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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/4/2025 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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Attachments: 9-4-2025 Final Agenda Packet.pdf, Errata Correction 9-4-2025.pdf
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IW25-001 11Industrial Waste OrdinanceRequest Authority to Transmit the Proposed Amended Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for ApprovalDeleted  Action details Not available
O25-011 12OrdinanceAuthority to amend Ordinance O25-010 Office of Interim Inspector GeneralAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
25-0636 13ResolutionRESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing September 16th as Mexican Independence DayAdoptedPass Action details Not available
25-0658 14ReportReport on the amendment to the agreement for Contract 20-RFP-24, Supply of Electricity, with MP2 Energy NE LLC, for a One (1) Year Extension, starting December 2025 and ending December 31, 2026Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0660 15ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 19, 2025Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0661 16ReportReport of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, August 8, 2025Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0663 17ReportReport of bid opening of Tuesday, August 26, 2025Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0664 18ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 25-664-11, Seal Coating of Roads and Patching of Pavement at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $60,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0666 19ReportReport on rejection of bids for Contract 22-377-2D, Raw Sewage Discharge Pipe Support Modifications for Pumps 1-3, KWRP, estimated cost between $5,168,000.00 and $6,256,000.00Published and FiledPass Action details Not available
25-0641 110Agenda ItemAuthorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 25-360-11 Proposal to Lease 21.70± acres of District real estate located east of the Egan Water Reclamation Plant in Cook County, Illinois, for a 25-year term from TPSR Illinois Solar 4 LLC in the amount of $26,000.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0645 111Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-03 Dental Plan Administrator, with Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, operating through its Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Division, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028, Account 101-25000-601250 (As Revised)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0646 112Agenda ItemAuthorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-02 Health Plan Administrator, with Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, operating through its Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Division, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028, Account 101-25000-601250ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0662 113Agenda ItemAuthorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 22-377-2D Raw Sewage Discharge Pipe Support Modifications for Pumps 1-3, KWRP, estimated cost between $8,293,500.00 and $10,039,500.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1629461ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0637 114Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 26-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1639876ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0651 115Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 23-379-3E Electrical Power Distribution and Phosphorus Removal Improvements, Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost between $22,309,150.20 and $27,005,813.40, Accounts 401-50000-645650 and 645750, Requisition 1642737ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
25-0657 116Agenda ItemAuthority to advertise Contract 25-856-11, Furnish and Deliver Two TARP Orbinox PLC Replacements to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $189,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1640953ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0656 117Agenda ItemIssue purchase order and enter into a joint funding agreement with the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey for the maintenance and operation of eight streamflow gaging stations and two rain gages within Cook County, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $132,700.00 Account 501-50000-612490, Requisition 1642943ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
25-0659 118Agenda ItemIssue purchase orders to Trojan Technologies Corp., to Furnish and Deliver Ultraviolet Disinfection System Parts and Related Accessories, to Various Locations for a Three-Year Period, in a total amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0665 119Agenda ItemIssue purchase order to Alfa Laval, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Sludge Dewatering Centrifuges and related appurtenances for the Centrifuge Dewatering Facility at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $6,119,054.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1639058ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0535 120Agenda ItemAuthority to award Contract 25-647-11, Boiler Tuning and Maintenance Services at Various Locations, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623090, Requisitions 1632661, 1633436, and 1633437 (As Revised) (Deferred from the July 17, 2025 Board Meeting) (Deferred from the August 14, 2025 Board Meeting)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0639 121Agenda ItemAuthority to increase the agreement with Ford W. Hall Co., Inc. to Perform On-Site Specialized Services to Rehabilitate the Final Clarifier Algae Removal System at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP), in an amount of $30,000.00, from an amount of $230,983.10, to an amount not to exceed $260,983.10, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 3134393ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0644 122Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10, Design, Build, Own, Finance, Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product for a Period of 20 Years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an amount of $2,444,195.00, from an amount of $184,604,334.79 to an amount not to exceed $182,160,139.79 Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order 5000950ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0650 123Agenda ItemAuthority to increase purchase orders for Contract 20-RFP-21 Legal Services for Workers’ Compensation Defense with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C., in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $541,097.89, to an amount not to exceed $556,097.89, and Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, P.C., in an amount of $20,000.00, from an amount of $295,420.70, to an amount not to exceed $315,420.70, Account 101-25000-612430, Purchase Orders 3114172 and 3114173ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0652 124Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 01-103-AS 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation - Phase II, SSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc., in an amount of $1,245,780.90, from an amount of $39,863,453.03, to an amount not to exceed $41,109,233.93, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000119ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0653 125Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 06-360-3SR Upper Des Plaines Intercepting Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA, Rebid, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount of $127,317.90, from an amount of $36,200,195.71, to an amount not to exceed $36,327,513.61, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000100ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0654 126Agenda ItemAuthority to increase Contract 17-135-3V Roof Replacement of the Lue-Hing M&R Complex, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $24,706.47, from an amount of $11,882,350.65, to an amount not to exceed $11,907,057.12, Account 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0655 127Agenda ItemAuthority to decrease Contract 23-169-1S McCook Reservoir Stage 1 Sediment Removal, to K.L.F Enterprises, Inc. in an amount of $157,946.92, from an amount of $9,197,183.95, to an amount not to exceed $9,039,237.03, Account 101-50000-612620, Purchase Order 4000123ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0668 128ReportReport on the correction of a typographical error in Ordinance O25-10 establishing an Office of Interim Inspector General and establishing policies and practices for the Interim Inspector General (As Revised), Agenda Item No. 3, File ID No. O25-010Published and FiledPass Action details Video Video
25-0647 129Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Dale Polak vs. MWRDGC, Claim number W004106942, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $59,637.19, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0648 130Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Radavich vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 25WC009372 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $87,326.75, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0649 131Agenda ItemAuthority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Frank Holdman vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC26456, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $40,295.73, Account 901-30000-601090ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0634 132Agenda ItemAuthority to issue a 5-year permit extension to The 670 Parking Condominium Association to continue to maintain a gutter system between the District’s Main Office Building and the Ritz-Carlton Residences located at 625 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00ApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0642 133Agenda ItemAuthority to pay final just compensation for six vacant and unoccupied properties within the right-of-way for the Central Park Stormwater Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois (Contract 18-249-AF) through summary judgment in the eminent domain lawsuits filed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management FundApprovedPass Action details Not available
25-0643 134Agenda ItemAuthorization to declare as surplus and not required for corporate purposes and to commence statutory procedures to sell approximately 0.14± acres of District land located at 6861 North Milwaukee Avenue in Niles, IllinoisApprovedPass Action details Not available