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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/20/2020 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: 02-20-2020 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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20-0165 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing February as Black History Month and honoring the Montford Point MarinesAdoptedPass Action details Not available
20-0166 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing February as Black History Month and honoring Kathryn HarrisAdoptedPass Action details Not available
20-0167 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
20-0168 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing February as American Heart MonthAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
20-0173 15ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 65th Anniversary of the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day paradeAdoptedPass Action details Not available
20-0142 16ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2020, in the amount of $29,086,302.32Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0164 17Agenda ItemAuthority to Approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director, in the estimated amount of $477.45, Accounts 101-11000-612010, 101-15000-612010, and 101-15000-612030ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0127 18Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Lower Des Plaines Watershed Group for Fiscal Year 2020 Membership Dues in an amount not to exceed $127,844.80, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0138 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 19, 2019, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company for preventive maintenance and consumable supplies for flow injection analyzers and a spectrophotometer, in an amount not to exceed $47,502.25, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1527676, Agenda Item No. 30, File No. 19-0869ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0149 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-640-11 Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite, estimated cost $1,667,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623560, Requisitions 1532426, 1528872, 1533914 and 1528463DeletedPass Action details Video Video
20-0155 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $135,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0139 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Skalar, Inc. to furnish, deliver, and install a Total Organic Carbon Analyzer with all associated accessories, in an amount not to exceed $41,825.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1538740ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0140 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Ametek Arizona Instrument, LLC d/b/a AMETEK Brookfield, for calibration and repair services on Jerome Hydrogen Sulfide Analyzers and a Jerome Function Test Module, in an amount not to exceed $13,522.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623990, Requisition 1526703ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0143 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to R.S. Means Company, LLC, for RSMeans Online Annual License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $18,449.85, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1539242ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0145 115Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation, for Contract 19-RFP-28 professional engineering services for Contract 19-151-4C Geotechnical Related Work Associated with the McCook and Thornton Reservoirs in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1538913ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0147 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 20-RFP-01 State Legislative Consulting Services, with Blaida and Associates LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Nekritz Amdor Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Law Offices of Paul L. Williams & Associates, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, and Miguel A. Santiago Consulting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisition 1534080ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0151 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to exercise an option to renew for a five (5) year term on the agreement dated June 1, 2010, with 500 West Monroe Owner LLC, successor to Piedmont 500 West Monroe Fee, LLC for leasing space where a TARP back-up repeater is installed at 500 West Monroe Street in Chicago in an amount not to exceed $283,578.00. Account 101-69000-612330, Requisition 1393744 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0152 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Red Sky Technologies Inc., for Software Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $49,992.00 Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1538915ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0154 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 19-487-12 (Re-Bid), Provide Web Hosting and Support of Oracle Primavera Software for a Three-Year Period, to LoadSpring Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $69,336.00, Account 101-27000-612820, 612430, Requisition 1526697ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0170 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-717-22 (Re-Bid), Furnish, Deliver, and Install an Upgraded Operator for TARP Gate I at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to Ornelas Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $775,201.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1518109 (As Revised)(Deferred from the February 20, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0156 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase and extend purchase order with AT&T Corporation, for Contract 18-RFP-16, POTs Local and Long Distance Services, in an amount of $210,000.00, from an amount of $211,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $421,800.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3103834ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0162 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with ABB, Inc., to provide ABB ServiceGrid Coverage at the O’Brien and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants and the North Branch Pumping Station, in an amount of $66,598.57, from an amount of $372,698.25, to an amount not to exceed $439,296.82, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612650, Purchase Order 3092199ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0153 123ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of January 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0159 124Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Andrew Swider vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 16 WC 03363, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $37,761.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0150 125ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of January 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0157 126Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 1507 North 39th Avenue in Stone Park, Illinois for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to the Second Revocable Living Trust of Mario M. Rivosecchi dated March 14, 2018, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $220,000.00, plus closing costs, and relocation costs to the tenants in an amount not to exceed $51,794.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0160 127Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the Village of Robbins a 25-year, approximately 8,843 square foot non-exclusive easement to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove a stormwater outlet sewer located near 135th Street and Kedzie Avenue in Robbins, Illinois on a portion of Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 13.03. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0161 128Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the Village of Robbins a 25-year, approximately 7,492 square foot non-exclusive easement to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair and remove a 42-inch storm sewer outlet into the Cal-Sag Channel located east of Kostner Avenue in Robbins, Illinois on Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 12.09. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0169 129Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-month permit to Commonwealth Edison Company to use 10,000 sq. ft. portions on each of Main Channel Parcels 32.04, 33.01 and 33.03 as helicopter landing zones and to traverse the subject parcels to access its transmission line located in Bedford Park, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0171 130Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-year permit to Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company to use a 28,800 sq. ft. portion of North Shore Channel Parcels 8.01 and 8.03 located between Lincoln and Peterson Avenues in Chicago, Illinois as construction staging areas and to dewater a utility tunnel. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $9,600.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0172 131Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 10-month permit to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to traverse Main Channel Parcels 29.04 and 31.01 to deliver large equipment and materials and to televise District sewers in connection with ISTHA’s I-294 Mile Long Bridge Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0146 132Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Town of Cicero for the construction, operation and maintenance of the 2020 Green Alley Paving Project in Cicero, Illinois (20-IGA-08) in an amount not to exceed $236,452.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1539239ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0163 133Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the City of Chicago, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, for Emergency Shoreline Repairs at Morgan Shoal (45th to 51st Street), 20-IGA-21 in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1539714ApprovedPass Action details Video Video