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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/7/2013 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
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13-0168 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2013, in the amount of $40,349,047.59RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0177 12ReportReport on the Government Finance Officer’s Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the District for the 2012 Budget and Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the District, the MWRD Retirement Fund, and to the MWRD Retiree Health Care Trust for the Fiscal Year 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0165 13ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal, 13-RFP-06 Biogas Renewable Energy Project at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0173 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, February 19, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0179 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to Extend the Agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the job order contracting system, for an additional period of twelve months (third term)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0182 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase and extend Contract 09-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, with Meccor Industries Ltd., for an additional twelve month period (third term), in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00, from $8,000,000.00 to $12,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, and 501 FundsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0194 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid of $68,501.00 from and enter into a lease with the Wilmette Harbor Association for a 39-year term on 6.19 acres of District real estate, including the Wilmette Harbor, located at 20 Harbor Drive in Wilmette, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 1.02, 1.03 & 1.04, Lease Number 12-370-11 (As Revised)DeferredPass Action details Not available
13-0161 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-924-21, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Torque Limiters on Final Tanks at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $140,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1355519RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0162 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-927-21, Furnish and Deliver a Remote Racking Device to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $55,000.00, Account 201-50000-634780, Requisition 1351227RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0171 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $53,600.00, Account 101-20000-623270RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0192 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-053-11 Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $125,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0198 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-975-11 Repair and Upgrade Services for the Video Surveillance System at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $35,000.00, Accounts 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1357898.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0199 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-690-11 Services to Rebuild AC and DC Motors to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $183,900.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Requisitions 1356198, 1356199, 1356207RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0164 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Networkfleet, Inc., for Maintenance of the Vehicle Location System for District Vehicles, in an amount not to exceed $17,000.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1354785 (Deferred from February 21, 2013 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0169 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-809-12, Furnishing and Delivering Unleaded Gasoline and Diesel Grade Fuel Oil to Fulton County, Illinois (Re-Bid), to Herr Petroleum Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $46,501.00, Account 101-68000-623820, Requisition 1343660RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0178 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Kofax, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal License, Software Maintenance and Support for the Kofax Network Fax Software, in an amount not to exceed $18,827.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1357611RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0186 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-670-11, Outfitting of Debris and Pontoon Boats at Various Areas, to Baltic Marine Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $112,900.00, Account 101-66000-612790, Requisition 1348756RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0196 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-693-11, Use of a Sanitary Landfill Site, Group A, to Heartland Recycling, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $184,470.00, and Group B, to Newton County Landfill Partnership, d/b/a Newton County Landfill, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1349254RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0200 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Doctors of Physical Therapy (DPT) for Contract 12-RFP-28 On-Site Physical Therapy for a two-year period, with an option to extend for a third year, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090, Requisition 1345038 (Deferred from the February 21, 2013, Board meeting) RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0170 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B and C to The Welding Center Inc., in an amount not to exceed $18,679.25, and Group D to Welding Industrial Supply Co., in an amount not to exceed $13,020.00, Account 101-20000-623840RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0174 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-859-11, Agricultural Maintenance at Fulton County, Illinois, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,395,951.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1346878RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0184 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-368-2SR, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 20C Rehabilitation, North Service Area, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $1,948,488.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1347929RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0185 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-751-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Gate Access Control System at the Egan and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants, to Johnson Controls, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $431,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1346214RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0187 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-847-11, Truck Hauling of Liquid Sludge from the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant to Various Locations, to Si-Tech Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $262,680.00, Account 101-68000-612520, Requisition 1349253RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0197 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-494-3P, Centrifuge Building and Sludge Loading System Upgrades, Egan and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $9,044,000.00, Accounts 201, 401-50000-645750, 645650, Requisition 1353992RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0163 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Smithamundsen LLC, for legal services in the matter of Gaweda, et al. v. MWRDGC, Case No. 10 CH 52264, in an amount of $35,000.00, from an amount of $177,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $212,500.00, Account 101-11000-601170, Purchase Order 3066424RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0166 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Tecnica Environmental Services, Inc. to Remove Hazardous Materials from Various District Locations, on an As-Needed Basis, for a Three-Year Period, in the amount of $125,000.00, from an amount of $304,215.00, to an amount not to exceed $429,215.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Purchase Order 5001324RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0175 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 12-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, to Synagro Central LLC, in an amount of $135,000.00, from an amount of $1,534,861.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,669,861.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001334RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0176 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-761-21, Building Restoration at the North Side and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, to Restore Masonry, LLC, in an amount of $133,802.00, from an amount of $964,605.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,098,407.00, Accounts 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001385RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0205 130ReportReport on draft Calendar of 2013 Diversity EventsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0158 131Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2013 departmental appropriations in the amount of $201,000.00 in the Corporate Fund and Construction FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0159 132Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a permit in the amount of $10,100.00 and pledging Certificate of Deposit investments in the amount of $313,100.00 in connection with McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Overburden Removal, SSA, Contract 73-161-DH, Account 401-50000-645620RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0156 133Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claim of Michael Eberhart vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 12 WC 12701, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $80,331.42. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0188 134Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 10-year lease agreement with the City of Chicago for the continued use of approximately 4.35 acres of improved District real estate located at 31st Street and Sacramento Avenue, Chicago, Illinois along the Collateral Channel, on Main Channel Parcels 42.01 and 42.15 for municipal corporate purposes. Consideration shall be an initial annual rent of $69,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0189 135Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit extension to BP to enter District land to perform environmental remediation activities at BP’s former leasehold located at 3266 W. Devon Avenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois (c/k/a North Shore Channel Parcel 7.03). Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0193 136Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-day permit to Paramount Pictures Corporation to use land commonly known as a portion of the McCook Reservoir Site to film scenes for a major motion picture titled “Transformers 4”. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $7,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0207 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10 Design, Build, Own Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $1,568,904.33 from an amount of $214,053,802.51 to an amount not to exceed $212,484,898.18, Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950, (Deferred from the February 21, 2013 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0209 138ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of March 2013 as Women's History MonthRecommendedPass Action details Not available