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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/16/2022 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 06-16-2022 Final Agenda Packet.pdf
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22-0578 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as JuneteenthAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-0579 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth and honoring Jesse C. White Jr.AdoptedPass Action details Not available
22-0580 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth and honoring Pia HamiltonAdoptedPass Action details Not available
22-0581 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as Juneteenth and honoring the Intrigue DancersAdoptedPass Action details Not available
22-0565 15ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on June 1, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0572 16ReportReport on the 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care TrustPublished and FiledPass Action details Video Video
22-0586 17ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2022, in the amount of $25,533,493.44 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0547 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-RFP-14 SAP Consulting Services, estimated cost $450,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1581184ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-0548 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-614-11 Elevator Maintenance at various locations, estimated cost $1,299,620.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612680, Requisitions 1581849, 1581850 and 1581871ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0549 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, estimated cost $12,000,000.00, Accounts 101, 201, 401, 501, 901-VAR-VARApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0550 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-670-51, Repair and Maintenance of Debris, Pontoon and Skimmer Boats, estimated cost $155,000.00, Account 501-50000-612790, Requisition 1578807ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0551 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-902-21, Influent Gate Demolition at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $739,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1581771ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0554 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-RFP-16 On-site Mobile Drug and Alcohol Testing Services, estimated cost $45,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1582817ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0559 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $97,000.00, Account 101-20000-623680ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0560 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-087-11 Furnish and Deliver an Articulated Forklift to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-20000-634760, Requisition 1579735ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0573 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hardware to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $78,000.00, Account 101-20000-623110ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0552 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with DLT Solutions, LLC for Autodesk Technical Support for AutoCAD, Autodesk AEC Collection and Autodesk Revit software applications, in an amount not to exceed $74,878.38, Account 101-50000-612430, Requisition 1582403ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0553 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco SmartNet Support for Cisco Routers and Switches, in an amount not to exceed $267,803.45, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 612840, Requisition 1582732ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0561 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Connor-Winfield Corp. d/b/a Janus Remote Communications, to Furnish and Deliver Wireless Point-to-Point Tide Gate Monitoring System Hardware to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed $260,000.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1581513ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0562 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 22-606-11, Grazing Control of Vegetation, to Vegetation Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $420,000.00, Accounts 101/501-50000/67000/68000-612330/612420, Requisitions 1577889, 1578085, 1578169 and 1578385ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0563 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 22-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hypochlorite, to Rowell Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,287,675.70, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623560, Requisitions 1580060, 1580381, and 1580168ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0564 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Superior Industrial Equipment L.L.C., to provide Worthington pump parts to the Kirie, Calumet, and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in a total amount not to exceed $309,528.68, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1579870, 1580377, 1581020ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0570 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company for Maintenance, Calibration, Repair Services, and Consumable Parts at the O’Brien, Egan and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in a total amount not to exceed $16,489.48, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1577611ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0571 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Walker Process Equipment, a Division of McNish Corporation, to Provide Replacement Parts for the Secondary Tank Drives, Digester Heat Exchangers, and Primary and Secondary Tank Drives at Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $360,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0539 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 07-027-3SR (Re-Bid), North Side Sludge Pipeline Replacement Section 1, NSA, to Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp., in an amount not to exceed $27,120,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,356,000.00 for a total amount not to exceed $28,476,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1363440 (Deferred from the June 2, 2022 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-0569 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-004-12, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B to Super Roco Steel & Tube LTD. II, in an amount not to exceed $244,255.79, Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623090, 623130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0557 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 20-633-11, Furnish and Deliver Polymer, to Polydyne, Inc., in an amount of $1,347,451.44 from an amount of $11,717,060.00 to an amount not to exceed $13,064,511.44, Account 101-69000-623560, Purchase Order 3111945ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0558 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 20-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various Locations to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount of $169,144.00 from an amount of $928,223.44 to an amount not to exceed $1,097,367.44, Account 101-67000-612680, Purchase Order 5001760ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0575 129ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of May 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0541 130Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Phillip Cross vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 20WC29315, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $18,197.36, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0542 131Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Property Damage Claim of Lawrence Taylor # AP 1524, in the sum of $18,930.48, arising from a January 27, 2022, general liability accident, Account 901-30000-667220ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0574 132ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of May 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-0568 133Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Lopin Westchester, LLC, et al., Case No. 20L050235 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in the amount of $183,000.00, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0577 134Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-year permit extension to Ford Motor Company for the continued use of District land c/k/a “Stony Island Drying Beds” for the temporary storage of new vehicles manufactured at the adjacent Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant. Consideration shall be a monthly permit fee of $105,600.00, subject to upward adjustments in accordance with the terms and conditions stated hereinApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-0582 135Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a four-month construction staging permit to Wood River Pipe Lines, LLC to use 0.52± acres of the District’s Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.04 and 8.09 located in Palos Township, Illinois for its planned maintenance project to replace the existing hangers on the span of the Southwest Highway (IL-7) bridge over the Cal-Sag Channel. Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available