Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, October 16, 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.  
Call Meeting to Order  
President Kari K. Steele presiding, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
7 -  
Present:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon Waller; and Kari K. Steele  
2 - Yumeka Brown; and Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, that the minutes from the last meeting of October 2, 2025, be approved  
without having to read them into the record. The motion carried by acclamation.  
Chorus of ayes - No nays  
Public Comments  
None  
Recess and Convene as Committee of the Whole  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, to recess and convene as a committee of the whole. The motion  
carried by acclamation. Chorus of Ayes - No Nays  
Committee of the Whole  
Approval of the Committee of the Whole Agenda  
President Kari K. Steele called for a motion to accept the agendas for each  
Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
seconded by Beth McElroy Kirkwood. President Kari K. Steele called for any  
objections. No objections were voiced. Motion carried.  
The Committee of the Whole meeting of October 16, 2025, was adjourned at 10:45  
a.m.  
Executive Session  
None  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 10:50 a.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Motions, Ordinances and Resolutions  
Resolution  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
25-0764  
1
“Imagine a Day Without Water”  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
America 250 Project  
25-0781  
2
Adopted  
Finance Committee  
Report  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of September 2025, in the  
amount of $46,233,088.47  
25-0768  
3
Attachments: September 2025 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Published and Filed  
Report on the investment interest income during September 2025  
25-0771  
25-0772  
25-0775  
4
5
6
Attachments: Inv Int Inc 2025-09 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on investments purchased during September 2025  
Attachments: Inv Purch 2025-09 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on investment inventory statistics at September 30, 2025  
Attachments: Inv Stat 2025 Q3 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Authorization  
25-0779  
7
Authority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of  
Commissioners and the Acting Executive Director in the amount of $7,242.12,  
Accounts 101-11000-612010, 612030 and 101-15000-612010, 612030, 612050  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, that this Agenda Item be Approved. The motion carried by the  
following roll call vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
2 - Yumeka Brown, Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, September 30, 2025  
25-0758  
25-0759  
8
9
Published and Filed  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 25-635-21, SEPA 3 Paver Walkway  
Improvement, estimated cost between $190,000.00 and $230,000.00  
Published and Filed  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 25-922-21, Specialized Railroad Car  
Rehabilitation in the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost between  
$1,710,000.00 and $2,070,000.00  
25-0760  
25-0763  
10  
11  
Published and Filed  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, October 3, 2025  
Published and Filed  
Authorization  
Authorization for payment to National Association of Clean Water Agencies  
(NACWA) for 2025/2026 membership dues in the amount of $107,125.00,  
Account 101-15000-612280  
25-0739  
12  
Approved  
Authorization to extend the current Eligible Underwriters List through September  
30, 2026, or until a new list is generated.  
25-0743  
25-0744  
13  
Attachments: Contract 20-RFP-04 Eligible Firms List  
Approved  
Authorization to amend Board Order of September 18, 2025, regarding Authority  
to advertise Request for Proposal 25-RFP-19 Legal Advisory Services Related  
to the District Financing Program for a five-year period, estimated cost  
$235,100.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1645302 (As Revised),  
Agenda Item No. 18, File No. 25-0700  
14  
Attachments:  
Transmittal Letter for Board Meeting of September 18, 2025, Agenda  
Item No. 18, File No. 25-0700  
Approved  
Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 25-361-11 Proposal  
to Lease 12.91± acres of District real estate located north of the Main Channel  
between Central and Laramie Avenues in Stickney, Illinois, known as Main  
Channel Parcel 39.02, for a 39-year term from Sanchez Group in the amount of  
$396,084.00  
25-0752  
15  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-361-11 Aerial View - 12.91± acres, Stickney, IL - Main  
Channel Parcel 39.02  
Approved  
Authorization for payment to the U.S. Water Alliance for the 2026 annual  
membership dues in the amount of $40,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280  
25-0762  
25-0774  
16  
17  
Approved  
Authorization to amend Board Order of August 14, 2025, regarding 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, Agenda Item No. 19, File No.  
25-0594  
Attachments:  
Transmittal Letter for Board Meeting of August 14, 2025, Agenda Item  
No. 19, File No. 25-0594  
Approved  
Authority to Advertise  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-22 Legal Services for Workers’  
Compensation Defense for a three-year period, with an option to extend for an  
additional two years, estimated cost $750,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430,  
Requisition 1645179  
25-0741  
18  
Attachments: Contract 25-RFP-22 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-362-11 for public tender of bids the sale of  
approximately 0.14± acres of District land located at 6861 North Milwaukee  
Avenue in Niles, Illinois. The minimum sale price shall be established at  
$92,130.00 (As Revised)  
25-0751  
19  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-362-11 Aerial View - 0.14± acres - 6861 North Milwaukee  
Avenue, Niles, Illinois  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-002-11 Furnish and Deliver Bulk Liquid Argon  
to various locations, estimated cost $86,000.00, Account 101-20000-623840  
25-0766  
20  
Attachments: Contract 26-002-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
Issue Purchase Order  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PTS, Professional  
Technical Services, Inc. d/b/a EST Analytical for preventive maintenance,  
repairs and consumable supplies for Skalar analyzers, in an amount not to  
exceed $141,725.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970 and 623570, Requisition  
1645158  
25-0742  
21  
Approved  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC and amend an agreement with  
Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft software and software maintenance for a  
two-year period, in an amount not to exceed $3,130,376.46, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1646264  
25-0748  
25-0750  
25-0753  
22  
23  
24  
Approved  
Issue purchase order to KARA Company, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver one  
Self-Leveling Robotic Total Station, two GPS Antennas, and related  
accessories, in an amount not to exceed $88,869.09, Account  
101-50000-634990, Requisition 1645822  
Approved  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 25-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$21,599,835.80, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions  
1638638, 1636892, and 1636980  
Attachments: Contract 25-630-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for License Renewal of  
Autodesk AutoCAD Software, in an amount not to exceed $109,547.48, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1646167  
25-0755  
25-0756  
25  
26  
Approved  
Issue purchase order to Emerson Process Management Power and Water  
Solutions, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Equipment required to Upgrade DCS  
Hardware at the Kirie, Egan, and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in an  
amount of $183,751.00, Account 101-67000-623070, Requisition 1644908  
Approved  
Issue purchase orders to W.W. Grainger, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver  
25-0757  
27  
Maintenance, Repair and Operating Catalog Products, under the Sourcewell,  
formerly National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), Cooperative Purchasing  
Contract #091422-WWG, in an amount not to exceed $403,700.00, Accounts  
101, 501-15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000,  
69000-623030, 623070, 623090, 623110, 623130, 623190, 623270, 623570,  
623660, 623680, 623780, 623810, 623860 and 623990, Requisitions 1644459,  
1644511, 1644524, 1644532, 1645215, 1645532, 1645547, 1645700, 1645791  
Approved  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Bowman Consulting  
Group Ltd. for Contract 24-CON-03, Professional Engineering Services for  
Project 14-065-5F Flood Control Project on Central Road from the Des Plaines  
River to Glenwood Lane, NSA in an amount not to exceed $2,204,293.84,  
Account 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1644812  
25-0773  
28  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-CON-03 (Project 14-065-5F) Affirmative Action Goals and  
Appendix A Report - Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.  
Approved  
Issue purchase orders to Staples Contract and Commercial, LLC, to Furnish  
and Deliver Miscellaneous Non-Stock Office Supplies to various locations under  
the Sourcewell, formerly National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA), Purchasing  
Co-operative Contract Number 070924-SCC, in an amount not to exceed  
$78,000.00, Accounts 101, 501-11000, 15000, 16000, 20000, 25000, 27000,  
30000, 40000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623520, Requisitions  
1462110, 1643419, 1643494, 1643497, 1643500, 1643506, 1643519, 1643612,  
1643685, 1644196, 1644521, 1644650, and 1644651  
25-0777  
29  
Approved  
Award Contract  
Authority to award Contract 25-605-21, Lockport Powerhouse Tailrace Barrier,  
to Global Infrastructure LLC dba Chicago Underwater, in an amount not to  
exceed $203,946.00, Account 201-50000-645620, Requisition 1635910  
25-0754  
30  
Attachments: Contract 25-605-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Authority to award Contract 25-624-21, Sludge Pump Improvements at Various  
Locations, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $6,850,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1626921  
25-0767  
31  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-624-21 Affirmative Action Goals and Revised Appendix D  
and Appendix V Report -Independent Mechanical.pdf  
Approved  
Authority to award Contract 25-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Hardware to Various  
Locations for a one (1) year period, to Liberty Fastener Company, in an amount  
not to exceed $68,644.55, Account 101-20000-623110  
25-0770  
32  
Attachments: Contract 25-056 -11 Item Descriptions  
Approved  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
Authority to increase Contract 25-105-11 Laboratory Analysis of Per- and  
25-0745  
33  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Adsorbable Organic Fluorine in Wastewater  
Samples to Enthalpy Analytical, LLC in an amount of $36,300.00, from an  
amount of $63,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $99,800.00, Account  
101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3136074  
Approved  
Authority to decrease the purchase order with CDW Government, LLC, and  
amend an agreement with Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Software and  
Software Maintenance in an amount of $2,682,241.76, from an amount of  
$4,023,362.64, to an amount not to exceed $1,341,120.88, Account  
101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3132582  
25-0746  
34  
Approved  
Authority to increase agreement with ABB, Inc., to provide replacement parts for  
the ABB Industry Care Select Coverage of distribution control systems at  
various locations, in an amount of $42,000.00, from an amount of $250,000.00,  
to an amount not to exceed $292,000.00, Account 101-67000-623070,  
Agreement 7002257  
25-0747  
35  
Approved  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
25-0780  
36  
$13,105,300.00 in the Capital Improvements Bond Fund, and Bond Redemption  
and Interest Fund  
Attachments: 10.16.25 Board Transfer for Board Approval.pdf  
Approved  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of August 2025  
25-0776  
37  
Attachments: Attachment 1 CO Report August 2025 5% Contingency - Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report August 2025 - FINAL.pdf  
Attachment 3 CO Report August 2025 5% Contingency.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
Final Report for Emergency Contract 25-800-01, Emergency Work to  
25-0761  
38  
Rehabilitate the Calumet WRP Digester Facility Main Switchgear, Account  
201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 3134962  
Published and Filed  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to negotiate and enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and  
25-0778  
39  
make payment to the City of Markham for the Acquisition of Flood-Prone  
Property in Markham (25-IGA-22), in an amount not to exceed $450,000.00,  
Account 501-50000-612400  
Approved  
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item: 7  
A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following roll  
call vote:  
7 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
2 - Yumeka Brown, Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Meeting Summary  
Speakers  
None  
Summary of Requests  
None  
Study Session  
None  
Announcements  
None  
Board Letter Submission Dates  
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for November 6, 2025, please  
prepare and submit Board items before the following absolute cutoff dates.  
Date agenda items are due to the Director of Procurement and Materials  
Management for signature and preparation: October 24, 2025  
Date all agenda items are due to the Acting Executive Director: 1:00 p.m.,  
October 29, 2025  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, that when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday,  
November 6, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. and also move that today's meeting be  
Adjourned. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: /s/ Jacqueline  
Torres, Clerk  
7 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
2 - Yumeka Brown, Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
APPROVAL:  
In accordance with the provisions of 70ILCS 2605/4, each of the foregoing agenda items duly  
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago this October 16, 2025, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
October 16, 2025