Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago - Meeting of Board of Commissioners on 6/15/2023 at 10:30 AM

23-0606

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:43:17 GMT

File #: 23-0606
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 1
Type: Memorial Resolution
Title: MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Paulette Marshall "ADOPTED AS AMENDED REFER TO FILE ID# 23-0606A"
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass

23-0606A

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:27 GMT

File #: 23-0606A
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Motion
Title: MOTION to Amend File No. 23-0606 (Agenda Item No. 1) Memorial Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Paulette Marshall
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass

23-0602

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0602
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 2
Type: Resolution
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass

23-0611

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0611
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 3
Type: Resolution
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing National Pollinators Week
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass

23-0585

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0585
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 4
Type: Report
Title: Report on the 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust
Action: Published and Filed
Result: Pass

23-0614

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0614
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 5
Type: Report
Title: Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2023, in the amount of $26,465,203.11
Action: Published and Filed
Result: Pass

23-0612

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0612
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 6
Type: Report
Title: Report of bid opening of Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Action: Published and Filed
Result: Pass

23-0586

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0586
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 7
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-360-11 Proposal to Lease 6,123± square feet of District real estate located along the North Branch of the Chicago River adjacent to 4030 North Rockwell Street in Chicago, Illinois, known as North Shore Channel Parcel 10.05, for a ten (10) year term from Albany, Inc., in the amount of $11,500.00
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0587

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0587
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 8
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-362-11 Proposal to Lease 22.9± acres of District real estate located at 15660 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 23.03, for a fourteen (14) year term from A. Block Marketing, Inc. in the amount of $602,000.00
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0601

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0601
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 9
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC dba CPower for energy curtailment services under Contract 20-RFP-17 for years 2024-2027
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0569

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0569
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 10
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-603-11 Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $128,100.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1598080, 1598252, and 1598172
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0575

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0575
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 11
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-117-11 Identification of Benthic Macroinvertebrates, estimated cost $14,760.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1599759
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0576

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0576
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 12
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-116-11 Analysis of Sediment Toxicity, estimated cost $11,700.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1599758
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0578

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0578
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 13
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 22-601-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Bag Filters at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $250,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750 Requisition 1598263
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0579

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0579
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 14
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-682-11, Chemical Grouting Services, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1600886
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0584

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0584
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 15
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-883-1Z, Furnish, Deliver, and Install One Digital Wide Format Scanner and Printer/Copier, Main Office Building Annex, estimated cost $40,000.00, Accounts 101-50000-634990 and 101-50000-612800, Requisition 1601011
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0588

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0588
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 16
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-419-11 Elevator Maintenance and Repair Service at The Main Office Building Complex, estimated cost $172,000.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370 and 612390, Requisition 1601240
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0589

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0589
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 17
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-15 Consulting Services to Develop an Executive Level Performance Evaluation Process, estimated cost $15,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1601010
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0591

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0591
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 18
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to advertise Contract 23-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $108,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0573

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0573
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 19
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC for Nearmap Vertical for Government with ArcGIS Integration, in an amount not to exceed $26,500.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1598430 (As Revised)
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0574

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0574
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 20
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SEAL Analytical Inc. to Furnish, Deliver, and Install an Automated Discrete Analyzer, Peripheral Equipment, Preventive Maintenance, and Consumable Supplies in the Analytical Laboratory at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed $59,523.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 634970, Requisition 1600304
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0590

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0590
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 21
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Benefitfocus.com for Employee Benefits Software, in an amount not to exceed $434,000.00, Accounts 101-25000-612430 and 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1601239 (As Revised)
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0597

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0597
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 22
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order to Landoll Company, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One New Narrow Aisle Warehouse Forklift to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, under General Services Administration (GSA) Joint Purchasing Contract No. 47QMCA21D000C, in an amount not to exceed $98,600.40, Account 101-20000-634760, Requisition 1600074
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0598

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0598
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 23
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One (1) Sulzer Turbo Blower Assembly to the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $228,910.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1600309.
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0599

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0599
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 24
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Issue purchase order to Russo Hardware, Inc d/b/a Russo Power Equipment to Furnish and Deliver Four (4) Kubota Mowers to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, under the Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Co-operative Contract Number 031121-KBA, in an amount not to exceed $35,096.84, Account 101-69000-634990, Requisition 1597808
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0593

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:43:15 GMT

File #: 23-0593
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 25
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 23-004-12 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B and E to RKM Metals LLC, in an amount not to exceed $86,612.18, and Groups C and D to Super Roco Steel and Tube LTD. II, in an amount not to exceed $119,429.46. Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623130 (As Revised)
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0594

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0594
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 26
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 23-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps & Emergency Lighting to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Neher Electric Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,600.19, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,882.90 Account 101-20000-623070.
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0596

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0596
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 27
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 23-083-11, Furnish and Deliver Sump Pumps to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, to Marco Supply Company, Inc. D/B/A Johnson Pipe & Supply Corp., in an amount not to exceed $25,426.33, Accounts 101-20000-623090, 623270.
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0600

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0600
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 28
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 23-659-11, Agricultural Management, Agricultural Fieldside Mowing, and Fence Installation and Repair in Fulton County, Illinois, Group B, to C&J Mowing and Fencing, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.00, Accounts 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1576860
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0616

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0616
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 29
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 21-091-3P, Phosphorus Removal Modifications to Battery D at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction Companies LLC, in an amount not to exceed $14,850,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $742,500.00, for a total amount not to exceed $15,592,500.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1595818
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0577

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:16:30 GMT

File #: 23-0577
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 30
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to increase Contract 18-702-31, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Disc Filters at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $590,000.00 from an amount of $8,862,316.00 to an amount not to exceed $9,452,316.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001863
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0580

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0580
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 31
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to increase and extend the agreement for Contract 17-483-12 with TierPoint, LLC, Provide Co-Location Services for District Infrastructure, in an amount of $21,300.00, from an amount of $321,246.66, to an amount not to exceed $342,546.66, Account 101-27000-612330, Purchase Order 3105936
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0582

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0582
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 32
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to increase Contract 15-830-3D Replacement of Tailrace Stop Logs, Headrace Gates, and Equipment at Lockport Powerhouse, Stickney Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $327,758.26, from an amount of $13,782,011.82, to an amount not to exceed $14,109,770.08, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 4000070
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0604

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:43:18 GMT

File #: 23-0604
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 33
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to increase Contract 04-128-3P Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction and F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $860,528.33, from an amount of $234,103,064.64, to an amount not to exceed $234,963,592.97, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645780, 645680, Purchase Order 4000020 (As Revised)
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0566

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0566
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 34
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of George Pacius vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC007157, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $59,272.21, Account 901-30000-601090
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0568

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0568
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 35
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Chaz Payne vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 23WC012268 in the sum of $76,276.38, Account 901-30000-601090
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0603

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0603
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 36
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kevin Devereux vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 20 WC 28936, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $45,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0609

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0609
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 37
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Request for Order approving and adopting the Hearing Officer’s Report consisting of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Orders to the Board of Commissioners in the administrative appeal of City Colleges of Chicago Community College District No. 508 v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Appeal No. 22B-004
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0621

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0621
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 38
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Declaration of an operational emergency and ratification of Emergency Contract 23-700-01, Repair of West Side Sludge Line on Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp., Account 901-67000-667220, Requisition 1601433
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0619

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:13:46 GMT

File #: 23-0619
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 39
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Requesting the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners to the appointment of Thaddeus J. Kosowski as the Director of Human Resources for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the June 15, 2023 Board Meeting)
Action: Deferred
Result:

23-0605

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0605
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 41
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to approve and execute a 3,125± sq. ft. permanent, non-exclusive access easement from NeighborSpace for the East Garfield Park Eco Orchard Project (18-IGA-05) near Sacramento Boulevard and 5th Avenue in Chicago, Illinois
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0607

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0607
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 42
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to issue a 3-month soil boring permit to the Chicago Transit Authority on portions of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0581

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0581
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 43
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authorization for payment to the City of Oak Forest, Illinois, for the disposal of sediment from the La Crosse Avenue and Laporte Avenue culverts on Natalie Creek in connection with Contract 14-252-5F, Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Oak Forest and Midlothian, CSA, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0608

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0608
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 44
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to negotiate and enter into an American Rescue Plan Act Subrecipient Agreement with Cook County for joint funding of stormwater management projects located in Cook County
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0610

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0610
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 45
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authorization to amend the Board Order of December 15, 2022, regarding Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of River Forest for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Green Alley Improvements in River Forest, SSA (23-IGA-08) in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1591897, Agenda Item No. 54, File No. 22-1140
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0622

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:27 GMT

File #: 23-0622
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 46
Type: Agenda Item
Title: Authority to award Contract 06-360-3SR, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA (Re-Bid), to Michels Trenchless, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $36,082,848.50, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,804,142.42, for a total amount not to exceed $37,886,990.92, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1554039
Action: Approved
Result: Pass

23-0623

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0623
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 47
Type: Memorial Resolution
Title: MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Maggie Singleton
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass

23-0613

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:53:26 GMT

File #: 23-0613
Ver.: 1
Agenda #: 48
Type: Motion
Title: MOTION to nominate Patricia Theresa Flynn as Vice President of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Action: Adopted
Result: Pass