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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/15/2010 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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10-0449 12ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 10-677-11, Overhead and Exterior Door Maintenance Services at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $346,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0450 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, March 30, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0490 14ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 10-615-11, Steam Trap Inspection in the North, Calumet, and Stickney Service Areas, estimated cost $70,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0493 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 6, 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0451 11Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate and scope of work for Project 07-168-3P Scum Concentration, Centrifuge Building, Preliminary & Imhoff Tanks, Elevator Improvements, Diffuser Plates and Trailer Replacement, Stickney Service Area, LASMA, in an amount of $29,700,00.00 from an amount of $2,000,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $31,700,000.00, under the Capital Improvements Program and Capital Improvements Bond Fund, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0454 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 18, 2010, regarding authority for 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 1278680, Agenda Item No. 28, File No. 10-0315RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0488 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 3, 2009, regarding authorization to issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with AECOM Technology Corporation to provide professional engineering services for Contract 07-223-2P review and support of Master Plan Activities at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, Agenda Item No. 25, File No. 09-1683RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0453 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire and Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $148,700.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0458 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-680-11 Roof Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $171,800.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-612680, Requisitions 1295073, 1294997 and 1299682RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0459 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-609-11 Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Repair Parts to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $136,500.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623270, Requisitions 1287495, 1287536, 1296504, 1299696, 1300999RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0462 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 1299071DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0472 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-655-11 Manhole Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $285,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612600, Requisitions 1290643 and 1291272RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0479 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-908-12 Furnish and Deliver a Portable Emergency Generator and a Light Tower to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $130,000.00, Account 101-69000-634650, Requisition 1293682RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0480 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-764-11 Pavement Repairs in the North Service Area, estimated cost $23,700.00, Account 101-67000-612420, Requisition 1291275.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0494 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 07-168-3P Scum Concentration Centrifuge Building Preliminary & Imhoff Tanks, Elevator Improvements, Diffuser Plates and Trailer Replacement, Stickney Service Area, LASMA, estimated cost $31,700,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Requisition 1302502RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0466 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 09-RFP-19 Professional Auditing Services, with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, in an amount not to exceed $223,200.00, Account 101-40000-601170 and P802-11000-798200, Requisition 1301535RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0471 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Millipore Corporation, for a Service Plan for Eight (8) Millipore Water Purification Systems, in an amount not to exceed $49,969.52, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1301513RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0499 118Agenda 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 1301563 (Deferred from the April 1, 2010 Board Meeting)Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0500 119Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with MWH Americas, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 10-237-5C, Preliminary Engineering for Streambank Stabilization Projects on Oak Lawn Creek and Melvina Ditch, in an amount not to exceed $421,440.15, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1302536DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0501 120Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 10-882-5C, Preliminary Engineering for Streambank Stabilization Projects on Tinley Creek, Calumet Union Drainage Ditch, and Midlothian Creek, in an amount not to exceed $511,715.36, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1302537DeferredPass Action details Not available
10-0468 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various Locations in the Stickney Service Area, to Perfect Cleaning Service Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $675,000.00, Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1292517RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0489 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-694-11, Truck Hauling of Direct Haul Centrifuge Cake from the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to Various Locations, to Big “O” Movers & Storage, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $700,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520 Requisition 1254275RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0492 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-612-11, Services of Street Sweepers at Various Service Areas, Groups A, B, C, and D, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $351,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 68000, 69000-612420, Requisitions 1286786, 1287525, 1286840, and 1288578RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0455 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 08-131-11 to Provide Low-Level Mercury Analysis of Treatment Plant Effluent and Ambient Water Quality Samples at Various Locations to Pace Analytical Services, in an amount of $5,000.00, from an amount of $138,996.00, to an amount not to exceed $143,996.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3050075RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0469 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with V3 Companies for professional engineering services for Contract 07-846-3S, Treatment Wetlands at Lockport Powerhouse Marsh and Centennial Trail Prairie-Marsh, in an amount of $410,666.14, from an amount of $1,957,230.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,546,563.86, Account 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3043783RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0470 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 07-101-11 for Furnishing Contract Laboratory Technicians to Various Locations, to ANA Laboratories in the amount of $315.41, from an amount of $510,377.62, to an amount not to exceed $510,062.21, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3043884RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0474 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease 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 $15,525.72, from an amount of $8,908,950.41, to an amount not to exceed $8,893,424.69, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000812RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0477 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with J.D. Wilson Associates, Inc., to furnish and deliver Vaughan chopper pumps and parts, on an as needed basis, to the North Side, Hanover Park, and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $23,950.00, from an amount of $170,835.00, to an amount not to exceed $194,785.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-623270, Purchase Orders 3062213, 3062215 and 3062240RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0481 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order with Marshall-Bond Pumps, Inc., for furnishing and delivering parts for Dorr-Oliver Grinders and for two new Dorr-Oliver Grinders to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an amount of $23,950.00, from an amount of $195,047.61, to an amount not to exceed $171,097.61, Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3048468RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0482 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. to represent the District in negotiations and probable litigation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount of $1,250,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3045395RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0484 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Barnes & Thornburg LLP, 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. Adm. Code Parts 301, 302, 303 and 304, R08-09 (Rulemaking-Water), in an amount of $180,000.00, from an amount of $800,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $980,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3049607 (Adopted March 18, 2010) (agenda item #40 reconsidered and deferred April 1, 2010) (revised and resubmitted April 15, 2010) (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0495 132Agenda 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 $139,202.04, from an amount of $229,858,266.20, to an amount not to exceed $229,997,468.24, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0496 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 98-260-2M (Re-Bid) Coarse Screens at 95th Street Pumping Station, Piping and Electrical Work at 95th and 125th Street Pumping Stations, Chicago, Illinois to F.H. Paschen, SN Nielsen & Assoc., LLC, in an amount of $14,195.09, from an amount $10,483,993.79, to an amount not to exceed $10,498,188.88, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000900RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0446 134Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2010 departmental appropriations in the amount of $9,300.00 in the Stormwater Management FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0465 135ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Engineering during the month of March 2010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0463 136Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate a sewer service agreement between the Village of Ford Heights and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for an 11 acre area lying outside the District but within Cook CountyRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0456 137Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to Approve a Site Specific Variance from the Environmental Remediation Wastewater Ordinance for McCook Industrial Center II SiteDeleted  Action details Not available
10-0473 138Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to review request by Atotonilco #2, Inc. for the Facility Located at 1707 West 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, for Review by the Board of Commissioners of the 2008 User Charge Liability Determination Made by the Director of Monitoring and Research - Appeal No. 10B-002Deleted  Action details Not available
10-0467 139ReportFinal Report on emergency 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 not to exceed $164,056.92, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5000634RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0478 140ReportFinal report on emergency Contract 08-900-05, “Dewater, Inspect and Otherwise Re-commission the Racine Avenue Pumping Station”, Purchase Orders 5000921 to Jay-Dee Contractors, Inc., 5000923 to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., 5000932 to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., 5000917 to Midwest Service Center, L.L.C. and 5000924 to Divane Bros. Electric Co., Accounts 901-30000-667220 and 101-69000-601010/601060/612030 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0447 141Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-day permit to Friends of the Chicago River to access District land at 14 locations along the North Branch of the Chicago River, Main Channel, and Cal-Sag Channel for its Annual Chicago River Day Clean-Up Event on May 8, 2010, consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0485 142Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an agreement and for payment to purchase approximately 4.36 acres of vacant land located in Skokie, Illinois, near North Shore Channel Parcel 5.01RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0497 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to ComEd and Nicor to enter 18-acres of District land located at the southwest corner of Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois, to conduct air monitoring and staging for off-site investigatory work, consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0498 144Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s April 8, 2010 execution of a 6-month Right-of-Entry to the United States Army Corps of Engineers to use District land located near Aquatic Nuisance Species Barriers I and II along the east bank and the west bank of the Main Channel in Will County, Illinois, consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0448 145Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Commissioner Thomas S. Fuller. (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0483 146ResolutionRESOLUTION 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”RecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0505 147ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending congratulations to Emmanuel Whitley Simmons in celebration of 100 years of lifeRecommendedPass Action details Not available
10-0506 148ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Patrick J. Foley on his 40 years of service and retirementRecommended  Action details Not available
10-0507 149ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Osoth Jamjun on his 32 years of service and retirement. (As Revised)Recommended  Action details Not available
10-0508 150ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending congratulations to the Green Parents Network and the Irish Heritage Center on organizing The Green Family FestivalRecommended  Action details Not available