Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, November 20, 2025  
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 Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Commissioner Eira L.  
Corral Sepúlveda, Commissioner Sharon Waller, 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  
Flynn  
Waller  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
Brown  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Davis  
Labor & Industrial Relations  
Maintenance & Operations  
Monitoring & Research  
Municipalities  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service  
Public Health & Welfare  
Public Information & Education  
Procurement  
Flynn  
Steele  
Waller  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Brown  
Brown  
Waller  
McElroy Kirkwood  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Waller  
Garcia  
Davis  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Brady-Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Garcia  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
9
23  
20  
20  
17  
15  
26  
6
6
April  
3
May  
1
June  
5
July  
17  
14  
4
August  
September  
October  
November  
18  
16  
20  
2
6
December  
December  
2 (Annual Meeting)  
18  
4
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  
1
2
25-0843  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating  
employees that have retired in the last year  
Attachments:  
MWRD Retirement List 10-1-2024 - 09-30-2025  
25-0871  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the  
Leo High School Choir for its performance on the television show America’s  
Got Talent  
Finance Committee  
Report  
3
25-0864  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2025, in the amount  
of $58,736,914.20  
Attachments:  
October 2025 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
4
25-0861  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, November 4, 2025  
Authority to Advertise  
6
25-0848  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-24, Furnish, Deliver, and Install  
Web-Based Compliance Software, estimated cost $250,000.00, Account  
101-15000-612430 and 612820, Requisition 1648399  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-RFP-24 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Issue Purchase Order  
7
25-0844  
Issue purchase order to CommVault Systems, Inc. for Maintenance  
subscription, renewal and license for CommVault’s Backup Software, in an  
amount not to exceed $218,392.80, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition  
1647544.  
8
9
25-0845  
25-0852  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for Adobe Software Licenses  
Subscription Renewal in an amount not to exceed $80,688.45, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1648068  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hey and Associates,  
Inc. for Contract 24-CON-03 Professional Engineering Services for Project  
25-800-5F Riparian Area Improvements at Multiple Locations in Cook County,  
in an amount not to exceed $2,291,377.39, Accounts 501-50000-612440 and  
612450, Requisition 1648263  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-CON-03 (Project 25-800-5F) Affirmative Action Goals.and Appendix  
10  
11  
12  
25-0863  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 26-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Sodium Hypochlorite, to Rowell Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to  
exceed $4,046,363.30, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560,  
Requisitions 1640938, 1641444, and 1641687  
Attachments:  
Contract 26-632-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Award Contract  
25-0862  
Authority to award Contract 25-617-11, Power Distribution Equipment  
Inspection and Repairs, to Siemens Industry, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$735,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070, Requisitions  
1641184, 1641186, and 1641187 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-617-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
25-0850  
Authority to increase Contract 07-027-3SR North Side Sludge Pipeline  
Replacement - Section 1, NSA, Rebid, to Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. in  
an amount of $3,887,183.92, from an amount of $28,506,018.50, to an amount  
not to exceed $32,393,202.42, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order  
4000091  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000091  
13  
25-0851  
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 $17,715.74, from an amount of  
$15,511,121.96, to an amount not to exceed $15,528,837.70, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000099  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000099  
14  
15  
25-0858  
25-0873  
Authority to decrease the agreement with Schneider Electric Systems USA,  
Inc., to Provide Services for a Secure Upgrade to the DCS at the Calumet  
Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $384,006.80, from an amount of  
$4,292,721.00, to an amount not to exceed $3,908,714.20, Account  
101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 3132614  
Authority to increase Contract 08-174-3D Battery A Improvements and Battery  
B Installation of Mechanical Mixers, SWRP, to IHC Construction Companies,  
LLC in an amount of $1,120,000.00, from an amount of $56,449,000.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $57,569,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase  
Order 4000122  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000122  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
16  
25-0869  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$50,000.00 in the Corporate Fund  
Attachments:  
11.20.25 Board Transfer for Board Approval.pdf  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
17  
18  
25-0865  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of October 2025  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 CO Report October 2025 5% Contingency - Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report October 2025 - FINAL.pdf  
25-0866  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions from July through  
September 2025 for Contract 11-187-3F Addison Creek Channel  
Improvements, SSA  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 CO Report for 11-187-3F July to September 2025.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report for 11-187-3F July to September 2025.pdf  
Authorization  
25-0853  
19  
Authority to enter into an agreement with the Village of Schaumburg to share  
Geographic Information System data for underground facilities.  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution Committee  
Report  
20  
25-0868  
Report on Public Notification of Dischargers found in Significant  
Noncompliance with Pretreatment Standards or Other Requirements  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 - SNC 2024.pdf  
Attachment 2 - SNC 2024.pdf  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
21  
25-0860  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Scott Bresnahan vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 14WC023745, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $465,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
(As Revised)  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
22  
23  
25-0855  
Authority to commence statutory procedures to lease approximately 9 acres of  
District real estate located at 6400 Canal Bank Road in Forest View, Illinois;  
Main Channel Parcel 37.07  
Attachments:  
RE - Commence Statutory Procedures 6400 Canal Bank Road, Forest View MC  
25-0856  
Authority to grant to the Village of Skokie a 25-year, approximately 304.5' by  
10' non-exclusive easement to continue to install, operate, maintain, repair and  
remove a water main on District real estate located across the North Shore  
Channel and along the north side of Touhy Avenue in Skokie, Illinois.  
Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
RE - Easement to Skokie for Water Main Aerial.pdf  
24  
25-0857  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit to the Illinois State Water Survey for  
continued access to the District’s monitoring well located at the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant, 400 E. 130th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall  
be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
RE - ISWS 5-year Permit Aerial.pdf  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
26  
25-0875  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
MOTION to appoint an Executive Director  
Adjournment