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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/17/2011 10:05 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Not available Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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11-1439 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of September 2011, in the amount of $41,600,320.37RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1405 12Agenda ItemAuthority to add Project 11-702-21, Furnish and Deliver a Four-Inch Hydraulic Submersible Pump to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $35,000.00.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1414 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 1, 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1430 14ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-06 Consulting Services for Selection of a Pharmacy Benefits Manager, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-25000-601170, Requisition 1333489RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1432 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, November 8, 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1460 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the Board Order of September 1, 2011, for Authority to Advertise Project 08-530-3P, Digester Facility Improvements at Hanover Park and Egan WRPs, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition Number 1328463, Agenda Item No. 16, File Number 11-1053RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1465 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of October 6, 2011, issue a purchase order and enter into agreement for Contract 10-RFP-22 (RE-BID) appraisal services for real estate with Realty Consultants, d/b/a Integra Realty Resources Chicago Metro in an amount not to exceed $99,000.00 and Woodland Valuation Services, LLC d/b/a Appraisal Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $99,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170. Requisition 1314099 and 1314100 (As Revised), Agenda Item No. 25, File No. 11-1249RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1419 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-930-11 Elevator Maintenance in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $228,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Requisition 1329589RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1426 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-400-11 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-15000-623700, Requisition 1329187RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1428 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-813-11 Furnishing and Delivering Air Filters to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $168,000.00, Account 101-68000-623270, Requisition 1331699RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1429 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-702-21 Furnish and Deliver a Four-Inch Hydraulic Submersible Pump to the North Side Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $35,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1331707RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1434 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-602-11 Furnishing and Delivering Chain, Sprockets and Appurtenances to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $573,600.00, Account 101-67000/69000-623030/623270, Requisitions 1328818 and 1322379.RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1441 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 11-805-11 Furnish and Deliver a Structural Steel Shaft Cover for the Thornton Valve Structure, estimated cost $40,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Requisition 1330047RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1444 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-938-11 Contingent Repair Services to Uninterruptible Power Systems in the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Area and Waterways Control Room, estimated cost $48,750.00, Accounts 101-66000/69000-612650/612680, Requisitions 1325954 and 1328446RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1447 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-629-11 Furnishing, Delivering and Rental of Arc Flash Personal Protective Equipment for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $132,000.00, Account 101-68000-612330, Requisition 1332563RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1437 116Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Granicus, Inc. for Software Maintenance and Support for a three year period, in an amount not to exceed $37,488.60, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1333133RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1449 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 11-RFP-14 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense, with Noble & Associates, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $120,000.00, Neuson Law, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $120,000.00, and Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170. Requisition 1332102, 1332103, 1332104RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1450 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Granicus, Inc. to Furnish, Deliver, Install and Maintain the Granicus Open Platform and Government Transparency Suite, in an amount not to exceed $29,650.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1332556DeletedPass Action details Not available
11-1423 119Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-030-13 (Re-bid), Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations, for a One (1) Year Period, Items 1 & 2 to Chicago United Industries, LTD., in an amount not to exceed $128,054.00, Item 3 to Palm Petroleum, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $8,241.75, and Items 4 & 5 to Parent Petroleum, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,384.25, Account 101-20000-623860RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1425 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-049-3S, North Side Plant Drain Rehabilitation, NSWRP, to Kenny Construction Company, in an amount not to exceed $449,200.00, Accounts 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1326909 (As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1435 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 10-051-3D, North Shore Channel Restoration Near Main Street, to Lakes & Rivers Contracting, Inc., Terrell Materials Corporation, Joint Venture, in an amount not to exceed $2,967,500.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1322652RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1418 122Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-988-13, Services to Maintain Crossing Signal Systems at the HASMA and Ridgeland Crossings to Railworks Track Systems, Inc. (dba Railworks Signals & Communications, Inc.), in an amount of $55,000.00, from an amount of $87,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $32,000.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 5001063RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1420 123Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Hewlett Packard Corporation for Computer Maintenance and Recover-All Services for the District’s VAX, HP Servers, and HP SAN-TS in an amount of $10,696.12, from an amount of $1,200,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,189,303.88, Accounts 101-27000-612810, 612820, Purchase Order 3044147RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1421 124Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Allied Electronics, Inc, to Furnish and Deliver Communications Cables and Supplies in an amount of $1,784.32, from an amount of $5,001.00, to an amount not to exceed $3,216.68 Account 101-27000-623810, Purchase Order 8006453RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1422 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C. for legal services in the matter of Kayomarsh Mehta and Nergish Mehta, Guardians, on behalf of The Estate of Rashni Mehta, a Disabled Person v. MWRDGC and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Case No. 08 CH 35380, in an amount of $75,938.60, from an amount of $200,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $124,061.40. Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3058165RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1427 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-633-11 Furnishing and Delivering Polymer to the Stickney and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, to Polydyne, Inc., in an amount of $174,395.26 from an amount of $16,215,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $16,040,604.74, Accounts 101-67000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders 3052045 and 3052046RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1436 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with Life Insurance Company of North America, a subsidiary of CIGNA, to Provide Group Term Life Insurance for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Employees for a Three-Year Period, in an amount of $26,444.21, from an amount of $291,888.00 to an amount not to exceed $265,443.79, Accounts 101-25000-601250, 201-50000-601250, 401-50000-601250, 501-50000-601250, Purchase Order 3052349RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1438 128Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-676-11 Pest and Rodent Control and Termite Eradication at Various Locations in the Stickney and Calumet Service Areas, the Main Office Building and Main Office Building Annex, Group B, to The Smithereen Company, in an amount of $15,000.00 from an amount of $38,800.00 to an amount not to exceed $53,800.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Purchase Order 3063998RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1440 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with the firm of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. to represent the District in negotiations and probable litigation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency in an amount of $150,000.00, from an amount of $1,650,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3045395RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1445 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 10-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, Option C, Group A, (Item 1) to Synagro Central, LLC, in an amount of $193,550.00, from an amount not to exceed $386,091.14, to an amount not to exceed $579,641.14, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001116RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1452 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-201-4F Tollway Dam, Grout Curtain and Quarry Plugs, Thornton Composite Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen and Associates LLC, and Cabo Construction Corporation, Joint Venture, in an amount of $437,150.00, from an amount of $71,015,717.76, to an amount not to exceed $71,452,867.76, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5001105RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1454 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-220-3P Primary Settling Tanks and Grit Removal Facilities, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen/IHC Construction Joint Venture, in an amount of $62,017.03, from an amount of $232,528,778.17, to an amount not to exceed $232,590,795.20, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5000954RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1455 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 93-232-2M Hydraulic Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction/FHP Tectonics, Joint Venture, in an amount of $31,008.31, from an amount of $123,707,738.30, to an amount not to exceed $123,738,746.61, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000623RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1456 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-353-2M Rehabilitation of the Existing Influent Pumping Station at Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to Rausch Construction Company, in an amount of $14,756.01, from an amount of $21,896,976.38, to an amount not to exceed $21,911,732.39, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Purchase Order 5000394RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1458 135Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-198-AD Demolition of Sludge Disposal Building and Rehabilitation of Pump and Blower House and Coarse Screen Building at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $15,943.42, from an amount of $30,903,323.46, to an amount not to exceed $30,919,266.88, Accounts 101-50000-612680, 401-50000-645680 and 645780, Purchase Order 5000961RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1464 136Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 07-168-3P Scum Concentration, Centrifuge Building, Preliminary & Imhoff Tanks, Elevator Improvements, Diffuser Plates and Trailer Replacement, Stickney Service Area, LASMA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $18,104.52, from an amount of $22,517,732.03, to an amount not to exceed $22,535,836.55, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001198RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1466 137ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of October 2011RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1442 138Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into a consent decree with the United States and the State of Illinois to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and the District’s NPDES PermitsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1463 139Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until December 1, 2011, the terms of the collective bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) the Teamsters Local Union 700; 4) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); and 6) the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1453 140Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 21-day permit to Lakes & Rivers Contracting, Inc. to access District real estate known as Main Channel Parcel 35.02 located west of Harlem Avenue in Forest View, Illinois to improve the Harlem Avenue Bridge. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1459 141Agenda ItemAuthority to issue an 18-month permit to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC, on a 1,240 sq. ft. area of District land along with a 150 ft. access route located at the entrance to the District’s SEPA Station No. 1, located along the north bank of the Calumet River at Torrence Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, as a construction staging area. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $2,500.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1461 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 2-year permit to Dunnet Bay Construction on approximately 1.0 acre of District real estate located south of the Main Channel and east of Central Avenue and known as Main Channel Parcel 39.01 for a construction staging area and access along 41st Street, between Central Avenue and Cicero Avenue, in Forest View, Illinois. Consideration shall be an annual fee of $7,530.00RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1417 143Agenda ItemRequesting Policy Direction to implement live or on-demand video streaming of the public meetings of the Board of Commissioners (Deferred from the November 3, 2011 Board Meeting)(As Revised)RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1415 144Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Emmanuel Whitley SimmonsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1467 145ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 12-RFP-07 GRC and Security Role Redesign Audit and Remediation, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-40000-601170, Requisition 1333511RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1469 146Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 12-915-11 Services to Repair SCADA and DCS Systems at Various Locations in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $75,000.00, Account 101-69000-612650, Requisition 1330892RecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1470 147Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Kyle C. MatthewsRecommendedPass Action details Not available
11-1471 148MotionMOTION expressing opposition to Senate Bill 02525 pending in the Illinois General AssemblyRecommendedPass Action details Not available