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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/29/2013 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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13-0875 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2013, in the amount of $35,437,577.93RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0907 12ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0908 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during May 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0909 14ReportReport on investments purchased during June 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0910 15ReportReport on the investment interest income during June 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0929 16ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at June 30, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0872 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 6, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0873 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 13, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0891 19ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-20 Procurement of Natural Gas Services, estimated cost $5,400,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612160RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0902 110ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 11-961-21, Facility Roof Replacements and Associated Tuckpointing at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, estimated cost $2,790,600.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0925 111ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 13-055-11, Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Ace Hose and Rubber Company, estimated cost $29,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0893 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 8, 2013, regarding Authority to award Contract 11-054-3P, Disinfection Facilities, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $62,894,632.50, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1358932, Agenda Item No. 65, File No. 13-0867DeferredPass Action details Not available
13-0895 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 18, 2013, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 11-054-3P Disinfection Facilities, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $75,875,450.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1358932, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 13-0394DeferredPass Action details Not available
13-0913 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 20, 2012, regarding Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Argonne National Laboratory, to Furnish and Deliver Microbial Source Monitoring via Metagenomics, in an amount not to exceed $1,931,000.00, Account 201-52000-601170, Requisition 1353135, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 12-1740RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0916 115Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to Water Environment Federation for registration fees for eight Commissioners and eighty-two employees in various departments to attend the annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference WEFTEC 2013, in an amount not to exceed $54,135.00, Accounts 101-11000, 15000, 16000, 27000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 69000-601100RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0931 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept the initial annual rental bid and to enter into a 39-year lease for Contract 13-360-11 with the Roseland Little League Baseball Organization on approximately 2.66 acres of improved real estate located at 12483 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, to operate and maintain little league baseball fields, in the amount of $2,500.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0876 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-304-11 Annual Maintenance, Repairing, Recharging, and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers for a 36-Month Period, estimated cost $108,000.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1364078RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0882 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-365-11 for public tenders of bids a 39-year lease of 0.715± acres of improved District real estate located near 7800 West 59th Street in Summit, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 34.09. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $8,600.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0884 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise for the public tender of bids a 3-year lease on approximately 3 acres of District real estate located at 4100 West 41st Street in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 38.11. The minimum initial rental bid shall be established at $75,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0905 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-907-11 Furnish and Deliver a Portable, Diesel-Powered Generator to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-69000-634600, Requisition 1362914RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0906 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-926-21, Furnish & Deliver Heavy Equipment to the Stickney and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $1,030,000.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisitions 1353098, 1355507, 1355508.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0923 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-804-21 Furnish and Deliver Cathodic Protection System Parts to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $130,040.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1364065RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0900 123Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with MWH Americas, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 13-248-5F, Final Design for Streambank Stabilization on Melvina Ditch, in an amount not to exceed $500,344.64, Account 501-50000-601420, Requisition 1365002RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0911 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey for the maintenance and operation of nine streamflow gaging stations and one rain gage within Cook County, Illinois in an amount not to exceed $93,250.00, Accounts 501-50000-612490 and 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1364709RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0914 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, for a Preventive Maintenance Plan at various locations, in an amount not to exceed $29,708.17, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1364086RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0924 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Henry Pratt Company, LLC, for Parts and Technical Services for Pratt Valves at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $19,800.00, Accounts 101-69000-612650, 623090 Requisition 1351607RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0926 127Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Greeley and Hansen LLC for professional engineering services for Contract 13-811-5C, Flood Control Measures within the Combined Sewer Area-Alternatives Group B, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 501-50000-601410, Requisition 1365325RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0928 128Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with CH2M Hill, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 13-810-1C, Flood Control Measures within the Combined Sewer Area-Alternatives Group A, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 101-50000-601410, Requisition 1365324RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0927 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-617-11, Inspection and Repair of Cranes and Hoists at Various Locations, Groups 1 and 2, to Sievert Electric Service and Sales Co., in an amount not to exceed $416,190.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612240, 612650, 612760, Requisitions 1347222, 1355539, 1356574, 1353528, 1356230, 1355537, 1356571, 1356206, and 1347219RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0930 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-049-11, Furnish and Deliver Work Gloves to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Advance Safety Equipment Co., in an amount not to exceed $8,322.00, Groups B & D to LabSource, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $12,797.44, and Group C to Saf-T-Gard International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,472.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0896 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 91-177-AE Computer and Instrumentation Control Room at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Divane Brothers Electric Company in an amount of $24,488.00, from an amount of $41,365,131.26, to an amount not to exceed $41,340,643.26, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000594RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0897 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-023-3P Stop Logs and Diversion Pumps at Wilmette Pump Station and Evanston Pump Station Rehabilitation, North Service Area, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen in an amount of $162,050.00, from an amount of $17,701,544.19, to an amount not to exceed $17,863,594.19, Accounts 101-50000-612620, 401-50000-645620 and 645720, Purchase Order 5001266RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0898 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction in an amount of $100,619.00, from an amount of $165,453,952.83, to an amount not to exceed $165,554,571.83, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0901 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for professional engineering services for Agreement 07-164-3C, TARP Modeling - Phase II of the Mainstream and Des Plaines TARP Systems, in an amount not to exceed $151,946.00, from an amount of $1,989,833.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,141,779.00, Account 401-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3067358RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0915 135Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 11-109-11 Furnish and Deliver Repairs, Service and Parts for American Sigma/Hach Auto Samplers, Flowmeters, and Sampling Accessories to Hach Company in an amount of $5,765.71, from an amount of $50,628.09, to an amount not to exceed $44,862.38, Account 101-16000-612970 and 623570, Purchase Order 3068457RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0917 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-365-5F Heritage Park Flood Control Facility, to F.H. Paschen/Lake County Grading, A Joint Venture in an amount of $307,320.69, from an amount of $29,459,407.61, to an amount not to exceed $29,766,728.30, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001339RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0918 137Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company for Maintenance Services for Computer Software and Hardware in an amount of $178,870.93, from an amount of $1,908,788.25, to an amount not to exceed $1,729,917.32, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Purchase Order 3062338RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0919 138Agenda 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 $33,478.00, from an amount of $1,098,407.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,131,885.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001385RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0921 139Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 11-847-11 Truck Hauling of Liquid Sludge from the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant to Various Locations, to Si-Tech Industries, Inc., in an amount of $39,796.95 from an amount of $290,807.71, to an amount not to exceed $251,010.76, Account 101-68000-612520, Purchase Order 5001252RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0922 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Quarles & Brady LLP (Quarles) to represent the District's interest in the ComEd appeal of the delivery rate proceeding before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) as a member of the REACT Coalition, and participate in settlement discussions to remedy the estimation method used by ComEd in their Embedded Cost of Service Study (ECOSS) and to participate in discussions of the ComEd Efficiency Program, in an amount of $140,000.00, from an amount of $26,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $166,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612150,101-66000-601170 Purchase Order 3076742RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0933 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to CDW Government, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Microsoft Software and Software Maintenance for a three-year period in an amount of $11,475.04, from an amount of $1,545,245.19, to an amount not to exceed $1,556,720.23, Account 101-27000-623800, Purchase Order 3075051RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0936 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-419-12, Elevator Maintenance and Repair Service at the Main Office Building Complex for a Three-Year Period, with Parkway Elevators, Inc., for an additional ninety-day period, in an amount of $14,120.00, from an amount of $143,849.39, to an amount not to exceed $157,969.39, Account 101-15000-612370 and 612390, Purchase Order 5001112RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0874 143Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2013 departmental appropriations in the amount of $28,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0877 144ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the months of June and July 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0870 145Agenda ItemAuthority to settle MWRD v. T&J Meatpacking, Inc., Case No. 11 M1 176250, for 2007 User Charge liability in the total amount of $30,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0871 146Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of James Miller vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 11 WC 4258 and 12 WC 0440, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $235,000.00. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0887 147Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Henry Koney vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 11 WC 33913, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $29,918.54. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0869 148Agenda ItemReport on National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Peak Performance Awards for 2012 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0888 149Agenda ItemRequest for authorization to continue District participation in the “Power Lunch” Program of Working in the SchoolsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0881 150Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 11.9 acres of District real estate located at 18500 West 9th Street in Lockport, Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 15.02 and 15.04RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0883 151Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a (4) four year permit to Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. and Alfred Benesch & Company to access the District’s 95th Street Pumping Station site located southeast of Baltimore Avenue and 95th Street in Chicago to perform annual inspections of the Chicago Skyway bridge structure. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $2,500.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0903 152Agenda ItemAuthority to waive the District’s standard easement agreement language in connection with the grant of a 50-year ecosystem restoration project along the west bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River to the Chicago Park District (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0904 153Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase real estate commonly known as 19 Stephen Street in Lemont, Illinois, comprising 0.09 acres relating to the construction of the Wet Weather Reservoir and the Wet Weather Treatment Facility at the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant and authority for payment to Timothy Jonasson, the owner of said real estate in an amount not to exceed $260,000.00, Account 401-50000-656010, Capital Improvement Bond FundDeferred  Action details Not available
13-0920 154Agenda ItemAuthorization to declare as surplus and not required for corporate purposes and to sell to the Forest Preserve District of Will County approximately 326.40 acres of District real estate located in Will County, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel Numbers 19.05, 19.06, 19.07, 20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 20.09, 21.04, 21.05 and 21.0RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0932 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two-month permit to Eagle Painting and Maintenance Company, Inc., a contractor of the Illinois Department of Transportation, to use the District’s Canal Bank Road to access the Harlem Avenue bridge over the north side of the Main Channel located in Forest View, Illinois, to clean and paint the bridge structure and to use a 150’ x 50’ portion of Main Channel Parcel 37.03, as an equipment staging area. Consideration shall be a fee of $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0934 156Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two-month permit to ERA Valdiva (“ERA”), a contractor of the Illinois Department of Transportation, to use the District’s access road, and a staging area on District land underneath the Illinois Route 83 bridge on the north side of the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a fee of $2,500.00Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0935 157Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 4, 2013, from issuance of a five-month permit to the Roseland Little League Baseball Organization, to a seven-month permit on approximately 2.66 acres of District real estate located at 12483 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, to continue to maintain and operate little league baseball fields, and a waiver of the minimum fee of $2,500.00, to reflect a nominal permit fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0879 158Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Elmwood Park concerning Project GCTR-1 from the Detailed Watershed Plan for the Lower Des Plaines River Watershed, with payment to the Village of Elmwood Park not to exceed $5,170,087.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0880 159Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate and enter into intergovernmental agreements with the Village of Chicago Ridge and the Village of Oak Lawn for Contract 13-248-5F, Project MEDT-1, Streambank Stabilization on Melvina DitchRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0912 160Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into intergovernmental agreements with the City of Chicago for the design and construction of a Flood Control Project for Albany Park, with payment to the City of Chicago not to exceed $25,920,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0886 161Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to participate in the Chi-Cal Rivers Fund, with a contribution to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in the amount of $500,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available