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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/15/2023 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Attachments: 06-15-2023 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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23-0606 11Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Paulette Marshall "ADOPTED AS AMENDED REFER TO FILE ID# 23-0606A"AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0606A 1 MotionMOTION to Amend File No. 23-0606 (Agenda Item No. 1) Memorial Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Paulette MarshallAdoptedPass Action details Not available
23-0602 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as JuneteenthAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
23-0611 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing National Pollinators WeekAdoptedPass Action details Not available
23-0585 14ReportReport on the 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care TrustPublished and FiledPass Action details Video Video
23-0614 15ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2023, in the amount of $26,465,203.11Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0612 16ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 6, 2023Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
23-0586 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-360-11 Proposal to Lease 6,123± square feet of District real estate located along the North Branch of the Chicago River adjacent to 4030 North Rockwell Street in Chicago, Illinois, known as North Shore Channel Parcel 10.05, for a ten (10) year term from Albany, Inc., in the amount of $11,500.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0587 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-362-11 Proposal to Lease 22.9± acres of District real estate located at 15660 Canal Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 23.03, for a fourteen (14) year term from A. Block Marketing, Inc. in the amount of $602,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0601 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC dba CPower for energy curtailment services under Contract 20-RFP-17 for years 2024-2027ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0569 110Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-603-11 Furnishing and Delivering Roadway Rock Salt to Various Service Areas, estimated cost $128,100.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623130, Requisitions 1598080, 1598252, and 1598172ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0575 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-117-11 Identification of Benthic Macroinvertebrates, estimated cost $14,760.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1599759ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0576 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-116-11 Analysis of Sediment Toxicity, estimated cost $11,700.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1599758ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0578 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-601-21 Furnish, Deliver and Install Bag Filters at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $250,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750 Requisition 1598263ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0579 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-682-11, Chemical Grouting Services, estimated cost $90,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1600886ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0584 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-883-1Z, Furnish, Deliver, and Install One Digital Wide Format Scanner and Printer/Copier, Main Office Building Annex, estimated cost $40,000.00, Accounts 101-50000-634990 and 101-50000-612800, Requisition 1601011ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0588 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-419-11 Elevator Maintenance and Repair Service at The Main Office Building Complex, estimated cost $172,000.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370 and 612390, Requisition 1601240ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0589 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-15 Consulting Services to Develop an Executive Level Performance Evaluation Process, estimated cost $15,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1601010ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0591 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $108,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0573 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC for Nearmap Vertical for Government with ArcGIS Integration, in an amount not to exceed $26,500.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1598430 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0574 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SEAL Analytical Inc. to Furnish, Deliver, and Install an Automated Discrete Analyzer, Peripheral Equipment, Preventive Maintenance, and Consumable Supplies in the Analytical Laboratory at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed $59,523.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 634970, Requisition 1600304ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0590 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Benefitfocus.com for Employee Benefits Software, in an amount not to exceed $434,000.00, Accounts 101-25000-612430 and 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1601239 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0597 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Landoll Company, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One New Narrow Aisle Warehouse Forklift to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, under General Services Administration (GSA) Joint Purchasing Contract No. 47QMCA21D000C, in an amount not to exceed $98,600.40, Account 101-20000-634760, Requisition 1600074ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0598 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One (1) Sulzer Turbo Blower Assembly to the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $228,910.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1600309.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0599 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Russo Hardware, Inc d/b/a Russo Power Equipment to Furnish and Deliver Four (4) Kubota Mowers to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, under the Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Co-operative Contract Number 031121-KBA, in an amount not to exceed $35,096.84, Account 101-69000-634990, Requisition 1597808ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0593 125Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-004-12 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B and E to RKM Metals LLC, in an amount not to exceed $86,612.18, and Groups C and D to Super Roco Steel and Tube LTD. II, in an amount not to exceed $119,429.46. Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623130 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0594 126Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps & Emergency Lighting to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Neher Electric Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,600.19, and Group B to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $15,882.90 Account 101-20000-623070.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0596 127Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-083-11, Furnish and Deliver Sump Pumps to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, to Marco Supply Company, Inc. D/B/A Johnson Pipe & Supply Corp., in an amount not to exceed $25,426.33, Accounts 101-20000-623090, 623270.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0600 128Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 23-659-11, Agricultural Management, Agricultural Fieldside Mowing, and Fence Installation and Repair in Fulton County, Illinois, Group B, to C&J Mowing and Fencing, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.00, Accounts 101-69000-612420, Requisition 1576860ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0616 129Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-091-3P, Phosphorus Removal Modifications to Battery D at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction Companies LLC, in an amount not to exceed $14,850,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $742,500.00, for a total amount not to exceed $15,592,500.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1595818ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0577 130Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 18-702-31, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Disc Filters at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $590,000.00 from an amount of $8,862,316.00 to an amount not to exceed $9,452,316.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001863ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0580 131Agenda ItemAuthority to increase and extend the agreement for Contract 17-483-12 with TierPoint, LLC, Provide Co-Location Services for District Infrastructure, in an amount of $21,300.00, from an amount of $321,246.66, to an amount not to exceed $342,546.66, Account 101-27000-612330, Purchase Order 3105936ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0582 132Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 15-830-3D Replacement of Tailrace Stop Logs, Headrace Gates, and Equipment at Lockport Powerhouse, Stickney Service Area, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $327,758.26, from an amount of $13,782,011.82, to an amount not to exceed $14,109,770.08, Account 401-50000-645720, Purchase Order 4000070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0604 133Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 04-128-3P Westside Primary Settling Tanks 1-9 and Aerated Grit Facility, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction and F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $860,528.33, from an amount of $234,103,064.64, to an amount not to exceed $234,963,592.97, Accounts 401-50000-645650, 645780, 645680, Purchase Order 4000020 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0566 134Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of George Pacius vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC007157, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $59,272.21, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0568 135Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Chaz Payne vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 23WC012268 in the sum of $76,276.38, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0603 136Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kevin Devereux vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 20 WC 28936, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $45,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0609 137Agenda ItemRequest for Order approving and adopting the Hearing Officer’s Report consisting of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Orders to the Board of Commissioners in the administrative appeal of City Colleges of Chicago Community College District No. 508 v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Appeal No. 22B-004ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0621 138Agenda ItemDeclaration of an operational emergency and ratification of Emergency Contract 23-700-01, Repair of West Side Sludge Line on Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp., Account 901-67000-667220, Requisition 1601433ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0619 139Agenda ItemRequesting the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners to the appointment of Thaddeus J. Kosowski as the Director of Human Resources for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the June 15, 2023 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
23-0605 141Agenda ItemAuthority to approve and execute a 3,125± sq. ft. permanent, non-exclusive access easement from NeighborSpace for the East Garfield Park Eco Orchard Project (18-IGA-05) near Sacramento Boulevard and 5th Avenue in Chicago, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0607 142Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 3-month soil boring permit to the Chicago Transit Authority on portions of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a permit fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0581 143Agenda ItemAuthorization for payment to the City of Oak Forest, Illinois, for the disposal of sediment from the La Crosse Avenue and Laporte Avenue culverts on Natalie Creek in connection with Contract 14-252-5F, Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Oak Forest and Midlothian, CSA, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0608 144Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into an American Rescue Plan Act Subrecipient Agreement with Cook County for joint funding of stormwater management projects located in Cook CountyApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-0610 145Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the Board Order of December 15, 2022, regarding Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of River Forest for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Green Alley Improvements in River Forest, SSA (23-IGA-08) in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1591897, Agenda Item No. 54, File No. 22-1140ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0622 146Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 06-360-3SR, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA (Re-Bid), to Michels Trenchless, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $36,082,848.50, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,804,142.42, for a total amount not to exceed $37,886,990.92, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1554039ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-0623 147Memorial ResolutionMEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners celebrating the life of Maggie SingletonAdoptedPass Action details Not available
23-0613 148MotionMOTION to nominate Patricia Theresa Flynn as Vice President of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video