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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/18/2024 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 01-18-2024 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf
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24-0014 11MotionMOTION to re-appoint Donald J. Storino as Member of the Civil Service Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-0037 12MotionMOTION to re-appoint President Kari K. Steele as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Pension FundAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-0062 13MotionMOTION to appoint Wendy Sin as Acting Treasurer of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-0064 14MotionMOTION to appoint Wendy Sin to the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O24-001 15OrdinanceOrdinance O24-001 An Ordinance directing the County Clerk to reduce the levy of taxes on Capital Improvement Bonds for the levy year 2023AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
O24-002 16OrdinanceOrdinance O24-002 An Ordinance directing the County Clerk to reduce the levy of taxes on twenty-five series of Capital Improvement Bonds for the levy years 2023 through 2040AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-0029 17ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-0051 18ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of December 2023, in the amount of $36,503,638.24 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-0054 19ReportReport to the Board of Commissioners on payment of restricted interest earnings in the amount of $890,888.23 for the 2023 calendar year, pursuant to the terms of a Project Partnership Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers approved by the Board on January 24, 2019Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-0055 110Agenda ItemAuthority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director in the amount of $1,360.95, Accounts 101-11000-612010, 612030 and 101-15000-612010, 612030ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-0056 111Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $329,600,000.00 from the Corporate Working Cash Fund to Finance Corporate Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2024, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9bApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0057 112Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $6,650,000.00 from the Construction Working Cash Fund to Finance Construction Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2024, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9cApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0058 113Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer up to $54,625,000.00 from the Stormwater Management Working Cash Fund to Finance Stormwater Management Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2024, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9eApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0059 114Agenda ItemAuthority to Transfer $5,000,000.00 from the Corporate Fund to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust (101-25000-601250)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0052 115ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, January 9, 2024Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-1220 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to participate in the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC) Joint Purchasing Program (Deferred from the December 21, 2023 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the January 4, 2024 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0027 117Agenda ItemAuthorization to allow the Director of Procurement and Materials Management to accept pricing for the procurement of Renewable Energy Credits for 2024. ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-0016 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-23 Deferred Compensation Plan Administrator, for a five-year period effective January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029 (Deferred from the January 4, 2024 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the January 18, 2024 Board Meeting)DeferredPass Action details Video Video
24-0033 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 24-617-11, Furnish and Deliver Refurbished Low Voltage AC and DC Motors to Various Locations, estimated cost $384,800.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Requisitions 1611385, 1611387 and 1611388ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0034 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-611-21, HVAC Improvements at Various Locations, estimated cost $24,002,655.00, Accounts 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1611379, 1611381 and 1611382ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0035 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-253-5F, Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in Robbins, Illinois, estimated cost between $17,225,823.70 and $20,852,312.90, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1613092ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-0038 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-24 Pre-employment Psychological Assessments for Police Officer Candidates, for a three-year period, effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, estimated cost $41,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1612101ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0039 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 24-613-11, Scavenger Services in the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, estimated cost $3,359,500.00, Accounts 101/501-68000/69000/50000-612520, Requisitions 1610757 and 1610580ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0040 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-06 Arc Flash Training - NFPA 70E estimated cost $35,000.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition 1613193ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0044 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Deere & Company, to furnish and deliver fourteen (14) 2024 John Deere Gator all-terrain utility vehicles to the North, Calumet and Stickney Service Areas, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 031121-DAC, in an amount not to exceed $280,061.74, Account 101-67000/68000/69000-634860, Requisitions 1611372, 1611398, and 1611551.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0045 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 24-630-11, Group A, Furnishing and Delivering Chemical Coagulants, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $7,327,618.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1603451 and 1603558ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0046 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Burris Equipment to furnish and deliver three (3) Cushman Minute Miser Electric Carts to the North Service Area, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 122220-JCS-1, in an amount not to exceed $25,251.00, Account 101-67000-634860, Requisition 1611400ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0047 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 23-119-12 (Re-Bid), Taxonomic Algal Assessment of the Upper North Shore Channel, to EcoAnalysts, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $26,168.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1602446ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-0050 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Creative Information Systems, Inc., to provide maintenance and technical support for the SMSTurbo Scale Software at CALSMA and LASMA in an amount not to exceed $20,946.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612820, Requisition 1607446ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0042 130Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 24-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various Locations, Group A to Boye Janitorial Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,080,000.00, Groups B and D to Blooming Facility, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $345,000.00, and Group C to Deep Kleen and Maintenance, LLC in an amount not to exceed $222,000.00. Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1601732 (Deferred from the January 18, 2024 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
24-0043 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-047-3S, North Shore 1 Rehabilitation, NSA, to Inliner Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $44,987,654.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $2,249,382.70, for a total amount not to exceed $47,237,036.70, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1603453ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0053 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-601-21, Furnish, Deliver and Install Bag Filters at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to BCE-USA, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $218,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1598263ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0036 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 19-542-3MR Central Boiler Facility and Electrical Updates, Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant (Re-Bid), to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $124,971.11, from an amount of $13,911,359.30, to an amount not to exceed $14,036,330.41, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-0060 134ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of December 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-0061 135ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions from July through December 2023 for contract 11-187-3F, Addison Creek Channel Improvements, SSAPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-0049 136ReportReport on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00 (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-0048 137Report2023 Annual Report of the Civil Service BoardPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available