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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/17/2020 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Remote Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: 09-17-2020 Final Agenda Packet.pdf
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20-0761 11ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of August 2020, in the amount of $30,416,415.08Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
20-0752 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, September 1, 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
20-0743 13ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of August 2020Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
20-0763 14ReportReport on Intergovernmental Agreements with municipalities for the use of Global Positioning System units to complete sewer system mapping Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
O20-007 15OrdinanceRequest Authority to Amend the Resource Recovery Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Deferred from the September 17, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0767 16ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing World Water Monitoring Day and the Blessing of the Waters in Blue Island, IllinoisAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
20-0771 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Contract 18-277-3M Digester Sludge Heating System Upgrades and Boiler Removal, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000074ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0622 18Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 20-RFP-10 Professional Services to Market EQ Biosolids from the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas, estimated cost $200,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/69000-612430, Requisition 1537457 (Deferred from the August 6, 2020 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the September 3, 2020 Board Meeting)DeletedPass Action details Not available
20-0724 19Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-021-11 Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $310,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1544927, 1544928, 1545541 and 1545552ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0730 110Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 21-100-11, Collection, Shipment, and Analysis of Water Samples from the Thornton Composite Reservoir and Monitoring Wells; Analysis of Monitoring Well Samples from the McCook Reservoir Site, estimated cost $189,560.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1543793ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0731 111Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-045-11 Publish Invitations to Bid for Contracts, Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service Examinations, and Other Legal Notices for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $56,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360 (Deferred from the September 17, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0732 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-022-11 Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $296,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, 501-50000-63280, Requisitions 1545512, 1545541, 1545551, 1545857, 1545875, and 1545878.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0735 113Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 20-RFP-12 Provide Vending Machines at Various Locations for a Thirty-Six (36) Month PeriodApprovedPass Action details Not available
20-0736 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-903-31, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Coarse Screens at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $6,000,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1547712ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0737 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-RFP-17, Energy Curtailment ServicesApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0738 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-RFP-18, Management Services to Perform Real Time Energy Reverse Auctions and Advisory Services (Deferred from the September 17, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0739 117Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 20-RFP-23 Remote Storage of District Records for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $157,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490, Requisition 1548124ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0750 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-477-11 Furnish and Deliver Surveillance Equipment, Genetec Licensing and Software Support, estimated cost $17,119.88, Account 101-27000-612820, 101-27000-623800 and 101-27000-623810, Requisition 1547721ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0753 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-542-3M Central Boiler Facility and Electrical Updates, Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $12,083,000.00 and $14,627,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1548108ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0708 120Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into agreement with Colette Holt & Associates to conduct the District's Affirmative Action Ordinance Disparity Study in an amount not to exceed $341,765.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisition 1530073 (Deferred from the September 3, 2020 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0727 121Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company for preventive maintenance and consumable supplies for flow injection analyzers and a spectrophotometer, in an amount not to exceed $43,024.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1547424ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0728 122Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to National Fire Protection Association for National Fire Codes On-Line Subscription License, in an amount not to exceed $36,120.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1548116ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0729 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver VMware Software, Support and Subscription, in an amount not to exceed $71,874.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1547680ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0744 124Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order and enter into agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc, for Contract 16-836-3S, Civil Consulting Support Services, in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, Accounts 401-50000-612450 and 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1546805 (Deferred from the September 17, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0745 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CommVault Systems, Inc. for maintenance renewal for CommVault’s Backup Software and Premier Maintenance Package, in an amount not to exceed $161,302.46, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1548115ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0746 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust, in an amount not to exceed $9,705.00, and authorization for payment by direct voucher to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Fiduciary Liability Insurance for the Retiree Health Care Trust (OPEB), in an amount not to exceed $8,095.00, Accounts 101-25000-612290 and P802-11000-798200 respectively, Requisition 1547842ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0747 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to IDEMIA Identity & Security USA LLC, to furnish and deliver two (2) Live Scan Fingerprint Systems, two (2) FBI-Certified Printers, and two (2) Mugshot Camera Systems under General Services Administration Joint Purchasing Contract GS-35F-0523U, in an amount not to exceed $21,544.00, Account 101-15000-623520, Requisition 1545509ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0749 128Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc for Contract 19-RFP-32 Professional Services for Stormwater Master Plan for Avalon Park, Englewood, Greater Grand Crossing, and South Shore Study Area Contract 18-849-CF in an amount not to exceed $249,965.00, Account 501-50000-612440, Requisition 1528435ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0764 129Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to National Oilwell Varco (NOV), L.P., to Provide Replacement Dynamic Field Module Assemblies, in an amount not to exceed $28,508.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1543570ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0773 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 19-RFP-39 Enhancements to the District's New Website, with Next Generation Technology, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1529902 (Deferred from the September 17, 2020 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the October 1, 2020 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
20-0740 131Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-690-11, Large Electric Motor Overhaul at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C, to L & S Electric, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $867,832.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650 Requisition 1538896, 1538898 and 1538899ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0741 132Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 18-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Synagro Central, LLC, in an amount of $140,000.00 from an amount of $2,527,171.86 to an amount not to exceed $2,387,171.86, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001651ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0742 133Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10 Design, Build, Own, Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $2,094,090.00 from an amount of $196,524,715.51 to an amount not to exceed $194,430,625.51, Account 101-66000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0748 134Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 18-699-11, Services of Heavy Equipment with Operators, to K.L.F. Enterprises, Inc., in an amount of $200,000.00 from an amount of $2,216,149.65 to an amount not to exceed $2,416,149.65, Account 101-66000-612520, Purchase Order 5001650ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0723 135Agenda ItemAuthority for the Board of Commissioners to review the petition of Clean Harbors Recycling Services of Chicago, LLC, 1445 West 42nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, to appeal the 2019 User Charge Liability Determination of the Director of the Monitoring and Research Department - Appeal No. 20B-001ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0758 136Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until June 30, 2021, the terms of the collective bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and the Building Trades CoalitionApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0759 137Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until October 31, 2020, 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) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700; 3) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); 5) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Motor Vehicle Dispatcher Group); and 6) International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0754 138Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the mobile home known as 4602 Soffel Terrace in Melrose Park, Illinois for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to the owner, Nancy Berrier, in an amount of $28,000.00, and relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $23,340.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0755 139Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $25,000.00 to acquire the mobile home known as 4612 Meadow Terrace in Melrose Park, Illinois, through partial summary judgment in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Meadowcreek Mobile Park, Inc., et al., Case No. 19L050592 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and to pay relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $19,789.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0756 140Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 21, 2020 regarding authority to purchase the mobile home known as 4621 Meadow Terrace in Melrose Park, Illinois for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to the owner, Jose Ruiz, in an amount of $49,000.00, and relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $43,227.00, to increase the relocation costs to $43,762.00, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0757 141Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 1516 N. 40th Avenue in Stone Park, Illinois, for the construction of the Addison Creek Channel Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F) and authority for payment to Jose Escamilla, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $225,000.00, plus closing costs, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0765 142Agenda ItemAuthority to pay preliminary just compensation in the amount of $150,000.00 to acquire the partial fee interest, and permanent and temporary easements, in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Mark R. Seraphin, et al., Case No. 19L050370 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Account 501-50000-656010, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0768 143Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 48-day permit to the Worth Lions Club for use of approximately one acre of District real estate located within Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 9.03, east of Harlem Avenue and south of 116th Street in Worth, Illinois and leased to the Village of Worth for its annual Christmas tree sale and fundraising event from November 14, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0760 144Agenda ItemAuthority to approve, execute, and make payment to A&R Buildings, LLC for a permanent easement located at 2747 South 25th Avenue, Broadview, Illinois in connection with the Addison Creek Channel Improvements Project (Contract 11-187-3F). Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $15,200.00, Account 501-50000-667340, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-0762 145Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Lyons for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Alleys Water Management Project in Lyons, SSA (20-IGA-12) in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1548247ApprovedPass Action details Video Video