Details Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/3/2025 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Board Room Published agenda: Agenda Accessible Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Accessible Minutes   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Video eComment: Not available   Attachments: 04-03-2025 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Corrections 4-3-2025.pdf Meeting Items (34) 34 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 25-0263 1 1 Motion MOTION to appoint Hearing Officer for 2025-26 Adopted Pass Action details Video 25-0277 1 2 Motion MOTION to appoint Patrick Blanchard as Interim Inspector General of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Adopted Pass Action details Video O25-010 1 3 Ordinance Adopt Ordinance O25-10 establishing an Office of Interim Inspector General and establishing policies and practices for the Interim Inspector General (As Revised) Adopted Pass Action details Video 25-0272 1 4 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 40th anniversary of Chicago Gaelic Park Adopted Pass Action details Not available 25-0268 1 5 Report Report on the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the District for the 2024 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 2023 Published and Filed Pass Action details Video 25-0271 1 6 Agenda Item Authorization to amend Board Order of March 20, 2025, regarding Revised Investment Policy for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago dated as of March 20, 2025, Agenda Item No. 8, File No. 25-0211 Approved Pass Action details Video 25-0260 1 7 Report Report of Request for Proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, March 21, 2025 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 25-0261 1 8 Report Report of Request for Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) opening of Friday, March 14, 2025 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 25-0266 1 9 Report Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (As Revised) Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 25-0243 1 10 Agenda Item Authorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 24-695-21, Truck Scale Replacement at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C, from $850,000.00 to $1,055,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1615890 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0242 1 11 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-03 Dental Plan Administrator, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028, Account 101-25000-601250 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0246 2 12 Agenda Item Authority to Advertise Contract 25-105-11 Laboratory Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Adsorbable Organic Fluorine in Wastewater Samples, estimated cost $98,000.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1635925 Approved Pass Action details Video 25-0248 1 13 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 25-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Steel & Stainless Steel, estimated cost $192,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623130, 623090 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0249 1 14 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 25-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Air Filters to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $125,000.00, Account 101-20000-623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0257 1 15 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-11 Custom Application Development Consulting and Database Support Consulting, estimated cost $150,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1635926 (As Revised) Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0262 1 16 Agenda Item Authority to advertise Contract 22-093-2M HVAC Improvements to UV Building and Switchgear Building, OWRP, estimated cost between $2,609,311.80 and $3,158,640.60, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1636149 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0250 1 17 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for LogicMonitor Infrastructure Monitoring Solution, in an amount not to exceed $121,915.75, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1636273 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0253 1 18 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 24-RFP-05, Perform Psychological Evaluations and Fitness for Duty Examinations for Selected Employees, with Psychological Dimensions LLC in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Requisition 1618511 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0264 1 19 Agenda Item Issue purchase order to Altorfer Industries Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One (1) New Caterpillar Model 450 Backhoe Loader to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 011723-CAT, in an amount not to exceed $207,702.00, Account 101-68000-634760, Requisition 1636281 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0265 1 20 Agenda Item Issue purchase orders to Alfa Laval, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts for Alfa Laval Centrifuges and Ashbrook Simon-Hartley Gravity Belt Thickeners to various locations for a three-year period, in a total amount not to exceed $2,970,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0275 1 21 Agenda Item Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with attorney Patrick Blanchard to serve as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Interim Inspector General and to perform inspector general services for MWRD, in an amount not to exceed $175,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1636634 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0225 1 22 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 25-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Pacific Star Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $99,525.84, Group B to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $68,308.17, Group C to Crown Packaging International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $65,109.12, and Group D to Qorpak, a division of Berlin Packaging, in an amount not to exceed $25,062.60, Account 101-20000-623570 (Deferred from the March 20, 2025 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Video 25-0227 1 23 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 25-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Paper Filters, Crucibles, and Petri Dishes to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, C and D to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $188,304.04, and Group B to Taylor Distribution Group LLC, in an amount not to exceed $15,801.49, Account 101-20000-623570 (Deferred from the March 20, 2025 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Video 25-0236 1 24 Agenda Item Authority to award Contract 20-087-3P, Chemical Phosphorus Removal, OWRP, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $14,226,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $711,300.00, for a total amount not to exceed $14,937,300.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1627083 (Deferred from the March 20, 2025 Board Meeting) Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0245 1 25 Agenda Item Authority to increase agreement with Hach Company to Furnish and Deliver analyzer equipment and parts to various locations in an amount of $285,000.00, from an amount of $459,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $744,900.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, Outline Agreement 7002187 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0254 1 26 Agenda Item Authority to increase the purchase orders and to exercise the option to extend the agreements for an additional two-year period for Contract 22-RFP-12 for Insurance Broker Services, with Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc., whose name was changed to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. as of May 31, 2024, in an amount of $235,200.00, from an amount of $352,800.00 to an amount not to exceed $588,000.00 and Willis Towers Watson Midwest, Inc., in an amount of $216,300.00, from an amount of $315,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $531,300.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Purchase Orders 3122013, 3122018, 3130698 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0258 1 27 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 19-151-4C Geotechnical Related Work Associated with the McCook and Thornton Reservoirs to Black and Veatch Corporation in an amount of $341,399.00, from an amount of $1,149,693.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,491,092.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3109177 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0259 1 28 Agenda Item Authority to increase Contract 19-159-3P Chemical Addition Backup System, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies LLC in an amount of $32,033.98, from an amount of $8,854,128.98, to an amount not to exceed $8,886,162.96, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000085 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0274 1 29 Agenda Item Authority to increase purchase order and extend agreement for a two (2) month period, for Contract 22-408-12 Janitorial Services for the Main Office Building Complex (Re-Bid), with Eco-Clean Maintenance, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $164,000.00, from an amount of $2,589,424.84, to an amount not to exceed $2,753,424.84, Accounts 101-15000-612370 and 612390, Purchase Order 5001868 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0267 1 30 Report Report on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous Claims under $10,000.00 Published and Filed Pass Action details Not available 25-0247 1 32 Agenda Item Authority to enter into two amendments of lease agreements with a tenant farmer for a land parcel located at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, pursuant to 22-RFP-17, Farm Management Support Services Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0270 1 33 Agenda Item Authority to grant the Village of Forest View a 25-year, approximately 70’x 1,050’ non-exclusive easement to continue to operate and maintain a 42-inch diameter storm sewer and outfall structure south of Grove Avenue and extending to the north bank of the Main Channel in Forest View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcels 37.04 and 37.12. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00 Approved Pass Action details Not available 25-0273 1 34 Agenda Item Authority to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority for the Red Line Extension Project Deleted   Action details Not available 25-0278 1 35 Resolution RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing April as National Arab American Heritage Month Adopted Pass Action details Not available