Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/18/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Board Room Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Not available eComment: Not available   Attachments: Agenda Packet 02-18-2010 Meeting Items (65) 65 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 10-0195 1 1 Report Report on investments purchased during January 2010 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0196 1 2 Report Report on the investment interest income during January 2010 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0181 1 3 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0190 1 4 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of February 4, 2010, regarding authority to decrease purchase orders for Contract 09-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Grade Fuel Oil to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Avalon Petroleum Company, in an amount of $292,486.74, from an amount of $568,450.00, to an amount not to exceed $276,963.26, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Purchase Orders 3055094, 3055095, 3055097 and 3055106, Agenda Item No. 76, File No. 10-0168 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0198 1 5 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of November 19, 2009, regarding Issue Purchase Order and Enter into an Agreement with Varian, Inc., for a Preventive Maintenance Agreement and Consumables for Two (2) Gas Chromatographs and Two (2) Autosamplers, in an amount not to exceed $41,412.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1283820, Agenda Item No. 26, File No. 09-1601 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0212 1 6 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of May 7, 2009, regarding issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Patni Life Sciences to develop enhanced functionalities of the Laboratory Information Management System, in an amount not to exceed $57,750.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1266659, Agenda Item No. 40, File No. 09-0677 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0214 1 7 Agenda Item Authorization to amend the scope of work for Contract 99-467-2E Electrical Upgrade, Pumps, Motors & Drives Replacement, and Elevator Upgrades at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Divane Brothers Electrical Company, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000959 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0237 1 8 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of December 17, 2009, for Authority to advertise Contract 10-602-11 Furnishing and Delivering Chain, Sprockets and Appurtenances to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $1,120,115.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623270, Requisitions 1286894, 1286897, 1286899, 1287623, and 1288643, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 09-1784 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0222 1 9 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 10-690-11 Repair Services for Low Voltage AC and DC Motors at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $173,700.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Requisitions 1293080, 1293086, 1294221, 1295080 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0183 1 10 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 10-300-11, Furnish and Deliver On-Site Training Services for Microsoft Office 2007, to Directions Training Center, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition 1289254 (Deferred from the February 4, 2010 Board Meeting) Deferred Pass Action details Not available 10-0184 1 11 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 09-685-11, Furnishing and Delivering Rain Barrels to Various Locations, to UpCycle Products, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $235,000.00, Account 501-50000-623990, Requisition 1297549 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0185 1 12 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to Kofax, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal License, Software Maintenance and Support for the Kofax Network Fax Software, in an amount not to exceed $37,474.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1297533 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0189 1 13 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, for Preventive Maintenance and Parts at Various Locations, in an amount not to exceed $31,264.49, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1295088 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0197 1 14 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Predict, Inc., for Diagnostic and Vibration Analysis Services for High Speed Turbo-machinery, on an as needed basis, to the Calumet, North Side and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $153,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612240, Requisitions 1287583, 1287601 and 1289921 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0215 1 15 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 10-107-11, Furnish and Deliver Maintenance and Inspection of Lysimeters and Monitoring Wells for a Two-Year Period, to Practical Environmental Consultants, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $19,380.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1289219 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0217 1 16 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to J.D. Wilson Associates, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Vaughn Chopper Pumps and Parts, on an as needed basis, to the North Side, Hanover Park, and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $170,835.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-623270, Requisitions 1287569, 1291348, and 1287590 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0219 1 17 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 10-101-11, Furnish and Deliver Contract Laboratory Technicians for Various Locations, to ANA Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $665,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1287578 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0253 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 10-045-11 to Sun-Times Media, LLC, to Publish Invitations to Bid for Contracts and Publish Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations and Other Legal Notices, for a one (1) year period, in an amount not to exceed $48,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Requisition 1298630 Deferred   Action details Not available 10-0187 1 19 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order and amend agreement for Dykema Gossett, PLLC to represent the District in the lawsuit of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Terra Foundation et al., Case No. 06-CH-13817, involving the District’s interest in the alley adjacent to its Main Office Building (100 East Erie Street), in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount of $1,360,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,660,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3054932 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0188 1 20 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 08-107-11 for Maintenance and Inspection of Lysimeters and Monitoring Wells for the Research and Development Department, to Patrick Engineering, Inc., in an amount of $13,084.89, from an amount of $71,750.00, to an amount not to exceed $58,665.11, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3048907 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0193 1 21 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with CEM Holdings Corporation, for Preventive Maintenance, Service, Parts and Supplies for CEM Microwave Ovens and Sample Capping Stations and Consumable Parts not Included in the Agreement, in an amount of $16,535.60, from an amount of $71,572.35, to an amount not to exceed $55,036.75, Account 101-16000-612970, Purchase Order 3042471 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0204 1 22 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Vanda, Inc., to furnish and deliver repair parts for Limitorque Actuators, Sluice Gates Operators and services for various Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $11,533.20, from an amount of $129,721.20, to an amount not to exceed $118,188.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Purchase Order 3044153 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0205 1 23 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Alfa Laval, Inc., to furnish and deliver a conveyor assembly for an Alfa Laval DS-706 Centrifuge and to provide services and parts for Alfa Laval centrifuges at various locations, in an amount of $241,596.86, from an amount of $7,671,215.00, to an amount not to exceed $7,429,618.14, Accounts 101-68000-612650/ 623270, Purchase Order 3056127 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0206 1 24 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 09-646-11, Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group A, to J&L Contractors, Inc., in an amount of $150,000.00, from an amount not to exceed $1,260,250.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,410,250.00, Account 501-50000-612620, Purchase Order 5001051 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0207 1 25 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 09-963-11 Pavement Repairs in the Stickney Service Area, Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area and Outlying District Property, to Northwest General Contractors, Inc., in an amount of $123,851.76, from an amount of $435,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $311,148.24, Account 101-69000-612420, Purchase Order 5001057 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0208 1 26 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 08-655-11 Manhole Repairs at Various Service Areas, to Northwest General Contractors, Inc., in an amount of $17,088.41, from an amount of $244,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $227,811.59, Accounts 101-67000/68000-612600, Purchase Orders 5000973 and 5000974 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0209 1 27 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc., for providing preventive maintenance services for the TARP raw sewage pump variable frequency Robicon drives at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $15,895.02, from an amount of $83,405.22, to an amount not to exceed $67,510.20, Accounts 101-68000-612600, 612650, Purchase Order 3047336 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0213 1 28 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 09-697-11 Services of Tractors with Tillers, and Sludge Pumps, with Operators for LASMA and the Calumet Service Area, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $186,038.76, from an amount of $615,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $428,961.24, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001031 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0216 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for Nutrient Abatement Trading Using Constructed Wetlands as an Alternative to Conventional Point Source Wastewater Treatment, in an amount of $16,664.50, from an amount of $80,041.00, to an amount not to exceed $63,376.50, Account 101-16000-601170, Purchase Order 3033425 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0218 1 30 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 00-473-1D Replace Casework, Fume Hoods and Miscellaneous Work, Egan Water Reclamation Plant to IHC/KED, a Joint Venture, in an amount of $18,087.00, from an amount of $7,842,637.44, to an amount not to exceed $7,824,550.44, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 201-50000-645680, and 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 5000624 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0220 1 31 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order to U.S. Automation, L.L.C., to Furnish and Deliver EIM Parts to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $11,054.59, from an amount of $11,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $845.41, Account 101-69000-623270, Purchase Order 3054910 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0221 1 32 Agenda Item Authority 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 $25,801.25, from an amount of $30,221,698.85, to an amount not to exceed $30,247,500.10, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961 Deleted   Action details Not available 10-0224 1 33 Agenda Item Authority to decrease 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 $38,594.82, from an amount of $229,113,513.08, to an amount not to exceed $229,074,918.26, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0225 1 34 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order with Hussmann Corporation for maintenance and repair of kitchen appliances at 100 E. Erie Street, in an amount of $273.72, from an amount of $13,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $12,726.28, Account 101-15000-612490, Purchase Order 8005782 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0227 1 35 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 09-439-11 Demolition of the Former Torco Oil Terminal on District Main Channel Atlas Parcel No. 42.02, to Robinette Demolition, Inc., in an amount of $243,148.61, from an amount of $1,169,523.15, to an amount not to exceed $1,412,671.76, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase order 5001072 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0228 1 36 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order with Risk Resources for insurance consulting services in an amount of $2,518.50, from an amount of $19,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $16,481.50, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 8000757 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0229 1 37 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with ABB Automation, Inc., to furnish parts, services and software to the Stickney and North Side Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $79,959.63, from an amount of $1,029,635.25, to an amount not to exceed $949,675.62, Accounts 101-69000-612650/623070, Purchase Order 3034549 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0230 1 38 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order to Gasvoda and Associates, Inc., to Furnish, Deliver, Install and Maintain Seven (7) Danfoss Evita Insitu 4100 Ammonia Analyzer Systems at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in an amount of $137,020.20, from an amount of $789,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $651,979.80, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 3037416 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0231 1 39 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 93-232-2M Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant with IHC Construction/FHP Tectonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $13,369.40, from an amount of $122,556,591.60, to an amount not to exceed $122,569,961.00, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0232 1 40 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Dennis Noble & Associates PC, for Contract 06-RFP-26, Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense, in an amount of $2,890.76, from an amount of $209,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $207,009.24, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3044160 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0233 1 41 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Nyhan, Phister, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry PC, for Contract 06-RFP-26, Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense, in an amount of $114,065.89, from an amount of $150,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $35,934.11, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3044286 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0234 1 42 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 04-125-3S (Re-Bid), Upper Des Plaines Pumping Station Rehabilitation and TARP Connection, Stickney Service Area, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen and Associates LLC, in an amount of $160,773.95, from an amount of $8,743,042.48, to an amount not to exceed $8,903,816.43, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000812 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0235 1 43 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order to Marshall-Bond Pumps, Inc., to furnish and deliver parts for Dorr-Oliver Grinders, in an amount of $26,598.80, from an amount of $170,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $143,401.20, Account 101-69000-623270, Purchase Order 3054783 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0236 1 44 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 09-985-12, Railroad Car Repair, Maintenance, Rebuilding and Painting at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Group A, to JK-CO LLC, in an amount of $11,794.69, from an amount of $158,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $146,205.31, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 5001062 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0239 1 45 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase orders to W. W. Grainger, Inc., for Furnishing and Delivering Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Catalog Products, under the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Contract #4014848, in an amount of $68,282.90, from an amount of $955,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $886,717.10, Accounts 101-15000, 20000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623130, 623170, 623190, 623250, 623270, 623520, 623660, 623680, 623700, 623720, 623780, 623990, Purchase Orders 3048587, 3048589 and 3048593 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0240 1 46 Agenda Item Authority 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 $38,464.25, from an amount of $21,649,027.39 to an amount not to exceed $21,687,491.64, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000394 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0241 1 47 Agenda Item Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 09-670-13 Preventative Maintenance and Repair of Debris and Pontoon Boats at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Marine Services Corporation in an amount of $22,235.78, from an amount of $160,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $137,764.22, Account 101-66000-612790, Purchase Order 3057998 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0242 1 48 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 07-817-11, Services to Maintain Air Compressors and Air Dryers in the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant Area, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $18,868.80, from an amount of $98,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $79,631.20, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 5000766 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0243 1 49 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 08-656-11, Services to Inspect and Maintain TARP Electrical Control Chambers and Tide Gate Monitoring Systems at Various Locations, to Divane Bros. Electrical Co., in an amount of $83,122.07, from an amount $785,234.27, to an amount not to exceed $868,356.34, Account 101-69000-612600, Purchase Order 5000935 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0244 1 50 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 07-619-11, Analytical Services for In-Service and Procured Lubricants at Various Locations, Groups A and D, to Predict (Division of Reid Asset Management), in an amount of $12,774.42, from an amount of $92,849.30, to an amount not to exceed $80,074.88, Account 101-69000-612240, Purchase Order 3047156 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0247 1 51 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 08-613-11, Groups C and D, Scavenger Services at Various Locations, to Allied Waste Services, in an amount of $16,848.21, from an amount of $751,983.98, to an amount not to exceed $735,135.77, Account 101-67000-612520, Purchase Order 5000845 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0251 1 52 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 08-615-11, Maintenance of Ozone Generator Equipment at Various Service Areas, to Fin-Tek Corporation, in an amount of $15,470.53, from an amount of $189,987.75, to an amount not to exceed $174,517.22, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612650, 612680, Purchase Orders 5000825, 5000827 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0203 1 53 Report Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of January 2010 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0201 1 54 Agenda Item Authority to accept and approve a permanent groundwater monitoring well easement from the Village of Thornton, for the Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain, and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area (ROW File No. 4, Contract 04-201-4F), and consideration is $1,125.00, Account 401-50000-667340 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0210 1 55 Agenda Item Authority to accept and approve Illinois Department of Natural Resources Permit No. NE2010003, Gap Dam at the Thornton Composite Reservoir for Contract 04-201-4F, Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, CSA Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0252 1 56 Agenda Item Recommendation to grant a variance with respect to Stormwater Detention Requirements for Des Plaines River Trail Improvements Project Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0177 1 57 Agenda Item Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Esther Billich vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 09 WC 16063, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $27,752.06, Account 901-30000-601090 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0178 1 58 Agenda Item Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keith Conry vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200003782, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $36,209.65, Account 901-30000-601090 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0180 1 59 Report 2009 Annual Report for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0245 1 60 Report Report concerning legislation introduced to amend the District’s leasing statute to expand the purposes for which a no bid lease can be issued to academic institutions to include any use relating to the school’s “community service” programs Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 10-0248 1 61 Agenda Item Authorization to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 10 acres of District real estate located at 15700 Des Plaines River Road in Lemont, Illinois, and known as part of Main Channel Parcel 23.08 Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0249 1 62 Agenda Item Authority to grant to the United States Army Corps of Engineers a 5-year right-of-entry upon District land located in Cook, Will, and DuPage Counties for a 13-mile stretch where the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal flow alongside each other for the purpose of constructing a continuous barrier designed to prevent the Asian Carp moving in a flood event from the Des Plaines River into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0250 1 63 Agenda Item Request for approval to pursue design of flood control projects identified under the completed Detailed Watershed Plans and to be funded under the District’s Stormwater Management Fund Approved Pass Action details Not available 10-0254 1 64 Motion MOTION to appoint Hearing Officers for 2010 Adopted Pass Action details Not available O10- 1 65 Ordinance An Ordinance to Amend the Environmental Remediation Wastewater Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised) Adopted Pass Action details Not available