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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Committee of the Whole met August 2.

Meeting 06

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Committee of the Whole met August 2.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

Call Meeting to Order

President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos presiding, called the meeting to order at 10:50 a.m.

Roll Call

Frank Avila; Kenneth Dunkin; Martin J. Durkan; Barbara J. McGowan; Josina Morita;

Debra Shore; Kari K. Steele; David J. Walsh; and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos

Present: 9 -

Finance Committee

Report

1 18-0791 Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2018, in the amount of

$31,188,515.18

Attachments: June 2018 Cash Disbursement Summary.pdf

Recommended

Authorization

2 18-0755 Authority to add Project 18-607-31 Cofferdam Installation and Removal at Sluice

Gate No. 2 Lockport Controlling Works, to the Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $350,000.00

Recommended

3 18-0756 Authority to add Project Furnish and Deliver a Boom Mower and Tractor to LASMA, to the Construction Fund, estimated cost of the project is $167,920.20

Recommended

4 18-0757 Authority to add Project 18-803-31 Gravity Concentration Tank Rehabilitation at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to the Bond Fund, estimated cost of the project is $1,650,000.00

Recommended

5 18-0769 Authority to Transfer $4,200,000.00 from the Capital Improvements Bond Fund to the Corporate Fund

Recommended

Procurement Committee

Report

6 18-0742 Report on advertisement of Request for Proposal 18-RFP-18, Professional Services in Connection with Wetland Specialist Services for Watershed Management Permits, estimated cost $150,000.00, Account

501-50000-612430, Requisition 1498398

Recommended

7 18-0763 Report on rejection of proposals for 16-RFP-16, Perform General Information Technology Consulting Services, estimated cost $240,000.00 (As Revised)

Recommended

8 18-0764 Report on rejection of proposals for 17-RFP-28, Fleet Vehicle Maintenance Management Services for a 36-Month Period, estimated cost $1,440,000.00

Recommended

9 18-0765 Report on rejection of proposals for 17-RFP-39, Professional Services to Source and Deliver Woodchips to the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas

Recommended

10 18-0766 Report on rejection of bids for Contract 16-270-3P, Covered Composting System, estimated cost between $22,453,250.00 and $27,180,250.00

Recommended

11 18-0771 Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Recommended

12 18-0784 Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Recommended

13 18-0792 Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Recommended

14 18-0795 Report on rejection of bids for Contract 18-611-22 (Re-Bid), HVAC

Improvements at Various Service Areas, estimated cost $1,350,000.00

Recommended

Authorization

15 18-0799 Authorization to exercise an option to extend and amend agreement with Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc d/b/a CPower., for Contract 14-RFP-35 Energy Curtailment Services, for 2019-2021 (Deferred from the August 2, 2018 Board Meeting)

Deferred by Debra Shore

Authority to Advertise

16 18-0727 Authority to advertise Contract 18-117-11 Furnish, Deliver and Install an Automated Biochemical Oxygen Demand System, estimated cost $39,500.00, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1496100

Recommended

17 18-0728 Authority to advertise Contract 19-102-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Supplies, Glassware and Chemicals, estimated cost $153,000.00, Account 101-16000-623570, Requisition 1498046 (As Revised)

Recommended

18 18-0729 Authority to advertise Contract 19-103-11 Furnish and Deliver Laboratory Coats and Coveralls, estimated cost $27,600.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1498397

Recommended

19 18-0731 Authority to advertise Contract 18-116-11 Furnish and Deliver a Biocatalyst Pilot Bioreactor at the Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $300,000.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Requisition 1497264

Deleted by the Executive Director

20 18-0734 Authority to advertise Contract 18-482-11 Furnish and Deliver Boardroom Audio Equipment, estimated cost $42,000.00, Accounts 101-27000-612430, 623850, Requisition 1498876

Recommended

21 18-0737 Authority to advertise Contract 10-882-CF Streambank Stabilization Project on Midlothian Creek, Tinley Park, Illinois, estimated cost between $612,700.00 and $741,690.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1497561

Attachments: 10-882-CF SS Project along Midlothian Creek - FACT SHEET.pdf

Recommended

22 18-0738 Authority to advertise Contract 11-186-3F Addison Creek Reservoir, Bellwood, Illinois, estimated cost between $90,972,570.00 and $110,124,690.00, Account 401-50000-645620, Requisition 1499034

Attachments: 11-186-3F, BL 08.02.18, Authority to Advertise-Project Fact Sheet.pdf

Recommended

23 18-0740 Authority to advertise Contract 17-134-3M Odor Control Facilities at Sludge Concentration, Southwest Coarse Screen, Overhead Weir, and Post-Centrifuge Building, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $14,250,000.00 and $17,250,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1497121

Attachments: 17-134-3M Project Fact Data Info.pdf

Recommended

24 18-0741 Authority to advertise Contract 17-276-3D Structural Repairs and Roofing Replacement at 95th Street Pumping Station, Calumet Service Area, estimated cost between $4,085,000.00 and $4,945,000.00, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1497724

Attachments: 17-276-3D Project Data Info.pdf

Recommended

25 18-0750 Authority to advertise Contract 17-606-31 Furnish, Deliver, and Install Telemetry Replacement for SCADA Control at various locations, estimated cost $545,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1475487

Recommended

26 18-0751 Authority to advertise Contract 18-607-31, Cofferdam Installation and Removal at Sluice Gate No. 2 Lockport Controlling Works, Estimated cost $350,000.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition 1498870

Recommended

27 18-0752 Authority to advertise Contract 19-666-11 Furnishing Security Services at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $180,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1493533

Recommended

28 18-0753 Authority to advertise Contract 19-673-11 Heavy Equipment Repairs at Various Locations, estimated cost $552,000.00, Account 101-66000/68000-612760, Requisitions 1492653 and 1492477

Recommended

29 18-0759 Authority to advertise Contract 18-803-31 Gravity Concentration Tank Rehabilitation at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,650,000.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1491106

Recommended

30 18-0770 Authority to advertise Contract 18-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering and Insulation to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $28,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170

Recommended

31 18-0774 Authority to advertise Contract 18-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Lubricants to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $181,400.00, Account 101-20000-623860

Recommended

Issue Purchase Order

32 18-0732 Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco SmartNet Support for Cisco Routers and Switches, in an amount not to exceed $138,088.12, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition 1498872

Recommended

33 18-0733 Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with WorkForce Software, LLC to provide software hosting and hardware maintenance for the WorkForce EmpCenter Time Management System, in an amount not to exceed $247,185.00, Accounts 101-27000-612810 and 612820, Requisition 1497743

Recommended

34 18-0760 Issue purchase order and amend the agreement with Workforce Software, LLC to provide software configuration work relating to modifications to the Time Management System in an amount not to exceed $40,950.00, Account201-50000-612430, Requisition 1495118

Recommended

35 18-0762 Issue purchase order to 72 Hour LLC, DBA National Auto Fleet Group, to Furnish and Deliver two 2019 Ford Super Duty F-550s, one 2019 Ford Super Duty F-350, and one Ford Medium Roof Van under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 120716-NAF, in an amount not to exceed $203,966.65, Account 201-50000-634860, Requisition 1499032

Recommended

36 18-0775 Issue purchase order to Piezo Metrics Inc., D/B/A Micron Meters to Furnish and Deliver Compost Monitoring Temperature Probes to the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area (LASMA), in an amount not to exceed $74,475.45, Account 101-66000-623990, Requisition 1481252

Recommended

37 18-0779 Issue purchase order to JWC Environmental Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Replacement Grinders at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $31,145.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1496150

Recommended

38 18-0785 Issue purchase order for Contract 18-959-12, Furnishing and Delivering Sulfuric Acid (Re-Bid), to Rowell Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $243,049.92, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1464033

Recommended

39 18-0786 Issue purchase order for Contract 18-703-21, Furnish and Deliver a Four-Inch Hydraulic Submersible Pump to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Xylem Dewatering Solutions Inc., in an amount not to exceed $47,843.00, Account 201-50000-634600, Requisition 1485365

Recommended

40 18-0787 Issue purchase order to Tiger Corporation, to furnish and deliver a Boom-Mower to LASMA under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 052417-TGR, in an amount not to exceed $167,920.20, Account 201-50000-634760, Requisition 1497727

Recommended

41 18-0788 Issue purchase order to Ecoverse Industries, LTD to furnish and deliver replacement parts and associated tools for the District’s Ecoverse/Backhus A55 and A65 Compost Turners at the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas, in a total amount not to exceed $30,679.13, Account 101-66000-623270, Requisition 1496629

Recommended

Award Contract

42 18-0776 Authority to award Contract 16-079-3D, Rehabilitation of North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction Company Inc., in an amount not to exceed $4,613,450.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $230,672.50, for a total amount not to exceed $4,844,122.50, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisition 1487102

Attachments:Contract 16-079-3D Appendix D Report.pdf Contract 16-079-3D Project View.pdf

Recommended

43 18-0777 Authority to award Contract 16-126-3S (Re-Bid), Summit Conduit Rehabilitation,

SSA, to Spiniello Companies Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,773,300.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of

$138,665.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,911,965.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1399616

Attachments:Contract 16-126-3S Revised Appendix D Report.pdf Contract 16-126-3S (Re-Bid) Project View

Recommended

44 18-0778 Authority to award Contract 18-679-11, Roof Inspection Services at Various

Locations, to Garland/DBS Inc., in an amount not to exceed $65,000.00,

Account 101-69000-612240, Requisition 1474251

Recommended

Increase Purchase Order/Change Order

45 18-0726

Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Barnes & Thornburg LLP for legal services in the pending rulemaking before the Illinois Pollution Control Board entitled, “Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PCB No. 2016-028 (Variance - Water)”, in an amount of $60,000.00 from an amount of $1,490,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,550,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 3049607

Attachments: PMM - Increase PO to Barnes Thornburg.pdf

Recommended

46 18-0735 Authority to increase purchase order and extend the agreement for a ninety-one

(91) day period, for Contract 11-RFP-19, Fleet Vehicle Management Services for a 36-Month Period, with LeasePlan USA Inc., in an amount not to exceed $93,500.00, from an amount of $2,975,299.78, to an amount not to exceed $3,068,799.78, Accounts 101-15000-612080/612860, Purchase Order 3070364

Attachments: Change Order Log PO 3070364 07.17.18.pdf

Recommended

47 18-0743 Authority to decrease Contract 04-132-3D A/B and C/D Service Tunnel Rehabilitation - Phase Two, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC and F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen Joint Venture in an amount of $231,627.13, from an amount of $20,906,835.16 to an amount not to exceed $20,675,208.03, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000034

Attachments: CO Log 04-132-3D, BM 8-2-18.pdf

Recommended

48 18-0744 Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 06-842-2E, Electrical Equipment Replacement, Egan WRP with Broadway Electric Inc. in an amount of $11,120.07, from an amount of $1,988,487.69, to an amount not to exceed $1,977,367.62, and to decrease the related five percent change order allowance in an amount of $51,566.31, from an amount of $51,566.31, to an amount not to exceed $0.00, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000022

Attachments: 06-842-2E Change Order Log.pdf

Recommended

49 18-0745 Authority to decrease purchase order for professional engineering services for

Contract 16-270-3P, Covered Composting System, Calumet Water

Reclamation Plant, with Greeley & Hansen LLC, in an amount of $1,459,920.06, from an amount of $4,145,644.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,685,723.94, Account 401-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3092008

Recommended

50 18-0748 Authority to decrease purchase order for Contract 16-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric Chloride to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Kemira Water Solutions Inc., in an amount of $11,444.64 from an amount of $170,537.23 to an amount not to exceed $159,092.59, Account 101-67000-623560, Purchase Order 3089885

Attachments: 16-630-11 Kemira Spreadsheet for 20180802 BOC.pdf

Recommended

51 18-0749 Authority to increase Contract 17-708-31, Installation of Disc Filters at the Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of $13,629.00, from an amount of $1,312,800.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,326,429.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001626

Recommended

52 18-0761 Authority to increase the purchase order and amend the agreement with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries Inc., for Contract 15-RFP-04 Actuarial Consulting Services, in an amount of $22,000.00, from an amount of $98,700.00, to an amount not to exceed $120,700.00, Account 101-40000-612430, Purchase Order 3087003

Recommended

53 18-0782 Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with The Ingalls Memorial Hospital for Contract 16-RFP-27 Pre-employment Physical Examination and Drug-Alcohol Testing Services in an amount of $11,500.00, from an amount of $106,110.00, to an amount not to exceed $94,610.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Purchase Order 3093692

Attachments: po3093692.pdf

Recommended

Budget & Employment Committee

Authorization

54 18-0781 Authority to transfer 2018 departmental appropriations in the amount of $215,000.00 in the Corporate Fund and Construction Fund

Attachments: 08.02.18 Board Transfer BF5 #1.pdf 08.02.18 Board Transfer BF5 #2.pdf

Recommended

Engineering Committee

Report

55 18-0746 Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of

Engineering during the month of June 2018

Attachments: Attachment 1 CO Report June 2018 5% Contingency.pdf

Attachment 2 CO Status Report June 2018.pdf

Recommended

Authorization

56 18-0767 Authority to approve and make payment for temporary and permanent easements from Annice, LLC, for the Flood Control Project on Natalie Creek in Midlothian and Oak Forest, Illinois (Contract 14-252-5F), consideration shall be a fee of $13,600.00, Account No. 501-50000-667340

Recommended

57 18-0796 Authority to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Bartlett to construct an equalization basin and improve the Bartlett Pumping Station

Recommended

Judiciary Committee

Authorization

58 18-0783 Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Sean Lee vs. MWRDGC, Claim 16 WC 039005, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $19,379.50, Account 901-30000-601090

Recommended

59 18-0789 Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Shirley Harris vs. MWRDGC, Claim 12 WC 22360, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $25,394.50, Account 901-30000-601090

Recommended

Maintenance & Operations Committee

Report

60 18-0754 Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of Maintenance and Operations during the month of June 2018

Attachments: R-98 Report June 2018.pdf

Recommended

Authorization

61 18-0758 Authorization to declare an operational emergency affecting public health and safety, and increase Contract 18-700-02 for Emergency Repairs to TARP Sluice Gates in Des Plaines and Chicago, to Independent Mechanical Industries Inc., in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00, from an amount of $50,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $400,000.00, Account

201-50000-645600 Purchase Order 3100456

Recommended

Stormwater Management Committee

Report

62 18-0768 Report on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes Required by the Watershed Management Ordinance

Attachments: Quarterly Reporting Table 2018Q2.pdf

Recommended

Authorization

63 18-0790 Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment to the Village of Franklin Park, for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Reuter’s Subdivision Improvements under Phase II of the Stormwater Management Program (18-IGA-23), in an amount not to exceed $378,000.00, Account 501-50000-612400, Requisition 1499342

Recommended

Miscellaneous & New Business

Resolution

64 18-0780 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating

Rocco Terranova on his retirement

A motion was made by Debra Shore, seconded by Martin J. Durkan, that this Resolution be Recommended. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus of ayes - No nays

65 18-0797 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating

William Yu for his appointment to Associate Judge of Cook County Recommended

66 18-0798 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating

Celina Villanueva for her appointment as State Representative for the 21st District

Recommended

Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 15, 19, 64, 67 and 68

President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos called for a motion to accept the agendas for each Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Kenneth Dunkin, seconded by Martin J. Durkan. President Mariyana T. Spyropoulos called for any objections. No objections were voiced. Motion carried.

67 18-0800 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Michael

D. Rodriguez’s election as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party

Deleted by the Executive Director

68 18-0801 Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing

Alderman Ricardo Munoz’s 25 years of service to the City of Chicago

Deleted by the Executive Director

Executive Session

A motion was made by Debra Shore, seconded by David J. Walsh, that an executive session be held for the Committee on Budget & Employment to discuss the employment and compensation of a specific employee. Motion carried by roll call 9:0

Adjournment

The Committee of the Whole meeting of August 2, 2018 was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

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