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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/18/2010 10:15 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-0307 11ReportReport on the Government Finance Officer’s Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the District for the 2009 Budget and Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the District, the Retirement Fund, and to the Retiree Health Care Trust for the Fiscal Year 2008 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0330 12ReportReport on investments purchased during February 2010Deferred  Action details Not available
10-0327 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 9, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0360 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 2, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0347 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 17, 2009, regarding Issue Purchase Order and Enter into an Agreement with CEM Holdings Corporation for Preventive Maintenance and Consumable Supplies for Eight (8) CEM Microwaves, in an amount not to exceed $53,649.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1290639, Agenda Item No. 20, File No. 09-1779RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0348 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 19, 2009, regarding Issue Purchase Order and Enter into an Agreement with Teledyne Leeman Labs for Preventive Maintenance and Consumables for Leeman Hydra AA Mercury Analyzers, in an amount not to exceed $42,459.75, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1283835, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 09-1602RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0354 17Agenda 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 1248020 (Deferred from the March 4, 2010 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0390 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with the Skokie Police Department for the District’s proportional cost and use of a VirTra Simulator, a firearms training simulator, per grant agreement with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0328 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-927-11 Services to Repair and Maintain Variable Frequency Drives in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1295113RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0331 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-026-11 Furnish and Deliver PVC Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $45,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0332 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-004-11 Furnish and Deliver Structural and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $130,000.00, Account 101-20000-623030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0337 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-654-11 Maintenance and Repair of Limitorque Valve Actuators at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $442,100.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 612650, 623070 and 623270, Requisitions 1289888, 1290652, 1291270, 1291329, 1291929, 1291930, 1297565 and 1296501RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0338 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-891-11 Repairs to Trucks and Trailers at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $120,000.00, Account 101-68000-612860, Requisition 1293079RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0339 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-937-11 Rehabilitation of One Crane 66", Iron Body, Double-Disc Gate Valve at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1288611RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0343 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-816-11 Design, Manufacturer, Deliver and Install a Screw Pump Trunnion Bearing Assembly at SEPA Station No. 4, estimated cost $95,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1299051RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0351 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-908-11 Furnish and Deliver Portable Emergency Generators and a Light Tower to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $175,000.00, Account 101-69000-634650, Requisition 1293682Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0368 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-929-11 Repair of Two Rotating Assemblies at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant West Side Pumping Station, estimated cost $20,000.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1298131RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0369 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-730-11, Crane Repairs and Maintenance in the North Service Area, estimated cost $80,700.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisitions 1290612, 1299062 and 1299063RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0376 119Agenda 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 1299071 (Deferred from the March 4, 2010 Board Meeting) (As Revised)Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0329 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-406-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install One Commercial Hot Melt Binding Machine and One Automatic Perforation and Scoring Machine, to Tompkins Printing Equipment Company, in an amount not to exceed $73,000.00, Account 101-15000-634800, Requisition 1288588RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0353 121Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order, per grant agreement with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to VirTra Systems, Inc., for the District’s share of the cost of a VirTra Simulator, a firearms training simulator, in an amount not to exceed $30,755.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Requisition 1299082RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0355 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with West Publishing Corporation, for on-line legal research and subscriptions to various legal publications for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $206,390.00, Accounts 101-30000-612490, 623720, Requisition 1299710RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0356 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions, Inc., to Upgrade and Provide Technical Support for the Distributed Control System (DCS) between the Waterways Control Room and Lockport Powerhouse, in an amount not to exceed $409,549.00, Accounts 101, 401-50000, 66000-612620, 645650, Requisition 1297560RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0357 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pursuant to the terms of Master Agreement 09-RFP-01, to provide a three-day seminar on the interpretation of the 2009 International Building Code for up to twenty-five Engineering Department employees, in a total amount not to exceed $24,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-601100 and 401-50000-601100, Requisition 1299046RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0366 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Sirius Automation, Inc., to Furnish, Deliver and Install a Bohdan/Sirius Automated Weigher Robotic Workstation, in an amount not to exceed $88,990.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1298128RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0373 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-131-11, Furnish and Deliver Low-Level Mercury Analysis of Treatment Plant Effluent and Ambient Water Quality Samples at Various Locations, to TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $88,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1289893RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0375 127Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 09-365-5F, Heritage Park Flood Control Facility, in an amount not to exceed $3,097,495.00, Account 501-50000-601420, Requisition 1300353 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0315 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 09-176-3P, Sludge Thickening Facilities at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to James McHugh Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $162,232,344.00, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645750, Requisition 1278680RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0340 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Laboratory Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B, to A. Daigger & Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $71,774.57, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0358 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-770-12 (Re-Bid), Janitorial Services at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Eco Clean Maintenance, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $89,000.00, Account 101-67000-612490, Requisition 1286849RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0374 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-930-11, Repair Services for Overhead Cranes and Hoists in the Stickney Service Area and Outlying Facilities, to Sievert Electric Service and Sales Company, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-69000-612760, Requisition 1289969RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0381 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, Option C, Group A, (Item 1), to Synagro Central LLC, in an amount not to exceed $387,100.00, and Option C, Group A, (Items 1, 2, and 3) to Gosia Cartage, in an amount not to exceed $2,012,900.00, and Option C, Group B, (Item 1), to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisitions 1285642 and 1285654RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0324 133Agenda 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 $313,343.47, from an amount of $229,289,356.10, to an amount not to exceed $229,602,669.57, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0325 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 05-836-3D Lockport Power House Sluice Gate Replacement, South Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $294,000.00, from an amount of $12,583,923.80, to an amount not to exceed $12,877,923.80, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5000871RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0326 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to EIMCO Water Technologies, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Parts and Services to rebuild Six (6) Clarifier Drives at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $16,437.00, from an amount of $400,000.01, to an amount not to exceed $416,437.01, Account 101-67000-612650, Purchase Order 3052696RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0334 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-616-11 Preventive Maintenance Services for Switchgear in Various Service Areas, to Magnetech Power Services, LLC, in an amount of $103,838.21, from an amount of $485,450.00, to an amount not to exceed $381,611.79, Accounts 101-69000-612600/612650, Purchase Order 5000926RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0335 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-930-11 Repair Services for Overhead Cranes and Hoists in the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Area, to Sievert Electric Services & Sales Co., in an amount of $18,975.16, from an amount of $175,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $156,024.84, Account 101-69000-612760, Purchase Order 5000687RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0336 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-687-11 Services to Upgrade Power Feeders and Distribution Systems at the Main Office Building and the Main Office Building Annex, to Airport Electric Company, in an amount of $15,793.04, from an amount of $32,860.02, to an amount not to exceed $48,653.06, Account 101-66000-612680, Purchase Order 5001075RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0342 139Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Vanda, Inc., to furnish and deliver repair parts for Limitorque Actuators, Sluice Gate Operators and services for various Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $22,740.40, from an amount of $118,188.00, to an amount not to exceed $95,447.60, Accounts 101-68000-612600/612650/623270, Purchase Order 3044154RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0346 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Barnes & Thornburg, for legal services in the pending rulemaking before the Illinois Pollution Control Board entitled, In the matter of: Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations for the Chicago Area Waterway System and the Lower Des Plaines River: Proposed Amendments to 35 Ill.App.Code Parts 301, 302, 303 and 304, R08-09 (Rulemaking-Water), in an amount of $200,000.00, from an amount of $800,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3049607 "AS AMENDED BY FILE #10-0346A, APRIL 1, 2010. VOTE RECONSIDERED AND DEFERRED TO APRIL 15, 2010"RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0352 141Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with the Geosyntec Consultants for Contract 04-RFP-15 Risk Assessment of Human Health Impacts of Disinfection vs. No Disinfection of the Chicago Area Waterways, in an amount of $13,073.63, from an amount of $1,077,438.32, to an amount not to exceed $1,064,364.69, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3033062RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0363 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 03-296-3M, Installation of Central Boiler Facility at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies LLC, in an amount of $85,000.00, from an amount of $29,215,317.94, to an amount not to exceed $29,300,317.94, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000458RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0364 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 02-110-2E Electrical Distribution System and Conduit & Cable Replacement, Stickney Service Area, to Divane Brothers Electric Company, in the amount of $20,171.00, from an amount of $8,325,469.00, to an amount not to exceed $8,345,640.00, Accounts 201-50000-645700, 645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5000890RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0365 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-163-3M (Re-Bid) R & D Building HVAC Improvements, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Path-Milhouse, Joint Venture, in an amount of $14,254.29, from an amount of $8,253,300.00, to an amount not to exceed $8,267,554.29, Accounts 401-50000-645680 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001056 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0371 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 93-232-2M Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction/FHP Tectonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $150,000.00, from an amount of $122,569,961.00, to an amount not to exceed $122,719,961.00, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0377 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-294-3M, Calumet TARP Valve Isolation Chamber and Pump Station Upgrade, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount of $61,713.88, from an amount of $60,409,059.22, to an amount not to exceed $60,470,773.10, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0379 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Hey and Associates, Inc. for developing the Poplar Creek Detailed Watershed Plan-Phase B, in an amount of $94,779.00, from an amount of $1,168,759.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,263,538.00, Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3052930RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0388 148Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Invensys Systems, Inc., to Provide Maintenance and Technical Support and Upgrade Existing Invensys I/A Service System at various locations in the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant Area, in an amount of $2,247,738.00, from an amount of $3,803,150.00, to an amount not to exceed $6,050,888.00, Accounts 401-50000-645700, 645750, Purchase Order 3047812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0312 149ReportAuthority to Adopt the Hearing Officer’s findings, conclusions and recommendations to the Board of Commissioners contained in the Final Order dated February 24, 2010, imposing sanctions for a contractor’s noncompliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance in the matter of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Gonzales Construction Co., and Dauro Company, Show Cause No. 02-001, Contract No. 96-246-2P.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0310 150Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $695,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0361 151ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of February 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0386 152Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute a general permit for the contractor staging area in the North Shore Channel Atlas Parcel 5.01 for Contract 02-010-3S (Rebid), Evanston Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation - Orrington Avenue Leg, consideration is a nominal fee of ten dollars ($10.00)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0314 153ReportThe General Counsel Reports on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation ClaimRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0311 154Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Angela Anderson vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 200003765, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $79,359.71, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0333 155ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of January and February 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0317 156Agenda ItemAuthority to reimburse Dr. Olawale Oladeji for relocation expenses, in an amount not to exceed $2,759.92, Account No. 101-16000-612490RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0318 157Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s action of March 5, 2010 issuing a 2-month permit extension to Chevron Environmental Management Company for the period commencing March 1, 2010 and ending April 30, 2010, for the use of approximately 104 acres of District real estate located east of the Main Channel in unincorporated Will County, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcels 16.01, 16.02, 16.05, the southernmost portion of 16.03 and 15.07, Consideration shall be $42,770.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0322 158Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 10-month permit to the Reyes Group, Ltd. on a 60’ x 100’ area of land located northeast of Foster and Kedzie Avenues in Chicago and within North Shore Channel Parcel 9.14 for use as a temporary construction staging area, Consideration shall be $5,267.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0323 159Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to ComEd and Nicor on 50.44 acres of unimproved land located south of the Lockport Prairie in Will County, Illinois, Main Channel Parcel 14.03 to conduct environmental investigatory work, Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0345 160Agenda ItemIssue Orders Authorizing (1) the Early Surrender by Oakton-McCormick LLC of its Lease, dated December 7, 2000, by and between the District, as Lessor, and Oakton-McCormick LLC, as Lessee, for a 10-Year Term that Commenced on January 1, 2001 and Expires on December 31, 2010, on 2.52 Acres of Land Located at 3219 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.06 and 6.07 and (2) Issuance of a 33-Month Permit to Monarch Asphalt Company for the Continued Use of 4.51 Acres of District Land located at 3219 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.11, 6.06 and 6.07, consideration shall be an initial monthly fee of $8,000.49RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0344 161MotionMOTION to approve monies for District-wide celebrationsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0392 162ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Dennis Andrew Jones, Sr.RecommendedPass Action details Not available