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92_SB0032sam002 LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 32 2 AMENDMENT NO. _____. Amend Senate Bill 32, by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The North Shore Sanitary District Act is 5 amended by changing Section 11 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287) 7 Sec. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, 8 all contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the 9 expense of which will exceed the mandatory competitive bid 10 threshold$10,000,shall be let to the lowest responsible 11 bidder therefor upon not less than 14 days' public notice of 12 the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be 13 let, having been given by publication in a newspaper of 14 general circulation published in the district, and the board 15 may reject any and all bids and readvertise. In determining 16 the lowest responsible bidder, the board shall take into 17 consideration the qualities and serviceability of the 18 articles supplied, their conformity with specifications, 19 their suitability to the requirements of the district, the 20 availability of support services, the uniqueness of the 21 service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it applies to 22 network integrated computer systems, the compatibility of the -2- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 service, materials, equipment or supplies with existing 2 equipment, and the delivery terms. Contracts for services in 3 excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold$10,0004 may, subject to the provisions of this Section, be let by 5 competitive bidding at the discretion of the district board 6 of trustees. All contracts for purchases or sales that will 7 not exceed the mandatory competitive bid thresholdof $10,0008or lessmay be made in the open market without publication in 9 a newspaper as above provided, but whenever practical shall 10 be based on at least 3 competitive bids. For purposes of 11 this Section, the "mandatory competitive bid threshold" is a 12 dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets 13 of the district as reported in the most recent required audit 14 report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive 15 bid threshold dollar amount be less than $10,000, nor more 16 than $40,000. 17 Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond 18 with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees as a 19 deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount, but not in 20 excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each 21 bidder by the district on all bids involving amounts in 22 excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so 23 required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify. 24 Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to award 25 by competitive bidding, including, without limitation, 26 contracts for the services of individuals, groups or firms 27 possessing a high degree of professional skill where the 28 ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an 29 important part, contracts for financial management services 30 undertaken pursuant to "An Act relating to certain 31 investments of public funds by public agencies", approved 32 July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the 33 purchase or sale of utilities, contracts for materials 34 economically procurable only from a single source of supply, -3- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or 2 installation of data processing equipment, software, or 3 services and telecommunications and interconnect equipment, 4 software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and 5 supplies, contracts for goods or services procured from 6 another governmental agency, purchases of equipment 7 previously owned by an entity other than the district itself, 8 and leases of real property where the sanitary district is 9 the lessee shall not be subject to the competitive bidding 10 requirements of this Section. 11 The competitive bidding requirements of this Section do 12 not apply to contracts for construction of a facility or 13 structure for the district when the facility or structure 14 will be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed to 15 the district. 16 In the case of an emergency affecting the public health 17 or safety so declared by the Board of Trustees of the 18 municipality at a meeting thereof duly convened, which 19 declaration shall require the affirmative vote of four of the 20 five Trustees elected, and shall set forth the nature of the 21 danger to the public health or safety, contracts totaling not 22 more than the emergency contract cap$75,000may be let to 23 the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public 24 advertisement or competitive bidding. For purposes of this 25 Section, the "emergency contract cap" is a dollar amount 26 equal to 0.4% of the total general fixed assets of the 27 district as reported in the most recent required audit 28 report. In no event, however, shall the emergency contract 29 cap dollar amount be less than $40,000, nor more than 30 $100,000. The Resolution or Ordinance in which such 31 declaration is embodied shall fix the date upon which such 32 emergency shall terminate which date may be extended or 33 abridged by the Board of Trustees as in their judgment the 34 circumstances require. A full written account of any such -4- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 emergency, together with a requisition for the materials, 2 supplies, labor or equipment required therefor shall be 3 submitted immediately upon completion and shall be open to 4 public inspection for a period of at least one year 5 subsequent to the date of such emergency purchase. Within 30 6 days after the passage of the resolution or ordinance 7 declaring an emergency affecting the public health or safety, 8 the municipality shall submit to the Illinois Environmental 9 Protection Agency the full written account of any such 10 emergency along with a copy of the resolution or ordinance 11 declaring the emergency, in accordance with requirements as 12 may be provided by rule. 13 To address operating emergencies not affecting the public 14 health or safety, the Board of Trustees shall authorize, in 15 writing, officials or employees of the sanitary district to 16 purchase in the open market and without advertisement any 17 supplies, materials, equipment, or services for immediate 18 delivery to meet the bona fide operating emergency, without 19 filing a requisition or estimate therefor, in an amount not 20 in excess of $40,000; provided that the Board of Trustees 21 must be notified of the operating emergency. A full, written 22 account of each operating emergency and a requisition for the 23 materials, supplies, equipment, and services required to meet 24 the operating emergency must be immediately submitted by the 25 officials or employees authorized to make purchases to the 26 Board of Trustees. The account must be available for public 27 inspection for a period of at least one year after the date 28 of the operating emergency purchase. The exercise of 29 authority with respect to purchases for a bona fide operating 30 emergency is not dependent on a declaration of an operating 31 emergency by the Board of Trustees. 32 No Trustee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, 33 in any contract, work or business of the municipality, or in 34 the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or -5- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 consideration of the contract work, business or sale is paid 2 either from the treasury or by any assessment levied by any 3 Statute or Ordinance. No Trustee shall be interested, 4 directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which 5 (1) belongs to the municipality, or (2) is sold for taxes or 6 assessments of the municipality, or (3) is sold by virtue of 7 legal process in the suit of the municipality. 8 A contract for any work or other public improvement, to 9 be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or 10 special taxation,In all other respects such contractsshall 11 be entered into and the performance thereof controlled by the 12 provisions of Division 2 of Article 9 of the "Illinois 13 Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore or 14 hereafter amended, as near as may be. However, contracts may 15 be let for making proper and suitable connections between the 16 mains and outlets of the respective sanitary sewers in the 17 district with any conduit, conduits, main pipe or pipes that 18 may be constructed by such sanitary district. 19 (Source: P.A. 91-921, eff. 1-1-01.) 20 Section 10. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended 21 by changing Section 11 as follows: 22 (70 ILCS 2405/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 310) 23 Sec. 11. Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, all 24 contracts for purchases or sales by a sanitary district 25 organized under this Act, the expense of which will exceed 26 the mandatory competitive bid threshold$10,000,shall be let 27 to the lowest responsible bidder therefor upon not less than 28 14 days' public notice of the terms and conditions upon which 29 the contract is to be let, having been given by publication 30 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the 31 district, and the board may reject any and all bids, and 32 readvertise. In determining the lowest responsible bidder, -6- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 the board shall take into consideration the qualities and 2 serviceability of the articles supplied, their conformity 3 with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of 4 the district, the availability of support services, the 5 uniqueness of the service, materials, equipment, or supplies 6 as it applies to network integrated computer systems, the 7 compatibility of the service, materials, equipment or 8 supplies with existing equipment, and the delivery terms. 9 Contracts for services in excess of the mandatory competitive 10 bid threshold$10,000may, subject to the provisions of this 11 Section, be let by competitive bidding at the discretion of 12 the district board of trustees. 13 Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond 14 with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees as a 15 deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount, but not in 16 excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each 17 bidder by the district on all bids involving amounts in 18 excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so 19 required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify. 20 All contracts for purchases or sales that will not exceed 21 the mandatory competitive bid thresholdof $10,000 or less22 may be made in the open market without publication in a 23 newspaper as above provided, but whenever practical shall be 24 based on at least 3 competitive bids. For purposes of this 25 Section, the "mandatory competitive bid threshold" is a 26 dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets 27 of the district as reported in the most recent required audit 28 report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive 29 bid threshold dollar amount be less than $10,000, nor more 30 than $40,000. 31 Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to award 32 by competitive bidding, including, without limitation, 33 contracts for the services of individuals, groups or firms 34 possessing a high degree of professional skill where the -7- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an 2 important part, contracts for financial management services 3 undertaken pursuant to "An Act relating to certain 4 investments of public funds by public agencies", approved 5 July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended, contracts for the 6 purchase or sale of utilities, contracts for materials 7 economically procurable only from a single source of supply, 8 contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or 9 installation of data processing equipment, software, or 10 services and telecommunications and interconnect equipment, 11 software, or services, contracts for duplicating machines and 12 supplies, contracts for goods or services procured from 13 another governmental agency, purchases of equipment 14 previously owned by an entity other than the district itself, 15 and leases of real property where the sanitary district is 16 the lessee shall not be subject to the competitive bidding 17 requirements of this Section. 18 The competitive bidding requirements of this Section do 19 not apply to contracts for construction of a facility or 20 structure for the sanitary district when the facility or 21 structure will be designed, built, and tested before being 22 conveyed to the sanitary district. 23 The competitive bidding requirements of this Section do 24 not apply to contracts, including contracts for both 25 materials and services incidental thereto, for the repair or 26 replacement of a sanitary district's treatment plant, sewers, 27 equipment, or facilities damaged or destroyed as the result 28 of a sudden or unexpected occurrence, including, but not 29 limited to, a flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, storm, or 30 other natural or man-made disaster, if the board of trustees 31 determines in writing that the awarding of those contracts 32 without competitive bidding is reasonably necessary for the 33 sanitary district to maintain compliance with a permit issued 34 under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System -8- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 (NPDES) or any successor system or with any outstanding order 2 relating to that compliance issued by the United States 3 Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Environmental 4 Protection Agency, or the Illinois Pollution Control Board. 5 The authority to issue contracts without competitive bidding 6 pursuant to this paragraph expires 6 months after the date of 7 the writing determining that the awarding of contracts 8 without competitive bidding is reasonably necessary. 9 Where the board of trustees declares, by a 2/3 vote of 10 all members of the board, that there exists an emergency 11 affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not 12 more than the emergency contract cap$40,000may be let to 13 the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public 14 advertisement or competitive bidding. For purposes of this 15 Section, the "emergency contract cap" is a dollar amount 16 equal to 0.4% of the total general fixed assets of the 17 district as reported in the most recent required audit 18 report. In no event, however, shall the emergency contract 19 cap dollar amount be less than $40,000, nor more than 20 $100,000. The ordinance or resolution embodying the emergency 21 declaration shall contain the date upon which such emergency 22 will terminate. The board of trustees may extend the 23 termination date if in its judgment the circumstances so 24 require. A full written account of the emergency, together 25 with a requisition for the materials, supplies, labor or 26 equipment required therefor shall be submitted immediately 27 upon completion and shall be open to public inspection for a 28 period of at least one year subsequent to the date of such 29 emergency purchase. Within 30 days after the passage of the 30 resolution or ordinance declaring an emergency affecting the 31 public health or safety, the District shall submit to the 32 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency the full written 33 account of any such emergency along with a copy of the 34 resolution or ordinance declaring the emergency, in -9- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 accordance with requirements as may be provided by rule. 2 A contract for any work or other public improvement, to 3 be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or 4 special taxation,In all other respects such contractshall 5 be entered into and the performance thereof controlled by 6 Division 2 of Article 9 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", 7 approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended, 8 as near as may be. The contracts may be let for making proper 9 and suitable connections between the mains and outlets of the 10 respective sewers in the district with any conduit, conduits, 11 main pipe or pipes that may be constructed by such sanitary 12 district. 13 (Source: P.A. 88-542, eff. 5-27-94; 88-572, eff. 8-11-94; 14 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-558, eff. 7-26-96.) 15 Section 15. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended 16 by changing Section 14 as follows: 17 (70 ILCS 2805/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 425) 18 Sec. 14. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, 19 all contracts for purchases or sales by the sanitary 20 district, the expense of which will exceed the mandatory 21 competitive bid threshold$10,000,shall be let to the lowest 22 responsible bidder therefor upon not less than 14 days' 23 public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the 24 contract is to be let, having been given by publication in a 25 daily or weekly newspaper published in the district or, if 26 there is no newspaper published in the district, in a 27 newspaper published in the county and having general 28 circulation in the district, and the board may reject any and 29 all bids, and readvertise. Contracts for services in excess 30 of the mandatory competitive bid threshold$10,000may, 31 subject to the provisions of this Section, be let by 32 competitive bidding at the discretion of the district board -10- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 of trustees. All contracts for purchases or sales that will 2 not exceed the mandatory competitive bid thresholdof $10,0003or lessmay be made in the open market without publication in 4 a newspaper as above provided, but whenever practical shall 5 be based on at least 3 competitive bids. For purposes of 6 this Section, the "mandatory competitive bid threshold" is a 7 dollar amount equal to 0.1% of the total general fixed assets 8 of the district as reported in the most recent required audit 9 report. In no event, however, shall the mandatory competitive 10 bid threshold dollar amount be less than $10,000, nor more 11 than $40,000. 12 Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond 13 with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees as a 14 deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount, but not in 15 excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each 16 bidder by the district on all bids involving amounts in 17 excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so 18 required, the advertisement for bids shall so specify. 19 Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to award 20 by competitive bidding, including, without limitation, 21 contracts for the services of individuals, groups or firms 22 possessing a high degree of professional skill where the 23 ability or fitness of the individual or organization plays an 24 important part, contracts for financial management services 25 undertaken pursuant to the Public Funds Investment Act, 26 contracts for the purchase or sale of utilities, contracts 27 for materials economically procurable only from a single 28 source of supply and leases of real property where the 29 sanitary district is the lessee shall not be subject to the 30 competitive bidding requirements of this Section. 31 The competitive bidding requirements of this Section do 32 not apply to contracts for construction of a facility or 33 structure for the district when the facility or structure 34 will be designed, built, and tested before being conveyed to -11- LRB9201390TAtmam02 1 the district. 2 Where the board of trustees declares, by a 2/3 vote of 3 all members of the board, that there exists an emergency 4 affecting the public health or safety, contracts totaling not 5 more than the emergency contract cap$40,000may be let to 6 the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without public 7 advertisement or competitive bidding. For purposes of this 8 Section, the "emergency contract cap" is a dollar amount 9 equal to 0.4% of the total general fixed assets of the 10 district as reported in the most recent required audit 11 report. In no event, however, shall the emergency contract 12 cap dollar amount be less than $40,000, nor more than 13 $100,000. The ordinance or resolution embodying the emergency 14 declaration shall contain the date upon which such emergency 15 will terminate. The board of trustees may extend the 16 termination date if in its judgment the circumstances so 17 require. A full written account of the emergency, together 18 with a requisition for the materials, supplies, labor sr 19 equipment required therefor shall be submitted immediately 20 upon completion and shall be open to public inspection for a 21 period of at least one year subsequent to the date of such 22 emergency purchase. Within 30 days after the passage of the 23 resolution or ordinance declaring an emergency affecting the 24 public health or safety, the District shall submit to the 25 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency the full written 26 account of any such emergency along with a copy of the 27 resolution or ordinance declaring the emergency, in 28 accordance with requirements as may be provided by rule. 29 (Source: P.A. 91-547, eff. 8-14-99.)".