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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/5/2021 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: 08-05-2021 Final Agenda Packet.pdf
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21-0701 11ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating former Mayor James Sexton on his retirementAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
21-0656 12ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 13, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0664 13ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 20, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0706 14ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, July 27, 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0653 15Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 21-RFP-05 Vision Plan Administrator, with EyeMed Vision Care, LLC, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024, Account 101-25000-601250ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0671 16Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate, amend scope of work and re-advertise for Contract 19-542-3M Central Boiler Facility and Electrical Updates, Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $14,245,000.00 and $17,244,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1548108ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0677 17Agenda ItemAuthorization to make payment to American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) for 2021/2022 subscription fees, in an amount not to exceed $10,455.00, Account 101-15000-612280ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0682 18Agenda ItemAuthorization to reimburse registration fees for the District's commissioners and staff to attend the 2021 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC, in the estimated amount not to exceed $45,232.00, Accounts 101, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-601100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0685 19Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into agreements for Contract 20-RFP-25, Legal Advisory Services Related to the District Financing Program, with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as Lead Bond Counsel and Tax Counsel; Hardwick Law Firm, LLC, as Co-Bond Counsel; Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C. as Disclosure Counsel; and Shaw Legal Services, Ltd., as Co-Disclosure Counsel, in a total amount not to exceed $282,500.00, in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 767400ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0686 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to execute a bond purchase agreement for Contract 20-RFP-04 Professional Underwriting Services for District Bond Sales with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC., and to appoint J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as Senior Managing Underwriter and Book-runner; Loop Capital Markets LLC as Co-Senior Managing Underwriter; and Academy Securities, Inc., Melvin Securities, LLC, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC, and Stern Brothers & Co. as Co-Managing Underwriters, in a total amount not to exceed $250,000.00 in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 767400ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0688 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into agreements for Contract 20-RFP-03, Financial Advisory Services related to the District Financing Program, appointing Acacia Financial Group, Inc., as Financial Advisor, and Columbia Capital Management, LLC, as Co-Financial Advisor, in a total amount not to exceed $120,000.00, in connection with the sale of up to a total of $500,000,000 of General Obligation Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Accounts 401-50000-767300 and 401-50000-767400ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0696 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to amend Board Order of April 15, 2021, regarding Authority to issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Chapman and Cutler LLP, for Contract 20-RFP-29 Bond Counsel Services for General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds Evidenced by Loans from the IEPA SRF and USEPA WIFIA Loan Programs, for a five-year period in an amount not to exceed $244,719.00, Account 401-50000-767300, Requisition 1550098, Agenda Item No. 20, File No. 21-0310ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0644 113Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to various locations for a one (1) year period, estimated cost $37,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0646 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-21, Actuarial Consulting Services for the District's Retiree Health Care Trust, estimated cost $160,000.00, Account 101-40000-612430, Requisition 1544659ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0647 115Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 21-RFP-22, Professional Services to Develop Conceptual Plans for Achieving Energy Neutrality at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, estimated cost $1,100,000.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition 1564831ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0648 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $140,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1563506ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0650 117Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-654-11 Furnish and Deliver Parts and Repair Services for Sluice Gate Valve Actuators, estimated cost $681,000.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612600/623070/623270, Requisition 1564265ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0658 118Agenda ItemAuthority to Advertise Contract 21-RFP-20 Perform Federal Legislative Consulting Services, estimated cost $175,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisition 1565428ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0659 119Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hypochlorite, estimated cost $1,555,200.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1566070, 1566139, 1566231, 1566232, 1566233 and 1566234ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0662 120Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 20-RFP-24, Request for Qualification to Participate in a Reverse Auction to Supply Electricity to the MWRDApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0665 121Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-10 Psychological Evaluations and Fitness-For-Duty Examinations for Selected Employees, estimated cost $60,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1566443ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0672 122Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 19-159-3P Chemical Addition Backup System, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $8,105,172.00 and $9,811,524.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1566435ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0683 123Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-652-11 Furnishing and Delivering various types of Manhole Covers, Frames, and associated miscellaneous parts, estimated cost $210,000.00, Account 101-66000-623300, Requisition 1554200ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0684 124Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 22-641-11, Furnishing and Delivering Liquid Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $841,200.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1566061ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0693 125Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-620-11 Furnish and Deliver Reconditioned Circuit Breakers for Various Service Areas, estimated cost $872,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000/612650/623070, Requisitions 1565882, 1565883 and 1565884ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0694 126Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-02 Professional Services in connection with Wetland Specialist Services for Watershed Management Permits, estimated cost $195,000.00, Account 501-50000-612430, Requisition 1565878ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0697 127Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-089-3M Roof Replacement at Webster Avenue Aeration Station, NSA, estimated cost between $640,300.00 and $775,100.00, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1566446ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0705 128Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-23, Professional Real Estate Appraisal Services for a three-year period, estimated cost $300,000.00. Account 101-30000-612430, Requisitions 1566563, 1566564ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0709 129Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-RFP-18 Market Research and Analysis, estimated cost $125,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisition 1562374ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0710 130Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 21-362-11 for public tender of bids a 39-year lease on 9.3+ acres of District real estate located south of the Main Channel and west of Central Avenue in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 38.13. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $200,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0654 131Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for TeamViewer License, in an amount not to exceed $19,779.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1566063ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0657 132Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 21-602-11, Furnishing and Delivering Chain, Sprockets and Appurtenances to Various Service Areas, Groups A, B, C and D to Powerdrive ,LLC., in an amount not to exceed $1,905,549.18, Accounts 101-67000-68000-69000-623270, Requisitions 1556746, 1556747, 1556749,1556750ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0673 133Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for KnowBe4 online security awareness and tracking software, in an amount not to exceed $35,297.64, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1566552ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0678 134Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Origami Risk LLC to provide software hosting, maintenance and license renewal for the Origami Risk Management Information System, in an amount not to exceed $247,350.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1565089ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0681 135Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. to renew the ESRI Enterprise License Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $1,374,000.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1565876ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0695 136Agenda ItemIssue purchase order for Contract 21-608-11, Group A, B and C, Furnishing and Delivering Mechanical Parts to Various Service Areas, to Motion Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $262,500.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1547243, 1548689, and 1550961ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0652 137Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-699-12, Services of Heavy Equipment with Operators, to K.L.F. Enterprises, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,677,500.00, Accounts 101-68000,69000-612520, Requisitions 1546515, 1546508ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0668 138Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 20-985-11, Specialized Railroad Car Repair and Rebuilding in the Stickney Service Area, to JK-CO, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $749,956.60, Account 101-69000-612670, Requisition 1544178ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0699 139Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 21-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe, Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, All Groups, to Columbia Pipe & Supply LLC, in an amount not to exceed $340,772.17, Account 101-20000-623090ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0675 140Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend the agreement for twenty-four (24) months, with Lease Plan U.S.A., Inc., for Contract 17-RFP-28R Fleet Vehicle Maintenance Management Services for a 36-Month Period, in an amount of $829,800.00, from an amount of $1,046,288.84, to an amount not to exceed $1,876,088.84, Accounts 101-15000-612080 and 612860, Purchase Order 3102446ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0676 141Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase order, with Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., for Contract 19-RFP-08, Lease One Digital, High-Speed Color Production Printing System and One Digital, High-Speed Monochrome Production Printing System with a Five Year Repair, Supply and Maintenance Agreement, in an amount of $34,000.00, from an amount of $392,275.34, to an amount not to exceed $426,275.34, Accounts 101-15000-612330 and 612800, Purchase Order 3105342ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0679 142Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders and exercise an option to extend the agreements for one year, for Contract 20-RFP-01 State Legislative Consulting Services, with Blaida and Associates LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Nekritz Amdor Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Law Offices of Paul L. Williams & Associates, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, and Miguel A. Santiago Consulting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Orders 3109629, 3109355, 3109244, and 3109289 respectivelyApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0687 143Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 20-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Hypochlorite, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount of $2,842,800.41 from an amount of $4,093,794.15 to an amount not to exceed $1,250,993.74, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders 3109170, 3109171 and 3109172Deleted  Action details Not available
21-0691 144Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease 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 of $334,225.76 from an amount of $400,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $65,774.24, Account 101-68000-623560, Purchase Order 3113177ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0692 145Agenda ItemAuthority to increase agreement with Hach Company to Furnish and Deliver Hach Company analyzer materials and equipment to various locations for a three-year period, in an amount of $60,000.00, from an amount of $339,900.00 to an amount not to exceed $399,900.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623070, Outline Agreement 7001764ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0669 146ReportReport on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of Engineering during the month of June 2021Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
21-0643 147Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Timothy Portal vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number W002568383 in the sum of $51,391.60, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0667 148Agenda ItemAuthority to extend until September 30, 2021, 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) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700; 4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); 6) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Motor Vehicle Dispatcher Group); and 7) International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0660 149Agenda ItemDeclaration of an operational emergency and ratification of Emergency Contract 21-600-01, Furnish and Deliver Sodium Hypochlorite, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,001,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560 and 901-67000/68000/69000-667220, Requisitions 1565651, 1565652, 1566447, and 1566448ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0689 150Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 3,158± sq. ft. non-exclusive air rights easement to Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, d/b/a AT&T Illinois to continue to cross the Des Plaines River and Main Channel with conduit and cable contained within a 3-foot-wide structure attached to the underside of the Willow Springs Road Bridge in Willow Springs, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0702 151Agenda ItemAuthorization to: (1) grant a 25-year, 0.033± acre non-exclusive easement to Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company to construct, operate, maintain, repair and replace a 10’ x’ 40’ subterranean HP/MP vault on and beneath that portion of the District’s North Shore Channel Parcel 8.01 located north of Bryn Mawr Avenue and west of Virginia Avenue in Chicago, Illinois and (2) issue a one (1) year permit to Peoples Gas to use a 20,000 sq. ft. portion of Parcel 8.01 as a construction staging area. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00 for the 25-year easement and a fee of $5,000.00 for the one (1) year permitApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0707 152Agenda ItemAuthority to amend lease agreement dated October 14, 1966, as amended, between the District and the City of Evanston on approximately 92 acres of District real estate located in Evanston along the North Shore Channel to allow public parking and tailgating during Northwestern University home football games. Consideration shall be 25% of annual gross revenues generated by such use with a minimum fee of $80,000.00 per season, subject to proration as set forth hereinApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0708 153Agenda ItemAuthority to grant a 25-year, 38,027.88 sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to Prairie Power, Inc. to access, install, maintain, and operate electrical poles and transmission lines on District real estate located along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and N IL-100 Road in St. David, Fulton County, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $5,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-0703 154Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Bellwood for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the West Bellwood Parkway Bioretention Project in Bellwood, SSA (21-IGA-01) in an amount not to exceed $343,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1566747ApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0704 155Agenda ItemAuthority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Crestwood for Contract 14-258-5F Flood Control Project in the Vicinity of 135th Street and Central Avenue in Crestwood, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available
21-0711 156ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating Matthew B. DeLeon on his retirementAdoptedPass Action details Video Video