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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/11/2013 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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13-0682 11ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on July 1, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0704 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2013, in the amount of $29,349,409.21RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0686 13Agenda ItemAuthority to add JOC Contract No. J67742-12, Hanover Park Box Culvert Replacement, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $200,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0744 14Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 10-880-3H, TARP Control Structure Rehabilitation, North Service Area, Stickney Service Area, and Calumet Service Area to the Engineering Department Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $13,750,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0683 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 18, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0691 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 25, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0732 17ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-16, Auditing Services of Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical and Prescription Drug Claims, estimated cost $25,000.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1362921.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0734 18ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-17, Feasibility Study on Records Management, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1362616.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0750 19ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-14 Document and Litigation Case Management System with a three year licensing and maintenance agreement, estimated cost $73,000.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1362886RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0753 110ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-18 Executive Coaching Services for a Three-Year Period, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1362906RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0761 111ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 2, 2013RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0762 112ReportReport on Advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-10 Scale Software at Six Biosolids Management Areas, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 101-66000-634820, Requisition 1362598RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0770 113ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-15 Risk Management Information System for a three-year period with an option to extend for an additional two years, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1362622RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0694 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 6, 2013, regarding Contract 13-111-11 Furnish and Deliver Boat Maintenance, Repairs, Parts, and Secured Dockage estimated cost $304,700.00, Accounts 101-16000-612790, 612330 and 623990 Requisition 1357894, Agenda Item No. 23, File No. 13-0621RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0712 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-26 Pharmacy Benefits Management Services with Envision Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. for a three and one half year period from January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0715 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of February 21, 2013, regarding Contract 12-RFP-09 Purchase, Installation and Configuration of Cellular Telephones, Accessories and Wireless Communications Services with AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC, Inc., Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 13-0132RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0748 117Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of March 21, 2013, regarding Contract 12-RFP-32 (Re-Bid) Point to Point Communication Services, Agenda Item No. 53, File No. 13-0273RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0755 118Agenda ItemAuthorization to forfeit Contract 13-006-11 Group A to T & N Chicago, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $26,515.41, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0758 119Agenda ItemAuthorization to Declare Forfeiture of Contract 05-147-2M, HVAC Improvements at SWRP, Path Construction Company, Inc.Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0692 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-029-11 Furnish and Deliver Safety Equipment to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $58,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0693 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-032-11 Furnish and Deliver Coveralls, Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $47,700.00, Account 101-20000-623700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0713 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-610-11 Furnish and Deliver Boiler Repair Parts and Recertified Safety Relief Valves to Various Locations, estimated cost $330,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612240/612650/612680/623070/623090, Requisitions 1362322, 1361986, 1360068, 1360294, 1360070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0723 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-932-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Sludge Heat Exchangers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,400,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1360613RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0737 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 06-158-3S Des Plaines River Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation, Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $10,900,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1362017RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0743 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-406-11 Provide Helicopter Service for a Twenty-Four (24) Month Period, estimated cost $27,200.00, Account 101-15000-612330, Requisition 1362615RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0756 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-045-11 Publish Invitations for Contracts and Publish Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations and Other Legal Notices for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $58,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0764 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-653-11 Underground Infrastructure Cleaning at Various Locations, estimated cost $1,080,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1358228RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0765 128Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-676-11 Pest, Rodent and Animal Control at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $195,200.00, Accounts 101-15000/66000/67000/68000/69000-612370/612390/612420, Requisitions 1356601, 1356602, 1356590, 1356594, 1356904, 1358222, 1357601, 1358218RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0767 167Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-364-11 for public tender of bids a 39-year lease of approximately 0.693 acres of District real estate located southeast of the intersection of McCormick Boulevard and Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, and known as part of North Shore Channel Parcel 8.06. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $83,000.00.Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0687 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Marshall-Bond Pumps, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Dorr-Oliver Grinder Parts to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-69000-623270, Requisition 1350845RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0688 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-110-11, Furnish and Deliver Phosphorous Removal Monitoring Equipment, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $205,728.72, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1357364RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0689 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-604-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install Security Cameras at the Lockport Powerhouse, to Intelligent Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $69,873.00, Account 201-50000-645720, Requisition 1357596RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0703 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-926-11, Furnish and Deliver Acoustic Enclosure Panels for the Pump and Blower House at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to O’Neill Engineered Systems, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $66,700.00, Account 101-69000-623170, Requisition 1358244RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0717 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to SAS Institute Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of Existing SAS Software and SAS Software Extensions Licenses for a One-Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $30,190.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1362327RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0718 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-108-11, Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers, to Gasvoda @ Associates, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $34,700.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1358229RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0722 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver On-Site Advanced Maintenance Training for Variable Frequency Drives, in an amount not to exceed $21,200.00, Account 101-67000-601100, Requisition 1356554RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0757 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc., to Test, Certify and Perform Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services on Cerberus-Pyrotronic MXL Network Command Centers and Fire Alarm Systems at the Calumet and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $240,922.00, Accounts 101-68000,69000-612780, 623070, Requisitions 1350289 and 1361744RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0759 137Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-107-11, Furnish and Deliver Repairs, Service and Parts for American Sigma/Hach Auto Samplers, Flowmeters and Sampling Accessories, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $34,932.50, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1358225RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0684 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Midland Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $57,981.26, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0733 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-040-11 Furnish and Deliver Computer Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Atlas Stationers, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $2,045.59, and Groups B and C to Bebon Office Machines in an amount not to exceed $50,265.00, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0766 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Alpine Cleaning Equipment Inc., in an amount not to exceed $49,870.29, Accounts 101-20000-623110, 623170, 623660RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0772 141Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies and Wire to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A, to Evergreen Supply Company, in a total amount not to exceed $77,078.34, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $51,690.00, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0716 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Global Services, Inc. for Contract 07-RFP-22 Local Telephone Service and Long Distance Calling Service, in an amount of $42,509.21 from an amount of $896,334.58 to an amount not to exceed $938,843.79, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3049206.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0730 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to AT&T Global Services, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver service for thirty-six (36) point-to-point T1 lines and service for three (3) Gigaman lines for a period of sixty (60) months in an amount of $79,210.18, from an amount of $2,289,228.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,368,438.18, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3048028RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0738 144Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-046-3P Battery D - Aeration Tank No. 8, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $22,937.94, from an amount of $6,560,773.63, to an amount not to exceed $6,537,835.69, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001366RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0746 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with CohnReznick, for appraisal services for real estate in an amount of $30,000.00 from an amount of $129,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $159,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3075791RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0747 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC, for Contract 08-RFP-11 Purchase, Installation, and Configuration of Cellular Telephones, Accessories and Wireless Communications Services, in an amount of $76,656.24, from an amount of $678,827.80, to an amount not to exceed $755,484.04, Accounts 101-27000-612210, 623850 Purchase Order 3054860RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0749 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Dykema Gossett PLLC for legal services, in connection with the execution of the Thornton Composite Reservoir, Project 77-235-2F, in an amount of $40,000.00 from an amount of $676,238.93 to an amount not to exceed $716,238.93, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3054937RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0763 148Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 12-657-11, Television Inspection and Recording of Sewers and Manholes at Various Locations, to Sheridan Plumbing & Sewer, Inc., in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount of $339,179.98, to an amount not to exceed $639,179.98, Account 101-66000-612600, Purchase Orders 5001347 and 5001349RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0769 149Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-171-3P Westside Imhoff Battery A and Skimming Tank Demolition, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to Sollitt/Sachi/Alworth JV, in an amount of $37.00, from an amount of $41,577,080.74, to an amount not to exceed $41,577,043.74, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001182RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0771 150Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2013 departmental appropriations in the amount of $83,400.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0739 151Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute a license agreement from Commonwealth Edison Company for Contract 06-158-3S, Des Plaines River Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation, SSA in the Village of Maywood, consideration is a one-time fee of $8,500.00, Account 401-50000-667340RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0740 152Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute an access agreement from Bridgeport Village Homeowners Association for Contract 73-162-DH Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, Mainstream Tunnel System, Groundwater Monitoring System in the City of ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0695 153Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Frederick Smolinski vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200002887, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $220,000.00. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0696 154Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Darryl Carr vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 10 WC 12366 and 10 WC 12368, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $21,060.18. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0697 155Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Thomas Trend vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 12 WC 04339, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $37,473.59. Account 901-30000-601090 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0731 156Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase settlement amount approved on April 4, 2013 to settle the claim of International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 against Vulcan Construction Materials, LLP from $700,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $747,000.00, Account 401-50000-645620Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0724 157ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of March, April and May 2013.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0714 158ReportReport on the 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0705 159Agenda ItemAuthority to amend board order of June 20, 2013, authorizing a 3-month permit to Arcadis U.S., Inc. to use an approximately 3,000 sq. ft. area of District real estate located in Willow Springs, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 31.01, as a construction staging area for the maintenance and repair of Buckeye Partners’ 14” petroleum pipeline to change the permittee from Arcadis U.S., Inc. to Buckeye Partners, L.P.Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0707 160Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 4.51 acres of District real estate located at 3219 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.01, 6.06 and 6.07 and to waive the North Shore Channel ResolutionRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0708 161Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Orders of May 2, 2013 authorizing the issuance of a 5-year permit to the Lockport Township Fire Protection District to use the boat ramp at the Old Cargill Site on Main Channel Parcel 15.05 and to store the boat at the Lockport Powerhouse parking lot to reflect the additional use of constructing and maintaining a floating dock along the west wall of the Lockport Powerhouse in Lockport, Will County, Illinois, and waive the environmental insurance requirementsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0709 162Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one (1) month Confined Space Entry Permit to the North Palos Fire Protection District to conduct training activities at the District’s Palos Hills Pumping Station at 10700 S. 76th Avenue in Worth, Cook County, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0710 163Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 45-day permit to the Village of Oak Lawn to perform two soil borings on District Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.04 and 8.05 in Palos Heights, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0711 164Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the lease agreement dated November 18, 2010, between the District and the Village of Stickney on approximately 63.7 acres of District real estate located east of Ridgeland Avenue and south of 39th Street in Stickney, Illinois, Main Channel Parcels 38.01, 38.02, 38.04, 38.05, 38.06 and 38.08 to allow festivals to be held on the premises. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0725 165Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-month permit to McGinty Bros., Inc. to trim trees on a 9,600 sq. ft. area of the District’s Main Channel Parcel 31.03 located in Willow Springs, Illinois. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0726 166Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated April 1, 1993, between the District and the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County on 233.66 acres of District Main Channel Parcels 24.04, 25.03, and 26.07 in Lemont, DuPage County, Illinois to add Main Channel Parcels 27.03 and 27.04 comprising approximately 32.6 acres of District real estate located west of County Line Road, as extended, and north of the Des Plaines River in unincorporated DuPage County for a total new leasehold area of 266.26 +/- acres and to extend the lease term for an additional 19 years. Consideration shall be a nominal fee $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0741 168Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Northlake concerning Project ADCR-7B from the Detailed Watershed Plan for the Lower Des Plaines River WatershedRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0742 169Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Amended Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Sponsors for the Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries Phase 2 Study and to make payment to the United States Army Corps of Engineers in an amount of $150,000.00, Account 501-50000-612490 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0773 170Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Chicago Department of Water Management and Chicago Public Schools to install green infrastructure at Dirksen Elementary School, Morrill Math and Elementary School, and Grissom Elementary School in the City of Chicago (Deferred from the Board Meeting of June 20, 2013)DeletedPass Action details Not available
13-0698 171ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the 2013 Stanley Cup Championship (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0768 172ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Captain J. Jacob and Pollution Control Technicians Robert Chmela and Dave Zintak for rescuing a stranger who had fallen into the Chicago RiverRecommendedPass Action details Not available
13-0774 173Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Willis of Illinois, Inc. for Furnishing Property Insurance Coverage for District Properties in an amount not to exceed $2,018,000.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1361466RecommendedPass Action details Not available