Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, February 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  
1
26-0127  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing National  
Engineers Week  
Finance Committee  
Report  
2
26-0128  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of January 2026, in the amount of  
$70,883,676.68  
January 2026 Cash Disbursement Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
26-0116  
3
Authorization to amend Board Order of November 20, 2025, regarding  
Resolution sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the Leo  
High School Choir for its performance on the television show America’s Got  
Talent, Agenda Item No. 2, File ID No. 25-0871  
Transmittal Letter for Board Meeting of November 20 2025, Agenda Item No. 2,  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
4
26-0114  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 3, 2026  
5
6
7
26-0115  
26-0124  
26-0125  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, January 30, 2026  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, January 9, 2026  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 26-659-11, Agricultural Management,  
Agricultural Fieldside Mowing, and Fence Installation and Removal at Fulton  
County, Illinois, estimated cost $1,260,000.00  
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9
26-0130  
26-0135  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 10, 2026  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 25-654-13 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver  
Parts and Repair Services for Sluice Gate Valve Actuators, estimated cost  
$1,077,700.00  
Authority to Advertise  
10  
11  
26-0119  
26-0123  
Authority to advertise Contract 22-602-21, Underground Storage Tank  
Improvements at Various Locations, estimated cost between $1,197,000.00  
and $1,449,000.00, Account 201-50000-645790, Requisition 1653283  
Contract 22-602-21 Project View  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-602-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-006-11, Furnish and Deliver Janitorial  
Supplies to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost  
$181,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623170, 623660  
Contract 26-006-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
12  
26-0122  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Thermo LabSystems  
Inc. to conduct a redeployment of SampleManager for the Laboratory  
Information Management System to the most current version, in an amount not  
to exceed $634,628.22, Accounts 101-16000-612430, 612820, and 634820  
Requisition 1653824  
Award Contract  
13  
26-0120  
Authority to award Contract 24-384-3D, Rehabilitation of Service Tunnel  
Expansion Joints and Replacement of Road E, Kirie Water Reclamation Plant  
(KWRP), to John Burns Construction Company, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $9,549,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an  
amount of $477,450.00, for a total amount not to exceed $10,026,450.00,  
Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1642951  
Contract 24-384-3D Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D an  
Attachments:  
14  
26-0121  
Authority to award Contract 26-674-11, Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts and  
Services for Trucks and Trailers at Various Locations, to URT E&R Towing,  
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $482,700.00, Accounts  
101-66000/67000/68000/69000-612860/623250, Requisitions 1638648,  
1639053, 1639420, and 1639431  
Contract 26-674-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D Re  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
15  
16  
17  
18  
26-0111  
26-0112  
26-0117  
26-0118  
Authority to increase 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 $39,217.43, from an amount of  
$14,478,975.88, to an amount not to exceed $14,518,193.31, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000081.pdf  
Attachments:  
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 $37,226.47, from an amount of $15,528,569.30, to an  
amount not to exceed $15,565,795.77, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase  
Order 4000099  
Purchase Order 4000099 Change Order Log.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 22-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various  
Locations, Group A to Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc., in an amount of  
$161,000.00, from an amount of $540,780.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$701,780.00, Accounts 101-69000-612600/612680, Purchase Order 5001898  
(As Revised)  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001898.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 22-614-11, Elevator Maintenance at Various  
Locations, Groups B and C to Parkway Elevators, Inc., in an amount of  
$51,000.00, from an amount of $1,041,480.32, to an amount not to exceed  
$1,092,480.32, Accounts 101-67000/68000-612680, Purchase Order 5001896  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001896.pdf  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Authorization  
19  
26-0113  
Authority to enter into an agreement with the City of Evanston to share  
Geographic Information System data for underground facilities  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
20  
26-0110  
Authorization to amend the settlement and add extra expense to the Property  
Damage Claim of American Family Mutual Insurance Company on behalf of  
Makayla Boykin, Board Meeting of December 4, 2025, Agenda Item No 29, File  
No. 25-0918, in an amount of $624.58 from an amount of $13,496.42 for a total  
amount of $14,121.00, Account 901-30000-667220 (As Revised)  
Am Fam Legislation Details (With Text) (3) 12-4-2025  
Attachments:  
21  
26-0134  
Authority to settle lawsuit in Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater  
Chicago v. Electronic Plating Co., Case No. 2025L006657, seeking an  
injunction to keep sewer plugged and to impose additional civil penalties for  
violations of a final Board order entered in prior Show Cause proceedings, and  
to collect other amounts owed by Electronic Plating pursuant to the District’s  
ordinances  
Public Information & Education  
Authorization  
22  
26-0105  
Authorization to allow participation in 2026 parades  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
23  
26-0126  
26-0129  
26-0132  
Authority to grant a 25-year, approximately 63,078 sq. ft. non-exclusive  
easement to Commonwealth Edison Company to install, construct, operate,  
maintain, repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and  
related facilities over and across District property at the Cal-Sag Channel and  
Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 13.01, 13.03 and 13.04. Consideration shall be an  
initial annual fee of $39,740.00  
RE - ComEd 25-year Easement Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
24  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit to Ford Motor Company for the continued use  
of District real estate located at 122nd Street and Stony Island Avenue in  
Chicago, Illinois, known as the Stony Island Drying Beds, for the temporary  
storage of newly manufactured vehicles and related purposes. Consideration  
shall be a monthly permit fee of $111,430.00, subject to upward adjustments in  
accordance with the terms and conditions stated herein  
RE - Ford Motor Co. 5-year permit Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
25  
Consent to a partial assignment of lease from the Village of Crestwood, to the  
Village of Crestwood and 4Crestwood LLC as co-tenants, with respect to 1.01  
acres of the Village’s 7.61-acre leasehold located south of the Cal-Sag Channel  
and west of Cicero Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel  
11.04 (eastern portion), and to allow for the sale and consumption of alcohol  
and video gaming on the 1.01 acres. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee  
of $4,572.00  
RE - Partial Assignment of Lease - CSC 11.04 (Eastern Portion) Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
26  
26-0133  
Authority to amend easement agreement dated May 8, 1958, between the  
District and Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC on approximately  
3.59± acres of District real estate for a petroleum products pipeline in Forest  
View, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 37.05  
RE - Enterprise TE Easement Amendment Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
27  
26-0136  
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (As Revised)  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment