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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/1/2012 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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12-1444 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of September 2012, in the amount of $46,889,455.90RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1455 12ReportReport on investments purchased during September 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1457 13ReportReport on the investment interest income during September 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1459 14ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at September 30, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1460 15ReportReport on investments purchased during August 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1461 16ReportReport on the investment interest income during August 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1473 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 16, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1480 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, October 23, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1498 19ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-34 Third-Party Administrator for Workers Compensation and Other Services for a one-year period with options to renew in years two and three, estimated cost $500,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170 and 901-30000-601090, Requisition 1351261RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1500 110ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-33, Consulting Services for a Public Awareness Campaign, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1348503 (Deferred from October 18, 2012 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Not available
12-1445 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 9, 2012, regarding Issue purchase order and amend an agreement with SAS Institute Inc. for renewal of SAS Software and SAS Software extensions licenses, Agenda Item No. 30, File No. 12-1126RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1447 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 4, 2012, regarding authority for award Contract 11-188-2M, Elevator Upgrades at North and South Pump Houses, Main Stream Pumping Station, to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $474,679.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1341454, Agenda Item No. 22, File No. 11-1542RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1450 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 4, 2012, for Authority to advertise Contract 12-689-21 Furnish and Deliver Wheel Loaders to LASMA, estimated cost $1,000,000.00, Account 201-50000-634760, Requisition 1348858, Agenda Item No. 14, File No. 12-1355RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1475 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to decrease cost estimate for Contract 07-030-3D North Branch of Chicago River and North Shore Channel Restoration, NSA in an amount of $3,200,000.00, from an amount of $7,500,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $4,300,000.00, under the Capital Improvements Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1296548RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1483 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of August 9, 2012, regarding issue purchase order and amend an agreement with SAP Public Services Inc. for SAP Software Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $716,252.02, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1345868, Agenda Item No. 33, File No. 12-1159RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1486 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement with Microsoft, under the State of Illinois Master Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (CMS6003000) for Microsoft Software and Software Maintenance for a three-year periodRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1452 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-693-11 Use of a Sanitary Landfill Site, estimated cost $265,000.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1349254RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1448 118Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts and Labor to Repair Four Variable Frequency Drives for the TARP Raw Sewage Pumps at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1336839RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1451 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreement with Televent DTN, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Weather Radar Information for a Three-Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $31,108.00, Accounts 101-66000, 68000, 69000-601170, 612330, 612490, Requisitions 1346198, 1348485, and 1348227RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1456 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-17 Microfilming and Scanning Services for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, with Microsystems, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $158,836.00, Account 101-15000-612090, Requisition 1334273RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1470 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-622-11, Furnishing and Delivering Radio Equipment to the Stickney Service Area, to Illinois Communications Sales, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $39,421.00, Account 101-69000-623850, Requisition 1344661RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1482 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Vulcan Industries, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for the Vulcan Coarse and Fine Screens at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant Area, in an amount not to exceed $28,500.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1347555 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1484 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CommVault Systems, Inc., for maintenance renewal, software, and professional services for CommVault’s Backup Software and Premier Maintenance Package, in an amount not to exceed $183,342.25, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 623800, 601170, Requisition 1349932RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1487 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government, LLC to furnish and deliver Microsoft Software and Software Maintenance for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $1,377,758.79, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 623800, Requisition 1350911RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1495 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Myers Briggs & Company, Inc. for Furnishing Excess Auto Liability Insurance Coverage for Automobiles, Trucks, Trailers, and Non-owned Automobiles in an amount not to exceed $85,471.00, Account 101-30000-612290, Requisition 1350324RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1496 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Myers Briggs & Company, Inc. for Furnishing Excess Marine Liability Insurance Coverage for District Marine Vessels in an amount not to exceed $13,725.00, Account 101-30000-612290, Requisition 1350322RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1471 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 73-161-DH, McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Overburden, Cook County, Illinois, to The Lane Construction Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $18,657,142.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1343688RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1472 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-761-21, Building Restoration at the North Side and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, to Restore Masonry, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $964,605.00, Accounts 201-50000-645750, 645780, Requisitions 1331695 and 1338184RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1485 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-032-12 (Re-bid), Furnish and Deliver Coveralls, Rainwear and Boots to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B, to Kaul Glove & Manufacturing Company, d/b/a Choctaw-Kaul Distribution Company, in an amount not to exceed $27,033.30, Group C, to Safety Supply Illinois, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $25,514.25, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1469 130Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Siemens Water Technologies Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver Bioxide to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $40,098.40, from an amount of $269,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $229,701.60, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3057133RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1476 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-168-3P Scum Concentration, Centrifuge Building, Preliminary & Imhoff Tanks, Elevator Improvements, Diffuser Plates and Trailer Replacement, Stickney Service Area, LASMA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $70,506.93, from an amount of $23,422,721.75, to an amount not to exceed $23,352,214.82, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001198RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1477 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Klein & Hoffman, Inc., for professional engineering services related to Contract 05-814-2D, Civil, Structural and Architectural Engineering Consulting Services, in an amount of $269.89, from an amount of $2,797,963.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,797,693.11, Account 201-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3043159RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1488 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction, in an amount of $596,464.80 from an amount of $164,599,185.43, to an amount not to exceed $165,195,650.23, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1489 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 12-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount of $135,000.00, from an amount of $3,614,400.00, to an amount not to exceed $3,479,400.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001327RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1490 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 12-022-11 Furnish and Deliver Diesel Grade Fuel Oil to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Avalon Petroleum Company, in an amount of $25,000.00 from an amount of $462,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $487,000.00, Account 101-66000-623820, Purchase Order 3070877RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1491 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with LeasePlan USA for Fleet Vehicle Management Services, in an amount of $80,000.00, from an amount of $991,132.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,071,132.00, Accounts 101-15000-612080 and 612860, Purchase Order 3070364RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1493 137Agenda 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 $49,556.15, from an amount of $17,580,682.83, to an amount not to exceed $17,630,238.98, Accounts 101-50000-612620, 401-50000-645620 and 645720, Purchase Order 5001266RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1442 138Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2012 departmental appropriations in the amount of $10,500.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1478 139Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to review the request by Toyota Park for the Facility Located at 7000 South Harlem Avenue, Bridgeview, Illinois, for review by the Board of Commissioners of the 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 User Charge Liability Determination made by the Director of the Monitoring and Research Department under Appeal No. 11D-039.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1501 140Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claim of James Daly vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 09 WC 00884, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $54,656.60. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1462 141Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a check payable to Material Service Corporation in the amount of $189,336.92 as reimbursement of the District's pro rata share of the Second Installment of the year 2011 Real Estate Taxes paid by it for the Lower West Lobe of the Thornton Quarry, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F (401-50000-645620)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1463 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a six-month permit extension to LaBarge Propane, Inc. for the continued use of 1.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois; part of Main Channel Parcel 23.01. Consideration shall be $6,534.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1464 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 46-day permit to Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt, LLC for the continued use of approximately 4.6 acres of District real estate located near 7800 West 59th Street in Summit, Illinois; western part of Main Channel Parcel 34.02. Consideration shall be $5,300.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1466 144Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to the Fulton County Lewistown Field Office of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service to conduct soil boring investigations at the District’s Fulton County Prairie Plan site. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1467 145Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to W.E. O’Neil Construction Company on 3 acres of District real estate located at 4100 West 41st Street in Forest View, Illinois, part of Main Channel Parcel 38.11. Consideration shall be $40,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1474 146Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit to Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt, LLC for the continued use of approximately 0.70 acres of District real estate located near 7800 West 59th Street in Summit, Illinois; eastern part of Main Channel Parcel 34.02. Consideration shall be $4,300.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1492 147Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a 39-year lease with the Chicago Park District on 1.87 acres of District real estate located at Devon Avenue and McCormick Boulevard in Chicago; North Shore Channel Parcel 8.06 for parking and possible park expansion purposes. Consideration shall be an annual rental of $78,000.00Deferred  Action details Not available
12-1502 148Agenda ItemAdoption of Amendments to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Deleted  Action details Not available
12-1494 149Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate and enter into intergovernmental agreements with the Village of Palatine, the Palatine Park District, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, and the Illinois Department of Transportation for Contract 10-884-AF, Upper Salt Creek Arlington Heights Branch Flood Control Project in Palatine, ILRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1499 150MotionMOTION to approve dates for the Regular Board Meetings of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to be held in the year 2013 (Deferred from the October 18, 2012 Board Meeting, Revised and Resubmitted)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-1503 151Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a mutual settlement agreement with Keith Smith and make a one time payment in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available