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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/3/2012 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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12-0664 11ReportReport on the 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0658 12ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of March 2012, in the amount of $30,480,681.02RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0706 13Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 12-920-21, Rehabilitate Thickening and Dewatering Centrifuge Rotating Assemblies for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $3,680,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0665 14ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-17 Microfilming and Scanning Services for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $220,000.00, Account 101-15000-612090, Requisition 1334273RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0680 15ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 12-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $39,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0687 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 24, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0690 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, April 17, 2012RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0672 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase and extend Contract 09-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, with Meccor Industries Ltd., for an additional twelve month period (second term), in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00, from $4,000,000.00 to $8,000,000.00, Accounts 101-201, 401, 501 FundsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0674 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to Extend the Agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for professional services for the development and implementation of the job order contracting program, for an additional period of twelve months (second term)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0685 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $65,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0662 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Oracle America, Inc. for Oracle Database Management System (DBMS) Software Licensing and Support, in an amount not to exceed $199,694.93, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1341800RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0667 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Governmentjobs.com, Inc., D.B.A. NEOGOV, for Annual Maintenance and Support of the AMS 5 Enterprise Software (Sigma 5), from May 3, 2012 through December 31, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $24,026.82, Account 101-25000-612820, Requisition 1339950RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0676 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Alfa-Laval, Inc., to Rehabilitate Thickening & Dewatering Centrifuge Rotating Assemblies and to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Alfa-Laval Centrifuges for the Stickney and Egan Water Reclamation Plants for a three-year period in an amount not to exceed $6,530,335.00, Accounts 101, 201-50000, 67000, 69000-612650, 623070, 623270, 645750 Requisitions 1339621, 1337533 and 1337534RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0692 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-636-11, Furnish and Deliver Hydrogen Peroxide and Maintain a Hydrogen Peroxide Injection System at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Siemens Industry, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $269,552.50, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1335438RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0694 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for the Hayward Gordon Pumps and for various Varec Equipment for the Digester Gas Collector at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $28,500.00, Account 101-67000, 623090, 623070 Requisitions 1339980 and 1339981RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0702 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Klein and Hoffman, Inc. for professional engineering services to perform a condition survey for the 100 E. Erie Street building, following the recently completed construction at 660 N. Michigan Avenue, and issue a Closure Report, in an amount not to exceed $15,700.00, Account 101-50000-601170, Requisition 1341440RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0712 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-07, GRC and Security Role Redesign Audit and Remediation, with KPMG LLP, in an amount not to exceed $39,900.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1339622RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0682 118Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-053-11 Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $48,231.02, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0663 119Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-624-11 Repairs to the Lockport Powerhouse Interior North Wall, to Path Construction Company, Inc., in an amount of $15,000.00 from an amount of $528,200.00 to an amount not to exceed $543,200.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5001228RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0675 120Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-353-2M Rehabilitation of the Existing Influent Pumping Station at Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company in an amount of $16,708.38, from an amount of $21,926,306.83, to an amount not to exceed $21,943,015.21, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000394.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0677 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase 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 $86,499.00, from an amount of $33,163,549.00, to an amount not to exceed $33,250,048.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001182RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0678 122Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 91-177-CE Distributed Control System for Solids Processes at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Mainstream Pumping Station, and Other Remote Stations, Stickney Service Area, to Divane Brothers Electric Company in an amount of $17,904.00, from an amount of $33,096,917.89, to an amount not to exceed $33,114,821.89, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000978RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0679 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction in an amount of $609,935.78, from an amount of $163,724,930.78, to an amount not to exceed $164,334,866.56, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0681 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-220-3P Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen/IHC Construction Joint Venture in an amount of $393,937.88, from an amount of $233,270,347.30, to an amount not to exceed $233,664,285.18, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0683 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation at North Side, Kirie, Egan & Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C., in an amount of $21,887.74, from an amount of $14,152,804.22, to an amount not to exceed $14,174,691.96, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001225RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0684 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 73-161-AH McCook Reservoir, McCook Conveyance Tunnel, to Kenny Construction Co. in an amount of $163,225.00, from an amount of $4,699,829.53, to an amount not to exceed $4,536,604.53, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000290RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0686 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-260-2M Coarse Screens Installation, Piping and Electrical Work, 95th Street and 125th Street Pumping Stations, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen in an amount of $1,324,739.99, from an amount of $10,518,467.76, to an amount not to exceed $9,193,727.77, Accounts 401-50000-645600 and 645700, Purchase Order 5000900RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0688 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 99-468-2S Upper Des Plaines 11D Extension D Rehabilitation, to Spinello Companies in an amount of $12,308.59, from an amount of $2,321,203.25, to an amount not to exceed $2,308,894.66, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000287RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0689 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 10-881-3P Furnish and Deliver Temporary Technical Personnel Services to the Engineering Department, to Veolia ES Special Services Inc. in an amount of $111,740.62, from an amount of $225,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $113,259.38, Account 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3065261RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0691 130Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company, for the replacement of the 750kVA transformer at the Upper Des Plaines Pumping Station in an amount of $413.70, from an amount of $14,349.91, to an amount not to exceed $13,936.21, Account 401-50000-612490, Purchase Order 3055750RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0695 131Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Earth Tech, Inc., for Contract 96-114-2P Sludge Thickening Facilities at SWRP - Professional Services in an amount of $16,839.67, from an amount of $11,152,194.00, to an amount not to exceed $11,135,354.33, Accounts 401-50000-601420 and 601440, Purchase Order 3038574RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0697 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc., for Contract 06-151-3V, Monitoring and Research Laboratory Facility, SWRP - Professional Services in an amount of $6,297,216.47, from an amount of $11,954,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $5,656,783.53, Account 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order 3056965RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0698 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Harza Engineering Company, for Professional Post-Award Consulting Services for Torrence Avenue TARP and 73rd Street TARP Tunnel Relocation in an amount of $731,282.48, from an amount of $3,640,573.63, to an amount not to exceed $2,909,291.15, Account 401-50000-601440, Purchase Order A90488RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0699 134Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 06-024-3M Effluent and Potable Water Piping Upgrades at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, from $1,000,000.00 to $3,750,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1328793RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0701 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Smithamundsen LLC, for legal services in the matter of Gaweda, et al. v. MWRDGC, Case No. 10 CH 52264, in an amount of $75,000.00, from an amount of $102,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $177,500.00, Account 101-11000-601170, Purchase Order 3066424RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0703 136Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 11-697-11, Demolition of Lake River Terminal and Other Derelict Buildings on District Property in Cook County, IL, Group B, to DMD Services, Inc., in an amount of $20,163.50 from an amount of $394,300.00, to an amount not to exceed $374,136.50, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 5001256RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0704 137Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to J.D. Wilson Associates, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Vaughn Chopper Pumps and Parts, on an as needed basis, to the North Side, Hanover Park, and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $16,525.00, from an amount of $198,144.14, to an amount not to exceed $214,669.14, Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3062240RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0705 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite to Various Locations in the North Service Area, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $56,000.00, from an amount of $226,780.00 to an amount not to exceed $282,780.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3057109RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0711 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-198-AD Demolition of Sludge Disposal Building and Rehabilitation of Pump and Blower House and Coarse Screen Building at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $51,780.39, from an amount of $31,213,461.84, to an amount not to exceed $31,265,242.23, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680, and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961 (Deferred from the April 5, 2012 and April 19, 2012 Board Meetings)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0715 140Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Dresser, Inc., to provide services and parts for centrifugal blowers at the Calumet and North Side Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $35,000.00, from an amount of $133,542.00, to an amount not to exceed $98,542.00, Accounts 101-68000-612650/623270, Purchase Order 3057570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0714 141Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2012 departmental appropriations in the amount of $94,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0655 142Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claim of Robert Dixon v. MWRDGC, Case No. 10 WC 26850, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, in the sum of $46,204.69. Account 901-30000-901RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0666 143ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of February and March 2012.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0657 144Agenda ItemExtension of emergency for repair and structural lining of the Salt Creek No. 3 Intercepting SewerRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0656 145ReportReport on Retiree Drug Subsidy Program RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0645 146Agenda ItemAuthorization to distribute funds received through District participation in the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0713 147Agenda ItemRequest for authority to participate in various parade events in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in 2012 in the amount of $4,500.00DeletedPass Action details Not available
12-0707 148Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the United States Marine Corps’ Lease at Foster Avenue and the North Shore Channel, Parcel No. 9.09 by adding 4.18 acres of land immediately North of its current lease to use for parking and training events. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00DeletedPass Action details Not available
12-0708 149Agenda ItemAuthority to amend Board Order of April 5, 2012, authorizing the issuance of a 1-year permit to K-Five Construction Corporation, Inc. to access District Main Channel Parcels 29.01, 30.01, 30.03, 31.01, 31.02 and 31.03 between LaGrange Road and Willow Springs Road to repair areas of Interstate 294 known as the Mile Long Bridge in Willow Springs, Illinois to reflect the name of the permittee as K-Five Construction Corporation, Inc./Lorig Construction Company, a Joint Venture.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0709 150Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension to Wm. J. Wrigley Jr. Company to continue to access District real estate at 3548 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago to complete environmental remediation activities. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $2,500.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0710 151Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two-month permit to the Village of Winnetka to access District manholes to install, monitor, and remove two flow meters in sewers owned by the Village for a sanitary sewer evaluation survey. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0671 152Agenda ItemAuthority to amend an agreement regarding Deer Creek Reservoir with Village of Ford HeightsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0696 153Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-699-11, Services of Heavy Equipment with Operators for Materials Handling at LASMA and CALSMA, to M.A.T. Leasing, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,111,305.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisitions 1329587 and 1327787RecommendedPass Action details Not available
12-0700 154Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-625-12, Diving Services at Various Locations, to Lindahl Marine Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $85,890.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1332571RecommendedPass Action details Not available