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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/15/2008 10:20 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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08-0830 11ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0831 12ReportReport on the Investment Interest Income during April 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0983 13ReportReport on the 2007 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care TrustRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1020 167Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer 2008 departmental appropriations in the amount of $532,400 in the Corporate and Stormwater Management Funds.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0838 14ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-988-11 for Services to Maintain Crossing Signal Systems at the HASMA and Ridgeland Railroad Crossings Estimated Cost: $45,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0843 15ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-961-11 for Roof Replacement at the Mainstream Pumping Station, Estimated Cost: $673,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0851 16ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-999-11 Furnish and Deliver a Wheelloader to the LASMA Drying Facility, Estimated Cost: $420,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0860 17ReportReport of Bid Opening for April 22, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0861 18ReportReport of Bid Opening for April 29, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0863 19ReportReport of Bid Opening for May 6, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0970 110ReportReport on the correction of a typographical error in the board transmittal letter for Authority to Advertise Contract 08-404-11 Annual Maintenance, Repairing, Recharging and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers for the period of April 1, 2008, through March 31, 2011, estimated cost $99,000.00 Account 101-15000-612780 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0984 111ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-685-11 Furnish and Deliver Rain Barrels to Various Locations, estimated cost $280,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0985 112ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-789-11 Furnish and Deliver Three Electric Motors to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $45,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0992 113ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-443-11 Furnish and Deliver Panasonic ToughBook 30 Laptop Computers, estimated cost $28,000.00 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0846 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Contract 08-642-11 Furnish and Deliver Boiler and Process Water Chemicals and Consulting Services to the North Side Service Area, to Girard Chemical Company, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Requisition 1226801RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1001 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 1, 2008, award of Contract 08-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and the Calumet Service Area, under Option C, Group B, revised Account 101-66000-612520 (Req. 1226833)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0855 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-015-11 Furnish and Deliver Office Supplies Manufactured From Recycled Materials to Various Locations For a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-20000-623520RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0858 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-040-11 Furnish and Deliver Computer Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $52,000.00, Account 101-20000-623810RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0999 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-400-11 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms for a Thirty-Six Month Period, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-15000-623700, Requisition 1241137RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1013 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-430-11 Furnish and Deliver Thirty-Eight (38) Fleet Vehicles for Use by Various District Facilities, estimated cost $800,000.00, Account 101-15000-634860, Requisition 1242891RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0706 120Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to the University of Illinois at Chicago, under the University of Illinois Master Agreement, to conduct a Chicago Area Waterways Recreation Study, in an amount not to exceed $139,545.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1241123RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0829 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc. for repair and preventive maintenance for Inductively Coupled Plasma instruments and peripheral accessories at the Egan, Calumet and Stickney WRP Laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $111,064.32, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1240576RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0839 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-672-11 Furnishing, Delivering, and Installing Tires in the Stickney Service Area, to Commercial Tire Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $72,206.00, Account 101-69000-623250, Requisition 1234718RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0840 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 07-703-13 (Re-Bid) Services to Furnish and Deliver Variable Frequency Drives to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, to J. P. Simmons & Company, in an amount not to exceed $169,911.36, Account 101-67000-623070, Requisition 1203000RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0848 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-435-11 Maintaining Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s), Complete with Accessories, District-Wide, for a Three (3) Year Period, to Edwards Medical Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $51,450.00, Account 101-15000-612780, Requisition 1226051RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0856 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with DJ Wheeler Hydro Electric Services, Inc. to provide maintenance and technical support services for digital governors at the Lockport Powerhouse, in an amount not to exceed $29,700.00, Account 101-66000-612620, Requisition 1241126RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0857 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Siemens Water Technologies Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver Bioxide to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $70,000.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Requisition 1233577RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0956 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Mr. Irwin Polls, in an amount not to exceed $35,475.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1242842RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0958 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Mr. James Witvoet, Jr. and Ms. Anna Marie Miedema to furnish and deliver farmland services in connection with the Research and Development Department’s farmland application of Class B biosolids, in an amount not to exceed $24,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1239584RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0968 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnston Green LLC and Iain Johnston, for legal services in connection with acquiring rights-of-way for the 39TH Street Conduit Rehabilitation Project Phase I Bypass, contract 01-103-2S, in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 401-50000-601170, Requisition 1241680RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0973 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Loeb & Loeb LLP to pay attorneys’ fees incurred by Susan T. Morakalis in Tri-River Docks v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 05 L 007390, in an amount not exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Requisition 1242835RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0976 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Mr. Donald Nugent, to furnish and deliver farmland services in connection with the Research and Development Department’s farmland application of Class B biosolids, in an amount not to exceed $24,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 123958RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0978 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Flow-Technics, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Allis Chalmers (A-C), Netzsch and Gould Pump Parts to various locations, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,540.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623090, 623270, Requisitions 1228522, 1225636, 1227916, 1230824 and 1224479RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0986 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-850-2P Furnish and Deliver Temporary Technical Personnel Services to the Engineering Department at the Annex Office Building Complex Location, for Groups B and C, to JN Engineering Co., a Division of JN Construction and Engineering Co., Inc., in an amount not to $226,800.00, Account 201-50000-612490, Requisition 1223267RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0841 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-695-11 for Repairs to Process Motors in the Calumet and North Side Service Areas, to Omni-Pump Repairs, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-67000, 68000-612650 Requisition 1229417 and 1230342RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0842 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-868-11 Fence Painting Services in the Calumet Service Area, to Bill’s Painting Co., in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account 101-68000-612420, Requisition 1231286RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0849 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-933-11 Maintenance Services for Cathodic Protection Systems in the Stickney Service Area, to Corrpro Companies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $180,705.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1226842RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0859 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-625-13 for Diving Services at Various Locations, to Lindahl Marine Contractors Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490 Requisition 1226020RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0990 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-680-11 Roof Repair Services at Various Service Areas, to G. E. Riddiford Company, in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00, Account 101-67000, 69000-612680 Requisitions 1230343, 1228482, and 1231293RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0991 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Filters to Various Locations, Groups A and B to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed $47,382.57, and Groups C and D to Brucker Company, in a total amount not to exceed $14,290.30, for a total award not to exceed $61,672.87, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0995 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Wire, Cable and Electrical Supplies to Various Locations, Groups A and C to J.P. Simons and Company, in a total amount not to exceed $76,805.18, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $99,487.50, for a total award not to exceed $176,292.68, Account 101-20000-623070RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0977 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Geosyntec Consultants for Contract 04-RFP-15, Risk Assessment of Human Health Impacts of Disinfection vs. No Disinfection of the Chicago Area Waterways, in an amount of $95,987.00, from an amount of $887,424.00, to an amount not to exceed $983,411.00, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 303306RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0988 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with GeoAnalytics, Inc., in an amount of $279,990.00, from an amount of $933,443.05 to an amount not to exceed $1,213,433.05, Account 501-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3045213 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0997 143Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Consoer Townsend Envirodyne Engineers, Inc., for Contract 86-130-2P, Engineering Services in an amount of $23,511.01, from an amount of $2,870,299.86, to an amount not to exceed $2,846,788.85, Accounts 201-50000-601420 and 401-50000-601420, Purchase Order A88247RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1002 144Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Cityfront Center East Maintenance Association, for providing maintenance and security services and general liability insurance coverage for the Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain and Park in an amount of $188,500.00, from an amount of $248,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1208103 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1003 145Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with LAI, Ltd., for furnishing and delivering replacement parts for DeZurick valves, MSA gas detection equipment, Rotork actuator parts, Gardner Denver centrifugal compressor parts, Oceco flame sensor parts and MSA gas detection equipment repairs at various locations in an amount of $18,586.00, from an amount of $307,461.80, to an amount not to exceed $288,875.80, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270, 623780, 634650, Purchase Orders 3044808, 3044807 and 3044812 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1014 146Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 05-400-11 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms for a Three-Year Period, to Ray O’Herron Co. of Oakbrook Terrace, Inc., in an amount of $2,000.00, from an amount of $66,619.52, to an amount not to exceed $64,619.52, Purchase Order 3035079RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0837 147ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures Through First Quarter, March 31, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0987 148ReportReport on Calumet Treatment Wetlands Concept DevelopmentDeleted  Action details Not available
08-0996 149ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Chief Engineer during the month of March 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0828 150ReportThe Attorney reports on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation ClaimsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0955 151Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Edward Kaminski vs. MWRDGC, File Nos. 0200002897, 0200003449 and 0200003818, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the sum of $38,938.47. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0981 152Agenda ItemAdoption of Prevailing Wage Act OrdinanceRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1004 153ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Chief of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2008 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0998 154Agenda ItemAuthorization to Declare an Emergency for Repair of a Centrate/Sludge Line on Plum Grove Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, Contract 08-700-01, Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp., estimated cost is not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 901-90000-667220 (Req. 1242195)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1021 155Agenda ItemAuthority to amend Operation and Maintenance Agreements between the District and Natural Resource Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Upper Salt Creek Watershed Reservoirs: Structure No. 2, Plum Grove Reservoir; Structure No. 3, St. Michael Reservoir and Structure No. 4, Twin Lakes ReservoirRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1005 156Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2007 real estate taxes in the amount of $12,342.68 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in DuPage County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1011 157Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2007 real estate taxes in the amount of $38,328.74 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1012 158Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2007 real estate taxes in the amount of $419,410.34 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1015 159Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-day permit to Cook County School District 130 Public Schools to use approximately 12.13 acres of District land located between Division and Chatham Streets in Blue Island, Illinois, known as Cal-Sag Channel Atlas Parcel 15.04 for conducting Lincoln School’s annual student/teacher “Field Day.” Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1018 160Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the Board Order dated April 3, 2003, authorizing issuance of a 6-month permit for installation of temporary flow meter equipment at 2 locations to change the name of permittee from MWH Americas, Inc. to the City of Chicago and to add 3 additional locations for installation of flow meters. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1019 161Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise for public tender of bids a 10-year lease of approximately 14.02 acres of improved District real estate at 6400 South Archer Avenue, Bedford Park, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Atlas Index Parcel Number 33.01. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $95,000.00Deferred  Action details Not available
08-0825 162ReportReport on the Use Attainability Rulemaking Illinois Pollution Control Board Docket No. R08-09RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0827 163Agenda ItemAdoption of Amendments to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoRecommendedPass Action details Not available