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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/3/2022 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 11-03-2022 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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22-0954 11Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Kamran KhanAdoptedPass Action details Not available
22-0976 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating employees that have retired in the last yearAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-0988 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Veterans Day and honoring Team Rubicon North BranchAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-0989 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Veterans Day and honoring Salute, Inc.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-0982 15ReportReport on the investment interest income during August 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0983 16ReportReport on the investment interest income during September 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0984 17ReportReport on investments purchased during August 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0985 18ReportReport on investments purchased during September 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0986 19ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at September 30, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0968 110ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 18, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0979 111ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 25, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0931 112Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to WateReuse Association for 2023 membership dues, in the amount of $16,725.00, Account 101-15000-612280 (Deferred from the October 20, 2022 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the November 3, 2022 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Video Video
22-0932 113Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) for 2022-2023 membership dues in the amount of $93,880.00, Account 101-15000-612280 (As Revised)(Deferred from the October 20, 2022 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the November 3, 2022 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Video Video
22-0933 114Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to American Water Works Association for 2023 membership dues, in the amount of $24,426.00, Account 101-15000-612280 (Deferred from the October 20, 2022 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the November 3, 2022 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Video Video
22-0957 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of September 15, 2022, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company to furnish and deliver nineteen FL1500 Series Flow Control Flowmeters and accessories in an amount not to exceed $138,366.34, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1582522, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 22-0805ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0969 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the Job Order Contracting system, in an amount not to exceed $234,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501, and 901 FundsApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-0948 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-RFP-24 Technical Assistance Program, estimated cost $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisitions 1589283 and 1589284 (Deferred from the October 20, 2022 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Video Video
22-0960 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-636-11, Furnishing and Delivering Hydrogen Peroxide, estimated cost $397,500.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1585385ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0961 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hydroxide, estimated cost $752,000.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1585382ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0963 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride, estimated cost $3,178,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1587200 and 1587764ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0952 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to and enter into an agreement with Omnant Technologies, LLC for licenses, software maintenance and hosting of Omnant Forthsite software for a one-year period, in an amount not to exceed $16,800.00, Account 101-27000-623800, Requisition 1589614ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0953 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Kofax, Inc. for Readsoft Process Director software maintenance and license renewal for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $100,777.76, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1589077 (As Revised)(Deferred from the November 3, 2022 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
22-0955 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 22-RFP-16, On-Site Mobile Drug and Alcohol Testing Services for Selected Employees, with Mobile Health and Testing Services, Inc. (MHTS) in an amount not to exceed $45,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1582817ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0959 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology, an Illinois State Agency, for LEADS Access and Support, in an amount not to exceed $69,087.60, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisition 1590101ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0967 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Verizon Connect Fleet USA LLC, for the maintenance of a Vehicle Location System under the Sourcewell Purchasing Contract No. 020221-NWF in an amount not to exceed $53,439.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1590098ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0973 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 22-823-11, Furnish and Deliver One Hard-Bearing Balancing Machine to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Abro Balancing, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $59,000.00, Account 101-68000-634990, Requisition 1578692ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0974 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 21-652-12 (Re-Bid) Furnishing and Delivering Various Types of Manhole Covers, Frames, and Associated Miscellaneous Parts (Group A and Group B), to EJ USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $210,000.00, Account 101-66000-623300, Requisition 1554200 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0975 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 22-738-11, Snow Plowing at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, to Santa’s Village, LLC d/b/a Santa’s Village Enterprise, in an amount not to exceed $32,000.00, Account 101-67000-612420, Requisition 1584021ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0970 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering & Insulation to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, to Bay Insulation of Illinois Inc., in an amount not to exceed $48,603.65, Account 101-20000-623170ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0971 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-646-51, Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group A to J & L Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,647,350.00, Accounts 101/501-50000/66000-612620/612420, Requisition 1580501 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0972 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, Groups A and C, to McDonagh Demolition, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00, and Group B, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501, and 901 FundsApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0949 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 21-911-21, Rehabilitate Locomotive #4 at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Motive Power Resources, Inc., in an amount of $159,354.83 from an amount of $825,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $984,354.83, Account 201-50000-645790, Purchase Order 5001870ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0956 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 22-641-11, Furnishing and Delivering Liquid Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to American Gases Corporation, in an amount of $666,805.39, from an amount of $841,200.00, to an amount not to exceed $174,394.61, Account 101-69000-623560, Purchase Order 3116476ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0958 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology, an Illinois State Agency, to Furnish and Deliver LEADS Access and Support in an amount of $141.12, from an amount of $71,167.62 to an amount not to exceed $71,308.74, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3105693ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0962 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend agreement for a one-year period, for Contract 21-RFP-20 Perform Federal Legislative Consulting Services, with O’Connell & Dempsey, LLC, in an amount of $175,000.00, from an amount of $175,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Order 3116931 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0990 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 22-087-11, Furnish and Deliver an Articulated Forklift to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $89,500.00, from an amount of $89,500.00, to an amount of $0.00, Account 101-20000-634760, Purchase Order 3120435ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0991 137ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the third quarter of 2022, ended September 30, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
22-0987 138Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Peter Hopp vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC6924, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $49,236.16, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0977 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue to use the boat ramp located on an approximately 50’ x 8’ area of Main Channel Parcel 15.05, and access road, in Lockport, Will County, Illinois to access the Main Channel for the purpose of conducting sonar surveys of fish populations near the aquatic nuisance dispersal barriers. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0978 140Agenda ItemAuthority to grant Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company a 25-year, approximately 2,505 sq. ft., non-exclusive easement to construct, install, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a cathodic protection system and appurtenances thereto upon and below a portion of North Shore Channel Parcel 9.04 near the intersection of West Ainslie Street and North Sacramento Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0994 141Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the County of Cook a 75-year, .43± acre non-exclusive easement to construct, install, operate, maintain, repair, and remove a public road across North Shore Channel Parcels 1.08 and 1.11, north of Isabella Street and east of the CTA railroad tracks in Wilmette and Evanston, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 Deleted  Action details Not available
22-0980 142Agenda ItemAuthority to approve, execute, and make payment to the Illinois Central Railroad Company for construction and easement agreements for the Lyons and McCook Levee Improvements Project (Contract 13-199-3F), Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $2,500.00 for the easement and a deposit of $99,598.00 for the construction agreement, Account 401-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0981 143Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the Village of Winnetka for the acquisition of flood-prone property (21-IGA-27) in an amount not to exceed $900,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1582979ApprovedPass Action details Not available
O22-014 144OrdinanceAuthority to review amendments to the Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video