Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, January 4, 2024  
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 Daniel Pogorzelski, Commissioner Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, Commissioner Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, 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  
Spyropoulos  
Pogorzelski  
Flynn  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Steele  
Federal Legislation  
Finance  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
Spyropoulos  
Steele  
Flynn  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Labor & Industrial Relations  
Maintenance & Operations  
Monitoring & Research  
Municipalities  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service  
Public Health & Welfare  
Public Information & Education  
Procurement  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
Garcia  
Garcia  
Brown  
Davis  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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1
7
4
2
6
11  
8
5
3
7
18  
15  
21  
18  
16  
20  
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
19  
17  
21  
December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
5
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
24-0026  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Mary  
Ann Boyle’s twenty years of service to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago and congratulating her on a well-earned retirement  
Finance Committee  
Report  
2
24-0018  
Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due  
on January 1, 2024  
DS 2024-01 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Authorization  
3
23-1220  
Authorization to participate in the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC)  
Joint Purchasing Program (Deferred from the December 21, 2023 Board  
Meeting)  
Legislative History  
12/21/23  
Authority to Advertise  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
4
5
6
7
24-0001  
24-0006  
24-0007  
24-0016  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-696-11, Services of Tractor Mounted Paddle  
Aerators and Rotavators with Operators, estimated cost $6,847,500.00,  
Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1607880 and 1610004  
Contact 24-696-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Groups A and B  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 22-903-21, Centrifuge Improvements at the  
Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $5,451,597.00, Account  
201-50000-645750, Requisition 1611553  
22-903-21 Diversity Goal Review.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-697-11, Services of Tractors with Rotavators  
and Sludge Pumps with Operators, estimated cost $1,797,000.00, Accounts  
101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1610007 and 1610579  
24-697-11 Diversity Goal Review.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-23 Deferred Compensation Plan  
Administrator, for a five-year period effective January 1, 2025 to December 31,  
2029  
Contract 23-RFP-23 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
8
23-1203  
Issue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Baxter &  
Woodman/Boller Construction, LLC, for Contract 20-RFP-28R Biogas  
Combined Heat and Power System, EWRP, in an amount not to exceed  
$14,591,109.00, plus a five percent allowance for change orders allotted to the  
installation and construction task only in an amount of $529,790.00, for a total  
amount not to exceed $15,120,899.00, Accounts 101-50000-612490,  
201-50000-612450 and 645650, Requisitions 1549345, 1577629 and1577630  
(Deferred from the December 21, 2023 Board Meeting)  
Contract 20-RFP-28R Affirmative Action and Appendix A Reports - Baxter & Wo  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
12/21/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
9
24-0005  
Issue purchase order to Walter Payton Power Equipment, LLC, to Furnish and  
Deliver One Grove GCD15 (15-Ton) Carry Deck Crane to the O’Brien Water  
Reclamation Plant (WRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 032119-GUS, in an amount not to exceed $302,678.30, Account  
101-67000-634760, Requisition 1610775  
10  
11  
24-0010  
24-0011  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver  
Mimecast Advanced Threat Security Support, in an amount not to exceed  
$126,610.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1611563  
Issue purchase order to Safeware, Inc. for the Skydio Drone Software License  
Renewal and Maintenance Contract for a three-year period, under Sourcewell  
(formerly NJPA), Purchasing Contract No. 080922-SAF, in an amount not to  
exceed $11,244.00, Account 101-50000-612820, Requisition 1611397  
12  
13  
24-0013  
24-0017  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-102-11, Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts  
for Boats, Outboard Motors, and Trailers, to Marine Services Corporation, in an  
amount not to exceed $25,650.00, Account 101-16000-612790, Requisition  
1607444  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 23-RFP-13  
Third Party Claims Administrator Services with PMA Management Corp. for a  
three-year period, with an additional one-year renewal option, in an amount not  
to exceed $825,000.00, Accounts 101-25000-612430 and 901-30000-601090,  
Requisition 1600912  
Contract 23-RFP-13 Affirmative Action Goals and Appendix A Report  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
14  
23-1209  
Authority to increase Contract 21-970-12, Janitorial Services at Various  
Locations, Groups A, B and D to Eco-Clean Maintenance, Inc., in an amount of  
$99,100.00, from an amount of $677,091.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$776,191.00, Account 101-69000-612490, Purchase Order 5001865 (Deferred  
from the December 21, 2023 Board Meeting)  
Legislative History  
12/21/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
15  
24-0003  
Authority to increase purchase order to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., in an amount of  
$3,000.00, from an amount of $24,998.40, to an amount not to exceed  
$27,998.40, Account 101-20000-623840, Purchase Order 3122351.  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3122351  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
16  
17  
24-0024  
Authority to commence statutory procedures to lease 1.86± acres of District  
real estate located north of the Cal-Sag Channel and west of Archer Avenue in  
Lemont, Illinois, known as Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 1.02  
RE - Route 83 Lease CSC 1.02 - Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
RE - Route 83 Lease CSC 1.02 - Support Letter.pdf  
24-0025  
Authority to extend Lease Agreement dated September 5, 2023, with the City of  
Chicago on 10.7± acres of District real estate located west of the North Shore  
Channel between Foster Avenue and Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago, Illinois,  
known as North Shore Channel Parcels 9.09, 9.14, 9.16, and 9.17, to extend the  
term by two (2) months. Consideration shall be a monthly rental fee of  
$12,500.00  
RE - Authority to extend lease agreement with City of Chicago NSC Parcels 9.0  
Attachments:  
State Legislation & Rules Committee  
Authorization  
18  
24-0015  
Recommendations for the State of Illinois 2024 Legislative Program  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment