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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/1/2008 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Not available  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
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08-0723 11ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2008RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0668 12ReportReport of bid opening for Tuesday, April 15, 2008Recommended  Action details Not available
08-0698 13ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 08-716-11, for Services to Maintain and Load Test Emergency Generators in the North Side Service Area Estimated Cost: $75,000.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0714 14Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-016-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Office Supplies, estimated cost $70,000.00, Account 101-20000-623520RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0715 15Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-051-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hand Tools, estimated cost $36,000.00, Account 101-20000-623680 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0716 16Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Chemicals to Various Locations, estimated cost $60,200.00, Account 101-20000-623570 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0728 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-989-11 Furnish and Deliver One Rubber Tire Material Handling Crane to the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, estimated cost $1,000,000.00, Account 101-66000-634760, Requisition 1241694RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0731 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-978-11, Furnish, Deliver and Install Replacement Carpeting in the Safety and Security Offices at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $23,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1241700RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0732 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-824-11 Rehabilitation of One 48" Crane Gate Valve at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $180,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1241128 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0734 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-656-11 Services to Inspect and Maintain TARP Electrical Control Chambers and Tide Gate Monitoring Systems at Various Locations, estimated cost $898,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600, Requisitions 1227321, 1226795, 1238507, 123128RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0735 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 08-979-11, Application of Epoxy Floor Coating at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1241713RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0706 112Agenda 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 1241123Deferred  Action details Not available
08-0710 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 08-803-11, Furnish, Deliver, Re-Cap and Install Heavy Equipment Tires at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Pomp’s Tire Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $31,197.16, Account 101-68000-623250, Requisition 1222706RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0717 114Agenda ItemIssue Purchase Order for Contract 08-676-11, Pest Control Services in the Calumet Service Area, to Midwest Sanitation Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $56,400.00, Account 101-68000-612420 Requisition 1230381RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0719 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with KTA-Tator, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for Contract 08-861-2C, Updating and Production of MWRD General Specifications for Protective Coatings in CSI Master Format - 2004 Edition, in an amount not to exceed $59,790.11, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1241114RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0721 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Square D Company, d/b/a Schneider Electric, for repairs and modifications of the ION Enterprise Energy Management Systems at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and the Mainstream Pumping Station for a three year period, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1236606RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0725 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation to provide professional engineering services for Contract 06-526-3P, Infrastructure and Process Needs Feasibility Study for the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.00, Account 401-50000-601410, Requisition 1238463RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0670 118Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-822-11, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., Digester H.V.A.C. Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $340,300.00, Account 101-68000-612680 Requisition 1226822RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0676 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-715-11, for Services to Perform Preventive Maintenance on Synchronous Motors at the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, to Magnetech Industrial Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $112,750.02, Account 101-67000-612600, Requisition 1229395RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0677 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-696-11, to Restore Masonry, LLC, for Tuckpointing and Rehabilitation of Buildings in the Stickney and North Side Service Areas, in an amount not to exceed $1,359,990.00, Account 101-67000, 69000-612680 Requisition 1227325 and 1225645RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0699 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-764-11, for Pavement Repair Services in the North Service Area, to Chicagoland Paving Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, Account 101-67000-612420 Requisition 1229271RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0718 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-937-11, Rehabilitation of One Crane 66” Iron Body, Double Disc Gate Valve at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Pumping Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $299,897.00, Account 101-69000-612600, Requisition 1229263RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0724 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and the Calumet Service Area, Under Option C, Group B, to Land and Lakes Company (Item 2), in an amount not to exceed $616,000.00, Account 101-68000-612520, Requisition 1226833RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0743 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-966-11, Fence Painting Services in the Stickney Service Area, to Oosterbaan & Sons Co., in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition 123242RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0722 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend an agreement with Verizon Wireless for the purchase, installation and configuration of cellular telephones, accessories and wireless communications services, in the amount of $34,000.00, from an amount of $170,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $204,000.00, Account 101-27000-612210,623850 Purchase Order 3038259 (As RevisedRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0726 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 00-473-1D (Re-bid), Replace Casework, Fume Hoods and Miscellaneous Work, at John E. Egan Water Reclamation Plant, Schaumburg, Illinois, to IHC/KED, a Joint Venture, in an amount of $10,782.13, from $7,227,743.14 to an amount not to exceed $7,238,525.27, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 201-50000-645680 and 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 5000624RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0729 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-294-3M, Calumet TARP Valve Isolation and Pump Station Improvements, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to Kenny Construction Company, for $37,344.95, from $59,381,434.42 to $59,418,779.37, Account 401-50000-645600, Purchase Order 5000309 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0730 128Agenda 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 the amount of $12,116.77, from an amount of $119,867.43, to an amount not to exceed $107,750.66, Account 101-66000-612490, Purchase Order 3031506 RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0756 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Stanley Consultants, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for Contract 03-121-2E, Short Circuit and Coordination Study at the Stickney WRP, in an amount of $5,292.03, from $256,039.00 to an amount not to exceed $261,331.93, Account 201-50000-601410, Purchase Order 302955RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0712 130ReportReport on Calumet Treatment Wetlands Concept Development (Deferred from the April 17, 2008 Board Meeting)Deleted  Action details Not available
08-0733 131ReportReport on the Goose Pond Nutrient Farm Pilot ProjectDeleted  Action details Not available
08-0737 132ReportReport to the Board of Commissioners on the qualifications-based process for the selection of Consulting Engineering and Architectural Firms (Deferred from the April 17, 2008 Board Meeting)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0754 133Agenda ItemRequest for authority to negotiate a service agreement with the Village of Hoffman Estates and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for an area lying outside the District but within Cook County, Autumn Woods SubdivisionRecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0697 134Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kristine Wienberg vs. MWRDGC, Claim No. 0200002556, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the sum of $26,405.96. Account 901-30000-601090RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0707 135Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a one-year extension of an easement to the United States Army Corps Of Engineers for the construction and maintenance of an aquatic nuisance species barrier in the Main Channel north of the 135TH Street Bridge in Will County, Illinois. Consideration shall be $10.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
08-0691 136Agenda ItemAdoption of Amendments to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the April 17, 2008 Board MeetingDeleted  Action details Not available