Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, March 7, 2024  
10:30 AM  
Board Room  
Board of Commissioners  
Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis, Commissioner Yumeka Brown, Commissioner  
Cameron Davis, Vice-President Patricia Theresa Flynn, Chairman of Finance  
Marcelino Garcia, Commissioner Daniel Pogorzelski, Commissioner Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, Commissioner Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, President Board of  
Commissioners Kari K. Steele  
THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL GOVERN THE MEETING PROCESS:  
1. Board Members who vote "Nay, Present, or Abstain" or have a question on any  
item may request the item be removed from the Consent Agenda.  
2. Citizens in the audience who address the Board on any item may request the item  
be removed from the Consent Agenda.  
3. Items removed from the Consent Agenda are considered separately.  
4. One roll call vote is taken to cover all Consent Agenda Items.  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
STANDING COMMITTEES  
Chairperson  
Vice Chairperson  
Affirmative Action  
Steele  
Garcia  
Budget & Employment  
Engineering  
Ethics  
Spyropoulos  
Pogorzelski  
Flynn  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Steele  
Federal Legislation  
Finance  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
Spyropoulos  
Steele  
Flynn  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Labor & Industrial Relations  
Maintenance & Operations  
Monitoring & Research  
Municipalities  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service  
Public Health & Welfare  
Public Information & Education  
Procurement  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
Garcia  
Garcia  
Brown  
Davis  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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11  
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April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
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17  
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December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
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Call Meeting to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
Public Comments  
Recess and Convene as Committee of the Whole  
Committee of the Whole  
Executive Session  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
Motions, Ordinances and Resolutions  
Resolution  
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24-0149  
24-0150  
24-0166  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
Shannon Rovers Irish Bagpipe Band  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
contributions of Irish Americans and honoring John J. Fitzpatrick and Mary G.  
Harris “Mother” Jones  
4
24-0167  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Kevin  
Byrne  
Finance Committee  
Report  
5
24-0170  
Report on the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget  
Presentation Award to the District for the 2023 Budget and Certificates of  
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the District, the MWRD  
Retirement Fund, and to the MWRD Retiree Health Care Trust for the Fiscal  
Year 2022  
Authorization  
24-0180  
6
Authority to Transfer $42,742,295.00 of excess revenues to the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund pursuant to the provisions of 70  
ILCS 2605/5.9  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
7
8
24-0131  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 24-692-11, Utilization and  
Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, estimated  
cost $1,275,300.00  
24-0179  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 27, 2024  
Authority to Advertise  
9
24-0108  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial  
Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost  
$195,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170 and 623660 (Deferred from the  
February 15, 2024 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-006-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Legislative History  
2/15/24  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
10  
24-0135  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-601-21, Mechanical Process Improvements  
at Various Locations, estimated cost $16,622,600.00, Account  
201-50000-645750, Requisitions 1615055, 1615057, 1615058, and 1615060  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-601-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Groups A,B,C, and D  
11  
12  
13  
24-0137  
24-0142  
24-0152  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical  
Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $398,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170, 623190,  
623250, 623680, 623850  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-106-11 Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing for  
Compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits  
for Various Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $15,000.00, Account  
101-16000-612490, Requisition 1614042  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous  
Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $305,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623090, 623130  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-004-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
14  
24-0153  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Air Filters to  
Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $101,500.00,  
Account 101-20000-623270  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-033-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
15  
16  
24-0154  
24-0171  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-070-11, Furnish and Deliver Batteries to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $50,000.00,  
Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623250  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-070-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-098-3P Overburden Removal at Location of  
Battery E, OWRP, estimated cost between $8,326,750.00 and  
$10,079,750.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1614472  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-089-3P Project Fact Sheet  
Contract 23-098-3P Affirmative Action 98% Review Goals Report  
Issue Purchase Order  
17  
18  
24-0159  
Issue a purchase order to Kusters Zima Corporation to provide one (1) Kusters  
D793730 lower screw and one (1) Kusters D793736 upper screw to the  
Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $29,750.00,  
Account 101-69000-623270, Requisition 1613529  
24-0160  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-684-11, Mosquito and Midge Fly  
Abatement Services at Various Locations, to Clarke Environmental Mosquito  
Management, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $76,000.00, Account  
101-66000/69000-612420, Requisition 1605023  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-684-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
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20  
24-0161  
24-0162  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Sodium Hydroxide, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to  
exceed $1,541,600.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1608375  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-935-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Issue purchase order to Alamo Group Texas LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One  
(1) New 28’ Maverick 2 Boom Mower and Tractor to the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant (CWRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 070821-AGI, in an amount not to exceed $261,091.35, Account  
101-68000-634760, Requisition 1614806  
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24-0163  
24-0164  
Issue purchase order to Sutton Ford, Inc., to furnish and deliver one (1) 2024  
Ford Model F550 Crew Cab Chassis to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant,  
under the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative, Contract No. 227, in an amount  
not to exceed $69,105.00, Account 101-69000-634860, Requisition 1614569  
Issue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing  
Government Crime Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to  
exceed $44,913.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1615577  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-RFP-12 Affirmative Action Goals and Appendix A Report - Mesirow  
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24-0165  
Issue purchase order to Altorfer Industries Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One  
New Caterpillar Model BB121 Control Package, BP118C Pickup Broom, H95S  
Work Tools, and 296-8192 General Purpose Bucket to the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant (WRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 011723-CAT, in an amount not to exceed $49,905.00, Account  
101-68000-634760, Requisition 1615317  
Award Contract  
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24-0155  
Authority to award Contract 19-083-3P, Upgrade Wilmette Lift Station, NSA, to  
IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,839,000.00,  
plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of  
$91,950.00, for a total amount not to exceed $1,930,950.00, Account  
401-50000-645700, Requisition 1605843  
Attachments:  
Contract 19-083-3P Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D an  
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24-0156  
Authority to award Contract 22-094-3D, Rehabilitation of Elevated Deck and  
Boat Dock at North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction  
Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,593,795.00, plus a five (5)  
percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,129,689.75, for a total  
amount not to exceed $23,723,484.75, Account 401-50000-645720,  
Requisition 1603454  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-094-3D Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D an  
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24-0158  
Authority to award Contract 24-627-12 (Re-Bid), Repairs to Air Compressors  
and Air Dryers at Various Locations, to Siemens Industry, Inc., in an amount  
not to exceed $154,400.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650, Requisitions 1604544, 1604545, and  
1604546  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-627-12 Affirmative Action Goals and Revised Appendix D Reports -  
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24-0168  
Authority to award Contract 24-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous  
Paper Filters, Crucibles, and Petri Dishes to Various Locations for a One (1)  
Year Period, Groups A and C to Jade Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $121,058.49, Group B to Taylor Distribution Group LLC, in an amount  
not to exceed $14,833.07, and Group D to Pacific Star Corporation, in an  
amount not to exceed $22,345.31, Account 101-20000-623570  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-028-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Groups A, B, C and D.pdf  
Contract 24-028-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D  
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24-0169  
Authority to award Contract 24-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic  
Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and D to  
Jade Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $85,008.78, Group B to  
Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $56,175.61, and  
Group C to Qorpak, a division of Berlin Packaging LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $66,875.00, Account 101-20000-623570  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-027-11 Affirmative Actions Goals Report - Groups A, B, C and D.pd  
Contract 24-027-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D.pdf  
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24-0181  
Authority to award Contract 24-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for  
LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount  
not to exceed $2,463,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520,  
Requisitions 1606396 and 1606558  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-691-11 - Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D a  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
30  
24-0151  
Authority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend the  
agreement for an additional two-year period, for Contract 21-RFP-01 for  
Claims Management Services, with McLarens, LLC, in an amount of  
$100,000.00, from an amount of $44,000.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$144,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 3116741  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3116741  
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24-0172  
Authority to increase Contract 21-091-3P Phosphorus Removal Modifications  
to Battery D, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Companies, LLC, in an amount of $327,554.45, from an amount of  
$14,874,772.95, to an amount not to exceed $15,202,327.40, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000099  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000099.pdf  
Engineering Committee  
Authorization  
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24-0174  
24-0175  
Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of  
Chicago for the purpose of obtaining their InfoWorks Model for Contract  
23-170-3C Hydraulic Modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System  
Authority to make payment to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,  
Streambank Stabilization Project along Higgins Creek at the Touhy Avenue  
Reservoir, North Side Area (NSA), between the District, the Illinois State Toll  
Highway Authority, and the City of Chicago (24-IGA-01), in an amount not to  
exceed $691,348.96, Account 201-50000-612400  
Attachments:  
Aerial of Touhy O'Hare Reservoir with overpass.pdf  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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35  
24-0132  
24-0139  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keith Zirbes vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim Number 24WC00284 in the sum of $53,344.99, Account  
901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Howard Meter vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 21 WC 009409, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $26,440.15, Account 901-30000-601090  
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24-0140  
24-0144  
24-0145  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Alicia Gibbs vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 17 WC 030181, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $10,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Wesley Watson vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 22 WC 12224, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $19,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Tarita Stewart  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 19WC026140 and 19WC027761 in the sum of  
$50,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
39  
24-0136  
Authority to issue a one-year permit extension to Peoples Gas Light and Coke  
Company to continue to use a 0.165± acre portion of Main Channel Parcel  
42.17 located near 31st Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois as a  
construction staging area and to dewater its utility tunnel. Consideration shall  
be a fee of $5,000.00  
Attachments:  
RE - Peoples Gas 1-Year Permit MCP 42.17 Aerial.pdf  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
40  
24-0176  
Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make  
payment to the City of Palos Heights for the design, construction, operation,  
and maintenance of a Lake Katherine Permeable Paver Commuter Parking Lot  
in Palos Heights (18-IGA-14), in an amount not to exceed $184,000.00  
Attachments:  
18-IGA-14 BL Exhibit.pdf  
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24-0177  
24-0178  
Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make  
payment to the Board of Education of the City of Chicago for the design,  
construction, operation, and maintenance of Green Infrastructure at Chicago  
Public Schools (24-IGA-02), Space to Grow Program Phase III, in an amount  
not to exceed $15,900,000.00  
Authority to negotiate intergovernmental agreements for the acquisition of  
flood-prone properties in Buffalo Grove and Stone Park  
Attachments:  
24.03.07 BL Auth to Negotiate IGAs for VFPPA EXHIBT.pdf  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment