TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF JULY 9, 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT
Mr. Richard Lanyon, Executive Director
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Authorization for payment to DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW) for 2009/2010 membership dues in an amount not to exceed $61,005.00, Account 101-15000-612280
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Dear Sir:
Authorization is requested for payment to the DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW) for the District’s 2009/2010 membership dues in an amount of $61,005.00. The term of the District’s membership is March 2009 through February 2010.
The Board of Commissioners authorized the District to become a member of the DRSCW on April 6, 2006. The DRSCW’s purpose is to find less costly methods of complying with the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) goals issued in 2005 by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and approved by Region V of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as to reductions in pollution loadings by water reclamation plants (WRPs) along the courses of the DuPage River and Salt Creek - which include the Egan WRP and the Hanover Park WRP. Membership and participation in the DRSCW will serve the corporate interests of the District by identifying alternatives to mandatory upgrading of the Egan and Hanover Park WRPs to meet the more stringent NPDES permitting requirements outlined in the TMDL reports. As originally proposed in 2006, at the end of four fiscal years of participation in the activities of the DRSCW, the District will evaluate whether continued membership in the DRSCW is still beneficial to its corporate interests.
Inasmuch as DRSCW membership is not available through any other source, nothing would be gained by advertising for bids (Section 11.4 of the Purchasing Act).
It is hereby recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorize payment, by direct voucher, to the DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup in an amount not to exceed $61,005.00. Funds are available in Account 101-15000-612280.
Requested, Jill B.Horist, Manager of Pubic Affairs, JBH:GA:CW
Recommended, Darlene A. LoCascio, Director of Procurement and Materials Management
Respectfully Submitted, Barbara J. McGowan, Chairman Committee on Procurement
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for July 9, 2009