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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/8/2013 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Agenda Packet 08-08-2013
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13-0806 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2013, in the amount of $53,784,184.88Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0778 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 16, 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0779 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 9, 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0796 14ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-13 to obtain Court Reporting Services for a three year period, estimated cost $400,000.00, Accounts 101-25000, 30000, 40000, 50000-612250, Requisitions 1362912, 1362913, 1362614 and 1362915Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0811 15ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 11-839-21, Replacement of an Inverter System at the Pump and Blower House at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $112,400.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0820 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 23, 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0852 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 30, 2013Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0854 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 13-932-21, Painting Services in the Stickney Service Area, to CL Coatings, LLC, estimated cost $1,636,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
13-0795 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of July 11, 2013, regarding Issue 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 1357596, Agenda Item No. 31, File No. 13-0689ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0810 110Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup for 2013/2014 membership dues in an amount not to exceed $64,720.00, Account 101-15000-612280.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0829 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 6, 2013, for Authority to advertise Contract 13-609-11 Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Repair Parts to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $169,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623270, Requisitions 1359770, 1359778, 1359788, 1359790, 1359793, Agenda Item No. 68, File No. 13-0623ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0841 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 2, 2013, regarding Authority to Advertise Contract 13-805-21, Furnish and Deliver Two 13.2 kV Circuit Breakers to Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $82,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1351274, Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 13-0419ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0855 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of January 3, 2013, for Report on Advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-01, Consulting Services for Implementation of SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) Implementation, estimated cost $600,000.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1354046, Agenda Item No. 5, File No. 12-1791ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0856 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 20, 2013, regarding Authority to award Contract 07-030-3D, North Branch of Chicago River and North Shore Channel Restoration, at the North Service Area, to Lakes & Rivers Contracting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,100,876.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1296548, Agenda Item No. 39, File No. 13-0679ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0817 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-716-21 Furnish and Deliver Utility Vehicles to the Egan and O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $45,000.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1361746ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0822 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-674-11 Fence and Gate Repairs in the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, estimated cost $87,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612420, Requisitions 1360897, 1360875ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0823 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-655-11 Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $670,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1356592 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0826 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-603-11 Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $258,501.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1361737, 1360647, 1361758, 1361436 and 1360643.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0830 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-680-11 Roof Repair at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $319,500.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680, Requisitions 1362041, 1355885, 1360598, 1358576, 1359215, 1360597ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0831 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-970-11 Janitorial Services at the Lockport Powerhouse and Various Locations in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $720,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/69000-612490, Requisitions 1362021 and 1362028ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0836 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 10-880-3H TARP Control Structure Rehabilitation, North Service Area, Stickney Service Area, and Calumet Service Area, estimated cost $13,750,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1364055ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0837 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 04-015-2V Storeroom Building Expansion, Terrence O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $2,150,000.00, Account 201-50000-645680, Requisition 1363450ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0839 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 101-20000-623860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0842 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-009-11 Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper Towels, & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $117,500.00, Account 101-20000-623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0847 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-672-11 Furnishing and Delivering Tires for Heavy Equipment to Various Locations, estimated cost $101,750.00, Account 101-66000-623250, Requisition 1349260ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0849 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-715-21 Furnish and Deliver Shop Equipment to the Kirie and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $79,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-634650/634990, Requisition 1363205ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0851 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-963-11 Pavement Repairs in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $475,600.00, Accounts 101-66000/69000-612420, Requisitions 1349271 and 1360870ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0799 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-805-22, Furnish and Deliver Two 13.2 KV Circuit Breakers to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $74,399.99, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1351274ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0801 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with EMD Millipore Corporation, for Preventive Maintenance, Emergency Repair and Technical Support of Millipore Water Purification Systems at Various Laboratory Locations, in an amount not to exceed $56,916.76, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1362320ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0803 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 13-RFP-09 Workplace Violence Awareness Training with Moraine Valley Community College in an amount not to exceed $54,995.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1360614ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0814 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to DLT Solutions, LLC to Furnish and Deliver Renewal of the Autodesk Subscription and Advanced Support Program for AutoCAD Software for a one-year period under General Services Administration (GSA) Joint Purchasing Contract GS-35F-4543G, in an amount not to exceed $136,189.46, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1363432ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0815 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Advanced Boiler Control Services, Inc., to Set the Combustion for Four Babcox & Wilcox Boilers at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $49,900.00, Account 101-68000-612680, Requisition 1358941ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0818 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Pitney Bowes, Inc., to Furnish, Deliver and Install a Connect+ 3000 Mail Machine, a DI600 Folding/Inserting System, and a DP40S Envelope and Media Printer under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contract Number 043012-PIT, in an amount not to exceed $60,111.47, Accounts 101-15000-612330, 612800, 623520, 634800, 634990, Requisitions 1362003 and 1362619ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0844 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc, to Provide Parts and Services for the HVAC and Mechanical Systems at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Accounts 101-68000-612680, 623270, Requisition 1359751ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0846 135Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with SEECO Consultants, Inc., for professional engineering services on Contract 12-800-3C Geotechnical Analysis and Sub-Surface Investigation for Construction Projects, in an amount not to exceed $810,000.00, Accounts 101-50000-612380, 201-50000-612380, 401-50000-612380, and 501-50000-612380, Requisition 1350461ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0861 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with American Appraisal Associates, Inc. for Asset Appraisal Services in an amount not to exceed $95,800.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1364080ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0780 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-817-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install a Steam Line at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $865,560.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1350312ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0838 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B & C, to Johnson Pipe & Supply Company, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed $228,592.20, Account 101-20000-623090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0848 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A & B to Fairmont Supply Company in an amount not to exceed $53,139.56, Account 101-20000-623680ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0859 140Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-612-12 (Re-Bid), Services of Street Sweepers at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C, to Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $259,950.00, Accounts 101-66000, 68000, 69000-612420, Requisitions 1349255, 1355504, and 1350872ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0860 141Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-241-3P, Disinfection Facilities, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC/KED, a Joint Venture, in an amount of $30,920,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,546,000.00, for a total amount not to exceed $32,466,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1358920ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0813 142Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Oracle America, Inc. for the purchase of new and replacement computer hardware, software, and maintenance for the District’s SAP enterprise servers, the Laboratory Information Management System, and the disaster recovery servers for a period of three years in an amount of $538,583.62, from an amount of $1,579,919.71, to an amount not to exceed $1,041,336.09, Accounts 101-27000-601170, 612810, 612820, 623810 and 634810, Purchase Order 3066321ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0824 143Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with ABB, Inc., to Provide Parts, Maintenance Services, and Software to the Stickney and North Side Water Reclamation Plant Area for Distributed Control Systems, in an amount of $53,000.00, from an amount of $963,760.61, to an amount not to exceed $1,016,760.61, Accounts 101-69000-612650/623070, Purchase Order 3062235ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0825 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc., to Provide Parts and Services to Maintain the Siemens HVAC Equipment at the OSS Complex at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and the Monitoring and Research Laboratory at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $75,000.00, from an amount of $442,446.94, to an amount not to exceed $517,446.94, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612680, Purchase Order 3067267ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0832 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 91-177-DE Distributed Control System for Westside Pumping Station & Racine Avenue Pumping Station, SSA, to Divane Brothers Electric Company in an amount of $39,185.00, from an amount of $9,751,375.00, to an amount not to exceed $9,790,560.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001316ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0833 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-365-5F Heritage Park Flood Control Facility, to F.H. Paschen/Lake County Grading, A Joint Venture in an amount of $77,654.16, from an amount of $29,381,753.45, to an amount not to exceed $29,459,407.61, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001339ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0834 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-024-3M Effluent and Potable Water Piping Upgrades at North Side Water Reclamation Plant (renamed as Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant), to FH Paschen, SN Nielsen & Associates in an amount of $279,892.00, from an amount of $4,217,398.00, to an amount not to exceed $4,497,290.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001374ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0835 148Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 04-201-4F Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen and Associates LLC and Cabo Construction Corporation, Joint Venture in an amount of $1,270.00, from an amount of $71,851,378.50, to an amount not to exceed $71,850,108.50, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0840 149Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-810-11, Boiler Maintenance and Repairs in the Calumet Service Area, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $40,000.00, from an amount of $548,591.01, to an amount not to exceed $588,591.01, Account 101-68000-612680, Purchase Order 5001244ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0845 150Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with the law firm of Tabet, Divito & Rothstein, LLC to represent the District in an appeal of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Terra Foundation, et al., Case No. 13-0307, in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount of $300,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $550,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3076305ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0858 151Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with Venture Technology Groups, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Parts for EIM Valve Actuators and Controls to Various Service Areas, in an amount of $18,000.00, from an amount of $87,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $105,000.00, Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3075526ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0862 152Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Perkin Elmer Heath Sciences, Inc., for Preventive Maintenance, Repair and Consumable Supplies for Various Perkin Elmer Instruments at Various Locations in an amount of $26,245.44, from an amount of $138,386.75, to an amount not to exceed $164,632.19, Account 101-16000-612970, Purchase Order 3073446ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0805 153Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2013 departmental appropriations in the amount of $61,500.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0807 154Agenda ItemAuthority to make payment of $6,000,000.00 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the non-federal sponsor’s share of the costs associated with the Chicagoland Underflow Plan McCook Reservoir, Project 73-161-2H, and McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Incremental Costs to Army Corps, Project 09-180-4F, Account 401-50000-645630 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0776 155Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Anthony Blejski vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 13 WC 2634, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $25,111.50. Account 901-30000-601090 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0802 156Agenda ItemAuthorization to revise the scope of work under Article 7 of the General Conditions to be performed by Corrpro Companies, Inc., under Contract 11-933-11, Maintenance Services for Cathodic Protection Systems in the Stickney Service AreaApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0797 157Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 0.715± acres of improved District real estate located near 7800 West 59th Street in Summit, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 34.09ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0843 158Agenda ItemAuthority to ratify the Executive Director’s issuance of a one (1) day Confined Space Entry Permit to the Pleasantview Fire Protection District (“PFPD”) to conduct Rope Rescue Training on August 8, 2013 at the Hodgkins (“River Road”) Facility in Hodgkins, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0808 159Agenda ItemAuthorization to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Chicago Department of Water Management and Chicago Public Schools to install green infrastructure at Horatio N. May Elementary Community Academy, Schmid Elementary School, Morrill Math and Elementary School, and Grissom Elementary School in the City of ChicagoApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0809 160Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an agreement with the Wheeling Park District for modifications to athletic field fencing associated with Contract 09-365-5F, Heritage Park Flood Control Facility.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0804 161Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Vera Lee CraytonAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0819 162Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP for legal services related to disciplinary proceedings involving District employees and related litigation, in an amount of $50,000.00, from an amount of $85,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $135,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3072886ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0863 163Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-430-21, Furnish and Deliver One New Refrigeration Van and Two New Vans with Camper Style High-Tops, Groups A and B, to BCR Automotive Group, LLC/Roesch Ford, in an amount not to exceed $129,250.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1361174ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0864 164Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 12-611-11, Repair and Alterations to Various Water Reclamation Facilities in the Stickney Service Area and Other Installations, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $1,484,770.00, from an amount of $6,360,858.79, to an amount not to exceed $7,845,628.79, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650, Purchase Orders 5001352, 5001353, 5001354ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0867 165Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-054-3P, Disinfection Facilities, Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $59,899,650.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $2,994,982.50, for a total amount not to exceed $62,894,632.50, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1358932ApprovedPass Action details Not available
13-0821 166Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company, to Furnish, Deliver and Install a QuikChem Flow Injection Analysis System, in an amount not to exceed $94,134.00, Account 201-50000-634990, Requisition 1363409ApprovedPass Action details Not available