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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/6/2012 10:00 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: Agenda Packet
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12-1611 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2012, in the amount of $33,850,139.77Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1595 12Agenda ItemAuthorization to Amend Board Order of September 6, 2012, for Authority to add Project 13-903-21, Furnish & Deliver Replacement Sump Pump Controls to the Main Stream Pumping Station, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $175,000.00 Agenda Item No. 10, File No. 12-1224.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1604 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 13, 2012Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1605 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 20, 2012Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1606 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 27, 2012Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1609 16ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 13-001-11, Furnish and Deliver Lumber, Plywood and Nails to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $65,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1614 17ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 11-705-21, Furnish and Deliver Ammonia Analyzers and Dissolved Oxygen Meters at the Egan, North Side and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $287,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1640 18ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2011 Annual ReportDeleted  Action details Not available
12-1645 19ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 12-978-12, Terrazzo Floor Restoration at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1576 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid of $46,500.00 and enter into a 20-year lease with Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt, LLC on approximately 4.6 acres of District real estate located near 7800 West 59th Street in Summit, Illinois; western part of Main Channel Parcel 34.02, Contract 12-371-11ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1603 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of November 1, 2012, regarding Authority to award Contract 73-161-DH, McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Overburden, Cook County, Illinois, to The Lane Construction Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $18,657,142.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1343688 , Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 12-1471ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1608 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Contract 12-680-11, to Trinity Roofing Service, Inc., for Roof Repair Services at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Outlying Areas, in an amount not to exceed $54,899.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1337522ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1625 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Finite Matters Ltd. for furnishing, delivering and installing Pattern Stream Automated Budget Publisher Software, in an amount not to exceed $131,698.81, Accounts 101-27000-601100, 601170, 612820 and 623800, Requisition 1339274Deleted  Action details Not available
12-1626 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 18, 2012, regarding authority to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-25, Farm Management Support Services, with Heartland Bank & Trust Company, in an amount not to exceed $186,000.00, Account 101-68000-601170, Requisition 1338962, Agenda Item No. 11, File No. 12-1422ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1575 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise for public tender of bids a 10-year lease on 22.903 acres of District real estate located at 15660 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 23.03. The minimum initial rental bid shall be established at $160,000.00, Contract 12-375-11ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1602 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-408-2D Control and Pretreatment Buildings Roof Beam Rehabilitation, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1351667ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1610 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-961-21 Facility Roof Replacements and Associated Tuckpointing at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, estimated cost $2,790,600.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1345033ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1591 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments, Inc., for a Full Maintenance Agreement for Hydra AA Mercury Analyzers and Consumable Parts and Supplies, in an amount not to exceed $46,249.00, Account 101-16000-612970 and 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1350467ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1607 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with J. B. Systems, Inc., d/b/a Mainsaver Software, LLC, to Provide Consulting Support and Training Services for Mainsaver Software in an amount not to exceed $450,000.00, Account 101-69000-601170, Requisition 1349279ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1613 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-689-21, Furnish and Deliver Wheel Loaders to LASMA, to Patten Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $976,000.00, Account 201-50000-634760, Requisition 1349943ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1617 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-609-11, Furnishing and Delivering Utility Vehicles to Various Service Areas, Group A to Atlas Bobcat, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,981.00, Groups B and C to Shorewood Home & Auto, Inc., in amount not to exceed $103,220.08, and Group D to SHG of Illinois, D/B/A BBK Motorsport, in an amount not to exceed $12,954.61 Account 101-67000, 68000, 69000-634860, Requisitions 1346527, 1346538, 1346543 and 1347874ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1618 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-29, Complete Specialized Internal Audits, with Prado & Renteria in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1352843 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1620 123Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Quarles & Brady LLP (Quarles) to represent the District's interest in the ComEd appeal of the delivery rate proceeding before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) as a member of the REACT Coalition, and participate in settlement discussions to remedy the estimation method used by ComEd in their Embedded Cost of Service Study (ECOSS) and to participate in discussions of the ComEd Efficiency Program, in an amount not to exceed $26,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612150, Requisition 1351616ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1622 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 12-RFP-31 Consulting Services for Assessment of the Information Technology Department, with Inflection Point Solutions, LLC in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1347860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1623 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SAP Public Services, Inc., for providing SAPSRM Version 095 Overview of the SRM Solution course, SRM210 Server Configuration Version 095 course, IPS210 Public Sector Procurement Version 094 course, and IPS310 Document Builder Version 094 course trainings, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Account 101-27000-601100, Requisition 1352822ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1624 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SAP Public Services, Inc., to provide consulting services for future implementation of SAP’s procurement module, known as Supplier Relationship Management 7.0 (SRM), with the industry-specific, public sector add-on, known as Procurement for Public Sector (PPS)., in an amount not to exceed $58,320.00, Account 101-27000-601170, Requisition 1353115ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1631 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into two agreements for Contract 12-RFP-22 Broker Services to Obtain Property and Other Insurance Coverage for a three-year period, with an option to extend for an additional two years, with Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $238,500.00 and Willis of Illinois, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $340,000.00 Account 101-25000-601170 Requisition 1342554, 1352825ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1643 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-720-21, Furnishing and Delivering Pump Assemblies, VFD’s and Miscellaneous Parts for Main Sewage Pumps at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Group A to Vaughan Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $131,423.00, Group B to Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $13,620.00, Group C to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,488.80, and Group D to Columbia Pipe & Supply Co., in an amount not to exceed $33,827.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1343682ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1612 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-866-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, to AP Private Detective & Security Agency LTD, for an amount not to exceed $177,492.00, Account 101-68000-612490, Requisition 1341469ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1641 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-041-11, Furnish and Deliver Data Storage Cartridges to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, to Discount Media Products, LLC d/b/a Media Distributors in an amount not to exceed $51,276.25, Account 101-20000-623810ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1644 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 12-666-11, Hazardous Waste Disposal at Various Locations, to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $144,290.00, Account 101-66000-612520, Requisition 1344664ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1598 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-656-11, Services to Maintain the Rockwell TARP DCS Computer System and Allen-Bradley Equipment in the Stickney, Calumet and Kirie Service Areas, to WESCO Distribution, Inc., d/b/a Englewood Electrical Supply, in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $583,150.62, to an amount not to exceed $598,150.62, Account 101-68000-612600, Purchase Order 5001013ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1600 134Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 05-836-3D Lockport Power House Sluice Gate Replacement, South Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $19,811.26, from an amount of $13,066,111.21 to an amount not to exceed $13,046,299.95, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 5000871 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1601 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order to A.W. Chesterton Company, to Furnish and Deliver Mechanical Seals and Repair Services for Mechanical Seals at the Stickney and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $24,900.00, from an amount of $127,939.00 to an amount not to exceed $152,839.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 3066162ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1619 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 11-910-11, Maintain and Repair Boilers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Racine Avenue Pumping Station, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $85,000.00, from an amount of $540,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $625,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Purchase Order 5001231ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1627 137Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders and exercise an option to extend the agreements for one year, for Contract 12-RFP-03 State Legislative Consulting Services with Charles R. Vaughn, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Ado Leo Rugai, Attorney and Counselor at Law, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, and Miguel A. Santiago Consulting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $19,999.98, Account 101-15000-601170, Purchase Orders 3071597, 3071598, and 3071643ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1633 138Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order for Contract 08-400-12 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period to Kale Uniforms, Inc. in an amount of $12,903.41, from an amount of $83,477.55, to an amount not to exceed $60,575.14, Account 101-15000-623700, Purchase Order 3053106ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1638 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with AT&T Global Services, Inc., for service for thirty-six (36) point to point T1 lines and service for three (3) Gigaman lines for an extended period of ninety (90) days in an amount of $95,000.00, from an amount of $2,194,228.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,289,228.00, Account 101-27000-612210, Purchase Order 3048028ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1639 139ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures Through Third Quarter September 30, 2012 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1585 140Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2012 departmental appropriations in the amount of $1,200.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1590 141Agenda ItemAuthority to make payment of $4,000,000.00 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, Account 401-50000-645630ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1571 142ReportReport on Public Notification of Significant Industrial Users Having Exemplary Compliance Records and Industrial Users Significantly Violating Pretreatment Standards or Other RequirementsPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1572 143Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to review the request by Marigold, Inc., 8815 South Dobson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, for review by the Board of Commissioners of the 2010 User Charge Liability Determination made by the Director of Monitoring and Research - Appeal No. 11D-030.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1578 144ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1551 145Agenda ItemAuthority to Settle Brites Cartage, Ltd. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, 12 L 6606, in the amount of $55,000.00 relating to the June 14, 2011 Thornton Drop Shaft Explosion, Account 901-30000-667220ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1568 146Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claims of Alicia Gibbs vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 11 WC 48849 and 11 WC 10999, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $36,592.84. Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1615 147Agenda ItemAuthority to Settle MWRD v. Chicago Sweet Connections Group, LLC, et al., Case No. 11 L 9116 in the amount of $130,000.00 and to execute such documents as may be necessary to effectuate settlement ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1629 148Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation claims of John Rochon vs. MWRDGC, Case Nos. 06 WC 48849 and 09 WC 10999, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $475,000.00. Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1563 149ReportReport on White Paper Regarding Weed Control Through Best Management Practices at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s FacilitiesPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1569 150Agenda ItemRequesting Approval to Change Tuition Reimbursement for All Employees Effective January 1, 2013ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1580 151Agenda ItemAuthority to execute a quitclaim deed conveying Wille Road located south of the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, between Marshall Drive and Elmhurst Road in Des Plaines, Illinois to the City of Des Plaines. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1581 152Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 6-month permit extension agreement to Kovas Communications, Inc. for continued use of 50,000 square feet of District real estate located within the Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant at 3500 W. Howard Street in Skokie, Illinois, for the continued operation, maintenance and removal of four (4) freestanding radio transmission antenna towers, a transmitter building, an underground grid system and appurtenances related thereto. Consideration shall be a fee of $40,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1582 153Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 12-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 fee of $2,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1584 154Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-month permit to SCI Engineering, Inc. for access through the Majewski Reservoir site to reach an ISHTA right-of-way along I-90 near Elmhurst Road to perform soil borings in connection with design work for the Elgin-O’Hare Bypass Project. Consideration shall be a $2,500.00 document preparation feeApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1586 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a one-year permit extension to Monarch Asphalt Company for the continued use of approximately 4.51 acres of District real estate located at 3219 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 6.06, 6.07 & 6.11. Consideration shall be $216,101.16ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1588 156Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement by and between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District or Greater Chicago and the City of Chicago, to study a Flood Control Project for Albany ParkApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1589 157Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Glenwood to collaborate on the Arquilla Park levee component of Little Calumet River Detailed Watershed Plan flood control project THCR-G1ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1593 158MotionMOTION to appoint the firm of Edward F. McElroy and Associates as Public Relations Consultant for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Amended)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
12-1646 159Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend agreement for 90 days for Contract 08-RFP-11 for Purchase, Installation and Configuration of Cellular Telephones, Accessories and Wireless Communications Services, with AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC Accounts 101-27000-612210, 623850, Purchase Order 3054860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1647 160ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Commissioner Patricia Horton’s six years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating her on her well-earned retirement AdoptedPass Action details Not available
12-1648 161Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Hey and Associates, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 11-187-5C, Preliminary Engineering for Addison Creek Channel Improvements, in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $1,167,333.72, to an amount not to exceed $1,182,333.72 Account 501-50000-601410, Purchase Order 3069386ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1650 162Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 12-449-11, Furnish and Deliver Videoconference Equipment and Accessories, to Direct Packet Inc., d/b/a OneVision Solutions, in an amount not to exceed $118,360.84, Accounts 101-27000-601100, 623520, 623810, 623850, and 634840, Requisitions 1349280 and 1349281ApprovedPass Action details Not available