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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/21/2020 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Remote Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 05-21-2020 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf
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O20-003 11OrdinanceAuthority to amend the sunset provision of Ordinance O15-002 to extend the expiration date from June 4, 2020 to December 31, 2021, for Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D, of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
20-0387 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2020, in the amount of $20,553,745.36Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
20-0412 13ReportReport on the 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
20-0389 14Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 20-703-21 Furnish and Deliver a Lathe and Accessories to the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $170,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0410 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 12, 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0342 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to extend the agreement with Ace Coffee Bar, Inc. for Contract 14-RFP-01 (Re-Bid) to Provide Vending Machines at Various Locations for an additional Six (6) Month Period. (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0411 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to ratify the Executive Director's action to increase Contract 19-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group B, to Synergy Systems, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, from $43,533.84 to an amount not to exceed $73,533.84, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0421 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to execute settlement agreement for Contract 10-237-3F, Streambank Stabilization on Oak Lawn Creek, to Judlau Contracting Inc. in an amount of $773,500.00, from an amount of $3,079,848.82, to an amount not to exceed $3,853,348.82, Account 501-50000-645720, Purchase Order 4000039ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0227 19Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 20-RFP-02 Deliver and Implement a Laboratory Information Management System, estimated cost $1,000,000.00, Account 101-16000-634820, Requisition 1539731 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0230 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-690-11, Large Electric Motor Overhaul at Various Locations, estimated cost $1,511,000.00 Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Requisitions 1538896, 1538898 and 1538899 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0251 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $314,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170, 623190, 623250, 623680, 623850 (As Revised) (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0322 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-RFP-35 Maintenance and Support of Multifunctional Copiers and Laser Printers, estimated cost $987,500.00, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1534102 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0384 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-RFP-05 Vision Plan Administrator, for a four-year period, effective January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024, Account 101-25000-601250ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0390 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-703-21 Furnish and Deliver a Lathe and Accessories to the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $170,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1514021ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0394 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings, and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $329,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0399 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-603-11 Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $114,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1542113, 1542130, and 1542134.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0403 117Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 20-RFP-08, Professional Legal Services for Bankruptcy and Collection Matters, estimated cost $50,000.00. Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition 1540474ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0424 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-157-3P Installation of Mechanical Mixers, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $11,780,000.00 and $14,260,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1542937ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0287 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to analyze root causes of flooding in Lower Salt Creek and Addison Creek River Basins in connection with ongoing litigation entitled Hampton v. MWRD, Case No. 2011 CH 25822, and Jacklin v. MWRD, Case No. 2011 CH 25985 in an amount not to exceed $230,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430; Requisition 1541026 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0288 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreement with Marcelo H. Garcia, PhD in connection with ongoing litigation entitled Hampton v. MWRD, Case No. 2011 CH 25822, and Jacklin v. MWRD, Case No. 2011 CH 25985 in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430; Requisition 1529580 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0302 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 19-RFP-41 Compensation and Benefits Study with MGT of America Consulting, LLC in an amount not to exceed $80,224.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1532429 (Deferred from the April 16, 2020 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Video Video
20-0388 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc., for technical support and consumable supplies for Agilent Technologies equipment, in an amount not to exceed $114,351.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1542387ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0400 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for AutoDesk Constructware Software License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $71,479.20, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1542736ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0405 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to DLT Solutions, LLC for Oracle Primavera Software License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $22,622.32, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1542727ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0409 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Citrix Systems, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of Six Hundred (600) Citrix XenApp Software Maintenance Licenses and Renewal of Two (2) Citrix NetScaler MPX Appliances in an amount not to exceed $61,560.00, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 612840, Requisition 1542419ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0426 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 19-RFP-10 Mobile Data & Cellular Communications, with AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC. in an amount not to exceed $902,929.04 and with Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless in an amount not to exceed $6,910.27, Account 101-27000-612210, Requisitions 1514041, 1542952ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0282 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-655-11, Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs, to Sumit Construction Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1525503 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0397 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-667-13 (Re-Bid), Native Prairie Landscape Maintenance at Various Service Areas, Group B to Lizzette Medina & Co., in an amount not to exceed $160,000.00 Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1505940ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0261 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to AT&T Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver two new PRI Telecommunication lines in an amount of $22,089.12, from an amount of $28,972.80 to an amount not to exceed $51,061.92, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3107871 (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0364 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with V3 Companies of Illinois, Ltd. for professional engineering services for Contract 14-263-3F, Melvina Ditch Reservoir Improvements in Burbank, Illinois in an amount of $41,250.00 from an amount of $1,321,477.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,362,727.00 Account 401-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3083712ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0402 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 16-901-31, Furnish, Deliver and Install Boiler Controls at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to M.G. Electric Service Company, in an amount of $153,932.00, from an amount of $1,345,208.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,499,140.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001645ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0418 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with ARCADIS, U.S., Inc., for professional services in connection with Contract 14-251-5C, Stormwater Master Plan for the Little Calumet River/Cal-Sag Channel Drainage Area in an amount of $4,690.25, from an amount of $923,479.50, to an amount not to exceed $928,169.75, Account 501-50000-612440, Purchase Order 3083974ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0408 133Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2020 departmental appropriations in the amount of $250,000.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0422 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0396 138ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
20-0264 139Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit to Northwestern University to allow parking and tailgating activities during home football games on North Shore Channel Parcels 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, and 2.08, in Evanston, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $80,000.00, subject to proration as set forth herein (Deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Video Video
20-0407 140Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 13535 South Claire Boulevard Avenue in Robbins, Illinois for the construction of the Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in the Village of Robbins, Illinois (Contract 14-253-5C) and authority for payment to Minerva Carrillo, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $11,000.00, plus closing costs, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0414 141Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the mobile home known as 4604 Soffel Avenue in Melrose Park, Illinois for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to the owners, Adela Salas-Paz and Jose Gomez-Guzman, in an amount of $32,000.00, and relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $22,575.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0415 142Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the mobile home known as 4621 Meadow Terrace in Melrose Park, Illinois for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to the owner, Jose Ruiz, in an amount of $49,000.00, and relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $43,227.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0419 143Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2019 real estate taxes in the amount of $557,221.26 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0423 144Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a six (6) month permit to The Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC, on 0.59± acres on Main Channel Parcel 34.10 in Summit, Illinois for use as a temporary work space to carry out hydrostatic testing on a natural gas pipeline. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0413 145Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Broadview for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Alley Improvements project in the Village of Broadview, Illinois (20-IGA-04), in an amount not to exceed $448,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1540438ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0416 146Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate Intergovernmental Agreements to assist various local municipalities and townships with Local Stormwater Partnership ProjectsApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0417 147Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Harwood Heights for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Harwood Heights Green Alleys Project in the Village of Harwood Heights, Illinois (20-IGA-11), in an amount not to exceed $353,203.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1540440ApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0427 148MotionMOTION for report on feasibility of partnering with suburban school districts on green infrastructure (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video