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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/2/2009 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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09-0459 11Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 08-171-3P, Westside Imhoff Battery A and Skimming Tank Demolition at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $49,000,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0457 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 17, 2009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0490 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 10, 2009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0492 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of February 5, 2009, as amended on March 19, 2009, for Authority to advertise Contract 09-924-11 Furnish, Deliver and Install Rotary Air Compressors at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $357,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1261148, Agenda Item No. 9, File No. 09-0402.Deferred  Action details Not available
09-0514 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the scope of work and funding of Contract 07-986-16 Supervision of Locomotive Inspection, Certification and Preventive Maintenance at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Relco Locomotives, Inc., to fund the contract from Accounts 901-30000-667220 and 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 5000919 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0468 16Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-122-11, Furnish and Deliver Chemical and Physical Analyses of Sediment Samples, estimated cost $20,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1259870RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0473 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-839-11 Reconditioning 480 Volt Air Circuit Breakers for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $182,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1269950RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0475 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-622-11 Furnishing, Delivering and Installing Radio Equipment at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $39,000.00, Account 101-69000-623850, Requisition 1270673RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0479 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-834-11 Furnish, Deliver, Install and Maintain an Automatic Ammonia Analyzer at the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $29,250.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1249372Deleted  Action details Not available
09-0480 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-773-11 Office Improvements at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $55,000.00, Account 101-67000-612680, Requisition 1268901RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0491 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire and Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $186,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0496 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $49,500.00, Account 101-20000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0498 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-876-11 Roof Repairs and Replacement in the Calumet Service Area, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1261850RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0499 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-963-11 Pavement Repairs in the Stickney Service Area, Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area and Outlying District Property, estimated cost $435,000.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1264171RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0461 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Elan Technologies, Inc., to Repair, Calibrate/Certify and Provide Replacement Parts for American Sigma Automatic Samplers and Portable Flowmeters, in an amount not to exceed $63,000.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1270618RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0500 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Oracle USA, Inc. for the Renewal of Oracle Software Licensing and Support, in an amount not to exceed $182,749.15, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1271977RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0505 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with HDR, Inc., for professional architectural and engineering services for Contract 06-151-3V, Monitoring & Research Laboratory Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $11,954,000.00, Account 401-50000-601420, Requisition 1271973DeferredPass Action details Not available
09-0506 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Motorola, Inc., for furnishing and installing radios, hardware, and providing training required to make use of the STARCOM21 Network regional interoperable radio system for the MWRD Police, in an amount not to exceed $165,330.00, Account 101-15000-623850, Requisition 1261820   Action details Not available
09-0508 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with MindLeaders, Inc. for Contract 09-RFP-03, E-Learning Courseware Proposals, to provide e-learning courses for a two-year period, beginning May 1, 2009 through April 30, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $44,477.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition 1271978RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0456 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 09-653-11, Sewer Cleaning at Various Service Areas, to NH Environmental Group, Inc., d/b/a Tierra Environmental Services Company, in an amount not to exceed $880,000.00, Account 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, Requisitions 1253583, 1252892, and 1252908RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0472 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-658-11, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Signs at the TARP Drop Shafts, to Western Remac, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $47,915.02, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, Requisitions 1240531, 1251006, and 1242855RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0463 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Dresser, Inc., for repair services and replacement parts for the Dresser-Roots centrifugal compressor system at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $30,000.00, from an amount of $30,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 3039161RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0470 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Thomas M. White and the Law Firm of Chapman & Cutler, LLP, for legal services in connection with the District’s compliance with GASB 45 pertaining to the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund and other pension related issues in an amount of $1,048.70, from an amount of $50,244.24, to an amount not to exceed $51,292.94, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3043538RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0476 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-925-12, Repair Services for Motors in the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Area, to Eesco, A Division of Wesco Distribution, Inc., d/b/a Englewood Electrical Supply, in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $75,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 5000573RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0477 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with SimplexGrinnell, for the preventive maintenance, testing and servicing of a SimplexGrinnell Fire Alarm system located at the R&D Lab Building, Engineering Center, OSS Complex, Austin Gate House and Post Digestion Centrifuge Buildings at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $29,651.57, from an amount of $239,699.00 to an amount not to exceed $210,047.43, Account 101-69000-612780, Purchase Order 3035768 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0478 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase and amend the agreement with the United States Department of Interior - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for sewer flow monitoring in an amount of $123,205.00, from an amount of $641,585.00, to an amount not to exceed $764,790.00, Account 401-50000-601410RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0484 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-353-2M, Rehabilitation of the Existing Influent Pumping Station at Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company, in an amount of $167,701.05, from an amount of $21,345,063.62 to an amount not to exceed $21,512,764.67, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000394RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0485 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-294-3M, Calumet TARP Isolation and Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount of $46,811.53, from an amount of $59,897,235.51 to an amount not to exceed $59,944,047.04, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0487 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-690-11 Services for Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from the Egan Water Reclamation Plant and Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, to Stewart Spreading, Inc. (Group A), in an amount of $90,000.00, from an amount of $846,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $936,000.00, Account 101-67000-612520, Purchase Order 5000707RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0488 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to furnish and deliver replacement parts for Varec Biogas equipment, Parkson screens, Watson Marlow pumps, Faibanks Morse pumps and Hayward-Gordon pumps at various WRPs in an amount of $31,873.30, from an amount of $254,453.75 to an amount not to exceed $286,327.05. Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623090, 623270, Purchase Orders 3043894, 3043895 and 3043896RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0493 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Mr. Thomas Skuse, for professional engineering services to maintain and operate District facilities at Fulton County in an amount of $11,896.62, from an amount of $85,918.50, to an amount not to exceed $74,021.88 Account 101-68000-601170, Purchase Order 3046252RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0497 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 08-443-11 Remediate the Slurry Oil Release at the District’s Main Channel Atlas Parcel Number 42.02, to SET Environmental, Inc. (SET), in an amount of $80,000.00, from an amount of $470,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $550,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000920RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0502 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 93-232-2M Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction/FHP Tectonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $14,057.86 from an amount of $120,932,307.75 to an amount not to exceed $120,946,365.61, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0510 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend an agreement with Loeb & Loeb, LLP to pay attorneys’ fees incurred by Susan T. Morakalis in the case of Tri-River Docks v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, No. 05 L 007390, in an amount of $60,000.00, from an amount of $225,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $285,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3051187RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0466 136Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute permanent subterranean and temporary easements from Hanson Material Services, for the Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain, and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area (ROW File No. 5, Contract 04-201-4F), and consideration shall be a nominal fee of ten dollars ($10.00), Account 401-50000-667340RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0454 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jesse Land vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200003195, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the sum of $75,524.74. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0467 138Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures for a 10-year lease of approximately 13.70 acres of District real estate located at 5200 West 40th Street, between Central and Laramie Avenues, south of the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, in Stickney, Cook County, Illinois, Main Channel Parcel 39.02RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0482 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-day permit to Friends of the Chicago River to access District land at 14 locations along the North Branch of the Chicago River, Main Channel, and Cal-Sag Channel for its Annual Chicago River Day Clean-Up Event on May 9, 2009, Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0483 140Agenda ItemAuthority to issue 14-day permits to the City of Blue Island and the Village of Calumet Park for the use of approximately 95 acres of District land located along the north and south banks of the Calumet-Sag Channel between Western Avenue and Fay’s Point for the purpose of hosting 2 collegiate men’s rowing events, Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0511 141Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-month permit extension retroactive to January 1, 2009, and expiring May 31, 2009, to J.C. Moore II, for occupancy of residential and related buildings located on approximately 1.3 acres of District land formerly known as the Lowell Wier Farm in Fulton County, Illinois, Consideration shall be a monthly permit fee of $175.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0512 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-month permit extension to SPI Petroleum, LLC to continue to use approximately 3.78 acres of District land located at 4801 South Harlem Avenue in Forest View, Cook County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 37.11, Consideration shall be $52,938.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0460 143MotionMOTION to plan District-wide employment celebration dinner, summer picnic and holiday dinner during 2009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0501 144MotionMOTION to Amend Motion of February 5, 2009, to appoint Reyes, Williams & Associates, LLC, as Lobbyist for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to reflect the proper name of Gerardo J. Reyes, P.C.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0453 145Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Mrs. Elizabeth BocanegraRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0486 146Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Earl N. CollymoreRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0513 147Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Theron “T” RidleyRecommendedPass Action details Not available
O09-007 135OrdinanceORDINANCE NUMBER O09-007 Affirmative Action Ordinance Appendix D of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-0517 148Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 22, 2009 regarding Authority to advertise Contract 05-147-2M, HVAC Improvements, in the Stickney Service Area, Agenda Item No. 29, File No. 09-0121RecommendedPass Action details Not available