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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/17/2021 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: 06-17-2021 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections.pdf
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21-0540 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the month of June as Pride Month (As Revised)AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0541 12ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 54th Annual Chicago Business Opportunity FairAdoptedPass Action details Not available
21-0548 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the public service of former Alderman Robin Rue SimmonsAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0554 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June 19th as JuneteenthAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0555 15ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June as a month of celebration of Puerto Rican prideAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0505 16ReportReport on the 2020 Comprehensive Annual 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
21-0526 17ReportReport on the investment interest income during April 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0527 18ReportReport on the investment interest income during May 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0528 19ReportReport on investments purchased during April 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0529 110ReportReport on investments purchased during May 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0539 111ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2021, in the amount of $21,120,052.94 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0525 112ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, May 25, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0544 113ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, June 8, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0551 114ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 17-131-4F, McCook and Thornton Reservoirs Rock Wall Stabilization and Geotechnical Instrumentation, SSA and CSA, estimated cost range from $8,460,000.00 to $10,250,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0494 115Agenda ItemAuthorization to make payment to Current Innovation, NFP (Current) for the 2021 annual membership dues, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280 (Deferred from the June 3, 2021 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0507 116Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of May 20, 2021, regarding Issue 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 1556002, Agenda Item No. 15, File No. 21-0427ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0508 117Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the scope of work and re-advertise Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning of the Thornton Transitional Reservoir, Calumet Service Area, estimated cost between $20,981,000.00 and $25,398,000.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1563942 (Deferred from the June 17, 2021 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
21-0509 118Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into agreements with the Illinois Institute of Technology, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Leverage HR, National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc., Occupational Training & Supply, Inc., SAGIN, LLC, and the University of Illinois pursuant to Contract 20-RFP-11 Master Agreement for Professional Development Courses, Account 101-25000-601100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0511 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $130,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0512 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $70,000.00, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0513 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-049-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $50,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0514 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hardware to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $58,000.00, Account 101-20000-623110ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0515 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-416-11 Operating Engineering and Related Trade Services to the Main Office Building Complex for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $4,847,800.00, Accounts 101-15000-612370/612390, Requisition 1562377 (Deferred from the June 17, 2021 Board Meeting)Deferred  Action details Video Video
21-0516 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $790,091.42, Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1563494ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0537 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 14-111-5F, Flood Control Project on 1st Avenue from Roosevelt Road to Cermak Road, SSA, estimated cost between $5,952,358.00 and $7,205,486.00, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1564517ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0538 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 06-360-3S, Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA, estimated cost between $13,410,200.00 and $16,233,400.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1554039ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0506 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Mid-America Pump & Supply, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver a replacement storm water pump and various parts for maintenance at the Markham Harvey Reservoir, in an amount not to exceed $35,500.00, Accounts 101-68000-623270, 634650, Requisition 1563581ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0521 128Agenda ItemIssue a purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc. to furnish and deliver two (2) Wilo submersible grit pumps, and one Wilo coupling flange, in an amount not to exceed $43,749.00, Accounts 101-68000-623090, 634650, Requisition 1563211ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0523 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Carahsoft Technology Corporation for Annual Acquia Software Maintenance Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $34,403.25, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1564194ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0524 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Illinois Central Railroad Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Company, to Provide Railroad Track Maintenance for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in a total amount not to exceed $36,000.00, Account 101-69000-612670, Requisition 1549913ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0531 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., to Provide a PLC Migration/Radio Upgrade at the Thornton Composite Reservoir, in a total amount not to exceed $78,195.00, Account 101-68000-612600, Requisition 1561591ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0549 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 21-RFP-03 Pre-Employment Psychological Assessments for Police Officer Candidates with the Center of Police Psychological Services in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1554662ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0517 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-613-13 (Re-Bid), Scavenger Services at Various Service Areas, Groups A and B to Independent Recycling Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,677,500.00, Accounts 101, 501-50000, 68000, 69000-612520 Requisitions 1538452, 1538453ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0518 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, C and D to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $181,161.04, and Groups B and E to J.P. Simons & Co., in an amount not to exceed $67,414.44, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170, 623190, 623250, 623680, 623850ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0519 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps and Emergency Lighting to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Neher Electric Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $17,000.00 and Group B to Evergreen Supply Co., in an amount not to exceed $13,770.00, Account 101-20000-623070ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0520 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-348-12 (Re-Bid), Services to Remove Hazardous Materials from Various District Locations, On an As-Needed Basis, For A Three-Year Period, to Luse Environmental Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $252,997.50, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1549482ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0530 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-697-11, Services of Tractors with Rotavators and Sludge Pumps with Operators, Groups A and B to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,455,000.00, Accounts 101-68000, 69000-612520, Requisitions 1546514, 1546523 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0552 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 11-187-AF, Demolition for Addison Creek Channel Improvements, SSA, to McDonagh Demolition, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $673,700.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $33,685.00, for a total amount not to exceed $707,385.00, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1558472ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0510 139Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Horizon Technology, Inc., for preventative maintenance and consumable supplies for the Solid-Phase Oil and Grease Automated Extractor System in the Industrial Waste Analytical Laboratories Division, in an amount of $7,000.00, from an amount of $65,903.31, to an amount not to exceed $72,903.31, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Purchase Order 3102373ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0535 140ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of May 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0532 141ReportReport on the Semi-Annual Review of Closed Meeting (“Executive Session”) MinutesPublished and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0533 142ReportReport on the Approval of Closed Meeting (“Executive Session”) Minutes (As Revised)Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0547 143Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Brian Kalata vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number W002100469 in the sum of $46,510.80, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0542 144ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of May 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0534 145Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement with tenant farmer Mr. Kyle McCarthy for land parcels located at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois for a one-year period, pursuant to 17-RFP-31, Farm Management Support Services. The District will be paid an annual rent of $200.00 for an additional 1.0 acre.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0504 146Agenda ItemAuthority to purchase the real estate commonly known as 13625 - 13631 South Kedzie Avenue in Robbins, Illinois, for the construction of the Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in the Village of Robbins, Illinois (Contract 14-253-5F) and authority for payment to Ibrahim Shaban, the owner of said real estate, in an amount of $27,000.00, plus closing costs, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0543 147Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $267,000.00 to acquire the partial fee interest, and permanent and temporary easements, on the real estate commonly known as 1521 North Mannheim Road and 1512 North 40th Avenue in Stone Park, Illinois, and to pay relocation costs in an amount not to exceed $270,000.00, to settle the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Alfred Arman Sr., et al., Case No. 20L050494 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0550 148Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $740.00 to acquire a permanent easement on a vacant parcel located at 1503 North 39th Avenue in Stone Park, Illinois through summary judgment in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Unknown Owner, et al., Case No. 21L050118 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0536 149Agenda ItemAuthority to negotiate and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission recognizing authority of Lake County Stormwater Management Commission to regulate wetlands in areas of Cook County that are regulated under the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission’s Watershed Development Ordinance, and expressing continued support for Lake County Stormwater Management Commission’s flood warning and emergency response effortsApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0545 150Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Westchester for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Alley Reconstruction Project in Westchester, SSA (21-IGA-16) in an amount not to exceed $675,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1564276 ApprovedPass Action details Video Video