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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/17/2019 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: 10-17-2019 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsVideo
19-1037 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the “State of Water: Our Most Valuable Resource,” an exhibit created by Brad Temkin and the Field MuseumAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
19-1039 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners acknowledging Breast Cancer Awareness MonthAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
19-1042 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the U.S. Minority Contractors Association’s 28th Annual Millennium Builders Awards and BanquetAdoptedPass Action details Not available
19-1044 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 2019 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
19-0995 15ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of September 2019, in the amount of $28,190,592.55Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1013 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 1, 2019Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1021 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 8, 2019Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1023 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 19-654-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Parts and Repair Services for Sluice Gate Valve Actuators, estimated cost $532,000.00 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1024 19ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 19-716-22 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver One 44” x 80” Engine Lathe and Accessories to the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $170,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1035 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 19-088-11, Furnish, Deliver and Install Structural Cantilever Racking at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $98,500.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1007 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 19-717-22, Furnish, Deliver and Install an Upgraded Operator for TARP Gate I at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, from $450,000.00 to $850,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1518109ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-1008 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 20, 2018, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AT&T Corp., for Point to Point Switched Ethernet Service upgrade at the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $15,002.76, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1502113, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 18-0926ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-0937 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-605-11 Bagging Services for Composted Biosolids to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $45,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1528163 (Deferred from the October 3, 2019 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Video Video
19-0980 114Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 19-RFP-39 Enhancements to the District's new website, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1529902 (Deferred from the October 3, 2019 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-0996 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-103-11 Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts for Boats, Outboard Motors, and Trailers, estimated cost $20,000.00; Account 101-16000-612790, Requisition 1528840ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-0997 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-104-11 Preventive Maintenance on Laboratory Balances, estimated cost $36,000.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1530058ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1002 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-419-11 Elevator Maintenance and Repair Service at The Main Office Building Complex for a Three-Year Period, estimated cost $110,400.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370 and 612390, Requisition 1529884 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1005 118Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 19-RFP-40 Safety Consulting Services, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1530480 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-1006 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-655-11, Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs, estimated cost $600,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1525503ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1019 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-089-11, Furnish and Deliver Structural Cantilever Racking to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-20000-645680 Requisition 1530770ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-0994 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to National Fire Protection Association to Furnish and Deliver National Fire Codes On-Line Subscription License, in an amount not to exceed $36,120.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1527536ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-0998 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Resource Associates, Inc. to furnish and deliver Proficiency Testing Standards, in an amount not to exceed $16,000.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1528858ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1009 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver VMware Software, Support and Subscription, in an amount not to exceed $71,874.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1528013ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1014 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 19-603-12 (Re-Bid), Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, Item 1 to Morton Salt, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $36,405.60, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-623130, Requisitions 1517976 and 1518112DeletedPass Action details Video Video
19-1015 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 19-117-11, Furnish, Deliver and Install A Robotic Titrosampler, to Brinkmann Instruments, Inc. d/b/a Metrohm USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $44,282.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1524794ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1016 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Graybar Electric Company, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Electrical Catalog Products, under OMNIA Partners (formerly U.S. Communities) Contract #EV2370, in an amount not to exceed $75,100.00, Accounts 101-15000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, Requisitions 1528199, 1528412, 1528422, 1528432, and 1529584 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1017 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 19-697-12 (Re-Bid), Furnishing and Delivering Odor Control Chemicals and a Delivery System to CALSMA to Fremont Industries, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $30,450.00, Account 101-66000-623560, Requisition 1501135Deleted  Action details Not available
19-1022 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 19-118-11, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Conveyor Type Dishwasher, to Edward Don & Company, in an amount not to exceed $41,220.29, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1524795ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1018 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and C, to Root Brothers Mfg. & Supply Co., in an amount not to exceed $46,763.58, Account 101-20000-623680ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1020 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-905-21, Rehabilitation of Two Double Disc Gate Valves at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Pumping Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Proflow Pumping Solutions, in an amount not to exceed $1,088,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1519311ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1032 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-030-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Items 1, 3, 6, 25, and 29 to Rilco, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $11,540.00; Items 2 and 23 to Midtown Petroleum Acquisitions, LLC, d.b.a. Reladyne, in an amount not to exceed $3,657.50; Items 4, 7, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, and 31 to Al Warren Oil Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $54,465.42; Items 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, and 22 to Feece Oil Company in an amount not to exceed $70,257.00; Items 8, 15, and 18 to Chicago United Industries, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $7,702.00; and Items 9, 26, 27, 28, 30, and 32 to Superior Petroleum Products & Fuels, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $49,756.15, Account 101-20000-623860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-0932 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C., for Contract 18-RFP-06 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense, in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $224,667.89, to an amount not to exceed $244,667.89, Account 101-25000-612430, Purchase Order 3099776 (Deferred from the October 3, 2019 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the October 17, 2019 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Video Video
19-0999 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AMETEK Arizona Instrument LLC, for maintenance and calibration of Jerome Hydrogen Sulfide analyzers, in an amount of $4,560.00, from an amount of $9,480.50, to an amount not to exceed $14,040.50, Account 101-16000-612970, Purchase Order 3103980ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1000 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct four years of research on the use of perennial riparian grass buffer strip at the Fulton County site, in an amount of $55,197.00, from an amount of $207,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $152,603.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Purchase Order 3090945Deleted  Action details Not available
19-1003 135Agenda 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 $132,868.83, from an amount of $8,764,623.43, to an amount not to exceed $8,897,492.26, Account 401-50000-645630, Purchase Order 4000047ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1004 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-108-5F Streambank Stabilization Projects for Addison Creek, Northlake and North Riverside, Illinois, to Industria Inc. in an amount of $110,000.00, from an amount of $1,546,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,656,000.00, Account 501-50000-645720, Purchase Order 4000066ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1010 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 18-935-12 (Re-Bid), Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hydroxide, to Olin Corporation, in an amount of $2,816,712.00, from an amount of $4,973,488.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,156,776.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Purchase Order 3099312ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1025 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with HBK Engineering, LLC for professional engineering services for Contract 14-820-3S, Civil Consulting Support Services, in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,750,000.00, Accounts 501-50000-612450, 612470, Purchase Order 3088246ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1031 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 16-079-3D Rehabilitation of North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction Company, Inc. in an amount of $571,565.17, from an amount of $4,691,900.84, to an amount not to exceed $5,263,466.01, Account 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000060ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1033 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to the Chicago Defender, to Publish Invitations to Bid for Contracts and Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations in a Newspaper Intended to Target the African-American Market, in an amount of $5,700.00, from an amount of $9,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $15,600.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Purchase Order 8009143ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-1029 141ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the months of July, August and September 2019Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
19-1040 142ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
19-1036 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to the City of Chicago for the continued use of five (5) TARP dropshafts to receive emergency snowmelt discharges from snow-melting machines as part of the Emergency Snow Removal Plan for the Chicago Loop Area. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1012 144ReportReport on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes Required by the Watershed Management OrdinancePublished and FiledPass Action details Video Video
19-1026 145Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement with and make payment to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the Limited Reevaluation of the Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries Study, in an amount of $99,998.00, Account 501-50000-645630 ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-1027 146Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate intergovernmental agreements to assist various local municipalities and other governmental organizations with Green Infrastructure projectsApprovedPass Action details Video Video
19-1030 147Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for a Flood Control Project on 1st Avenue from Roosevelt Road to Cermak Road in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois (Contract 14-111-5F)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-1047 148ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing “Imagine a Day Without Water” AdoptedPass Action details Not available