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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/1/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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10-0394 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2010, in the amount of $74,923,425.42RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0395 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of February 2010, in the amount of $28,278,994.48RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0435 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during February 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0438 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 23, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0412 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 4, 2010, regarding authority 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 3054936, Agenda Item No. 29, File No. 10-0284RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0434 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 21, 2010, regarding authority to advertise Contract 10-949-11 Maintenance and Repair of Alimak Manlifts at Various Locations, estimated cost $328,000.00, Accounts 101-68000-612680, 101-69000-612600, Requisitions 1284439 and 1283826, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 10-0016RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0410 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-838-11 Services to Rebuild Two Rotating Assemblies at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1297583RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0413 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-864-11 Seal Coating and Patching of Roads at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1300987RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0416 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-893-11 Furnish and Deliver Two Heavy-Duty Rotary Mowers to the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, estimated cost $25,000.00, Account 101-68000-634760, Requisition 1289238RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0426 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $46,500.00, Account 101-20000-623170RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0433 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-674-11 Fence and Gate Repairs in the Calumet Service Area, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1299708. RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0439 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-849-11 Repair of Heavy Equipment at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant and Calumet Solids Management Area, estimated cost $270,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/68000-612760, Requisitions 1293673 and 1287538RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0406 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 10-105-12 (Re-Bid), Helicopter Service for a Two-Year Period, to Len Jablon Helicopters, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $35,820.00, Account 101-16000-612330, Requisition 1284991RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0436 114Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for professional engineering services for Contract 09-879-5C, Implementation of Watershed Management Ordinance - Phase A, in an amount not to exceed $183,163.90, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1301563DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0437 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Xerox Corporation, for Maintenance and Repair of the 5090 and 6180 High-Speed Duplicators, in an amount not to exceed $88,236.00, Account 101-15000-612800, Requisition 1300335RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0407 116Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-611-11, Repairs and Alterations to Various Water Reclamation Facilities in the Stickney Service Area and Other Installations, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $5,720,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612600, 612650 Requisitions 1291268 and 1294249RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0408 117Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-697-11, Services of Tractors with Tillers, and Sludge Pumps, with Operators at LASMA and CALSMA, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $720,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1285640RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0415 118Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-987-11, Railroad Track Maintenance and Upgrading in the Stickney Service Area, to Swanson Contracting Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $370,000.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Requisition 1287556RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0427 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-859-11, Site Maintenance at Fulton County, Illinois, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,609,600.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1285031RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0428 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B, to The Standard Companies, in an amount not to exceed $66,204.70, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0411 121Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement for Emergency Contract 08-900-05 Dewater, Inspect and Otherwise Recommission the Racine Avenue Pumping Station, to Divane Bros. Electric Co., in an amount of $266,005.72, from an amount of $1,510,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $1,243,994.28, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000924RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0414 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Dresser-Rand Company, for repair services and replacement parts for the Dresser-Clark Centrifugal Compressor System (Blowers), in an amount of $320,000.00, from an amount of $453,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $773,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 3050096 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0418 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with DLA Piper US LLP (DLA Piper) to represent the District’s interest in the ComEd delivery rate proceeding before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) as a member of the REACT Coalition, and conduct a workshop per ICC Proposed Order to remedy the estimation method used by ComEd in their Embedded Cost of Service Study (ECOSS), in an amount of $36,000.00, from an amount of $150,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $186,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612150, Purchase Order 3051424 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0423 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-218-3M (Re-Bid), Blower Nos. 9 & 10 and Air Main Installation at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant with Meccon Industrial, Inc., in an amount of $69,217.00 from an amount of $16,025,240.00 to an amount not to exceed $16,094,457.00, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 401-50000-645650, and 645750, Purchase Order 5001024RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0424 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Baker Engineering, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 07-883-1D Inspection and Condition Evaluation of Six Bridges Over North Shore Channel in an amount of $63,643.05, from an amount of $71,732.77 to an amount not to exceed $135,375.82, Account 101-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3053404 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0425 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease 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 $4,188.12, from an amount of $30,279,348.91 to an amount not to exceed $30,275,160.79, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0430 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 06-700-01 Emergency Repairs to the South Coarse Screen at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $18,943.08, from an amount of $183,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $164,056.92, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000634RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0431 128Agenda 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 $247,537.46, from an amount of $229,610,728.74 to an amount not to exceed $229,858,266.20, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0397 129Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $215,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0422 130ReportReport on Contract 73-161-EH, McCook Reservoir Excavation Agreement, between the District and Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P., for mining the required “Rough Hole” for the McCook ReservoirRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0399 131Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Thomas Trend vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 200003523, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $23,326.37. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0429 132Agenda ItemRequest for Policy Direction on Retiree Health Insurance ProgramDeleted  Action details Not available
10-0398 133Agenda ItemIssue orders authorizing an amendment to lease dated March 17, 2007, by and between the District, Lessor, and Chicago Block Company, Inc., Lessee, on 9 acres of improved real estate located at 6400 Canal Bank Road in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 37.07 allowing for a change in the rental payments from semi-annual to quarterly. Consideration shall be a $2,000.00 document preparation feeRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0417 134Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 4-day permit to Cook County School District 130 to use approximately 12.13 acres of District land located on Canal Street between Division Street and Chatham Street in Blue Island, Illinois, Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 15.04, for the Lincoln School Field Day Events on May 17-21, 2010. Consideration shall be a fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0419 135Agenda ItemAmend orders of January 21, 2010, authorizing and approving the issuance of a 6-month permit to the Illinois Department of Transportation to allow its contractor, CH2MHILL and subcontractor, DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc., access to the District’s O’Hare CUP Reservoir and O’Hare Reservoir sites to perform ground survey and field reconnaissance work for the Elgin O’Hare West Bypass Project to include an additional subcontractor, American Surveying and Engineering, Inc., to perform additional utility survey and field reconnaissance workRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0420 136Agenda ItemAuthorize the issuance of a six-month permit to BP to remove underground storage tanks, conduct supplemental soil borings, and install temporary monitoring wells on District real estate located at 3266 West Devon Avenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois, North Shore Channel Parcel 7.03. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0440 137Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Midwest Generation, LLC, on approximately 12 acres of District real estate located south of 9th Street in Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel Number 15.03. Consideration shall be $34,750.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0405 138Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Ronald Dean BanksRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0401 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners to repeal Resolution No. R85-016 authorizing the payment of certain expenses involved in relocating new employees from outside Cook County to fill “Critical Recruitment Positions”Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0441 140Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s issuance of a 6-month permit to the Village of Oak Lawn to install and monitor 8 flow meters and rain gauges within Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago intercepting sewers in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0442 141ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Joseph P. Sobanski on his 34 years of service and retirementRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0443 142Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Earl A. DeutschRecommendedPass Action details Not available