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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/5/2024 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Attachments: 12-05-2024 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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UC24-001 11User Charge OrdinanceRequest Authority to Review the Proposed Amended User Charge Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
24-1080 12ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Wilson DanielsAdoptedPass Action details Not available
24-1075 13ReportReport on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due on December 1, 2024Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1070 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 19, 2024Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1091 15ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2023 Annual ReportPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1096 16ReportReport of forfeiture of Contract 24-109-11, Furnish and Deliver a Gel Permeation Chromatograph System in the Organic Compounds Analytical Laboratory at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $43,970.02, Account 101-16000-634970, Purchase Order 3131284Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1067 17Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 25-104-11 Replacement Outboard Motors for PC30 Boat, estimated cost $99,500.00, Account 101-16000-634790, Requisition 1628542 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1072 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 25-619-11, Lubricant Analysis and Testing, estimated cost $110,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612240, Requisitions 1619811, 1619729, and 1619730ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1055 19Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 25-045-11, Publish Invitations to Bid for Contracts, Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations, and Other Legal Notices for a One-Year Period, to Chicago Sun-Times Media, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $44,070.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Requisition 1621179ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1059 110Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Alfa Laval, Inc., to Provide Off-Site Centrifuge Rehabilitation and Repair Services and On-Site Technical Services as Needed for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, for a total amount not to exceed $3,900,000.00, Account 201-52000-645750, Requisition 1627340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1060 111Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Kusters Zima Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Solids Treatment Processes at Various Locations for a Three-Year Period, in an Amount not to Exceed $600,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623270, 623990, 634560.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1061 112Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, a DXP Company, to Furnish and Deliver Hayward Gordon, Varec, Bredel, Fairbanks Morse, and Amiad Filtration Pumps and Parts, to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed $510,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1066 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Flow-Technics, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Xylem Flygt A-C, Sulzer ABS, ITT Gould and Netzsch pumps and replacement parts, to various locations, in a total amount not to exceed $650,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623270 and 623990ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1068 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Precision Control Systems of Chicago, Inc., for a Multi-Year Service Agreement to Provide Upgrades, Maintenance, and Repair Services for the TARP Pump Station HVAC Control System at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in a total amount not to exceed $84,500.00, Accounts 101-68000-612680, 623070, Requisition 1624782ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1071 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders for Contract 25-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite, Groups A and B, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,405,045.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623560, Requisitions 1621731 and 1621735 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1083 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Accurate Background, LLC to provide pre-employment background screening services to the District under the OMNIA Partners (formerly U.S. Communities) Purchasing Co-operative Contract Number R240501, in an amount not to exceed $32,700.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1628711ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1084 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Excess Casualty Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed $1,780,567.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1628262ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1085 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Gardner Denver Nash LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Digester compressors, gas booster pumps, and related equipment, to various locations for a three-year period, in a total amount not to exceed $705,000.00, Accounts, 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623270, 634650ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1088 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 24-648-11, Snow Plowing at the Lockport Powerhouse, to Polar Group, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $104,400.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1620208ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1090 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Verizon Connect NWF Inc., DBA Verizon Connect Fleet USA LLC, for the maintenance of a Vehicle Location System under the Sourcewell Purchasing Contract No. 020221-NWF in an amount not to exceed $55,359.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1627547ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1054 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 25-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to J.T. Barrier LLC, in an amount not-to-exceed $450,000.00, Accounts 101, 501-16000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1621431, 1621740, 1621797, 1622022, 1622045ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1056 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 25-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Disposable Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Organic Solutions Inc, in an amount not to exceed $43,464.00, Account 101-20000-623700.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1057 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 25-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Petroleum Traders Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $297,308.51, and Group B to Avalon Petroleum Company, in an amount not to exceed $85,841.91, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1621279, 1621280, 1621432, 1621796.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1058 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 25-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B, to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $88,743.41 Account 101-20000-623840.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1087 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 24-612-22 (Re-Bid), Roof Replacement and Rehabilitation at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and D, to DCG Roofing Solutions, Inc. (DCG), in an amount not to exceed $1,842,795.00, and Group C, to F&G Roofing Company, LLC (F&G), in an amount not to exceed $422,500.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1617114, 1616897, 1617117, and 1617118ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1095 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 08-174-3D, Battery A Improvements and Battery B Installation of Mechanical Mixers, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $56,449,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $2,822,450.00, for a total amount not to exceed $59,271,450.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1617419ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1063 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with HP Inc. in an amount of $435,000.00 from an amount of $1,005,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $570,000.00, Account 101-27000-623810, Purchase Order 3131541ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1074 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase the purchase order for the University of Illinois for 23-170-3C Hydraulic Modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System, in an amount of $87,454.00, from an amount of $380,311.00, to an amount not to exceed $467,765.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3124689ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1076 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with WM Reply, Inc., for Contract 22-RFP-13, Intranet Development and Platform Support, in an amount of $80,000.00, from an amount of $470,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $550,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase Order 3125792ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1077 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order, exercise the fifth option to extend, and amend the agreement with Baker Tilly US, LLP for Contract 19-RFP-33, Professional Auditing Services, in an amount of $338,400.00 from an amount of $1,164,750.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,503,150.00, Accounts 101-40000-612430 and P802-11000-798200, Purchase Order 3111905ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1086 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning the Thornton Transitional Reservoir, CSA, Rebid, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $16,929.86, from an amount of $26,116,705.06, to an amount not to exceed $26,133,634.92, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000082ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1103 132Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2024 departmental appropriations in the amount of $800,000.00 in the Corporate FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1098 133ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of October 2024Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1092 134Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jose Salazar vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 21 WC 34583, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $82,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1094 135Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until December 31, 2024, the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1102 136ReportFinal report for Emergency Contract 24-600-01, Upper Des Plaines 11-H Sewer Repairs and Restoration to Airy’s Inc., Account 901-66000-667220, Purchase Order 3129962Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
24-1097 137Agenda ItemAuthority to extend the agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizing the District to moor its boats along the south guidewall of the Chicago River Controlling Works, and to maintain a boathouse for an additional five years, beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2029. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
24-1099 138Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Crestwood and the Village of Midlothian and make payment to the Village of Crestwood, for the design, construction, land acquisition, maintenance, operation, and ownership of the Flood Control Project on Calumet-Sag Tributary C in Midlothian and Crestwood (21-IGA-18), in an amount not to exceed $5,500,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available