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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/19/2008 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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08-1437 11ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1438 12ReportReport on the Investment Interest Income during May 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1475 13ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2008, in the amount of $31,088,568.71RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1495 14Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2008 departmental appropriations in the amount of $990,000.00 in the Corporate FundRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1525 15Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 06-212-3M, Calumet TARP Pumping Station Pumps E1/W1 Improvements, CWRP to the Engineering Department Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $19,700,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1488 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 3, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1490 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 10, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1507 18ReportReport on the correction of a typographical error in the board transmittal letter for authority to issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the Water Environment Federation for sponsorship of WEFTeach at WEFTEC® 2008, in the amount of $10,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280, Requisition 1239049 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1462 19Agenda ItemAuthorization for forfeiture of Contract 07-190-11 Furnish and Deliver Work Uniforms to the Industrial Waste field office to Uniformally Yours, Inc. in the amount of $51,442.55, Account 101-16000-623700, Purchase Order 3043272RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1522 110Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the Water and Wastewater Leadership Center, for Tuition Fees for Four Senior Managers in various departments to attend a Water and Wastewater Leadership Center Alumni Program in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00, Accounts 101-16000-601100, 101-66000-601100, 101-67000-601100, 201-50000-601100.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1457 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-820-11 Rehabilitation of One 48” X 48” Rotating Assembly for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $60,000.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1244521RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1459 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $120,000.00, Account 101-20000-623860RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1460 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-025-11 Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $307,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1506 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 07-220-3P, Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $244,600,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1245108RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1532 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 07-163-3M R&D Building HVAC Improvements, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $6,500,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-645680 and 645780, Requisition 1245114RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1451 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-410-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Non-Stocked Office Supplies to Various Locations, to Garvey’s Office Products, in an amount not to exceed $44,300.00, Accounts 101, 201, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 69000-623520, Requisition 1239042RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1452 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-698-11 Furnish and Deliver Machine Tools to Various Locations, for Group A to Technical Development Corp. of Asia, in an amount not to exceed $35,200.00, and for Groups B, C, and D to Atherton Machinery, a Division of Raco Industrial Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $95,085.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-634650, 634600, Requisitions 1234696, 1229454, 1229453, and 1228459RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1453 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-116-11 Furnish and Deliver Automatic Samplers to the North Side, Kirie, Stickney, and Calumet WRPs, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $41,100.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1238444RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1454 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-115-11 Furnish and Deliver American Sigma Flowmeters for the Industrial Waste Division, to Hach Company, in an amount not to exceed $39,962.55, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1237482RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1461 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to McJunkin Red Man Corporation to Furnish and Deliver Maxon Gas Safety Valves to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed $55,560.08, Account 101-68000-623090, Requisition 1243822RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1465 121Agenda ItemIssue a Purchase Order and exercise the second one-year renewal option with Hewlett Packard Company for the purchase of new and replacement computer hardware, software and maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $3,530,000.00, Account 101-27000-612820, 623810, 634810, 634820, Requisition 1246143.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1472 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Teledyne Instruments, Inc. to furnish and deliver a Stratum Purge and Trap Concentrator and a Solatek Multi-Matrix Auto Sampler System, in an amount not to exceed $40,850.16, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1241683RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1478 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-697-11 Furnish and Deliver Forklifts to the Calumet and North Side Service Areas, Group A to Apex Material Handling Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $27,875.00, and Group B to Voss Equipment, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $32,832.64, Account 101-67000,68000-634650, 634760, Requisitions 1235948 and 1229363RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1480 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-699-11 Furnish and Deliver Self-Propelled Articulated Boom Lifts to Various Locations, Group A to Equipment Depot of Illinois, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $81,741.50, and Group B to Stevenson Sales & Service LLC, in an amount not to exceed $46,844.00, total award not to exceed $128,585.50, Account 101-67000, 68000-634650, 634860, Requisitions 1221920 and 1199750RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1483 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., to Provide Telephone and On-site Support and Training Services for the Ovation Control Systems at the Waterways Control Center and Lockport Powerhouse and to Provide Software Licenses for the Ovation Control Systems at the Hanover Park and Egan Water Reclamation Plants in an amount not to exceed $49,157.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000-612620, 623800, Requisitions 1226850, 1230371 and 1230827RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1484 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-635-12 Furnishing and Delivering Polymer to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, Groups A and B to Polydyne Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,010,000.00, Account 101-68000-623560, Requisition 1241712RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1491 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 08-RFP-18 to Provide Professional Auditing Services of Construction Contracts with McGovern & Greene LLP, in an amount not to exceed $69,925.00, Account 101-50000-601170, Requisition 1246674RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1499 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with RMT, Inc., for professional environmental engineering services including: Phase I environmental site assessments and Phase II environmental site investigations for a three-year period, in an amount not exceed $450,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1243844RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1500 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Carlson Environmental, Inc., for professional environmental engineering services including: Phase I environmental site assessments and Phase II environmental site investigations for a three-year period, in an amount not exceed $450,000.00, Account 101-15000-601170, Requisition 1243843RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1531 130Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into agreement with Stanley Consultants, Inc. for professional engineering services for Contract 05-837-2P, Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Support Services, in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00, Account 201-50000-601420, Requisition 1246146RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1449 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-916-13 Services to Furnish, Deliver, and Install a Monitoring System for ComEd Distribution Switches at the Racine Avenue Pumping Station, to Electrical Systems, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $121,050.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1195583RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1456 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-998-11 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Three New, Diesel-Electric Generators at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Gen Powr Pros, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $107,492.00, Account 101-69000-634650, Requisition 1233545RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1466 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 98-260-2M (Re-Bid) Coarse Screens at 95th Street Pumping Station, Piping and Electrical Work at 95th and 125th Street Pumping Stations, Chicago, Illinois, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $10,319,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-645600, 645700, Requisition 1136169RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1479 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Chemicals to Various Locations to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $57,627.52, Account 101-20000-623570RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1481 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-026-11 Furnish and Deliver PVC Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Bushnell, Incorporated, in an amount not to exceed $35,575.45, Account 101-20000-623090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1485 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-004-11 Furnish and Deliver Structural and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Northern Illinois Steel Supply Company, in an amount not to exceed $138,769.78, Group B to Super Roco Steel & Tube LTD. ll, in an amount not to exceed $97,241.90, total award not to exceed $236,011.65, Account 101-20000-623030RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1486 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-642-11 Furnish and Deliver Boiler and Process Water Chemicals and Consulting Services to the North Side Service Area, to Butler Chemical Co. Inc., in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-67000-623560, Requisition 1226801RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1196 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order with the University of Illinois at Chicago under the University of Illinois Master Agreement, to conduct an epidemiological study of recreational use of the Chicago Area Waterways, in an amount of $4,328,610.00, from an amount of $3,754,451.00, to an amount not to exceed $8,083,061.00, Account 401-50000-601170, Purchase Order 3044368 (Deferred at the June 5, 2008 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1458 139Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 07-655-11 Services for Manhole Repairs at Various Locations, to Northwest General Contractors, Inc., in an amount of $92,058.23, from an amount of $280,200.00, to an amount not to exceed $188,141.77, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, Purchase Orders 5000763, 5000764 and 5000765RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1464 140Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 05-818-11 Maintenance and Repair of HVAC and Refrigeration Systems at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount of $11,951.99, from an amount of $83,122.52, to an amount not to exceed $71,170.53, Account 101-68000-612680, Purchase Order 5000345RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1496 141Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 00-275-2V, New Research & Development Lab Building at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company, in an amount of $54,512.40, from an amount of $11,313,256.52 to an amount not to exceed $11,258,744.12, Account 401-50000-645680, Purchase Order 5000374RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1501 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 03-296-3M Installation of Central Boiler Facility at Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $33,389.40, from an amount of $27,677,771.87, to an amount not to exceed $27,711,161.27, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000458RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1502 143Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 73-161-FH Vulcan Conveyance System and Maintenance Facilities, McCook CUP Reservoir, to Graycor Industrial Contractors, Inc. in an amount of $22,778.61 from an amount of $30,241,436.58, to an amount not to exceed $30,218,657.97, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000562RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1503 144Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 03-RFP-03 (73-161-CH) McCook Reservoir Overburden Removal, Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, to Walsh Construction Company of Illinois in an amount of $311,556.50, from an amount of $63,306,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $63,618,456.50, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000113RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1510 145Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 91-177-AE Computer and Instrumentation Control Room at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Divane Brothers Electric Company, in an amount of $19,349.00, from an amount of $40,715,510.17 to an amount not to exceed $40,696,161.17, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000594RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1514 146Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Marquette University, for engineering services to determine an integrated strategy to achieve 100% compliance with the proposed dissolved oxygen standards for the Chicago Area Waterways in an amount of $47,950.00, from an amount of $161,100.00, to an amount not to exceed $209,050.00, Account 101-66000-601170, Purchase Order 3048074Recommended  Action details Not available
08-1524 147Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-294-3M, Calumet TARP Valve Isolation and Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount of $108,904.08, from an amount of $59,422,110.14 to an amount not to exceed $59,531,014.22, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1526 148Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 02-818-2P, Cleaning of Anaerobic Digesters and Other Improvements at the Stickney and Calumet WRPs, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C., in an amount of $150,295.50, from an amount of $9,922,244.17 to an amount not to exceed $10,072,539.67, Accounts 101-50000-612650, 201-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000204RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1533 149Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 91-177-AE Computer and Instrumentation Control Room at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Divane Brothers Electric Company, in an amount of $19,349.00, from an amount of $40,715,510.17 to an amount not to exceed $40,696,161.17, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000594 (Deleted by the General Superintendent)Deleted  Action details Not available
08-1534 150Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 93-232-2M, Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction/FHP Techtonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $586,236.46, from an amount of $120,918,202.12 to an amount not to exceed $120,331,965.66, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1536 151Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 00-473-1D (Re-bid), Replace Casework, Fume Hoods, and Miscellaneous Work, John E. Egan WRP to IHC/KED, a Joint Venture, in an amount of $9,547.76, from an amount of $7,318,701.77 to an amount not to exceed $7,328,249.53, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 201-50000-645680, and 401-50000-645780 and, Purchase Order 5000624RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1504 152Agenda ItemAuthority to accept and execute Permit 08-05-582-C from the Cook County Highway Department for the Harms Road 2 Rehabilitation, NSA (ROW File No. 2, Contract No. 07-028-3S)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1439 153Agenda ItemAuthority to increase settlement of the Workers’ Compensation Claim of William J. Kelly, Jr. vs. MWRDGC, 08WC 17537, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission from $14,794.25 to $22,191.38. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1442 154Agenda ItemPayment of the Award in the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Thomas Morrissey vs. MWRDGC, 06WC 33639, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the sum of $39,213.10. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1450 155Agenda ItemAuthority to settle Robert Wysocki vs. MWRDGC, Case No. 04 CH 7534, Circuit Court of Cook County, in the sum of $17,243.46. Account 101-69000-601010RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1448 156ReportFinal Report to the Board of Commissioners on Emergency to Repair Centrate/Sludge Line on Plum Grove Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, Account 901-90000-667220, Contract 08-700-01(As revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1482 157Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year Permit extension to the County of Fulton for continued use of 440 acres of District real estate located on the former Wier Farm to maintain and operate a public fishing and recreational area in Fulton County, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1517 158Agenda ItemAuthority to amend permit issued on June 16, 2005, to Community Unit School District #3 of Cuba, Illinois, to add Fields 63SE and 83 for use as farm laboratory in Fulton County, Illinois. The annual consideration will be increased from $2,655.00 to $10,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1521 159Agenda ItemAuthorization to Commence Statutory Procedures to Sell Approximately Twelve (12) Acres of District Real Estate Located South of 9th Street, in Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Atlas Index Parcel 15.03 (Deleted by the General Superintendent)Deleted  Action details Not available
08-1541 163Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 1-year permit to Midwest Generation, LLC on approximately 12 acres of District real estate located south of 9th Street in Will County, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel Number 15.03. Consideration shall be $43,470.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1537 162ReportReport on status of the District’s 2008 Legislative ProgramRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-1477 160Agenda ItemRequest for General Policy Direction Regarding Authority to Dissolve Drainage Districts Pursuant to the Cook County Stormwater Management Act and for Specific Direction Regarding Dissolution of Calumet Union Drainage District No. 1DeletedPass Action details Not available
08-1528 161Agenda ItemRequest for Policy Decision Regarding Compensatory Storage for Levee 37RecommendedPass Action details Not available