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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/17/2013 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: Agenca Packet - January 17, 2013
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13-0030 11ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on January 1, 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0032 12ReportReport on designation of authority to affix signature of Chairman of the Committee on FinancePublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0024 13Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer $20,000,000.00 from the Corporate Fund to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust (101-25000-601250)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0025 14Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $235,500,000.00 from the Corporate Working Cash Fund to Finance Corporate Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2013, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9bApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0026 15Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $10,500,000.00 from the Construction Working Cash Fund to Finance Construction Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2013, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9cApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0027 16Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $19,000,000.00 from the Stormwater Management Working Cash Fund to Finance Stormwater Management Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2013, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9eApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0020 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, January 8, 2013 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0014 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 12-373-11, Proposal to Lease for 39-years 8.46+/- acres of District real estate located at 3300 South California Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 42.14 from VCNA Prairie, Inc. in an amount of $251,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0017 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 20, 2012, regarding authorization to amend Board Order of November 1, 2012, regarding authority to issue 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 1348227, Agenda Item No. 19, File No. 12-1451ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0010 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-629-11 Furnishing and Delivering Electrical Arc Flash Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Tools to Various Locations, estimated cost $174,860.00, Account 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-623680/623780, Requisition 1353128, 1352860, 1353982, 1353127ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0028 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Venture Technology Groups, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for EIM Valve Actuators and Controls to Various Service Areas in an amount not to exceed $116,700.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000-623270, Requisitions 1347544, 1349965, 1350808, 1353119, 1353138 and 1353143 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0019 112Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 04-131-2D, Rehabilitation of the A/B and C/D Service Tunnels - Phase One, Stickney WRP, to F.H. Paschen SN Nielsen & Associates, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $13,615,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1335454ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0012 113Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-633-11 Furnish and Deliver Polymer to the Stickney and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, to Polydyne, Inc., in an amount of $70,000.00 from an amount of $18,000,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $18,070,000.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3069863Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0013 114Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Superior Industrial Equipment, LLC, for Services to Repair Mechanical Seals of Sludge Pumps at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and to Repair Mechanical Seals of Digester Sludge Recirculation Pumps at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $30,000.00, from an amount of $144,002.02, to an amount not to exceed $114,002.02, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 3068349ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0016 115Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Deutsch, Levy & Engel LLC, for legal services in representing the District in an environmental remediation action against Nicor/ComEd for District property at Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois, in an amount of $55,000.00, from an amount of $596,380.34, to an amount not to exceed $651,380.34, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order A84545 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0022 116Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with AutoDesk, Inc., for professional computer software services in regards to the continuance of full implementation of the AutoDesk Constructware application, in an amount of $74,443.90, from an amount of $796,816.00, to an amount not to exceed $722,372.10, Accounts 201-50000-601170, 623800 and 634820, Purchase Order 3046108ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0031 117Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-163-3M (Re-Bid) R&D Building HVAC Improvements, SWRP, to Path-Millhouse Joint Venture in an amount of $4,208,871.27, from an amount of $9,154,041.75, to an amount not to exceed $4,945,170.48, Accounts 401-50000-645680 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001056ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0009 118ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of December 2012Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0036 119Agenda ItemRequest Authority to Settle the 2010 Net User Charge for Fantus Health Center, User Account No. 26653, by revising the Net User Charge from $10,498.10 to a Net User Charge of $7,025.33 and authorize a refund of any overpaymentApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0018 120Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claim of Andrew Grant vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 12 WC 02698, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $30,012.11. Account 901-30000-601090 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0021 121ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the months of October, November and December 2012.Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0034 122Agenda ItemAuthority to Subscribe to the Water Environment Research Foundation for 2013 in an Amount Not to Exceed $124,500.00 Account 101-15000-612280 (Corporate Fund) ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0008 123Report2012 Annual Report of the Civil Service BoardPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0042 124Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a two (2) month permit extension to Wilmette Harbor Association to continue to occupy approximately 0.69 acres of District real estate known as North Shore Channel Parcels 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04, plus the Wilmette Harbor in Wilmette, Illinois. Consideration shall be $11,167.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0041 125Agenda ItemRecommendations for the State of Illinois 2013 Legislative ProgramApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0035 126MotionMOTION to accept the Chairman and Vice-Chairman Assignments for the 2013-2014 Standing Committees (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0037 127ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of February 2013 as Black History MonthDeleted  Action details Not available
13-0038 128ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0045 129MotionMOTION to appoint Hearing Officers for 2013AdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0046 130MotionMOTION to appoint Mariyana T. Spyropoulos to the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0047 131MotionMOTION to appoint Mariyana T. Spyropoulos to the Deferred Compensation Committee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0048 132MotionMOTION to appoint Mariyana T. Spyropoulos as trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Retirement FundAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0049 133Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Mary ValtierraAdoptedPass Action details Not available