Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, February 6, 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 SepĂşlveda, 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 SepĂşlveda  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
Brown  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Davis  
Corral SepĂşlveda  
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 SepĂşlveda  
Brown  
Brown  
Waller  
McElroy Kirkwood  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Steele  
Corral SepĂşlveda  
Waller  
Garcia  
Davis  
Brown  
Corral SepĂşlveda  
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 appoint Hearing Officers for 2025-2026  
Ordinance  
Ordinance O25-002 An Ordinance directing the County Clerk to reduce the levy  
of taxes on Capital Improvement Bonds for the levy year 2024  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
3
4
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
February as Black History Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
February as American Heart Month  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
5
6
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 25-100-12 (Re-Bid), Preventative  
Maintenance for Steam Sterilizers, Labor, and Parts, estimated cost $54,000.00  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, January 28, 2025  
Authorization  
7
8
9
Authorization to allow the Director of Procurement and Materials Management  
to accept pricing for the procurement of Renewable Energy Credits for 2025  
and 2026  
Authorization for payment to JULIE, Inc., for participation in underground project  
coordination, in an amount not to exceed $43,137.50, Account  
101-50000-612430  
Authorization to amend Board Order of January 9, 2025, regarding Authority to  
award Contract 23-169-1S, McCook Reservoir Stage 1 Sediment Removal, to  
K.L.F. Enterprises, Inc. (K.L.F.), in an amount not to exceed $9,197,183.95,  
plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of  
$459,859.20, for a total amount not to exceed $9,657,043.15, Account  
101-50000-612620, Requisition 1622008, Agenda Item No. 26, File No. 25-0027  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
10  
11  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-694-11 Truck Scale Maintenance at Various  
Locations, estimated cost $82,000.00, Accounts  
101-68000/69000-612650/612680/623270, Requisitions 1629093, 1629246,  
1629465  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-647-11, Boiler Tuning and Maintenance  
Services at Various Locations, estimated cost $1,200,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623090, Requisitions 1632661, 1633436, and  
1633437  
Attachments:  
12  
13  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-09, Professional Auditing Services,  
estimated cost $1,450,000.00, Account 101-40000-612430 and  
P802-11000-798200, Requisition 1633430 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-04 Financial Advisory Services Related  
to the District Financing Program, estimated cost $180,000.00, Account  
101-11000-612430, Requisition 1633042 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
14  
Issue purchase order to 101 Erie Hotel LLC for maintenance and operation of  
the common areas of the 101-111 East Erie Street Building for the period of  
January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed  
$71,053.50, Account 101-15000-612390, Requisition 1632621 (Deferred from  
the January 23, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Legislative History  
1/23/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
15  
16  
Issue purchase order to Tungsten Automation Corporation (formerly known as  
Kofax, Inc.) to Furnish and Deliver Software Maintenance and Support for the  
Kofax Network Fax Software, in an amount not to exceed $36,888.53, Account  
101-27000-612840, Requisition 1632891  
Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Ford W Hall Co., Inc.  
to Perform On-Site Specialized Services to Rehabilitate the Final Clarifier Algae  
Removal System at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP), in an amount  
not to exceed $230,983.10, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1629099  
Award Contract  
17  
Authority to award Contract 25-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for  
LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, LTD., in an amount  
not to exceed $7,141,834.63, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Requisition  
1621440, 1621817  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
18  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Schneider  
Electric Systems USA, Inc., to Provide Preventive Maintenance, Support, and  
Repair Parts for the Foxboro DCS at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in  
an amount of $15,045.07, from an amount of $4,187,667.01, to an amount not  
to exceed $4,202,712.08, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order  
3107890  
Attachments:  
19  
Authority to decrease Contract 17-131-4FR McCook Reservoir Rock Wall  
Stabilization and Geotechnical Instrumentation, SSA, Re-Bid, to IHC  
Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $556,347.50, from an amount  
of $22,418,508.43, to an amount not to exceed $21,862,160.93, Account  
401-50000-645630, Purchase Order 4000086  
Attachments:  
20  
Authority to increase Contract 17-135-3V Roof Replacement of the Lue-Hing  
M&R Complex, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $121,455.92, from an amount of  
$11,442,773.95, to an amount not to exceed $11,564,229.87, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094  
Attachments:  
21  
Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with invenioLSI  
dba Labyrinth Solutions LLC, for Contract 22-RFP-14 SAP Consulting Services,  
in an amount of $50,000.00, from an amount of $303,185.00, to an amount not  
to exceed $253,185.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase Order 3123966  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
22  
Authorization to execute change orders to decrease purchase orders or  
carryforward FY2024 encumbrances to FY2025  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Authorization  
23  
Authorization for payment to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the  
non-federal sponsor’s share of costs associated with the Upper Des Plaines  
River and Tributaries Study, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, Account  
501-50000-645630  
Public Health & Welfare Committee  
Authorization  
24  
Authority to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Cook County  
Sheriff’s Office to continue supporting its Prescription Drug Take-Back Program  
by extending the IGA for one year and to make payment to the CCSO in an  
amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
25  
Authority to settle the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Prime33 Development LLC, et al.,  
Case No. 20L050009 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for final just  
compensation in the amount of $197,500.00, Account 501-50000-667330,  
Stormwater Management Fund  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
26  
Report on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage  
Volumes Required by the Watershed Management Ordinance  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment