18-800-01 for Emergency Repairs to SEPA Station No. 4 in the Village of Worth, IL, to Paramount Electrical Supply, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Requisition 1496348ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0652 153Agenda ItemAuthorization to Approve the North Branch Watershed Workgroup Membership Agreement for Fiscal Year 2018 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0725 154Agenda ItemAuthority to accept the resignation of David St. Pierre, Executive Director, and enter into a separation agreement which includes a separation payment in an amount not to exceed $95,000.00, Account 101-15000-601010ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0663 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 90-day permit to Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company to use an approximate 5,000 sq. ft. portion of North Shore Channel Parcel 8.01 located between Lincoln and Peterson Avenues in Chicago, Illinois as a construction staging area and for dewatering a Peoples Gas utility tunnel. Consideration shall be $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0686 156Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 0.52 acres of vacant District real estate located at 413 W. Taylor Street in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 45.01 (southern portion)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0687 157Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 90-day permit to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on the District’s Touhy Avenue Reservoir site in Des Plaines, Illinois to perform surveying work and conduct soil borings in connection with the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0706 158Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease, approximately 1.87 acres of District real estate located north of the Cal-Sag Channel and west of Archer Avenue in Lemont, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 1.03ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0715 159Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 60-year, 25,408+ sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove subterranean electrical transmission lines through the southern portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 located west of Cicero Avenue and south of the Cal-Sag Channel in Crestwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $21,597.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0716 160Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 60-year 34,145+ sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to the Village of Crestwood to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a stormwater sewer and a sanitary sewer through the southern portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 located west of Cicero Avenue and south of the Cal-Sag Channel in Crestwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0717 161Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 60-year, 17,594+ sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to the Village of Crestwood to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a 10-inch subterranean water main through the southern portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 located west of Cicero Avenue and south of the Cal-Sag Channel in Crestwood, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $14,955.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0720 162Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 60-day permit to the City of Chicago’s Department of Aviation for construction staging and capping a portion of a City sanitary sewer and two appurtenant manholes on and beneath two (2) approximate 50’ x 25’ areas located at the southeast corner of the Majewski Reservoir site and for constructing a temporary approximate 15’ x 30’ gravel access driveway. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0721 163Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 12.34 acres of vacant District real estate located at 7499 Canal Bank Drive in Summit, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 35.04ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0678 164Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Arlington Heights for the construction, operation and maintenance of Parking Lot Pavers and a Bio-infiltration Basin at the Arlington Heights Police Station (18-IGA-01), in an amount not to exceed $358,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497116ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0679 165Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the City of Des Plaines for the construction, operation and maintenance of seven green alleys (18-IGA-06), in an amount not to exceed $527,145.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497117ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0680 166Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Forest Park for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Forest Park Green Alley Improvement Project (18-IGA-07), in an amount not to exceed $123,830.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497118ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0681 167Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Harwood Heights for the construction, operation and maintenance of two green alleys (18-IGA-09), in an amount not to exceed $383,984.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497119ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0682 168Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Maywood for the construction, operation and maintenance of five green alleys as part of the Village of Maywood Green Alleys Project (18-IGA-10), in an amount not to exceed $841,110.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497667ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0683 169Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of River Forest for the construction, operation and maintenance of the River Forest Gale Avenue Green Alley Improvement Project (18-IGA-16), in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497120ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0684 170Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Riverside for the construction, operation and maintenance of a Bioretention Facility and Permeable Pavement Parking Lot at Metra Commuter Lot #1 (18-IGA-17), in an amount not to exceed $560,615.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497131ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0685 171Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Wheeling Park District for the construction, operation and maintenance of a green parking lot as part of the Wheeling Park District Chamber Park Parking Lot Reconstruction (18-IGA-19), in an amount not to exceed $61,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1497132ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0711 172Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey to supply and install flow monitoring and water quality instrumentation at various Elementary Schools in an amount not to exceed $51,250.00, Account 501-50000-612490ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0692 173ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Special Olympics and all the athletes competing (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video