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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/2/2021 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
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Attachments: 09-02-2021 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction.pdf
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21-0781 11MotionMOTION to appoint Commissioner Kimberly Du Buclet to a five-year term as a Commissioner on the Public Building Commission of ChicagoAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
R21-002 12Right of Way OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance No. R21-002 establishing the right-of-way for the relocation of a section of the Salt Creek 2 Interceptor located along Brookfield Avenue in Parts of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, IllinoisAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0784 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing MarySue Barrett’s twenty-five years of service with the Metropolitan Planning CouncilAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0791 14ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0793 15ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Asian American youth trailblazer Ella YooAdoptedPass Action details Not available
21-0794 16ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Asian American youth trailblazer Mehtab SinghAdoptedPass Action details Not available
21-0730 17ReportReport on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2021, in the amount of $25,788,292.24 Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0734 18ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 17, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0775 19ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 24, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0740 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend the scope of work and agreement with Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., for professional engineering services for Contract 10-882-5F Streambank Stabilization Projects on Tinley Creek, Midlothian Creek, and Calumet Union Drainage Ditch, Account 501-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3070278ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0790 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to allocate $500,000.00 annually for the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and to authorize the Director of Procurement and Materials Management to accept pricing for the procurement of RECs for 2022 and 2023.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0718 112Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-103-11 Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts for Boats, Outboard Motors, and Trailers, estimated cost $20,000.00, Account 101-16000-612790, Requisition 1563932ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0719 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-104-11, Furnish, Deliver, and Launder Rental Laboratory Coats and Coveralls, estimated cost $25,700.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1566142ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0735 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-655-11, Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs, estimated cost $1,200,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition 1565161ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0738 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-631-11, Furnishing and Delivering Odor Control Canisters and Media to Various Locations, estimated cost $203,100.00, Account 101-66000-623560, Requisition 1566540ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0739 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 16-127-3D A/B and C/D Service Tunnel Rehabilitation - Phase Three, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $16,625,000.00 and $20,125,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1567540ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0743 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-102-11 Boat Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts for the PC100 Boat, estimated cost $63,000.00, Accounts 101-16000-612790, 623990, Requisition 1566467ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0756 118Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-305-11, Furnish and Deliver MSA 4XR and 5X Portable Gas Meters and Accessories for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $55,030.00, Account 101-25000-623780, Requisition 1566468ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0765 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-021-11 Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline to Various Locations for a Two (2) Year Period, in an amount not-to-exceed $825,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1566775, 1566776, 1567395 and 1567400ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0766 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-022-11 Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to Various Locations for a Two (2) Year Period, in an amount not-to-exceed $688,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820, 501-50000-63280, Requisitions 1567394, 1567401, 1567407, 1567529, 1567623, and 1567730ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0783 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-24, Litigation Support Services for the District’s Law Department for a three-year period, estimated cost $390,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition 1567539ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0792 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-360-11 Hazardous Waste Disposal from Various Locations, estimated cost $210,000.00, Account 101-30000-612520, Requisition 1563507ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0721 123Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Chen, Garner & Stevens Partners, LLC d/b/a Eureka Water Probes, to service and repair Eureka water quality meters and accessories, in an amount not to exceed $17,000.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1565646ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0724 124Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver MicroC 2100, an External Carbon Source, for Biological Phosphorus Removal at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (WRP), in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, Account 101-68000-623560 Requisition 1566436ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0725 125Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Hydro-Kinetics Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver Two Gorman-Rupp Sump Pumps to the Mainstream Pumping Station, in an amount not to exceed $66,043.00, Account 101-69000-623270, Requisition 1563493ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0726 126Agenda ItemIssue purchase order with Hach Company to furnish and deliver ten Hach AS 950 Automatic Samplers in an amount not to exceed $63,210.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1566548ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0728 127Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SEAL Analytical, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Six Automated Discrete Analyzers and Peripheral Equipment, Preventive Maintenance, and Consumable Supplies at Various Locations in an amount not to exceed $359,283.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, 634970, Requisition 1567079ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0741 128Agenda 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 $12,163.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1567066ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0752 129Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Dell Marketing LP, to Furnish and Deliver Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, in an amount not to exceed $22,143.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1567755.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0755 130Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP, to Provide a Maintenance and Repair Services agreement for Fire Detection Systems at the Stickney, Hanover Park, Kirie, Egan and O’Brien Water Reclamation Plants, in a total amount not to exceed $835,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 69000-612780, Requisitions 1565549, 1565642ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0764 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Willis of Illinois, Inc. to Furnish Cyber Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1567392ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0723 132Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-684-12 (Re-Bid), Painting of Final Tanks at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C to Capital Industrial Coatings, LLC in an amount not to exceed $2,314,920.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612650, Requisitions 1534635, 1534636, and 1534637ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0733 133Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group B to Colonial Scientific Inc., in an amount not to exceed $5,627.42, Account 101-20000-623570ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0754 134Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-049-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Equity Industrial Supply, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $7,532.92, Groups B and C to U.S. Compliance Centers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $31,302.54, and Group D to R.S. Hughes Company, Inc, in an amount not to exceed $10,214.40, Account 101-20000-623700ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0768 135Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air Filters to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups A, B, and C to Mercury Partners 90 BI, Inc., dba Brucker Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $56,866.94, Account 101-20000-623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0771 136Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Hardware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B to Liberty Fastener Company, in an amount not to exceed $50,634.00, and Group C to Cicero Mfg. & Supply Co., Inc. in an amount not to exceed $15,475.15, Account 101-20000-623110ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0731 137Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 20-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to various locations for a one-year period, Items 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 21, and 22 to Feece Oil Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00, from an amount of $62,516.14, to an amount not to exceed $72,516.14, Account 101-20000-623860, Outline Agreement 7001748ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0732 138Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 20-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to various locations for a one-year period, Items 1, 3, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, and 31 to Quimex, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00, from an amount of $84,511.77, to an amount not to exceed $114,511.77, Account 101-20000-623860, Outline Agreement 7001746ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0736 139Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with the Public Building Commission of Chicago to Implement Energy Efficiency Projects at Various Locations, in an amount of $44,192.72 from an amount of $5,412,680.00 to an amount not to exceed $5,368,487.28, Account 401-50000-645680, Purchase Order 3105939ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0737 140Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 18-629-11, Rack and Pinion Manlift Inspection and Repair, to Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc., in an amount of $26,495.69 from an amount of $634,280.60 to an amount not to exceed $607,784.91, Account 101-68000-612680, Purchase Order 5001637ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0746 141Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 20-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hypochlorite, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount of $2,844,484.70 from an amount of $4,093,794.15 to an amount not to exceed $1,249,309.45, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders 3109170, 3109171 and 3109172ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0747 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order for Contract 17-RFP-31 Farm Management Support Services, to Heartland Bancorp, Inc., in an amount of $62,000.00 from an amount of $240,459.72 to an amount not to exceed $302,459.72, Account 101-69000-612430, Purchase Order 3098642ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0749 143Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 21-630-11 Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $2,320,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,300,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-623560, Purchase Order 3112583ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0750 144Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 17-613-11, Scavenger Services at Various Service Areas, Group B, to Independent Recycling Services, Inc., in an amount of $35,412.00, from an amount of $876,674.00, to an amount not to exceed $841,262.00, Account 101-68000-612520, Purchase Order 5001593ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0753 145Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease purchase order to Johnson Controls, Inc., to Provide Three Year Service Maintenance at the Mainstream Pumping Station (MSPS), and the Stickney, Calumet, and Egan Water Reclamation Plants (WRPs), in an amount of $16,000.00 from an amount of $81,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $65,000.00, Account 101-69000-612680, Purchase Order 3109927ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0772 146Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 11-186-3F Addison Creek Reservoir, Bellwood, Illinois, to IHC Construction Companies in an amount of $720,790.10, from an amount of $90,528,020.04, to an amount not to exceed $89,807,229.94, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000068ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0770 147ReportReport on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the second quarter of 2021, ended June 30, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0780 148Agenda ItemAuthority to transfer 2021 departmental appropriations in the amount of $56,000.00 in the Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0757 149ReportReport on change orders and time extensions authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of July 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0712 150Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Brian Lynch vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number W002731299 in the sum of $44,762.74, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0720 151Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Eileen Donahue-Simon vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 20 WC 017680 in the sum of $108,713.00, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0782 152Agenda ItemAuthority to settle Kissane, et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Case No. 18 L 10088, in the amount of $1,120,000.00 representing the remaining self-insured retention for the August 30, 2018 explosion at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, Account 901-30000-667220 ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0779 153ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of July 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0769 154ReportReport on the 2020 Annual Financial Report of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement FundPublished and FiledPass Action details Video Video
21-0727 155Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 28-month permit extension to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to continue traversing Main Channel Parcels 29.04 and 31.01 to deliver large equipment and materials and to televise District sewers in connection with ISTHA’s I-294 Mile Long Bridge Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0714 156Agenda ItemAuthority to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Robbins to acquire properties in connection with the Flood Control Project on Midlothian Creek in Robbins, Illinois (17-IGA-02), Account 501-50000-612400, Purchase Order 3099105ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0751 157Agenda ItemAuthority to approve, execute, and make payment to Star-West Chicago Ridge, LLC for an amendment to the temporary easement in connection with Contract 13-248-5F, Streambank Stabilization Project on Melvina Ditch in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Consideration shall be a one-time fee of $18,000.00, Account 501-50000-667340ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0759 158Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the City of Berwyn for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Alley Improvements in Berwyn, SSA (21-IGA-02) in an amount not to exceed $503,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1567754ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0760 159Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Town of Cicero for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Parking Lot and Alley Improvements in Cicero, SSA (21-IGA-04) in an amount not to exceed $205,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1567756ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0761 160Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Summit for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Green Alley Improvements in Summit, SSA (21-IGA-15) in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1566663ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0762 161Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Maywood for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Van Buren & 5th Area Storm Relief Project in Maywood, SSA (20-IGA-29) in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1567737ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0763 162Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Richton Park for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Detention Basin at Butterfield Creek, CSA (20-IGA-38) in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1567530ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0795 163Agenda ItemRequest Authority to Review the Proposed Amendments to the Rules of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)DeletedPass Action details Video Video