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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/4/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Agenda Packet 03-04-2010
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10-0269 11ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 9, 2010Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0278 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 23, 2010Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0290 13ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 09-610-12 (Re-Bid), Group C, Furnish and Deliver Trucks to Various Locations, estimated cost $160,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0287 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to cancel Contract 06-157-3P Diffuser Plates Replacement Batteries C & D at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, from the Engineering Department Capital Improvements Program and the Corporate and Capital Improvements Bond Funds, estimated cost was $17,000,000.00, Accounts 101-50000-612650 and 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1248020Deferred  Action details Not available
10-0300 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to Amend Board Orders for Contract 07-438-12, Contract 08-404-11, and Contract 08-424-11, Amend Agreements with Carlson Environmental, Inc. and RMT, Inc. and Transfer Funds between General Administration and the Human Resources and Maintenance & Operations Department Budgets for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Budget Years, Purchase orders 3052252, 3052255, 3052325, 5000770, and 5000916ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0271 16Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 09-499-3D Twin Lakes Reservoir Rehabilitation, in the North Service Area, estimated cost $4,600,000.00, Accounts 101-50000-612620, 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1298619ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0272 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-627-11 Services to Maintain Air Compressors and Air Dryers at the Calumet and North Side Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $136,500.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-612650, Requisitions 1297051 and 1291904ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0276 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-665-11 Landscape Maintenance at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $2,296,900.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612420, Requisitions 1292510, 1293683, 1289221, 1288590, 1295029, 1291325, and 1293051ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0277 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $56,800.00, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0285 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-676-11 Pest and Rodent Control and Termite Eradication at Various Locations in the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, the Main Office Building and Main Office Building Annex, estimated cost $137,400.00, Accounts 101-15000/68000/69000-612370/612390/612420, Requisitions 1296535, 1297580 and 1297591ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0286 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-881-3P to furnish and deliver temporary technical personnel services to the Engineering Department at the Annex Office Building Complex, estimated cost is $270,000.00, Account 401-50000-601420, Requisition 1299071Deferred  Action details Not available
10-0293 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-925-11 Services to Perform Preventive Maintenance on Synchronous Motors at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $160,000.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1291906ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0297 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-656-11 Services to Inspect and Maintain TARP Electrical Control Chambers and Tide Gate Monitoring Systems at Various Locations, estimated cost $1,157,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600, Requisitions 1291327, 1293636, 1294267, 1297036ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0265 114Agenda ItemIssue 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 and February 18, 2010 Board Meetings)Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0266 115Agenda ItemIssue 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 from the February 18, 2010 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0273 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-809-11, Furnishing and Delivering Unleaded Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Oil to Fulton County, Illinois, to Sunrise Ag Service Company, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00, Account 101-68000-623820, Requisition 1284986ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0274 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Vulcan Industries, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Parts and Repair Services, for Vulcan Screens to Various Locations, in an amount not to exceed $214,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612600, 623270 and 634650, Requisitions 1287504, 1287505, 1287540 and 1287579ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0288 118Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with AECOM Technical Services for professional engineering services for Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in the amount not to exceed $6,358,589.00, Account: 401-50000-601440, Requisition 1278639ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0298 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and extend the existing agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company for Maintenance Services for Computer Software and Hardware, in an amount not to exceed $1,257,181.65, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Requisition 1287517ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0267 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-696-11, Services of Tractor Mounted Paddle Aerators and Tillers with Operators for Material Handling at LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Bechstein-Klatt, in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520 Requisitions 1285639 and 1285657ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0292 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-866-12 (Re-Bid), Security Services at Fulton County, Illinois, to Diamond Detective Agency, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $130,000.00, Account 101-68000-612490, Requisition 1289220ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0264 122Agenda 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 $52,272.32, from an amount of $30,227,076.59 to an amount not to exceed $30,279,348.91, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0268 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-824-2P Tertiary Filter Rehabilitation, Pump VFDs and Other Plant Improvements at the Egan, Hanover Park, and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $46,236.65, from an amount of $16,522,066.68 to an amount not to exceed $16,568,303.33, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000803ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0270 124Agenda 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 $196,328.60, from an amount of $229,074,918.26 to an amount not to exceed $229,271,246.86, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0279 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 09-021-11 Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Item 2, to Avalon Petroleum Company, Inc., in an amount of $37,888.80, from an amount of $51,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $13,111.20, Account 101-66000-623820, Purchase Order 3054785ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0280 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Dykema Gossett PLLP for legal services, in connection with the execution of the Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F, in an amount of $150,000.00 from an amount of $426,238.93 to an amount not to exceed $576,238.93, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3054937ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0281 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-611-11, Repairs and Alterations to Various Water Reclamation Facilities at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Other Installations, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount of $14,341.91, from an amount $12,803,505.14 to an amount not to exceed $12,789,163.23, Account 101-69000-612600, Purchase Order 5000850ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0282 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-627-11 Furnishing, Delivering and Rental of Arc Flash Personal Protective Equipment for the Calumet and North Service Areas, to Lechner and Sons, Inc., in an amount of $32,327.87, from an amount of $332,250.00, to an amount not to exceed $299,922.13, Account 101-68000-612330, Purchase Order 3058701ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0284 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Dykema Gossett, PLLC for legal services to represent the MWRDGC in execution of the McCook Reservoir Excavation Project in an amount of $5,125.60, from an amount of $68,374.40 to an amount not to exceed $63,248.80, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3054936ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0289 130Agenda ItemAuthority to Increase Contract 04-299-2P Improvements to Aeration Batteries A, B, C, E1, and E2 at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen & Associates, L.L.C., in an amount of $54,265.35, from an amount of $20,550,971.37, to an amount not to exceed $20,605,236.72, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 401-50000-645650, and 645750, Purchase Order 5000831ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0291 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 08-405-11 Furnishing Various Temporary Personnel Services to Various Locations from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2010, to Seville Staffing, LLC, for Groups C, D, E, F, H, I, and J in an amount of $36,258.87, from an amount of $66,888.77 to an amount not to exceed $30,629.90, Accounts 101-11000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 40000, and 50000-612490 Purchase Order 3049975ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0294 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-156-3P Grit Piping Replacement, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc. in an amount of $17,931.56, from an amount of $2,838,974.40 to an amount not to exceed $2,856,905.96, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5000891ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0295 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride to the Calumet and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $58,486.28 from an amount of $1,147,708.71, to an amount not to exceed $1,089,222.43, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 5000784ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0296 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Superior Industrial Equipment, L.L.C., to Provide Services and Parts for Durametallic Seals at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $15,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $0.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 3056964ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0261 135ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
10-0262 136Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $57,800.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0255 137Agenda ItemAuthority to settle MWRDGC v. Atotonilco Tortilleria #2, Inc. d/b/a Atotonilco Tortilleria, EA # 82340. Account 901-30000-667220 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0259 138Agenda ItemAuthority to Settle Claim by CSX Transportation, Inc. in the amount of $15,520.52ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0260 139Agenda ItemSettlement of Workers’ Compensation Claim of Diane Heirman vs. MWRDGC, File No. 200004197, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $25,226.12. Account 901-30000-601090 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0263 140Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jafar Rahimi vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 07 WC 35474, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $300,000.00. Account 901-30000-601090 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
10-0301 141MotionMOTION to appoint Paul L. Williams as a Lobbyist AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0303 142MotionMOTION to appoint Reyes, Williams and Associates, LLC, as a Lobbyist AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0304 143MotionMOTION to appoint Charles R. Vaughn as a Lobbyist AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0305 144MotionMOTION to appoint Miguel A. Santiago Consulting, Inc., as a Lobbyist AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0306 145MotionMOTION to appoint Gabriel Lopez and Associates as a Lobbyist AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0192 146ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council on its sponsorship of the 43rd Chicago Business Opportunity Fair “Rebound 2010: Connect, Drive, Thrive”AdoptedPass Action details Not available
10-0309 147MotionMOTION to appoint additional Hearing Officers for 2010AdoptedPass Action details Not available