North Shore Sanitary District

                                    Interoffice Memo

 

 

To:                   Board of Trustees

                        North Shore Sanitary District

 

From:               Brian Dorn, P.E.

                        General Manager

 

Date:                August 8, 2008

 

Re.:                  Tentative Agenda

 

The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 9:30 A.M. at the NSSD Administration Building in Gurnee.

 

 

I.                    CALL MEETING TO ORDER

 

II.                 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

 

III.               ROLL CALL

 

IV.              PUBLIC COMMENT

 

V.                 CONSENT AGENDA

A.     Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting held on July 9, 2008.

B.     Consideration of Bills.

C.     Financial Report, June 2008.

D.     Hearing Summary, July 8, 2008.

E.      2nd Quarter 2008 Worker’s Compensation Claim Update.

F.      Illinois Funds Investment Changes.

G.     Swarztrauber & Co. FY08 Audit Plan.

H.     Donohue & Associates Settlement Check.

I.        Annexation Ordinance.

1.      No. 438, Submitted by Ronald Brount, David Haugh and Ingrid Haugh, for approximately 3.9 acres for residential use located approximately 660 feet east of O’Plaine Road and 400 feet north of Belvidere Road, in the Village of Gurnee.

J.       Correspondence.

1.      06/12/08 correspondence from Congressman Mark Kirk to NSSD with attached 06/11/08 USACOE correspondence regarding Section 14 funding for Highland Park Lakefront Interceptor Sewer Protection Project.

2.      07/09/08 correspondence from NSSD to Congressman Kirk thanking him for his efforts in obtaining assistance from USACOE regarding Section 14 funding for Highland Park Lakefront Interceptor Sewer Protection Project.

3.      07/16/08 correspondence from Congresswoman Melissa Bean to NSSD regarding NACWA Environmental Achievement Award and 07/22/08 NSSD correspondence thanking Congresswoman Bean.

4.      07/18/08 correspondence from Village of Deerfield to NSSD with attachments regarding public meeting and plans to upgrade and/or replace the Village’s sewage treatment plant.

K.    NACWA Peak Performance Awards.

L.      Press Articles.

1.      Lake County News Sun.

i.            ‘Sanitary district hires planning consultant’, 07/11/08.

ii.          Darts & Laurels, 07/11/08.

iii.         ‘Consulting pay’, Talk of the County, 07/16/08.

iv.        ‘Zion’s Trumpet park not slowed by economy’, 07/25/08.

v.          ‘Consultants’, Talk of the County, 07/26-27/08.

vi.        ‘Protecting the Great Lakes’, Our View, 07/28/08.

M.   Authorize Payroll and Finance Department to issue District checks to meet expenses where necessary for payroll and to avoid interest and/or penalties before the next Board Meeting.

 

VI.              PRESIDENT REPORT

 

VII.            MANAGEMENT REPORT

A.     Status of Minergy Winneconne Pilot Plant Vitrification Testing.

B.     Status of Dryer Coil Replacement.

C.     Engineering Agreement.

1.      Donohue & Associates, Inc., Waukegan STP Odor Control Sampling Program and Conceptual Design Phase.

 

VIII.         ADMINISTRATION DIVISION REPORT

A.     Electricity Curtailment Revenue Summary – June 2007 through May 2008.

B.     Request for User Charge Refunds.

1.      Don Fiore Company, Lake Bluff.

2.      J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc., Lake Forest.

C.     Bid Summaries.

1.      Bid No. 1291, Grit, Screenings, Waste and Recycling Removal and Disposal Services – Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., $179,436.00.

2.      Bid No. 1292, Diesel Generator Preventive Maintenance – Solicit New Bids.

D.     Personnel Policy Revision.

1.      Policy 147.1 – Educational Assistance.

E.      Group Benefit Plan Endorsement 2006-06 – Definition of “Employee”.

IX.              ENGINEERING DIVISION REPORT

A.     Bid Summary.

1.      Stabilization of Final Cover at Zion Township Landfill, BDD Management/Kidsfit d/b/a Fritchens Landscaping and Linden Farms Nursery of Rockford, IL in the amount of $44,999.75.

B.     Construction Change Orders.

1.      C.O. No. 1, Air Cooled Chiller for the Gurnee Administration Building, Temperature Equipment Corp., Decrease of $1,220.00.

2.      C.O. No. 2, Pump Drive Replacement Project at Clavey Road and Waukegan STPs and Cary Avenue Pumping Station (PS8), Pieper Electric, Inc., Increase of $4,830.00.

3.      C.O. No. 3, Trumpet Technology Park Interim Pump Station and Forcemain, A.J.M. Contractors, Inc., Decrease of $1,033.80.

4.      C.O. No. 11, Lake Forest Pump Station – Sewage Storage Basin, Keno & Sons Construction Co., Increase of $55,838.00 and 46 Calendar Days for Final Completion.

C.     Sewer Permit Refund.

1.      Permit No. 26993-S, $1,364.00.

D.     Sewer Fee Deferral Request – Exceed Development.

E.      Pre-Annexation Agreement.

1.      No. 439, Submitted by Irina Zubkova, for approximately 1.38 acres for residential use located at the southwest corner of Waukegan Road and Westleigh Road, in the City of Lake Forest.

 

X.                 LABORATORY DIVISION REPORT

A.     Current Status of Significant Industrial Wastewater Violation(s) in the Service Area of the NSSD.

 

XI.              TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION REPORT

A.     Bid Waiver Request.

1.      BW-169, Preventive Maintenance Contract for 8 Natural Gas Fired Generators - $85,830.70.

 

XII.            ATTORNEY REPORT

 

XIII.         EXECUTIVE SESSION

A.     Real Estate.

1.      Lease of NSSD Property in Lake Bluff.