Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of

Greater Chicago

100 East Erie Street

Chicago, IL 60611

Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final

Thursday, March 19, 2026

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.

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

26-0171

26-0199

26-0200

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the

elevation of Pastor John F. Harrell to the office of Bishop

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing March

22nd as World Water Day

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring the

Westside Long-Term Recovery Group

Finance Committee

Report

Report on the investment interest income during January 2026

Inv Int Inc 2026-01 att.pdf

Attachments:

Report on investments purchased during January 2026

Inv Purch 2026-01 att.pdf

Attachments:

Report on the investment interest income during February 2026

Inv Int Inc 2026-02 att.pdf

Attachments:

Report on investments purchased during February 2026

Inv Purch 2026-02 att.pdf

Attachments:

26-0203

Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of February 2026, in the amount

of $28,398,909.52

February 2026 Cash Disbursements Summary

Attachments:

Procurement Committee

Report

Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, February 27, 2026

Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Report on Request for Proposal 25-RFP-05 Professional Underwriting Services

for District Bond Sales

Attachment A - Eligible Firms 2026 - Contract 25-RFP-05

Attachments:

Authority to Advertise

26-0172

Authority to advertise Contract 26-103-11 Laboratory Analysis of Per- and

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, estimated cost $93,000.00, Account

101-16000-612490, Requisition 1654793

26-0175

Authority to advertise Contract 26-653-11, Underground Infrastructure Cleaning

at Various Locations, estimated cost $2,809,800.00, Account

101-66000-612600, Requisition 1653284

Contract 26-653-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf

Attachments:

26-0180

Authority to advertise Contract 26-636-11, Furnishing and Delivering Hydrogen

Peroxide, estimated cost $441,200.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition

1653821

Contract 26-636-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report

Attachments:

Issue Purchase Order

26-0182

Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC for Microsoft Unified software

and directory services support, in an amount not to exceed $614,098.00,

Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1655317

26-0191

Issue purchase order to Altorfer Industries Inc., to Furnish and Deliver one (1)

New Caterpillar Model 980-14C High Lift Reach Configuration Medium Wheel

Loader to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell Purchasing

Contract No. 011723-CAT, in an amount not to exceed $569,610.00, Account

101-68000-634760, Requisition 1654602

26-0194

26-0197

Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Bluff City Construction,

LLC., to Furnish, Deliver, and Install two (2) GeoPools for the CALSMA East

Site, in an amount not to exceed $1,932,005.60, Account 201-50000-645790,

Requisition 1653659 (As Revised)

Aerial Views - GeoPools at CALSMA

Attachments:

Issue purchase order for Contract 26-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium

Hydroxide, to Rowell Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed

$1,302,208.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1648719

Contract 26-935-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf

Attachments:

Award Contract

26-0188

Authority to award Contract 26-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Paper Filters,

Crucibles, and Petri Dishes to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Group

A to Fisher Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $67,032.76,

and Groups B and C to Taylor Distribution Group LLC, in an amount not to

exceed $125,129.19, Account 101-20000-623570

Contract 26-028-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report

Contract 26-028-11 Item Descriptions

Attachments:

Increase Purchase Order/Change Order

Authority to decrease Contract 01-103-AS 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation -

Phase II, SSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount of $701,319.74, from

an amount of $41,134,581.90, to an amount not to exceed $40,433,262.16,

Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000119

Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000119.

Attachments:

Authority to increase Contract 06-360-3SR Upper Des Plaines Intercepting

Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA, Rebid, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount

of $51,878.80, from an amount of $36,327,513.61, to an amount not to exceed

$36,379,392.41, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000100

Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000100.pdf

Attachments:

Authority to increase Contract 19-159-3P Chemical Addition Backup System,

Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC. in an

amount of $52,411.60, from an amount of $8,886,162.96, to an amount not to

exceed $8,938,574.56, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000085

Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000085

Attachments:

Authority to increase Contract 20-RFP-28R Biogas Combined Heat and Power

System, Egan WRP, to Baxter & Woodman/Boller Construction, LLC in an

amount of $127,086.21, from an amount of $14,691,666.01, to an amount not to

exceed $14,818,752.22, Accounts 101-50000-612490, 201-50000-612450,

201-50000-645650, Purchase Orders 3130589, 3130593, and 4000112

Change Order Log - Purchase Orders 3130589, 3130593, and 4000112

Attachments:

26-0195

Authority to decrease Contract 07-027-3SR North Side Sludge Pipeline

Replacement - Section 1, NSA, Rebid, to Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. in

an amount of $6,872.05, from an amount of $32,393,202.42, to an amount not

to exceed $32,386,330.37, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order

4000091

Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000091

Attachments:

Engineering Committee

Report

26-0204

Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the

Director of Engineering during the month of February 2026

Attachment 1 CO Report February 2026 5% Contingency - Final.pdf

Attachment 2 CO Status Report February 2026 - FINAL.pdf

Attachments:

Judiciary Committee

Authorization

26-0181

26-0205

Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keith Zirbes vs.

MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC034845 Illinois Workers’ Compensation

Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $30,886.36, Account 901-30000-601090

Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Peter Hopp vs.

MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC6924, Illinois Workers’ Compensation

Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $163,628.84, Account 901-30000-601090

Real Estate Development Committee

Authorization

26-0174

Authority to purchase 15.82 acres of real estate and acquire a 0.91-acre

temporary easement located west of the Ridgewood Memorial Cemetery at the

intersection of Dee Road and Central Road in Maine Township, Illinois for the

construction of the Flood Control Project on Central Road from the Des Plaines

River to Glenwood Lane in Maine Township and Northfield Township, Illinois

(Contract 14-065-5F), and authority for payment to the owner, Ridgewood

Cemetery Company, Inc., in an amount of $8,150,000.00, plus closing costs.

Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management Fund (As Revised)

RE - Purchase of Real Estate West of Ridgewood Cemetery Aerial.pdf

Attachments:

26-0198

Authority to issue a five-year permit to the Village of Forest View for the

continued use of the District’s truck scale located north of the Main Channel and

west of Harlem Avenue in Forest View, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel

35.08. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00

RE - Forest View 5-year Permit Aerial.pdf

Attachments: