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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/1/2022 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 12-01-2022 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf, MISC NB - O22-014B - Affirmative Action Ordinance Appendix D - Final.pdf, MISC NB - O22-014B - Affirmative Action Ordinance Appendix D - Red-line Appendix D.pdf
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IW22-001 11Industrial Waste OrdinanceRequest Authority to Review the Proposed Amended Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-1047 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners expressing our gratitude to Commissioner Chakena D. PerryAdoptedPass Action details Not available
22-1061 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Homewood Science CenterAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-1066 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the Mother McAuley Girls Volleyball TeamAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-1080 15ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing former Commissioner Nellie L. JonesAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
22-1057 16ReportProcurement and Materials Management Department - 2021 Annual ReportPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-1058 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 8, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-1059 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 15, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-1077 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 22, 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-1063 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 22-361-12 (Re-Bid) Proposal to Lease for 10-years 4,397± square feet of District real estate located at Irving Park Road and Longmeadow Lane in Hanover Park, Illinois, from U.S. Bank National Association, in the amount of $4,800.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-1040 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-RFP-20, Conduct a Full-Scale Trial of Additives to Reduce Odor and Solids at the Thornton Composite Reservoir, estimated cost $1,000,000.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Requisition 1587946ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-1049 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-027-11 Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $292,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1039 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Smith-Root, Inc. to furnish and deliver an electrofishing boat with motor and trailer in an amount not to exceed $123,677.45, Account 101-16000-634790, Requisition 1591092ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1042 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC for licensing and maintenance of the SolarWinds ITSM system for a one-year period, in an amount not to exceed $50,190.00, Account 101-27000-612820, 623800, Requisition 1591148ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1044 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to HP Inc. for the purchase of new and replacement computer hardware and replacement toner, in an amount of $617,000.00. Accounts 101-27000-623520 and 623810, Requisition 1591404ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1054 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreement to Bonfire Interactive Ltd. for software licenses and maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $142,500.00, Account 101-20000-612820, Requisition 1590340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1055 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Flow-Technics, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Trillium, Xylem Flygt A-C, Sulzer ABS, ITT Gould and Netzsch pumps and replacement parts, to various locations, in a total amount not to exceed $325,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623270 and 623990ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1056 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to W.W. Grainger, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Maintenance, Repair and Operating Catalog Products, under the Sourcewell, formerly National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), Cooperative Purchasing Contract #091422-WWG, in an amount not to exceed $336,400.00, Accounts 101-15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623030, 623070, 623090, 623110, 623130, 623190, 623270, 623570, 623660, 623680, 623780, 623810, 623860 and 623990, Requisitions 1586618, 1586645, 1586651, 1587577, 1588231, 1588236, 1588334, 1589632, 1591277ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1060 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Hach Company to Furnish and Deliver analyzer equipment and parts to various locations, in a total amount not to exceed $450,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1076 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to 72 Hour LLC, DBA National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish and Deliver Two (2) Stake Body Trucks to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 091521-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $152,295.88, Account 101-68000-634860, Requisition 1591300ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1082 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into two agreements for Contract 22-RFP-12 Insurance Broker Services for a three-year period, with an option to extend for an additional two years, with Willis Towers Watson Midwest, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $315,000.00 and Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $352,800.00 Account 101-25000-612290 Requisition 1590700, 1580057ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1015 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 17-135-3V, Roof Replacement of the Lue-Hing M&R Complex, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C., in an amount not to exceed $10,909,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $545,450.00, for a total amount not to exceed $11,454,450.00, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1572767 (As Revised)(Deferred from the November 17, 2022 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-1050 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-262-3S, Calumet 18E Relief Connecting Structure & Sewer Work, CSA, to Rausch Infrastructure, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $2,817,700.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $140,885.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,958,585.00, Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1584024ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1051 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-029-12, Furnish and Deliver Safety Apparel, Safety Equipment and Welding Apparel to Various Locations for a One-Year Period (Re-Bid), Group A, to Root Brothers Mfg. & Supply Co. in an amount not to exceed $67,141.45, Account 101-20000-623570, 623680, 623700, 623780.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1052 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 22-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various Locations, Groups B and C to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $796,480.32, Accounts 101-67000, 68000-612680 Requisition 1581849, 1581871ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1053 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-002-12 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 $60,500.82, Account 101-20000-623840ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1068 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 13-106-4F McCook Reservoir Des Plaines Inflow Tunnel, SSA, to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC in an amount of $1,833,233.62, from an amount of $108,072,664.84, to an amount not to exceed $109,905,898.46, Account 401-50000-645630, Purchase Order 4000037ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1067 128ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of October 2022Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
22-1046 129Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Robert Sizemore vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number W003518963 in the sum of $42,310.52, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1065 130Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Peter Hopp vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC6924, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $50,888.84. , Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1079 131Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to continue supporting its Prescription Drug Take-Back Program by extending the IGA and to make payment to the CCSO in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-15000-612400 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-1045 132Agenda ItemAuthority to grant Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company a 25-year, 40,645± sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and remove a 30” high pressure natural gas transmission line, with appurtenances thereto, and a concrete tunnel underneath and across Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 8.01, 8.04, 8.09, and the Cal-Sag Channel, located in Palos Township, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $12,850.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1048 133Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 2.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 23.10 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1062 134Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 22.9 acres of District real estate located at 15660 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 23.03ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1064 135Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to NeighborSpace for the continued use of 1.8± acres of District real estate located along the east bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River between Montrose Avenue and 212 feet south of Berteau Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, North Shore Channel Parcel 10.03, for riverbank management and restoration. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1084 136Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to the Romeoville Fire Department to continue to use the boat ramp located on an approximately 50’ x 8’ area of Main Channel Parcel 15.05, and access road, in Lockport, Will County, Illinois to access the Main Channel for the purpose of launching and retrieving boats during fire/rescue emergencies and routine training operations in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1071 137Agenda ItemAuthority to amend Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to extend the Space to Grow program through 2023 (15-IGA-20), Account 501-50000-612400, Purchase Order 3091481ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
22-1072 138Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to County of Cook acting through its Department of Transportation and Highways and the City of Oak Forest for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Culvert Upsizing and Channel Improvements on Boca Rio Ditch in Oak Forest, CSA (18-IGA-26) under the Local Stormwater Partnership Program in an amount not to exceed $810,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1591177ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1073 139Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Lyons Township Road District for the design, construction, land acquisition, operation and maintenance of the Acacia Acres Flood Relief Project in Lyons Township, SSA (22-IGA-08) in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1591408ApprovedPass Action details Not available
22-1078 140Agenda ItemAuthority to approve, execute, and make payment to ComEd for an easement for the Lyons and McCook Levee Improvements Project (Contract 13-199-3F). Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $26,362.50, Account 501-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
O22-014B 141OrdinanceAdopt Affirmative Action Ordinance, Revised Appendix D of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video