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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/21/2023 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Attachments: 9-21-2023 Final Agenda Packet.pdf
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23-0876 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Reverend Leslie Sanders (Deferred from the September 7, 2023 Board Meeting)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0919 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Dr. Tekleab Gala AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0910 13ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of August 2023, in the amount of $34,210,463.22 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0896 14Agenda ItemAuthorization to ratify and approve payments made to the Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management for the annual conference in an amount not to exceed $15,050.00, Accounts 101/501-50000-601100 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0911 15Agenda ItemAuthority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director in the amount of $1,064.91, Accounts 101-11000-612010, 612030 and 101-15000-612010, 612030ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0905 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 29, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0918 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, September 12, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0880 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 24-753-11, Farming at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $890,000.00, Accounts 101-67000-612520/612530, Requisition 1605281ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0889 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 24-101-11 Boat Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts for the PC100 Boat, estimated cost $69,600.00, Accounts 101-16000-612790, 623990, Requisition 1605329ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0892 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-19, Professional Engineering Services for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Biosolids Management Strategy, estimated cost $1,500,000.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1604172 (Deferred from the September 21, 2023 Board Meeting) (Deferred from the October 5, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
23-0894 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-083-3P Upgrade Wilmette Lift Station, NSA, estimated cost between $1,529,285.00 and $1,851,240.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1605843ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0881 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, to provide Hewlett Packard Maintenance for HPE SAN, in an amount not to exceed $23,152.90, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1605469ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0882 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver VMware Software, Support and Subscription, in an amount not to exceed $84,300.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1605289ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0885 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to DLT Solutions, LLC, for Eagle Point Software Corporation’s Pinnacle Series Software Annual Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $16,065.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1605327ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0886 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco SmartNet Hardware Support for Routers and Switches, in an amount not to exceed $193,403.63, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1605798ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0888 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust, in an amount not to exceed $10,061.00, and authorization for payment by direct voucher to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Retiree Health Care Trust (OPEB), in an amount not to exceed $7,939.00, Accounts 101-25000-612290 and P802-11000-798200 respectively, Requisition 1605822ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0890 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Calco,Ltd. for Preventative Maintenance, Emergency Repair Service and Parts for Water Purification Systems at Various Locations for Three Years, in an amount not to exceed $111,272.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1604184ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0893 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreements with West Publishing Corporation for online legal research and subscriptions to various legal publications for a three (3) year period, in an amount not to exceed $242,740.56, Account 101-30000-612490,623720, Requisition 1605014ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0898 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with TierPoint, LLC, for Co-Location Services for District Infrastructure, in an amount not to exceed $26,634.00, Account 101-27000-612330, Requisition 1605819ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0903 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 23-116-11, Analysis of Sediment Toxicity, to EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA Engineering), in an amount not to exceed $11,700.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1599758ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0904 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 23-603-11, Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas to Morton Salt, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $128,100.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623130, Requisitions 1598080, 1598252, and 1598172ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0902 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-875-1S, Television Inspection and Recording of Sewers and Manholes at Various Locations, to National Power Rodding Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $7,525,000.00, Account 101-50000-612240, Requisition 1598921ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0878 123Agenda 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 $1,405,100.00 from an amount of $191,336,862.54 to an amount not to exceed $189,931,762.54, Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0917 124Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2023 departmental appropriations in the amount of $100,000.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0895 125ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of August 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0883 126ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of August 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0806 127Agenda ItemAuthority to grant the Village of Hanover Park a 60-year, approximately 20’ x 728’ non-exclusive easement to continue to operate a 6-inch water main on District real estate located south of the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant in Hanover Park, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 (Deferred from the September 7, 2023 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0901 128Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two-month permit extension to Michels Pipeline, Inc. to continue to use 3± acres of Main Channel Parcel 35.02 located west of Harlem Avenue and north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Forest View, Illinois for its project to upgrade an existing pipeline for Kinder Morgan. Consideration shall be a one-time permit fee of $14,090.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0907 129Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 28.37-acre non-exclusive easement to Prairie Power, Inc. to construct, operate, maintain, reconstruct, repair, replace and remove electrical power lines to connect its existing substations south of the City of Canton and the Village of St. David in Fulton County, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $20,528.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0908 130Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 569,904 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to continue to operate, maintain, and remove an electrical transmission line upon, over, and across District land located along the southerly bank of the Main Channel between Pulaski Road and Cicero Avenue in the City of Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 39.13, 40.01, 40.04, 40.05 and 40.06. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $143,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0912 131Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 50-year lease with the City of Palos Heights for the continued use of 82± acres of District real estate located along the south bank of the Cal-Sag Channel in Palos Heights, Illinois, for public recreational purposes, including the operation and maintenance of the Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, and the sale and consumption of alcohol. Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $10.00, plus 25% of annual net revenues derived from the premisesApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0916 132Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 7.42± acres of District real estate located along the North Shore Channel between Oakton Street and the CTA Yellow Line tracks in Skokie, Illinois, known as North Shore Channel Parcels 6.06, 6.11, and 6.14 (portion)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0897 133ReportReport on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes Required by the Watershed Management OrdinancePublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0899 134Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the City of Des Plaines for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Craig Manor Drainage System Improvements in Des Plaines (23-IGA-33), in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0900 135Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to Lyons Township for the Acquisition of Flood-Prone Properties and Construction of Stormwater Storage in Lyons Township (23-IGA-43), in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0920 136ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 25th anniversary of Friends of the Forest Preserves AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0921 137MotionMOTION to recommend the establishment of a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Department for consideration as part of the District’s forthcoming State of Illinois 2024 Legislative Program. (Deferred from the September 21, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video