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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/18/2023 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Attachments: 05-18-2023 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf
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23-0500 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as Jewish American Heritage MonthAdoptedPass Action details Not available
23-0501 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as Haitian Heritage Month AdoptedPass Action details Not available
23-0508 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0464 15ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2023, in the amount of $24,465,166.08 Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0492 16ReportReport on investments purchased during March 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0494 17ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0495 18ReportReport on the investment interest income during March 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0496 19ReportReport on the investment interest income during April 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0497 110ReportReport on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0469 111ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 2, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0489 112ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 22-902-22 (Re-Bid), Influent Gate Demolition at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $739,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0502 113ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 9, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0458 114Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend agreement with Deloitte & Touche, LLP for Contract 21-RFP-08, GASB 87 Lease Accounting Software, Account 101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3116397ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0470 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-363-11 Proposal to Lease 2.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 23.10, for a three (3) year term from DCC Propane, LLC, in the amount of $70,100.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0474 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-115-11 Furnish and Deliver Label Printers, Barcode Scanners, and Accessories, estimated cost $120,000.00, Account 101-16000-623810, Requisition 1598916ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0488 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings, and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $658,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623090, 623170, 623270, 623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0504 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-863-2C Master Plan for Salt Creek at Fullersburg Woods, estimated cost between $5,709,500.00 and $6,911,500.00, Account 201-50000-612400, Requisition 1599071ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0459 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 22-RFP-23 Benefits Consulting Services with Deloitte Consulting LLP in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1591571 (Deferred from the May 18, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
23-0463 120Agenda 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 $33,270.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1599845ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0467 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 22-RFP-13 Intranet Development and Platform Support, with WM Reply, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $380,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1584520 (Deferred from the May 18, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
23-0472 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc., for repairs, technical support, and consumable supplies for Agilent equipment, in an amount not to exceed $90,069.90, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1599950ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0473 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Neal and Leroy, L.L.C. to represent the District in acquiring certain property rights in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Central Park Stormwater Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois (Contract 18-249-AF), in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account 501-50000-612430, Requisition 1599400ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0475 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Princeton University, for greenhouse gas monitoring and quantification at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago facilities, in an amount not to exceed $100,414.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Requisition 1598272 (As Revised)(Deferred from the May 18, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
23-0479 125Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of Illinois, for hydraulic modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System in an amount not to exceed $380,311.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1600052ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0483 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP to represent the District in Civil Service Board Case No. 23-03, MWRD v. Regina Berry and any related litigation, in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00. Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition 1600082ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0487 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Early Morning Software, Inc. for a PRISM Compliance Management Software expansion of five (5) new modules and the configuration and implementation fees, in an amount not to exceed $60,760.00, Accounts 101-27000-612430, 623800, Requisition 1598763ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0490 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-612-11 Street Sweepers at Various Locations, to Advance Sweeping Services, Inc., Groups A and B, in an amount not to exceed $222,000.00, Account 101-69000, 68000-612420, Requisition 1580716, 1589635ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0476 129Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning of the Thornton Transitional Reservoir, CSA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $7,748.50, from an amount of $26,100,447.16, to an amount not to exceed $26,092,698.66, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000082ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0477 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 14-253-AF Diversion Channel for Midlothian Creek in Robbins, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC in an amount of $414,300.00, from an amount of $10,581,167.46, to an amount not to exceed $10,995,467.46, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000089ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0478 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 15-829-1S Television Inspection and Recording of Sewers and Manholes at Various Locations, to National Power Rodding Corporation in an amount of $85,000.00, from an amount of $2,832,720.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,917,720.00, Account 101-50000-612240, Purchase Order 5001768ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0486 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 21-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $474,239.80 from an amount of $1,481,414.20 to an amount not to exceed $1,007,174.40, Accounts 101-67000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders 3112583 and 3112585ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0499 133ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2023, ended March 31, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0480 134ReportReport on termination of Project 20-IGA-03, 119th Place Bioswale and Permeable Alley Project, approved in an amount of $250,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Purchase Order 3116825Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0505 135ReportReport on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of April 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0493 136Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Francis Jesuit vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC004002, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $32,798.85, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0498 137ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0465 138Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a four-month construction staging permit to Michels Pipeline, Inc. to use 3± acres of Main Channel Parcel 35.02 located west of Harlem Avenue and north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Forest View, Illinois for its project to upgrade an existing pipeline for Kinder Morgan. Consideration shall be a one-time permit fee of $28,180.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0466 139Agenda ItemAuthority to commence statutory procedures to lease 22,722± sq. ft. of District real estate located at 413 West Taylor Street in Chicago, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 45.01 (portion)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0468 140Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a five (5) year permit extension to the Tri-State Fire Protection District to continue to use the dock facility/boat launch located on Main Channel Parcel 30.05, the access road on Main Channel Parcels 30.05, 30.06. 31.01, 31.05, and 31.06, and the “knox box” on the District’s gate on Main Channel Parcel 30.06 in Willow Springs, Illinois, to conduct routine training and rescue operations in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0471 141Agenda ItemAuthority to grant to the City of Evanston a 75-year, non-exclusive easement to continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, and remove a storm sewer and appurtenances thereto on the north and south banks of the North Shore Channel where Green Bay Road intersects with Noyes Street and McCormick Boulevard in Evanston, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 2.08, 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0484 142Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2022 real estate taxes in the amount of $519,629.68 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0485 143Agenda ItemAuthority to pay 2022 real estate taxes in the amount of $180,052.40 for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate located in Fulton County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0503 144Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 15’ x 129’ non-exclusive easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and related facilities over, under, across, and through District real estate located west of the District’s Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant along Barrington Road in the Village of Hanover Park. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0510 145Agenda ItemFormation of the 2023-2024 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Committee on Local Government EfficiencyApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0513 146ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 Green Janitor Education ProgramAdoptedPass Action details Video Video