Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Committee of the Whole met June 15.
Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:
Call Meeting to Order
President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos presiding, called the meeting to order at
11:20 a.m.
Roll Call
Present: 9 - Frank Avila; Timothy Bradford; Martin J. Durkan; Barbara J. McGowan; Josina
Morita; Debra Shore; Kari K. Steele; David J. Walsh; and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
Finance Committee
Report
1 17-0548 Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due
on June 1, 2017
Attachments: DS 2017-06 att.pdf
Recommended
2 17-0623 Report on the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust
Recommended
3 17-0655 Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2017, in the amount of
$33,982,013.76
Attachments: May 2017 Cash Disbursements Summary
Recommended
Authorization
4 17-0666 Authority to Approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of
Commissioners and the Executive Director, in the estimated amount of
$2,455.15, Accounts 101-11000-612010 and 101-11000-612030
Recommended
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Procurement Committee
Report
5 17-0630 Report on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-33 Perform
Information Technology Security Consulting and Assessment Services,
estimated cost $95,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1466775
Recommended
6 17-0640 Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Recommended
7 17-0641 Report of bid opening of Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Recommended
8 17-0650 Report on rejection of bids for Contract 16-605-22 (Re-Bid), Installation of a
Drainage Tile and Bioreactors at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois,
estimated cost $150,000.00
Recommended
Authorization
9 17-0613 Authorization to amend Board Order of June 1, 2017, regarding Issue
purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-18
Post-Offer Physical Assessments with Occupational Health Centers of Illinois,
P.C. in an amount not to exceed $21,500.00, Account 101-25000-612260,
Requisition 1455230, Agenda Item No. 8, File 17-0579
Recommended
10 17-0616 Authorization to accept sole bid for Contract 16-367-11 Proposal to Sell an
approximately 25’ x 125’ parcel of District real estate located at 3548 South
Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in the
amount of $50,200.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.3548 S. Ashland.pdf
Recommended
11 17-0618 Authorization to amend Board Order of April 20, 2017, regarding Authority to
advertise Contract 17-664-11, Seal Coating of Roads and Patching of
Pavement at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost
$34,100.00, Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1461197, Agenda Item
No. 15, File No. 17-0420
Recommended
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12 17-0620 Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 17-363-12
(RE-BID) Proposal to Lease for 60-years 7 acres of District real estate located
south of the Cal-Sag Channel and west of Cicero Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois;
Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 11.04 (eastern Portion) from the Village of Crestwood
in the amount of $158,000.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Parcel 11.04.pdf
Recommended
13 17-0624 Authorization for payment to the Water Environment Federation for registration
fees for nine Commissioners and three hundred twenty employees in various
departments to attend the annual Water Environment Federation Technical
Exhibition and Conference WEFTEC 2017, in an amount not to exceed
$64,180.00, Accounts 101-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 30000,
50000, 66000, 67000, 69000-601100
Recommended
Authority to Advertise
14 17-0619 Authority to advertise Contract 17-633-11 Furnish and Deliver Polymer,
estimated cost $23,931,600.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560,
Requisitions 1464035, 1464238 and 1464049
Recommended
15 17-0637 Authority to advertise Contract 17-425-11 Furnish and Deliver Paper to Various
District Locations for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost
$180,000.00, Account 101-15000-623520, Requisition 1465252
Recommended
16 17-0642 Authority to advertise Contract 17-049-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous
Work Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost
$59,500.00, Account 101-20000-623700
Recommended
17 17-0643 Authority to advertise Contract 17-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Hardware to
Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $47,000.00, Account
101-20000-623110
Recommended
18 17-0644 Authority to advertise Contract 17-023-11 Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals
to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $84,000.00,
Account 101-20000-623570
Recommended
Issue Purchase Order
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19 17-0601 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments,
Inc., to furnish, deliver, and install a QuickTrace M-8000 Cold Vapor Atomic
Fluorescence Mercury Analyzer System and consumables, in an amount not to
exceed $38,147.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1463032
Recommended
20 17-0604 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with enfoTech & Consulting,
Inc., to migrate IPACS Application Database from Oracle to SQL Server, in an
amount not to exceed $137,500.00, Account 201-50000-612430, Requisition
1465583
Recommended
21 17-0614 Issue purchase order to Willis of Illinois Inc. for Furnishing Property Insurance
Coverage for District Properties in an amount not to exceed $1,994,130.00,
Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1465600
Recommended
22 17-0615 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-04,
Professional Services to Assist with the Development of Odor Control
Strategies at the John E. Egan and Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation
Plants, with CDM Smith Inc., in an amount not to exceed $324,920.00, Account
201-50000-612430, Requisition 1440275
Recommended
23 17-0636 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-17
Employee Assistance Program with Inova Health Care Services in an amount
not to exceed $210,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1451373
Recommended
24 17-0645 Issue purchase order for Contract 17-703-21, Furnish and Deliver a Stake
Body Truck and a Dump Truck to the North Service Area, Items 1 and 2, to
Rush Truck Centers of Illinois d/b/a Rush Truck Center, Chicago, in an amount
not to exceed $265,000.00, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1441294
Recommended
25 17-0665 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 17-RFP-23
Provide Food Services at the Main Office Building and at the Stickney Water
Reclamation Plant for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, with Torres Restaurant
Group Inc. in an amount not to exceed $122,085.75, Account
101-15000-612490, Requisition 1458946 (As Revised)
Recommended
Award Contract
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26 17-0646 Authority to award Contract 17-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical Supplies
and Wire to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to
Helsel-Jepperson Electrical Inc., in an amount not to exceed $72,074.12, and
Group B to Everlights Inc., in an amount not to exceed $37,386.22, Account
101-20000-623070
Attachments: Contract 17-017-11 Item Descriptions, Group A.pdf
Recommended
27 17-0647 Authority to award Contract 17-627-11, Repairs to Air Compressors and Air
Dryers at Various Locations, to Anchor Mechanical Inc., in an amount not to
exceed $92,232.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-612600, 612650,
Requisitions 1459485, 1459489 and 1459500
Recommended
28 17-0648 Authority to award Contract 17-070-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous
Batteries to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Evergreen Supply
Co., in an amount not to exceed $40,267.23, Account 101-20000-623070
Attachments: Contract 17-070-11 Item Descriptions.pdf
Recommended
29 17-0651 Authority to award Contract 17-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps to Various
Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Neher Electric Supply Inc., in an
amount not to exceed $30,406.68, Account 101-20000-623070
Attachments: Contract 17-053-11 Item Descriptions, Group A.pdf
Recommended
30 17-0652 Authority to award Contract 17-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous
Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,
Groups A and B, to Super Roco Steel & Tube, Ltd. II in an amount not to
exceed $83,850.80, Account 101-20000-623030
Contract 17-004-11 Item Descriptions, Group A.pdf
Contract 17-004-11 Item Descriptions, Group B.pdf
Attachments:
Recommended
31 17-0653 Authority to award Contract 17-027-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver Glass and
Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group D to
Environmental Express Inc., in an amount not to exceed $18,592.00, Account
101-20000-623570
Attachments: Contract 17-027-11 Item Descriptions, Group D.pdf
Recommended
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Increase Purchase Order/Change Order
32 17-0621 Authority to increase purchase order to Suez Treatment Solutions Inc., to
Furnish and Deliver Parts for Coarse Screens at Various Locations, in an
amount of $92,500.00, from an amount of $101,100.00, to an amount not to
exceed $193,600.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623270,
Purchase Order 7001225
Recommended
Engineering Committee
Report
33 17-0629 Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of
Engineering during the month of May 2017
Attachments: Attachment 1 - CO Report May 2017 5% Contingency.pdf
Recommended
Authorization
34 '17-0664 Authority to make payment of $2,000,000.00 to the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers as an advance of funds for the non-federal sponsor’s share of the
costs associated with the Chicagoland Underflow Plan McCook Reservoir,
Project 73-161-2H, Account 401-50000-645630
Recommended
Judiciary Committee
35 17-0634 Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Michael
DeFilippis vs. MWRDGC, Claim numbers: W000836836 and W000963947 in
the sum of $70,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090
Recommended
36 17-0635 Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Rolinda Dominguez vs.
MWRDGC, Claim 14 WC 09756, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
(IWCC), in the sum of $30,860.00, Account 901-30000-601090
Recommended
37 17-0639 Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kenneth Ryan vs.
MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 034815, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
(IWCC), in the sum of $40,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090
Recommended
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38 17-0661 Authority to settle litigation involving Tia C. Schrean and make non-wage
payments of $40,324.65 to Ms. Schrean and $40,000.00 to her attorney,
Account 901-30000-601090
A motion was made by Debra Shore, seconded by Frank Avila, that this Agenda
Item be Recommended to the afternoon session. The motion carried by the
following roll call vote:
Aye: 9 - Frank Avila, Timothy Bradford, Martin J. Durkan, Barbara J. McGowan, Josina
Morita, Debra Shore, Kari K. Steele, David J. Walsh, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
Labor & Industrial Relations Committee
Authorization
39 17-0633 Authority to extend until July 31, 2017, 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. 399.
Recommended
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee
Report
40 17-0628 Report on the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund
Recommended
Real Estate Development Committee
Authorization
41 17-0649 Authority to grant a 10-year, 40,684 ± sq. ft. non-exclusive easement to
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company to continue to construct, reconstruct,
operate, maintain, repair and remove a natural gas metering station and
access road on the western portion of District North Shore Channel Parcel 6.19
located at the southwest corner of McCormick Boulevard and Oakton Street in
Skokie, Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual easement fee of
$30,500.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Parcel 6.19.pdf
Recommended
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42 17-0654 Authority to issue a one (1) day permit for Mesquite Productions Inc. to access
the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant grounds for filming related to
an Amazon Sony series “Electric Dreams”. Consideration shall be $15,000.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Calumet WRP.pdf
Recommended
43 17-0656 Authority to issue a four (4) year permit to the Cook County Department of
Transportation and Highways to test and remove approximately 260,000 cubic
yards of soil on District real estate adjacent to the Majewski Reservoir in
unincorporated Cook County, Illinois, for construction of the Touhy Avenue
segment of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Consideration shall be
a nominal fee of $10.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Site B.pdf
Recommended
44 17-0657 Consent to an assignment of lease and sublease from I.A. Chicago Lincoln,
LLC and I.A. Chicago Lincoln II, LLC to TCB-Lincoln Village, LLC and TCB LV
GL, LLC of 2.4 acres of District real estate located at Lincoln Avenue and the
North Shore Channel in Chicago, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcel 8.05.
Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of $5,000.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Parcel 8.05.pdf
Recommended
45 17-0660 Authority to issue a two (2) month permit extension to Connelly-GPM Inc. on
approximately 5.95 acres of District real estate located at 3154 S. California
Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 42.05 and 42.16.
Consideration shall be $32,500.00
Attachments: Aerial Map.Parcels 42.05 and 42.16 6.15.17.pdf
Recommended
Miscellaneous & New Business
Memorial Resolution
46 17-0668 Memorial Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners
extending sympathy and condolences to the family of the Reverend Tyrone
Crider, Sr.
Recommended
Resolution
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47 17-0662 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing
Commissioner Timothy Bradford and his dedication to the Olympia Fields Park
District
A motion was made by Timothy Bradford, seconded by Barbara J. McGowan, that
this Resolution be Recommended. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus
of ayes - No nays
48 17-0663 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Daniel
E. Collins’ 30 years of service and contribution to the field of water reclamation
and biosolids reuse
A motion was made by Timothy Bradford, seconded by Frank Avila, that this
Resolution be Recommended. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus of
ayes - No nays
49 17-0667 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Dr.
Lakhwinder S. Hundal’s 25 years of service and contribution to the field of soil
and water environment
Recommended
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 38, 47, 48, and 50
President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos called for a motion to accept the agendas for
each Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Frank Avila, seconded
by Timothy Bradford. President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos called for any
objections. No objections were voiced. Motion carried.
Ordinance - Right of Way
50 R17-001 Adopt Ordinance No. R17-001 Amending Ordinance R16-005 Establishing the
Right-of-Way for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Flood
Control Project on Natalie Creek in Midlothian and Oak Forest, Cook County,
Illinois (Contract 14-252-3F) in parts of Sections 9, 10, & 16, Township 36
North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois to
include the real estate legally described in Exhibit AA
6.15.17 ROW Ordinance R17-001 and Exhibit AA.pdf
6.15.17 TL and Aerials ROW 17-001.pdf
Attachments:
A motion was made by Timothy Bradford, seconded by Martin J. Durkan, that this
Right of Way Ordinance be Recommended. The motion carried by the following
roll call vote:
Aye: 9 - Frank Avila, Timothy Bradford, Martin J. Durkan, Barbara J. McGowan, Josina
Morita, Debra Shore, Kari K. Steele, David J. Walsh, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
Executive Session
None
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Adjournment
The Committee of the Whole meeting of June 15, 2017 was adjourned at 11:45 am
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