Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, August 14, 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  
Motion  
1
2
MOTION to Approve Funds for 2025 District-wide Picnic  
MOTION to reappoint David Ormsby, Inc. as public relations consultant for the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for an additional  
one-year period in an amount not to exceed $48,000.00, Account  
101-11000-612430 (As Revised)  
Finance Committee  
Report  
3
4
5
6
Report on the investment interest income during June 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during June 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on investment inventory statistics at June 30, 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2025, in the amount of  
$37,710,350.60  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
7
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, June 13, 2025  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 15, 2025  
8
9
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, June 27, 2025  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, August 1, 2025  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 5, 2025  
10  
11  
12  
Procurement and Materials Management Department - 2024 Annual Report  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
13  
Authorization to amend Board Order of March 20, 2025, regarding Issue  
purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 24-RFP-14, Agenda  
Management Solution for a five-year period with Granicus, LLC in an amount  
not to exceed $150,287.54, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1623606,  
Agenda Item No. 14, File No. 25-0199  
Attachments:  
14  
15  
Authorization for payment to the Chicago Area Waterways Chloride Workgroup  
for the agency membership dues, in the amount of $35,000.00, Account  
101-15000-612280  
Authority to Advertise  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-18 Professional Environmental  
Engineering Services for Real Estate, for a three-year period, estimated cost  
$1,200,000.00, Accounts 101-30000-612430, 501-50000-612520, Requisitions  
1641369,1641370  
Attachments:  
16  
17  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-304-11, Annual Maintenance, Repairing,  
Recharging, and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers for a  
three (3) year period at various locations, in an amount not to exceed  
$210,000.00, Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1639986  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-685-51, Furnishing, Delivering, and  
Administration of Rain Barrels, estimated cost $450,000.00, Account  
501-50000-623990, Requisition 1641177  
Attachments:  
18  
Authority to advertise Contract 12-369-3S Upper Des Plaines Intercepting  
Sewer 11D Rehabilitation, NSA, estimated cost between $16,150,000.00 and  
$19,550,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1640399  
Attachments:  
19  
20  
21  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-14 Professional Services for TARP  
Mainstream Tunnel Inspection from DS-M114N to CS-ADD, estimated cost  
$1,200,000.00, Account 201-50000-612440, Requisition 1643102  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-632-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium  
Hypochlorite, estimated cost $5,714,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1640938, 1641444, and 1641687  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-612-21, Roof Replacement and Rehabilitation  
at Various Locations, estimated cost between $3,895,000.00 and  
$4,715,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1634050, 1634141,  
and 1634143  
Attachments:  
22  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-384-3D Rehabilitation of Service Tunnel  
Expansion Joints and Replacement of Road E, Kirie Water Reclamation Plant,  
estimated cost between $6,655,400.00 and $8,056,500.00, Account  
401-50000-645750, Requisition 1642951  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
23  
25  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP  
for Contract 25-RFP-09, Professional Auditing Services for a one year period  
with four options to extend, in an amount not to exceed $239,747.00, Accounts  
101-40000-612430 and P802-11000-798200, Requisition 1633430  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 24-RFP-12  
Harassment and Diversity Awareness: Customizable Course for Online and  
In-Person Instruction to The McGarity Consulting Group, Incorporated, in an  
amount not to exceed $170,168.00, Account 101-25000-601100, Requisition  
1624305  
Attachments:  
26  
27  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Acacia Financial Group,  
Inc., for Contract 25-RFP-04 Financial Advisor for District Financing Programs,  
for a five-year period in an amount not to exceed $177,125.00, Account  
101-11000-612430, Requisition 1633042  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-804-11, Furnish and Deliver Three  
Non-Restrained Flexible Pipe Couplings to the Calumet Water Reclamation  
Plant, to Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $125,696.73,  
Account 101-68000-623090, Requisition 1633657  
Attachments:  
28  
29  
Issue purchase order to Willis Towers Watson Midwest, Inc. for Contract  
22-RFP-12 Furnish Cyber Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not  
to exceed $114,560.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1642950 (As  
Revised)  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with T.Y. Lin International  
Great Lakes Inc. for Project 24-892-3P (24-CON-05), Mechanical, Electrical and  
Plumbing Consulting Support Services, for a two-year period, in an amount not  
to exceed $4,000,000.00, Accounts 401/201-50000-612450, Requisition  
1639044 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
30  
31  
32  
Issue purchase orders to Hach Company to Furnish and Deliver Analyzer  
Equipment and Parts to various locations in a total amount not to exceed  
$990,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270,  
623560, and 623570  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco  
SmartNet Hardware/Software Support for Routers, Switches and Firewalls, in  
an amount not to exceed $336,063.81, Accounts 101-27000-612820 and  
612840, Requisition 1643096  
Issue purchase order to CIT Trucks, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One (1) New  
2026 Kenworth Model T880 Semi-Tractor to the Calumet Water Reclamation  
Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No.  
032824-KTC, in an amount not to exceed $203,466.23, Account  
101-68000-634860, Requisition 1641546  
33  
34  
Issue purchase order to West Side Tractor Sales Co., to Furnish and Deliver  
One (1) New 2025 Talbert Model T(4)-55CC-HRG-T1 Trailer to the Calumet  
Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 092922-TBT, in an amount not to exceed $110,725.00, Account  
101-68000-634860, Requisition 1641547  
Issue purchase order to Superior Industrial Equipment, L.L.C., to Furnish and  
Deliver Two Replacement Flowserve Mechanical Seals and Accessories to the  
Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $109,764.42,  
Account 101-68000-623270, Requisition 1642242.  
35  
36  
Issue purchase order to Equipment Depot of Illinois, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver  
One (1) Mitsubishi Electric Forklift, Model FB55NH, to the O’Brien Water  
Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No.  
053024-MCF, in an Amount not to Exceed $87,235.01, Account  
101-67000-634760, Requisition 1642612  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-07  
Professional Services to Furnish, Deliver, and Deploy a Technology Platform  
Using Real-Time Advanced Analytics for Aeration Optimization at the Terrence  
J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, with DHI Water & Environment, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $160,000.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition  
1622683  
Attachments:  
37  
38  
Issue purchase order to Jones-Bell, L.L.C. dba ECS Environmental Solutions to  
Furnish and Deliver Filters and Filter Media for the Odor Control Units at the  
Westside Primary Pumping Station A Facility at the Stickney Water  
Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $114,050.00, Account  
101-69000-623560, Requisition 1642859.  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-10  
Accessibility Audit and ADA Compliance Plan For Digital Platforms, with A360  
Enterprises, LLC dba Allyant, in an amount not to exceed $38,670.00, Account  
101-15000-612430, Requisition 1632665  
Award Contract  
39  
Authority 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)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/17/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
40  
Authority to award Contract 24-279-5F, Suburban Green Schoolyard Pilot  
Project 1 in Burnham, to Foundation Mechanics, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $1,933,417.10, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an  
amount of $96,670.86, plus Alternates 2 and 3 in an amount of $191,382.00, for  
a total amount not to exceed $2,221,469.96, Account 501-50000-645620,  
Requisition 1628550  
Attachments:  
41  
Authority to award Contract 25-618-12 (Re-Bid), Specialized Repairs for Large  
Motors and Excitation Systems, to L & S Electric, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $445,800.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/623070,  
Requisitions 1632666, 1632667, and 1632668  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
42  
Authority 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 4000119 (Deferred from the June  
26, 2025 Board Meeting) (Deferred from the July 17, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
6/26/25  
7/17/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
Deferred  
43  
44  
Authority to decrease Contract 21-620-11, Furnish and Deliver Reconditioned  
Circuit Breakers for Various Service Areas, to Qualus Services, LLC, in an  
amount of $303,800.00, from an amount of $792,615.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $488,815.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070,  
Purchase Orders 3116785, 3116786, and 3116787  
Authority to increase Contract 18-144-3M Mainstream TARP Pumps  
Rehabilitation at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Company, LLC in an amount of $111,509.84, from an amount of  
$23,608,797.42, to an amount not to exceed $23,720,307.26, Account  
401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000079  
Attachments:  
45  
Authority to decrease Contract 19-542-3MR Central Boiler Facility and Electrical  
Updates, Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Rebid, to IHC Construction  
Companies, LLC in an amount of $12,677.62, from an amount of  
$14,460,729.20, to an amount not to exceed $14,448,051.58, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081  
Attachments:  
46  
Authority to increase purchase order and exercise the option to extend the  
agreement for an additional one-year period for Contract 22-RFP-08 On-site  
Health Care Services with Concentra Health Services, Inc. in an amount of  
$400,000.00, from an amount of $1,250,000.00 to an amount not to exceed  
$1,650,000.00, Account 101-25000-612260, Purchase Order 3122799  
Attachments:  
47  
Authority to increase Contract 18-254-3P Chemical Phosphorus Removal  
Facility, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies,  
LLC in an amount of $113,501.30, from an amount of $16,527,550.82, to an  
amount not to exceed $16,641,052.12, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase  
Order 4000092  
Attachments:  
48  
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 $117,170,72, from an amount of $15,379,232.30, to an  
amount not to exceed $15,496,403.02, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase  
Order 4000099  
Attachments:  
49  
50  
51  
Authority to decrease Contract 24-651-21, Remove and Replace Pavement at  
Various Locations, Groups A, B, and D, to McGill Construction Co. (McGill), in  
an amount of $23,224.21, from an amount of $682,317.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $659,092.79, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001984  
Authority to decrease Contract 24-651-21, Remove and Replace Pavement at  
Various Locations, Group C to K-Five Construction Corporation (K-Five), in an  
amount of $35,456.57, from an amount of $393,500.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $358,043.43, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 5001985  
Authority to decrease the agreement with IFS Ultimo Americas Inc., to Provide  
Telephone Support and District-Wide, Onsite, Software Training for the  
Mainsaver Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), in an  
amount of $140,899.76, from an amount of $184,653.76, to an amount not to  
exceed $43,754.00, Accounts 101-69000-601100/612430, Purchase Order  
3136194  
52  
53  
Authority to increase Contract 21-RFP-12, Building Security Management  
System, to Quantum Crossings, L.L.C., in an amount of $50,778.00, from an  
amount of $424,293.00, to an amount not to exceed $475,071.00, Accounts  
101-15000-612430, 612820 and 634990, Purchase Order 3131689  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with  
FluidClarity Ltd. for professional engineering services for Project 14-065-5F  
(22-CON-04) Final Design for a Flood Control Project on Central Road from the  
Des Plaines River to Glenwood Lane, NSA, in an amount of $1,222,344.06,  
from an amount of $3,007,951.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,785,606.94,  
Account 501-50000-612450, Purchase Order 3120596 (As Revised)  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
54  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$365,200.00 in the Corporate Fund  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
55  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of June 2025  
Attachments:  
56  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions from April through  
June 2025 for Contract 11-187-3F Addison Creek Channel Improvements, SSA  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
57  
58  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Carlos Castro vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 24WC023708 Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $39,222.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of David Mica vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number W003837751, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $11,726.74, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
59  
Authority to issue a two-year permit extension to the Illinois State Toll Highway  
Authority to continue to use a 15.5± acre portion of the Majewski Reservoir Site  
to access and remove soil to use as construction fill for the Elgin O’Hare  
Western Access Project. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
60  
Authority to issue a five-year permit extension to the Cook County Department  
of Transportation and Highways to continue to use a 15.5± acre portion of the  
Majewski Reservoir Site to access and remove soil for the construction of the  
Touhy Avenue segment of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project.  
Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
61  
Report on Volume Control, Detention, and Compensatory Storage Volumes  
Required by the Watershed Management Ordinance  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment