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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/7/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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09-1878 11ReportReport on the investment interest income during November 2009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1879 12ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on January 1, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1884 13ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 09-RFP-04, Strategic Communications Services, Tasks 1, 2, 3 and 5, estimated cost $450,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1885 14ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 09-RFP-17, Professional Services of an Industrially-Trained Nurse for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Other District Locations for a Three-Year Period, estimated cost $338,400.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1889 15ReportReport on rejection of proposals for 09-RFP-18, Lockport Powerhouse Inspection Services, estimated cost $55,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1909 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, December 15, 2009RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1931 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend agreement with Hometown Suburban Vending Inc., for Contract 07-RFP-16 (Re-bid), Group C, for Vending Machine Food Services at the Main Office Building and at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to include a price increase adjustment as provided in Article 1 of the AgreementRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1887 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-611-11 Repairs and Alterations to Various Water Reclamation Facilities in the Stickney Service Area and Other Installations, estimated cost $5,720,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612600/612650, Requisitions 1291268 and 1294249RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1888 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-678-11 Locksmith Services at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $129,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680, Requisitions 1289895, 1289960, 1289968, 1289983, 1290641 and 1293015RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1896 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-028-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Laboratory Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $75,100.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1903 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-617-11, Services to Inspect Overhead Cranes and Hoists at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $51,000.00, Account 101-68000/69000-612240 Requisitions 1293107 and 1291346RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1904 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-672-11, Furnishing, Delivering and Installing Tires in the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, estimated cost $200,000.00, Account 101-66000-623250, Requisition 1287537 and 1287573RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1915 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-691-11 Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $2,822,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisitions 1285651 and 1285671RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1927 114Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 10-104-11 Furnish and Deliver Maintenance Service for Laboratory Balances and YSI Meters, estimated cost $16,700.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1294215RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1933 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-681-11 Window Washing Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $73,800.00, Account 101-66000/69000-612490, Requisitions 1289230 and 1293106RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1886 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-442-11, Furnishing On-Site Maintenance Service for Personal Computers, Laptops, Thin Client Units, LCD Flat Panel Monitors, Printers, Scanners and Peripherals, to Systems Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $16,896.00, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1281262RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1890 117Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation, for professional engineering post award services for Contract 04-201-4F, Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, in an amount not to exceed $6,141,945.10, Account 401-50000-601440, Requisition 1292486DeferredPass Action details Not available
09-1897 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Superior Industrial Equipment, LLC, to Provide Services to Repair FlowServe Durametallic Mechanical Seals for Digester Pumps at the Calumet and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $45,000.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1288662 and 1287509RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1906 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 09-RFP-16 (Re-Bid) Consultation Services for Professional Library Archivist to Assess and Improve Archival Storage and Historical Preservation Methods with Angulo Archival Services, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1263235RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1912 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 09-RFP-10 Microfilming and Scanning Services for a Twenty-four Month Period with Vital Image Management, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $145,711.41, Account 101-15000-612090, Requisition 1261142RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1917 121Agenda ItemIssue Purchase Orders and exercise the option to Renew the Existing Agreement No. 1/2005 for a Five-Year Period with ABB, Inc., to Provide Parts, Maintenance Services, and Software to the Stickney and North Side Water Reclamation Plant Area for Distributed Control Systems in an amount not to exceed $995,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612650, 623070, Requisitions 1287639 and 1295050RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1918 122Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with AECOM Inc, for professional services in connection with the preparation of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure (SPCC) plans for select District facilities in an amount not to exceed $99,547.00, Account 101-66000-601170, Requisition 1276347RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1925 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, for Installations and Operations and Maintenance of Two (2) Stream-flow Gaging Stations and Sediment Oxygen Demand, Data Collection on Bubbly Creek; and Three (3) Chicago Area Waterway System Streamgaging Stations, in an amount not to exceed $292,725.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1295047RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1926 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with YSI Incorporated, to repair multi-parameter water quality monitors for two years, in an amount not to exceed $116,805.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1291331RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1895 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, to Veolia ES Special Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $95,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1278638RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1907 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 09-053-11 Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Brook Electrical Supply Company, in an amount not to exceed $56,425.48, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1923 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Tubing and Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A, to Indelco Plastics Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $16,913.00, and Group B, to Allied Glove Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $52,713.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1924 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-041-11, Furnish and Deliver Data Storage Cartridges to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $110,726.50, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1881 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Flow-Technics, Inc., to furnish and deliver Allis Chalmers (A-C), Netzsch and Gould pump parts to various locations in an amount of $23,612.97, from an amount of $1,063,034.90 to an amount not to exceed $1,039,421.93. Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3051101RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1882 130Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-934-12 Change-Out of Cooling Tower Media at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc. in an amount of $56,320.50, from an amount of $185,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $128,679.50, Account 101-69000-612680, Purchase Order 5001027RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1883 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-642-11 Furnish and Deliver Boiler and Process Water Chemicals and Consulting Services to the North Side Service Area, to Butler Chemical Co. Inc. in an amount of $13,779.15, from an amount of $75,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $61,220.85. Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 5000901RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1892 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 00-473-1D (Re-bid) Replace Casework, Fume Hoods, and Miscellaneous Work, John E. Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC/KED, a Joint Venture, in an amount of $18,664.88, from an amount of $7,822,291.92 to an amount not to exceed $7,840,956.80, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 201-50000-645680, and 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 5000624RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1893 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-198-AD Demolition of Sludge Disposal Building and Rehabilitation of Pump and Blower House and Coarse Screen Building at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $144,981.20, from an amount of $30,076,717.65 to an amount not to exceed $30,221,698.85, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1894 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-825-3M, Install New Blower No. 2 at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Replace Blower Nos. 1 and 7 at North Side Water Reclamation Plant to Meccon Industries, Inc. in an amount of $18,090.00, from an amount of $5,394,054.61 to an amount not to exceed $5,412,144.61, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000577RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1900 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-220-3P Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen/IHC Construction Joint Venture, in an amount of $12,984.90, from an amount of $228,803,139.31 to an amount not to exceed $228,816,124.21, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1902 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-984-11 Painting of Final Settling Tanks at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Crown Painting, Inc., in an amount of $10,000.00, from an amount of $472,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $462,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 5001025RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1910 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-683-11, Furnishing and Delivering Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel to Various Locations, to Heritage Logistics, in an amount of $11,200.00, from an amount of $206,600.00, to an amount not to exceed $195,400.00, Account 101-67000-623130, Purchase Order 3059641RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1911 138Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with ABB Automation, Inc., for Furnishing Parts, Services and Software, to the Stickney and North Side Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $123,518.12, from an amount of $1,153,153.37, to an amount not to exceed $1,029,635.25. Accounts 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 3034551 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1914 139Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to LAI, LTD., for furnishing and delivering replacements parts and maintenance repairs for Rotork sluice gate operators, Gardner Denver compressor parts, Wemco pump parts and MSA gas detection units, to various locations in an amount of $23,523.36, from an amount of $348,920.52 to an amount not to exceed $325,397.16, Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3050245RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1920 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-614-11 Elevator Maintenance at Various Locations, to ACM Elevator Company, in an amount of $41,200.00, from an amount of $692,200.00, to an amount not to exceed $733,400.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Purchase Order 5000681RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1922 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Marquette University, for reviewing additional documents and preparing additional modeling scenarios associated with the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) in an amount of $29,150.00, from an amount of $224,606.00, to an amount not to exceed $253,756.00, Account 101-66000-601170, Purchase Order 3048074RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1932 142Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2009 departmental appropriations in the amount of $2,145,000.00 in the Corporate Fund (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1872 143Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the vehicle accident claim of Margaret Green vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 2009 L 011363, Circuit Court of Cook County, in the sum of $22,000.00. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1875 144Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Neshell King-Cooper vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 05 WC 047676, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $192,531.00. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1901 145Agenda ItemAuthority to Enter into an “Intergovernmental Agreement for the Evaluation, Allocation, and Sharing of Sewage Flows” with the Flagg Creek Water Reclamation DistrictRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1880 146Agenda ItemIssue payment to Cavanaugh & Associates for medical services in the amount of $3,225.00, Account 101-25000-612260 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1929 147Agenda ItemRequest Authority to Change Personnel Rule 5.10 Overtime AdministrationDeferredPass Action details Not available
09-1870 148Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to Shore Community Services, Inc. for it to continue to operate a school for the developmentally disabled on approximately 2.58 acres of District real estate located at 2525 Church Street, in Evanston, Illinois, c/k/a North Shore Channel Parcel 3.04. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 (Deferred from the December 17, 2009, Board Meeting) "AS AMENDED BY FILE #09-1870A, THIS DATE"ReconsideredPass Action details Not available
09-1871 149Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 39-year lease to the Village of Palos Park on District’s property located at Cal-Sag Road and 86th Avenue in Palos Park, Illinois, and known as Cal-Sag Index Parcel 7.02, in connection with a proposed bicycle/pedestrian trail along the Cal-Sag Channel known as “Calumet-Sag Trail.” Consideration is a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1873 150Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Northeastern Fruit Market, Inc. to use .13 acres of District land located at 6000 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and identified as North Shore Channel Atlas Parcel 8.08. Consideration shall be $10,712.25RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1876 151Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to IMTT-Illinois for the use of approximately 37.25 acres of District land lying at the confluence of the Cal-Sag and Main Channels in Lemont, Illinois, and c/k/a Main Channel Parcel Numbers 26.02 and 26.03. Consideration shall be a 6-month permit extension fee of $101,277.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1877 152Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures for a 39-year lease on approximately 37.25 acres of District land lying at the confluence of the Cal-Sag and Main Channels in Lemont, Illinois, and c/k/a Main Channel Parcel Numbers 26.02 and 26.03RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1913 153Agenda ItemRecommendations for the State of Illinois 2010 Legislative ProgramReconsideredPass Action details Not available
10-0001 154Agenda ItemRequest for Authorization to Issue a Check to Rausch Construction Company in the amount of $625,751.35 for payment of the judgment amount in the matter of Rasuch Construction Company v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, No. 07 CH 4269. P.O. 5000162.   Action details Not available
10-0002 155Agenda ItemAuthority to Invest up to $100,000,000 of District Funds in the Purchase of State of Illinois Bond ObligationsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0003 156MotionMOTION to appoint Gloria Alitto Majewski as Trustee of the MWRD Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1870A 157MotionMOTION to modify File #09-1870 to provide a one-year permit term to Shore Community Services, Inc.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
09-1913A 158MotionMOTION to eliminate Legislative Initiative #2RecommendedPass Action details Not available