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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/2/2018 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: 08-02-2018 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf
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18-0791 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2018, in the amount of $31,188,515.18Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0755 12Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 18-607-31 Cofferdam Installation and Removal at Sluice Gate No. 2 Lockport Controlling Works, to the Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $350,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0756 13Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project Furnish and Deliver a Boom Mower and Tractor to LASMA, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $167,920.20ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0757 14Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 18-803-31 Gravity Concentration Tank Rehabilitation at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to the Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $1,650,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0769 15Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer $4,200,000.00 from the Capital Improvements Bond Fund to the Corporate Fund ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0742 16ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-18, Professional Services in Connection with Wetland Specialist Services for Watershed Management Permits, estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 501-50000-612430, Requisition 1498398Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0763 17ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 16-RFP-16, Perform General Information Technology Consulting Services, estimated cost $240,000.00 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0764 18ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 17-RFP-28, Fleet Vehicle Maintenance Management Services for a 36-Month Period, estimated cost $1,440,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0765 19ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 17-RFP-39, Professional Services to Source and Deliver Woodchips to the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management AreasPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0766 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 16-270-3P, Covered Composting System, estimated cost between $22,453,250.00 and $27,180,250.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0771 111ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 10, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0784 112ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 24, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0792 113ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 17, 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0795 114ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 18-611-22 (Re-Bid), HVAC Improvements at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $1,350,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0799 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc d/b/a CPower., for Contract 14-RFP-35 Energy Curtailment Services, for 2019-2021 (Deferred from the August 2, 2018 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Not available
18-0727 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-117-11 Furnish, Deliver and Install an Automated Biochemical Oxygen Demand System, estimated cost $39,500.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1496100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0728 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-102-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Supplies, Glassware and Chemicals, estimated cost $153,000.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1498046 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0729 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-103-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Coats and Coveralls, estimated cost $27,600.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1498397ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0731 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-116-11 Furnish and Deliver a Biocatalyst Pilot Bioreactor at the Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1497264Deleted  Action details Not available
18-0734 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-482-11 Furnish and Deliver Boardroom Audio Equipment, estimated cost $42,000.00, Accounts 101-27000-612430, 623850, Requisition 1498876ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0737 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-882-CF Streambank Stabilization Project on Midlothian Creek, Tinley Park, Illinois, estimated cost between $612,700.00 and $741,690.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1497561ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0738 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-186-3F Addison Creek Reservoir, Bellwood, Illinois, estimated cost between $90,972,570.00 and $110,124,690.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1499034ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0740 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-134-3M Odor Control Facilities at Sludge Concentration, Southwest Coarse Screen, Overhead Weir, and Post-Centrifuge Building, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $14,250,000.00 and $17,250,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1497121ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0741 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-276-3D Structural Repairs and Roofing Replacement at 95th Street Pumping Station, Calumet Service Area, estimated cost between $4,085,000.00 and $4,945,000.00, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1497724ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0750 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 17-606-31 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Telemetry Replacement for SCADA Control at various locations, estimated cost $545,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1475487ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0751 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-607-31, Cofferdam Installation and Removal at Sluice Gate No. 2 Lockport Controlling Works, Estimated cost $350,000.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1498870 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0752 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-666-11 Furnishing Security Services at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $180,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1493533ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0753 128Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-673-11 Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $552,000.00, Account 101-66000/68000-612760, Requisitions 1492653 and 1492477ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0759 129Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-803-31 Gravity Concentration Tank Rehabilitation at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,650,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1491106ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0770 130Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $28,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0774 131Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 18-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $181,400.00, Account 101-20000-623860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0732 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco SmartNet Support for Cisco Routers and Switches, in an amount not to exceed $138,088.12, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1498872ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0733 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with WorkForce Software, LLC to provide software hosting and hardware maintenance for the WorkForce EmpCenter Time Management System, in an amount not to exceed $247,185.00, Accounts 101-27000-612810 and 612820, Requisition 1497743ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0760 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and amend the agreement with Workforce Software, LLC to provide software configuration work relating to modifications to the Time Management System in an amount not to exceed $40,950.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1495118ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0762 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to 72 Hour LLC, DBA National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish and Deliver two 2019 Ford Super Duty F-550s, one 2019 Ford Super Duty F-350, and one Ford Medium Roof Van under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 120716-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $203,966.65, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1499032ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0775 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Piezo Metrics Inc., D/B/A Micron Meters to Furnish and Deliver Compost Monitoring Temperature Probes to the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA), in an amount not to exceed $74,475.45, Account 101-66000-623990, Requisition 1481252ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0779 137Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to JWC Environmental Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Grinders at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $31,145.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1496150ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0785 138Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 18-959-12, Furnishing and Delivering Sulfuric Acid (Re-Bid), to Rowell Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $243,049.92, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1464033ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0786 139Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 18-703-21, Furnish and Deliver a Four-Inch Hydraulic Submersible Pump to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Xylem Dewatering Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $47,843.00, Account 201-50000-634600, Requisition 1485365ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0787 140Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Tiger Corporation, to furnish and deliver a Boom-Mower to LASMA under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 052417-TGR, in an amount not to exceed $167,920.20, Account 201-50000-634760, Requisition 1497727ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0788 141Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Ecoverse Industries, LTD to furnish and deliver replacement parts and associated tools for the District’s Ecoverse/Backhus A55 and A65 Compost Turners at the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas, in a total amount not to exceed $30,679.13, Account 101-66000-623270, Requisition 1496629ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0776 142Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-079-3D, Rehabilitation of North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,613,450.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $230,672.50, for a total amount not to exceed $4,844,122.50, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1487102ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0777 143Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 16-126-3S (Re-Bid), Summit Conduit Rehabilitation, SSA, to Spiniello Companies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,773,300.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $138,665.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,911,965.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1399616ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0778 144Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 18-679-11, Roof Inspection Services at Various Locations, to Garland/DBS, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $65,000.00, Account 101-69000-612240, Requisition 1474251ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0726 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Barnes & Thornburg LLP for legal services in the pending rulemaking before the Illinois Pollution Control Board entitled, “Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PCB No. 2016-028 (Variance - Water)”, in an amount of $60,000.00 from an amount of $1,490,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,550,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 3049607ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0735 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and extend the agreement for a ninety-one (91) day period, for Contract 11-RFP-19, Fleet Vehicle Management Services for a 36-Month Period, with LeasePlan USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $93,500.00, from an amount of $2,975,299.78, to an amount not to exceed $3,068,799.78, Accounts 101-15000-612080/612860, Purchase Order 3070364ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0743 147Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 04-132-3D A/B and C/D Service Tunnel Rehabilitation - Phase Two, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $231,627.13, from an amount of $20,906,835.16 to an amount not to exceed $20,675,208.03, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000034ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0744 148Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 06-842-2E, Electrical Equipment Replacement, Egan WRP with Broadway Electric, Inc. in an amount of $11,120.07, from an amount of $1,988,487.69, to an amount not to exceed $1,977,367.62, and to decrease the related five percent change order allowance in an amount of $51,566.31, from an amount of $51,566.31, to an amount not to exceed $0.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000022ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0745 149Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for professional engineering services for Contract 16-270-3P, Covered Composting System, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, with Greeley & Hansen LLC, in an amount of $1,459,920.06, from an amount of $4,145,644.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,685,723.94, Account 401-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3092008ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0748 150Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 16-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $11,444.64 from an amount of $170,537.23 to an amount not to exceed $159,092.59, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3089885ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0749 151Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 17-708-31, Installation of Disc Filters at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $13,629.00, from an amount of $1,312,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,326,429.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001626ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0761 152Agenda ItemAuthority to increase the purchase order and amend the agreement with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., for Contract 15-RFP-04 Actuarial Consulting Services, in an amount of $22,000.00, from an amount of $98,700.00, to an amount not to exceed $120,700.00, Account 101-40000-612430, Purchase Order 3087003ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0782 153Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with The Ingalls Memorial Hospital for Contract 16-RFP-27 Pre-employment Physical Examination and Drug-Alcohol Testing Services in an amount of $11,500.00, from an amount of $106,110.00, to an amount not to exceed $94,610.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Purchase Order 3093692ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0781 154Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $215,000.00 in the Corporate Fund and Construction FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0746 155ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of June 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0767 156Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and make payment for temporary and permanent easements from ANNICE, LLC, for the Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Midlothian and Oak Forest, Illinois (Contract 14-252-5F), consideration shall be a fee of $13,600.00, Account No. 501-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0796 157Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Bartlett to construct an equalization basin and improve the Bartlett Pumping StationApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0783 158Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Sean Lee vs. MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 039005, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $19,379.50, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0789 159Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Shirley Harris vs. MWRDGC, Claim 12 WC 22360, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $25,394.50, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0754 160ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of June 2018Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0758 161Agenda ItemAuthorization to declare an operational emergency affecting public health and safety, and increase Contract 18-700-02 for Emergency Repairs to TARP Sluice Gates in Des Plaines and Chicago, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, from an amount of $50,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account 201-50000-645600 Purchase Order 3100456ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0768 162ReportReport on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes Required by the Watershed Management OrdinancePublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
18-0790 163Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Franklin Park, for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Reuter’s Subdivision Improvements under Phase II of the Stormwater Management Program (18-IGA-23), in an amount not to exceed $378,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1499342ApprovedPass Action details Not available
18-0780 164ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Rocco Terranova on his retirementAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
18-0797 165ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating William Yu for his appointment to Associate Judge of Cook County AdoptedPass Action details Not available
18-0798 166ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Celina Villanueva for her appointment as State Representative for the 21st DistrictAdoptedPass Action details Not available
18-0800 167ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Michael D. Rodriguez’s election as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Cook County Democratic PartyDeleted  Action details Not available
18-0801 168ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Alderman Ricardo Munoz’s 25 years of service to the City of ChicagoDeleted  Action details Not available