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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/20/2021 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Remote Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: 05-20-2021 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsVideo
IW21-001A 11Industrial Waste OrdinanceRequest Authority to Amend the Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0460 12Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the life of Bernarda WongAdoptedPass Action details Not available
21-0452 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and honoring Sophie YangAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0459 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring former Oak Park Village President/Mayor Anan Abu-TalebAdoptedPass Action details Not available
21-0446 15ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2021, in the amount of $22,929,090.40 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0431 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 4, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0453 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 11, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0434 18Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings, and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $295,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0437 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-645-11 Boiler Tuning and Maintenance Services at Various Locations, in an amount not to exceed $795,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070/623090, Requisition 1532049ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0438 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-886-11, Reline Sodium Hypochlorite Tanks at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $204,200.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1559885ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0439 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-915-11 Furnish and Deliver One Automatic Self-Cleaning Strainer to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $70,000.00, Account 101-69000-634650, Requisition 1556022ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0442 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $15,231,934.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1560714, 1562378ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0425 113Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 21-685-51 Furnishing, Delivering and Administration of Rain Barrels, to Greenlane Environmental & Recycling Services Inc., in an amount not to exceed $169,500.00, Account 501-50000-623990, Requisition 1529300ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0426 114Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc. to furnish, deliver and install a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer with Autosampler and associated consumables in an amount not to exceed $93,431.24, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1561743ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0427 115Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 20-RFP-27 Technical eLearning Courses for: Return-to-Work Program; Laboratory Skills; and Industrial Compliance and Safety with RedVector.com, LLC in an amount not to exceed $100,950.00, Accounts 101-27000-623800, 61280, Requisition 1556002ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0428 116Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Design International Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 14-260-5F Flood Control Project for the Washington Street Area in Blue Island, CSA in an amount not to exceed $208,343.30, Account 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1560849ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0429 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. for IEEE Standards Library Online Software Licensing Maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $30,970.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1562809ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0430 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to SAS Institute Inc. for Renewal of Existing SAS Software and SAS Software Extensions Licenses, in an amount not to exceed $28,807.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1559864ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0433 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver FireEye Licensing and Support, in an amount not to exceed $86,600.00, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1563201ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0441 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 21-606-11, Grazing Control of Vegetation, to Vegetation Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $95,000.00, Accounts 101/501-50000/67000/68000-612330/612420, Requisitions 1549430, 1549480, and 1549481ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0454 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 20-RFP-09 eLearning Supervisory Skills Training with To 11, LLC in an amount not to exceed $88,000.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition 1547246ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0435 122Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Group A to Cicero Mfg. & Supply Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $63,205.75, Group B to Synergy Systems, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $38,470.10, and Group C to Warehouse Direct, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $37,881.23, Accounts 101-20000-623170, 623660ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0448 123Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-903-31, Furnish, Deliver and Install Coarse Screens at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C., in an amount not to exceed $4,374,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1547712 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0449 124Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-673-11, Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, Groups A and B, to West Side Tractor Sales Co., in an amount not to exceed $548,600.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612760, Requisitions 1546936 and 1546518ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0457 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 19-542-3M, Central Boiler Facility and Electrical Updates, Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Hanover Park, Illinois, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC., in an amount not to exceed $13,730,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $686,500.00, for a total amount not to exceed $14,416,500.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1548108ApprovedFail Action details Video Video
21-0440 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 16-079-3D Rehabilitation of North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction Company, Inc. in an amount of $2,735.03, from an amount of $5,426,811.71, to an amount not to exceed $5,429,546.74, Account 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000060ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0443 127ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0420 128Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Earl Ebers Jr. vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 18 WC 28363, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $13,519.94, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0421 129Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Tom Benigno vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 21 WC 007907 in the sum of $200,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0445 130Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keefe Ammons vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC034152, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $20,917.25, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0444 131ReportAnnual Report for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0423 132Agenda ItemAuthority to pay preliminary just compensation in the amount of $210,000.00 to acquire permanent and temporary easements at 2001 West 21st Street in Broadview, Illinois in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. RIPA, LLC, et al., Case No. 20L050195 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0424 133Agenda ItemConsent to an assignment of easement from Kornerstone Properties, LLC to ISF Chicago LLC and Byline Bank, as co-grantees, to use and maintain the District-owned portions of Edmier Road between Cicero Avenue and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney and Forest View, Illinois. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $5,000.00 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0450 134Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2020 real estate taxes in the amount of $550,503.94 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0455 135Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to the City of Palos Hills for the acquisition of flood-prone properties (20-IGA-25) in an amount not to exceed $800,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1563479ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0456 136Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Flossmoor for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Drainage Improvements at Evans Road and Douglas Avenue, CSA (20-IGA-36) in an amount not to exceed $754,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1563204ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0458 137Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Forest Park for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Permeable Paver Parking Lot Project in Forest Park, SSA (21-IGA-08) in an amount not to exceed $201,600.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1563212ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0447 138Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP for Contract 20-RFP-25, Legal Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program, for a five-year period in an amount not to exceed $218,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1549945ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0463 139ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners acknowledging Sotiris RekoumisAdoptedPass Action details Not available