Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/3/2024 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Board Room Published agenda: Agenda Accessible Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Accessible Minutes   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Video eComment: Not available   Attachments: 10-03-2024 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf Meeting Items (40) 40 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 24-0873 1 1 Memorial Resolution MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Chilli Pepper (As Revised) Adopted Pass Action details Video 24-0867 1 2 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Adopted Pass Action details Not available 24-0868 1 3 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant Community Partnership Council Adopted Pass Action details Video 24-0872 1 4 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Cook County United Against Hate Adopted Pass Action details Video 24-0860 1 5 Agenda Item Request Authority to Dispose of District Records Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0857 1 6 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 24-0858 1 7 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 24-0869 1 8 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 24-0838 1 9 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of August 8, 2024, regarding Issue purchase order to Safety io LLC (An MSA Company) for a one-year subscription to Fleet Manager software in an amount not to exceed $18,960.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1620756, Agenda Item No. 39, File No. 24-0663 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0842 1 10 Agenda Item Authorization for payment to National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) for 2024/2025 membership dues in the amount of $103,005.00, Account 101-15000-612280 Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0847 1 11 Agenda Item Authorization to enter into agreements for Contract 20-RFP-03, Financial Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program, appointing Acacia Financial Group, Inc., as Financial Advisor, and Columbia Capital Management, LLC, as Co-Financial Advisor, in a total amount not to exceed $127,000.00, in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 401-50000-767400 Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0848 1 12 Agenda Item Authorization to execute a bond purchase agreement for Contract 20-RFP-04 Professional Underwriting Services for District Bond Sales with Barclays Capital Inc., and to appoint Barclays Capital Inc. as Senior Managing Underwriter and Book-runner; Cabrera Capital Markets LLC as Co-Senior Managing Underwriter; and Backstrom McCarley Berry & Co., LLC, Blaylock Van, LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, and Mischler Financial Group, Inc., as Co-Managing Underwriters, in a total amount not to exceed $375,000.00 in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 767400 Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0849 1 13 Agenda Item Authorization to enter into agreements for Contract 20-RFP-25, Legal Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program, with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as Lead Bond Counsel and Tax Counsel; Hardwick Law Firm, LLC, as Co-Bond Counsel; Foley & Lardner, LLP, as Disclosure Counsel; and Holley & Pearson-Farrer LLP, formerly Golden Holley James LLP, as Co-Disclosure Counsel, in a total amount not to exceed $274,500.00, in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 767400 Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0863 1 14 Agenda Item Authorization to make payment to Current Innovation, NFP (Current) for the 2024 annual membership dues, in the amount of $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280 (Deferred from the October 3, 2024 Board Meeting) Deferred   Action details Video 24-0878 1 15 Agenda Item Declaration of an emergency affecting public health and safety at Main Office Building Annex, 111 E. Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0851 1 16 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 25-670-51, Repair and Maintenance of Debris, Pontoon and Skimmer Boats, estimated cost $164,000.00, Account 501-50000-612790, Requisition 1623437 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0834 1 17 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver VMware Software, Support and Subscription, in an amount not to exceed $118,188.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1623719 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0835 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, to provide Hewlett Packard Maintenance for HPE SAN, in an amount not to exceed $30,880.02, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1624661 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0841 1 19 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with WorkForce Software, LLC to provide Software Hosting and Support for the WorkForce Time & Attendance Suite for a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $281,940.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1624801 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0846 1 20 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust, in an amount not to exceed $8,961.00, and authorization for payment by direct voucher to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Retiree Health Care Trust (OPEB), in an amount not to exceed $7,539.00, Accounts 101-25000-612290 and P802-11000-798200 respectively, Requisition 1624317 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0852 1 21 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Tompkins Printing Equipment Co., to Provide Maintenance Services for One (1) Baum Printing Press, Model B18 Press, BP18-A-2, S/N 4180966534, One (1) Bourg Booklet Maker, Model BSF w/BDFE, BSF/26, S/N 800420251 and BDF-E Model-X, S/N 411221934, and One (1) Bourg Spine Glue Machine, Model BB3002, S/N 613000600 at the MWRD Print Shop Located at 111 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL, in an amount not to exceed $45,600.00, Accounts 101-15000-612800 and 623520, Requisition 1625058 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0854 1 22 Agenda Item Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., to Provide Services for the Telemetry Interface to the Thorn Creek Diversion Structure, 95th Street Pumping Station, 125th Street Pumping Station at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $179,134.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1621737 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0855 1 23 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 24-934-11, Furnishing and Delivering Magnesium Chloride, to Scotwood Industries, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,002,976.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1618486 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0856 1 24 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to West Side Tractor Sales Co., to furnish and deliver one (1) 2024 John Deere 330 P Skid Steer Loader to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 011723-JDC, in an amount not to exceed $4,742.67, Account 101-69000-634760, Requisitions 1622567. Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0875 1 25 Agenda Item Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., to Provide Services for a Secure Upgrade to the DCS at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $4,292,721.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1622860 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0876 1 26 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 24-805-11, Furnish and Deliver Portable Dry Ice Cleaning Equipment to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Cold Jet, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $46,645.00, Account 101-68000-634990, Requisition 1619057 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0877 1 27 Agenda Item Issue purchase order for Contract 24-804-11, Furnish and Deliver Three Non-Restrained Flexible Pipe Couplings to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Ferguson Enterprises LLC dba Columbia Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. (Columbia Pipe), in an amount not to exceed $114,547.30, Account 101-68000-623090, Requisition 1619807 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0803 1 28 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase orders and exercise an option to extend the agreements for one year, for Contract 22-RFP-15 State Legislative Consulting Services, with Law Offices of Paul L. Williams & Associates, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Blaida and Associates LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Fuentes Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, and McGuireWoods Consulting, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Orders 3122502, 3122503, 3122513, and 3122539, respectively (As Revised)(Deferred from the September 19, 2024 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0836 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order to Provide Roof Repair Services in the North Service Area, to J.L. Adler Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc., in an amount of $6,775.00, from an amount of $9,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $16,675.00, Account 101-67000-612680, Purchase Order 8010516 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0840 1 30 Agenda Item Authority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10, Design, Build, Own, Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 Years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $950,000.00, from an amount of $186,184,753.41, to an amount not to exceed $185,234,753.41, Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0843 1 31 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order with the law firm of Neal & Leroy, LLC, to represent the District in acquiring certain property rights in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Central Park Stormwater Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois (Contract 18-249-AF), in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount of $400,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $700,000.00, Account 501-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3124253 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0844 1 32 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 24-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount of $1,090,000.00, from an amount of $10,242,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $11,332,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Purchase Orders 5001948 and 5001949 Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0845 1 33 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 24-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount of $250,000.00, from an amount of $3,547,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $3,797,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Purchase Orders 5001961 and 5001962 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0859 1 34 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 24-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $36,000.00, from an amount of $77,265.27, to an amount not to exceed $113,265.27, Account 101-20000-623840, Agreement 7002106 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0864 1 35 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 18-254-3P Chemical Phosphorus Removal Facility, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $84,470.20, from an amount of $16,435,823.26, to an amount not to exceed $16,520,293.46, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000092 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0862 1 36 Agenda Item Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of David Rivera vs. MWRDGC, Claim numbers 19WC012880, 19WC012881, and 23WC011864, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $52,991.68, Account 901-30000-601090 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0870 1 37 Agenda Item Authority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 15317 Myrtle Avenue in Harvey, Illinois for the construction of the Central Park Stormwater Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois (Contract 18-249-AF) and authority for payment to the owner, Mattie R. Fowler, in an amount of $144,500.00, plus closing costs, and relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management Fund Approved Pass Action details Video 24-0871 1 38 Agenda Item Third Meeting of the 2023-2024 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Committee on Local Government Efficiency Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0865 1 39 Agenda Item Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Illinois Department of Transportation for the IDOT 55th Street Relief Sewer - West Phase II in Countryside (24-IGA-21), in an amount not to exceed $1,621,500.00, Account 501-50000-612400 Approved Pass Action details Not available 24-0866 1 40 Agenda Item Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of Education of School District 154.5 and the Village of Burnham for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the NatureNook Pilot Project 1 in Burnham, Contract 24-279-5F (Deferred from the October 3, 2024 Board Meeting) Deferred   Action details Video