Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, June 26, 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.  
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 Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
Brown  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
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 Sepúlveda  
Brown  
Brown  
Waller  
McElroy Kirkwood  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Waller  
Garcia  
Davis  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
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  
Finance Committee  
Report  
1
2
3
4
5
Report on the investment interest income during April 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during April 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on the investment interest income during May 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during May 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of May 2025, in the amount of  
$48,606,711.63  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, June 3, 2025  
7
8
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, June 17, 2025  
Authorization  
Authorization to amend Board Order of May 15, 2025, regarding issue purchase  
order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Microsoft Data  
Integrations and Application Licensing, in an amount not to exceed $103,686.30,  
Account 101-27000-623800, Requisition 1638656, Agenda Item No. 13, File No.  
25-0358  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
9
Authority to advertise Contract 25-666-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan  
Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $260,000.00, Account  
101-69000-612490, Requisition 1636772  
Attachments:  
10  
Authority to advertise 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, Account 201-50000-645790, Requisition  
1640566  
Attachments:  
11  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, estimated cost $22,464,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1638638, 1636892 and 1636980  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
12  
Issue purchase orders and enter into an agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc.,  
to Provide Upgrades, Maintenance, and Repair Services on HVAC Control  
Systems at the Stickney, Calumet, and Egan Water Reclamation Plants, for a  
Five-Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $3,479,330.00, Accounts  
101-67000, 68000, 69000-612680, 623070, 201-50000-645750, and 645780,  
Requisitions 1638958, 1638959, and 1638945  
13  
15  
Issue purchase order with McCrometer, Inc., to furnish and deliver twenty-five  
(25) FL1500 Series Flow Control Flowmeters and accessories in an amount  
not to exceed $193,776.25, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1637753  
Issue purchase order and enter into a Collaborative Research Project with the  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pursuant to the terms of the Master  
Agreement on the Environmental Benefits and Use of Biosolids for Production  
of Industrial Hemp, estimated cost $90,261.00, Account 101-16000-612430,  
Requisition 1640403  
16  
Issue purchase order to Emerson Process Management Power & Water  
Solutions, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Various Parts for the Distributed Control  
System (DCS) at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to  
exceed $157,292.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Requisition 1638469  
17  
18  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to provide Hewlett Packard  
Maintenance for HPE SANs equipment, in an amount not to exceed  
$383,065.83, Account 101-27000-612810, Requisition 1640549  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Tungsten Automation  
Corporation (formerly Kofax, Inc.) for Readsoft Process Director software  
maintenance and license renewal for a three-year period, in an amount not to  
exceed $108,003.19, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1640538  
19  
20  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Workforce Software,  
LLC to provide Application Managed Services for the Time Management  
System for a two-year period, in an amount not to exceed $160,000.00 Account  
101-40000-612430, Requisition 1640919  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-105-11, Laboratory Analysis of Per- and  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Adsorbable Organic Fluorine in Wastewater  
Samples, to Enthalpy Analytical, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $63,500.00,  
Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1635925  
Award Contract  
21  
22  
Authority to award Contract 25-637-11, Inspection, Repairing, and Pressure  
Testing of Fire Sprinkler Systems at Various Locations, to Phoenix Fire  
Systems, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $156,885.00, Account  
101-69000-612780, Requisition 1627674  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 25-350-11, Hazardous Waste Disposal from  
various locations, to Tradebe Environmental Services, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $176,511.00, Account 101-30000-612520, Requisition 1641537 (As  
Revised)  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
23  
Authority to increase purchase orders and amend the agreement with Johnson  
Controls Fire Protection LP, to Provide Maintenance and Repair Services for  
Fire Detection Systems at the Stickney, Hanover Park, Kirie, Egan, and O’Brien  
Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount of $222,965.59, from an amount of  
$835,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,057,965.59, Accounts  
101-67000/69000-612780, Purchase Orders 3118316 and 3118317  
24  
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 $96,856.53, from an amount of  
$14,363,872.67, to an amount not to exceed $14,460,729.20, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081  
Attachments:  
25  
Authority to increase Contract 01-103-AS 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation -  
Phase II, SSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount of $1,245,780.90, from  
an amount of $39,863,453.03, to an amount not to exceed $41,109,233.93,  
Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000119  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
26  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of David Bailey vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 24WC24484, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $65,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
27  
Authority to pay final just compensation for fourteen vacant and unoccupied  
properties within the right-of-way for the Central Park Stormwater Detention  
Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois (Contract  
18-249-AF) through summary judgment in the eminent domain lawsuits filed by  
the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the Circuit  
Court of Cook County, Illinois; Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater  
Management Fund  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
28  
Report on Stormwater Partnership Project Submittals  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
29  
Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment  
to the Village of Oak Lawn for the design, construction, operation, and  
maintenance of the Stormwater Storage at Community High School District 218  
Administration Sports Field and Storm Sewer Improvements in Oak Lawn  
(23-IGA-11), in an amount not to exceed $6,500,000.00  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment