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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/3/2013 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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12-1777 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of November 2012, in the amount of $40,186,148.76Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1779 12ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 12-411-11, Furnish and Deliver LED Luminaries for the Main Office Building Complex, estimated cost $68,000.00   Action details Not available
12-1781 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, December 18, 2012Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1790 14ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-04 Consulting Services for Performance Management System, estimated cost $500,000.00, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1354045Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1791 15ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-01 Consulting Services for Implementation of SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Procurement for Public Sector (PPS) Implementation, estimated cost $600,000, Account 201-50000-601170, Requisition 1354046Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1806 16ReportReport on advertisement of Request for Proposal 13-RFP-03 Professional Services for a Biostatistician, estimated cost $60,000.00, Account 101-16000-601170, Requisition 1354052Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
12-1797 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to rescind Board Order to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Finite Matters Ltd. for furnishing, delivering and installing Pattern Stream Automated Budget Publisher Software, in an amount not to exceed $131,698.81, Accounts 101-27000-601100, 601170, 612820 and 623800, Requisition 1339274, Agenda item No.21, File No.12-0559 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1804 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of June 7, 2012, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 06-494-3P Centrifuge Building & Sludge Loading System Upgrades, EWRP and HPWRP, estimated cost $10,600,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645650, 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Requisition 1342922, Agenda Item No. 12, File No. 12-0832ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1809 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to Amend Board Order of December 20, 2012, for Authority to increase cost estimate and re-advertise Contract 12-368-2S, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 20C North Service Area, from $1,268,000.00 to $1,800,000.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1347929. Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 12-1716ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1812 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of December 6, 2012, regarding Authority to advertise Contract 12-408-2D Control and Pretreatment Buildings Roof Beam Rehabilitation, Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1351667, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 12-1602ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1802 132Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 12-368-11 Proposal to Lease for 36-years 19.063 acres of District real estate located near 10100 Archer Avenue in Willow Springs, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 28.06 from Rowell Chemical Corporation in the amount of $52,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1780 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-002-11 Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $35,000.00, Account 101-20000-623840ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1785 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-028-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Laboratory Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $59,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1787 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-675-11 Janitorial Services at the Calumet and Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $229,500.00; Accounts 101-67000/68000-612490, Requisitions 1351588 and 1351238 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1795 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-814-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install a Sawdust Collection System and Modify a Shop Fume Exhaust System at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $95,000.00, Account 201-50000-634650, Requisition 1353511 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1808 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-102-11 Furnish and Deliver Repairs, Service, and Laboratory Parts for Laboratory Balances and YSI Meters, estimated cost $20,000.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1352406 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1810 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 13-104-11 Furnish and Deliver Contract Laboratory Technicians for various locations, estimated cost $126,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1342916ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1783 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 13-327-11, Semi-Annual Inspection, Repairing, Recharging and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Various Fire Suppression Systems District-Wide for a Period of Three Years, to Surefire Protection, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $122,500.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1344695ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1784 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Parts for Various Pumps and Pieces of Equipment at the O’Brien, Egan, Calumet, and Stickney Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $402,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623090, 623270, Requisitions, 1347546, 1350862, 1350904, 1351266, 1351664 and 1351665ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1811 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CEM Holdings Corporation, for Preventive Maintenance and Consumable Supplies for CEM Microwave Units, in an amount not to exceed $59,578.50, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1350802ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1813 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Skalar, Inc., for Preventive Maintenance and Full-Service Repairs of Skalar San++ and Skalar BOD Robotic Analyzer Systems, in an amount not to exceed $16,995.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1353147ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1782 121Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Disposable Gloves and Flexible Tubing to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Indelco Plastics Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $11,624.00, and Group B to M.G. Scientific, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $54,736.40, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1796 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 13-656-11, Contingent Services to Repair and Improve Rockwell TARP DCS Computer Systems and Allen-Bradley Equipment in the Stickney, Kirie and Calumet Service Areas, to Wesco Distribution Inc., d/b/a Englewood Electrical Supply Company, for an amount not to exceed $221,820.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 612650, Requisitions 1330842, 1325956, and 1324999ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1792 123Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Gardner Denver, Inc., to furnish and deliver spare parts for the Gardner Denver Hoffman blowers at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant and to repair blowers at the Devon Instream Aeration Station, in an amount of $10,000.00, from an amount of $47,400.00, to an amount not to exceed $37,400.00, Account 101-68000-623270, Purchase Order 3066333ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1793 124Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-646-11 Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group A, to Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc., in an amount of $10,439.00 from an amount of $2,900,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $2,889,561.00, Account 501-50000-612620, Purchase Order 5001171ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1794 125Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 10-646-11 Small Streams Maintenance in Cook County, Illinois, Group B, to Thornton Equipment Services, Inc., in an amount of $198,418.43 from an amount of $2,100,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $1,901,581.57, Account 501-50000-612620, Purchase Order 5001172ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1801 126Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 09-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite to Various Locations in the North Service Area, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $18,212.27, from an amount of $282,780.00 to an amount not to exceed $264,567.73, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3057109ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1803 127Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Vincent M. Mathe, for claims consulting services, in an amount of $15,125.00, from an amount of $9,625.00, to an amount not to exceed $24,750.00, Account 101-30000-601170, Purchase Order 3074730 ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1805 128Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 08-865-3P Aeration Tanks and Elevators Rehabilitation, NSWRP, KWRP, EWRP and HPWRP, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount of $31,991.93, from an amount of $14,372,097.50, to an amount not to exceed $14,340,105.57, Accounts 401-50000-645750 and 645780, Purchase Order 5001225ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1807 129Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 09-176-3P Sludge Thickening Facilities, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to McHugh Construction, in an amount of $97,101.43 from an amount of $165,195,650.23, to an amount not to exceed $165,292,751.66, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001115ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1799 130Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the claim of Lakesha Clifford relating to a January 6, 2012 vehicle accident, in the amount of $30,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1778 131Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 930’ x 10’ non-exclusive easement to the City of Des Plaines for the operation, maintenance, and removal of a 10-inch diameter water main within the District’s James C. Kirie Water Reclamation Plant premises. Consideration shall be $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
12-1788 133Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Johnny LiraAdoptedPass Action details Not available
12-1789 134ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing James T. Dencek’s fifty years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and congratulating him on his well-earned retirement AdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0001 135MotionMotion to suspend Article III, Section 3.2 (A) of the Rules of the Board of Commissioners of the MWRDGC and move the appointment of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of each standing Committee to the next Regular Board MeetingAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0002 136Agenda ItemRecommendations for the State of Illinois 2013 Legislative Program (As Revised)Deleted  Action details Not available
13-0004 137MotionMOTION to nominate Kathleen Therese Meany as President of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0005 138MotionMOTION to nominate Barbara J. McGowan as Vice-President of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Not available
13-0006 139MotionMOTION to nominate Mariyana T. Spyropoulos as Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Not available