Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, September 5, 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  
Flynn  
Spyropoulos  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
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  
Brady-Davis  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Garcia  
Brown  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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11  
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April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
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17  
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December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
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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
MOTION to reappoint David Ormsby, Inc., as public relations consultant for the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for an additional  
one-year period in an amount not to exceed $48,000.00, Account  
101-11000-612430  
Ordinance - Industrial Waste  
2
Request Authority to Amend the Chemical Toilet Waste Disposal Ordinance of  
the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
3
4
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September 16th as Mexican Independence Day  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September 2nd as Labor Day  
Finance Committee  
Report  
5
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2024, in the amount of  
$39,132,439.30  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
7
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9
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 6, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 13, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 20, 2024  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 24-612-21, Roof Replacement and  
Rehabilitation at Various Locations, estimated cost $2,360,000.00  
Attachments:  
10  
11  
Report of Request for Proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, August 23, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 27, 2024  
Authorization  
12  
13  
Authorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 24-RFP-03 Vision Plan  
Administrator, with EyeMed Vision Care, LLC, for a three-year period, effective  
January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, Account 101-25000-601250  
Attachments:  
Authorization to join the coalition, REACT, to represent the District’s interests  
before the Illinois Commerce Commission in ComEd Rate Design proceeding,  
ICC Docket No. 24-0378 and issue a purchase order and enter into an  
agreement with REACT’s counsel, CJT Energy Law, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $35,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612150, Requisition  
1623136  
14  
15  
Authorization for payment to the City of Chicago for participation in the city’s  
underground project coordination, in an amount not to exceed $25,924.33,  
Account 101-50000-612430  
Authority to Advertise  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-631-11, Furnishing and Delivering Odor  
Control Canisters and Media to Various Locations, estimated cost  
$203,100.00, Account 101-66000-623560, Requisition 1621387  
Attachments:  
16  
17  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering  
and Insulation to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost  
$60,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-045-11 Publish Invitations to Bid for  
Contracts, Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service  
Examinations, and Other Legal Notices for a One-Year Period, estimated cost  
$56,000.00, Account 101-20000-612360, Requisition 1621179  
Attachments:  
18  
19  
20  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-RFP-18 Leadership Training for a Three -  
Year Period, in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, Account 101-25000-  
60110, Requisition 1621506.  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Request for Proposal Contract 24-RFP-15, E-Discovery  
and Trial Support Services for the District’s Law Department for a three-year  
period, estimated cost $390,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition  
1623109  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded  
Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost  
$387,923.00, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions  
1621279, 1621280, 1621432, 1621796.  
Attachments:  
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22  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-652-11 Furnish and Deliver Various Types  
of Manhole Covers, Frames, and Associated Miscellaneous Parts, estimated  
cost $120,000.00, Account 101-66000-623300, Requisition 1621388  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-378-3S Upper Des Plaines Dropshafts 1/1A  
and 5 Rehabilitation and Calumet Dropshaft 34 Modification, NSA and CSA,  
estimated cost between $6,175,000.00 and $7,475,000.00, Account  
201-50000-645700, Requisition 1623142 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
23  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-002-11 Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases  
and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $103,000.00, Account 101-20000-623840  
Attachments:  
24  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, in an amount not-to-exceed  
$450,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820,  
501-50000-623820, Requisitions 1621431, 1621740, 1621797, 1622022,  
1622045 (As Revised)  
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26  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium  
Bisulfite, estimated cost $1,808,400.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623560,  
Requisitions 1621731 and 1621735  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-RFP-14, Agenda Management Solution for a  
five-year period, estimated cost $300,000.00, Accounts 101-27000-612820  
and 101-40000-612430 Requisition 1623606  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
27  
Issue purchase order to Early Morning Software, Inc. for EMS PRISM  
Compliance Management Software License Renewal in an amount not to  
exceed $13,990.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1621833  
(Deferred from the August 8, 2024 Board Meeting)  
Legislative History  
8/8/24  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
28  
29  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-650-11 Portable Toilets at Various  
Locations, Group A and B to Oui Oui Enterprises, Ltd., in an amount not to  
exceed $37,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612330, Requisitions  
1615314 and 1614027  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Origami Risk LLC to  
provide software hosting, maintenance and license renewal for the Origami  
Risk Management Information System, in an amount not to exceed  
$282,489.99, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1622107  
Attachments:  
30  
31  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco  
Malware Subscriptions for Cisco Content Filters and Firewalls, in an amount  
not to exceed $80,747.78, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1622239  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco  
SmartNet Hardware Support for Routers and Switches, in an amount not to  
exceed $211,968.44, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1622236  
32  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-639-11, Furnish and Deliver Process  
Water Chemicals to Global Water Technology, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $353,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions  
1618491, 1618492, and 1618494  
Attachments:  
33  
34  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for ManageEngine Software  
License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $26,297.25 Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1623149  
Issue purchase order and enter into a subscription agreement with ToolWatch,  
LLC dba Align Technologies of Colorado for Align Essentials software and  
maintenance in an amount not to exceed $34,735.86, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1621509  
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36  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for KnowBe4 online security  
awareness and tracking software, in an amount not to exceed $38,439.21,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1623153  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with PerkinElmer U.S. LLC  
for preventive maintenance, repairs, and consumable supplies for Inductively  
Coupled Plasma Instruments and Peripheral Accessories in the Analytical  
Laboratories Division, in an amount not to exceed $230,465.77, Accounts  
101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1623002  
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38  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Biotage, LLC for  
preventative maintenance and consumable supplies for automated extractor  
systems, in an amount not to exceed $93,694.24, Accounts  
101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1622115  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Corrosion Probe, Inc  
for Contract 24-CON-02 Welding Inspection and Consultation and Inspections  
for Corrosion and Protective Coatings under Project 24-891-2C, in an amount  
not to exceed $450,000.00, Account 201-50000-612240, Requisition 1623475  
Attachments:  
39  
Issue purchase order and enter into a joint funding agreement with the United  
States Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey for the maintenance  
and operation of eight streamflow gaging stations and two rain gages within  
Cook County, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed $128,100.00, Account  
501-50000-612490, Requisition 1622225  
Attachments:  
40  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-109-11, Furnish and Deliver a Gel  
Permeation Chromatograph System in the Organic Compounds Analytical  
Laboratory at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Bio-Rad Laboratories,  
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $43,970.02, Account 101-16000-634970,  
Requisition 1616808  
41  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-631-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. (Kemira), in an amount not to exceed  
$11,668,079.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1617752  
and 1617861  
Attachments:  
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43  
44  
Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with Motorola Solutions,  
Inc. for the MWRD Police to utilize the STARCOM21 Network regional  
interoperable radio system for the thirty-eight (38) STARCOM radios used by  
MWRD Police, in an amount not to exceed $78,432.00, Account  
101-15000-612840, Requisition 1623424  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with CEM Holdings  
Corporation, to provide onsite service and maintenance for three moisture and  
solids analyzers at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, for a three-year  
period, in an amount not to exceed $40,699.65, Account 101-69000-612490,  
623570, Requisition 1621514  
Issue purchase orders and enter into agreements for Contract 24-RFP-02  
Commercial Banking and Investment Custody Services for a five-year period,  
with the option to extend for a two-year period, with BMO Bank N.A. for  
General Banking, Lockbox and Electronic Collection, and Procurement Card  
Services, in an amount not to exceed $155,000.00; and with The Northern  
Trust Company for Investment Custody Services in an amount not to exceed  
$225,000.00; Account 101-11000-612430, Requisitions 1611818, 1611819,  
and 1611820.  
45  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-602-11, Furnish and Deliver  
Miscellaneous Electrical and Mechanical Equipment to Various Locations, Item  
1 to Refraction Technologies Corporation in an amount not to exceed  
$129,444.00; Item 2 to R.J. O’Neil, Incorporated in an amount not to exceed  
$70,109.00; Items 3 and 6 to Indi Enterprise, Incorporated in an amount not to  
exceed $183,127.00; Items 4 and 5 to Sync-Power Services, Incorporated in  
an amount not to exceed $95,569.95; Item 7 to Instrumart, LLC in an amount  
not to exceed $60,012.00; Item 8 to Graybar Electric Company, Incorporated in  
an amount not to exceed $225,000.00; and Item 10 to Integrated Power  
Systems, LLC in an amount not to exceed $52,833.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623270-623070-623800, Requisitions 1611549,  
1613106, 1613347, 1609863, 1613512, 1611155, 1614829, 1603707, and  
1616180 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Award Contract  
46  
Authority to award Contract 23-098-3P, Overburden Removal at Location of  
Battery E, OWRP, to Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc. (Berger), in an  
amount not to exceed $7,384,250.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for  
change orders in an amount of $369,212.50, for a total amount not to exceed  
$7,753,462.50, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1614472  
Attachments:  
47  
48  
Authority to award Contract 24-624-12 (Re-Bid), Main Street Bridge Expansion  
Joint Replacement, to BCE-USA, LLC (BCE), in an amount not to exceed  
$179,000.00, Account 101-66000-612620, Requisition 1610257  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 20-861-2E, Replacement of Telemetry, Various  
Locations, to William T. Connelly, Inc. dba Connelly Electric Co.(Connelly), in  
an amount not to exceed $3,153,600.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for  
change orders in an amount of $157,680.00, for a total amount not to exceed  
$3,311,280.00, Account 201-50000-645700, Requisition 1613839  
Attachments:  
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50  
51  
52  
Authority to award Contract 24-416-11, Operating Engineering and Related  
Trade Services To the Main Office Building Complex, to The Stone Group, Inc.  
(Stone Group), in an amount not to exceed $4,104,595.44, Accounts  
101-15000-612370/612390, Requisition 1615820  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B, and C to Fisher  
Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $108,253.96, Account  
101-20000-623570  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-049-11, Furnish and Deliver Work Gloves to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups C and D to Cicero Mfg. &  
Supply Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $26,096.50, Account  
101-20000-623700  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Hardware to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and B to Liberty  
Fastener Company, in an amount not to exceed $67,162.80, and Group C to  
Cicero Mfg. & Supply Co., Inc. in an amount not to exceed $20,783.65,  
Account 101-20000-623110.  
Attachments:  
53  
Authority to award Contract 01-103-AS 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation -  
Phase II, SSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. (Michels), in an amount not to  
exceed $39,418,164.03, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in  
an amount of $1,970,908.20, for a total amount not to exceed $41,389,072.23,  
Account 401-50000-645700, Requisition 1607772  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
54  
Authority to decrease Contract 21-621-11, Rehabilitation of Raw Sewage  
Pump Rotating Assemblies at Various Locations, to Rotating Equipment  
Repair, Inc., in an amount of $89,873.79, from an amount of $1,171,501.00, to  
an amount not to exceed $1,081,627.21, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612600, Purchase Order 5001833  
Attachments:  
55  
56  
Authority to increase purchase order to Kardex Handling Solutions, LLC in an  
amount of $4,445.00, from an amount of $6,000.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $10,445.00, Account 101-20000-612680, Purchase Order 3128225  
Authority to increase multi-year 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  
$20,210.01, from an amount of $4,167,457.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$4,187,667.01, Account 101-68000-612650, Purchase Order 3107890  
57  
Authority to increase Contract 16-127-3DR A/B and C/D Service Tunnel  
Rehabilitation - Phase Three, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Rebid, to IHC  
Construction Companies, LLC. in an amount of $115,756.03, from an amount  
of $28,863,563.04, to an amount not to exceed $28,979,319.07, Account  
401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000097  
Attachments:  
58  
59  
Authority to increase Contract 19-159-3P Chemical Addition Backup System,  
Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies LLC in an  
amount of $250,887.35, from an amount of $8,526,051.05, to an amount not to  
exceed $8,776,938.40, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000085  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 18-254-3P Chemical Phosphorus Removal  
Facility, Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies,  
LLC, in an amount of $66,706.40, from an amount of $16,369,116.86, to an  
amount not to exceed $16,435,823.26, Account 201-50000-645650, Purchase  
Order 4000092  
Attachments:  
60  
Authority to decrease purchase order and file the final report for Emergency  
Contract 24-901-11, LASMA Lagoon 28 Rail Repair to Track Services, Inc., in  
an amount of $24,270.89, from an amount of $50,000.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $25,729.11, Account 101-69000-612670, Purchase Order 3130205  
61  
Authority to increase purchase order and extend agreement for a three (3)  
month period, for Contract 19-RFP-08 Lease One Digital, High-Speed Color  
Production Printing System and One Digital, High-Speed Monochrome  
Production Printing System with a Five Year Repair, Supply and Maintenance  
Agreement with Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. in an amount  
not to exceed $16,600.00, from an amount of $444,687.64, to an amount not  
to exceed $461,287.64, Accounts 101-15000-612330 and 612800, Purchase  
Order 3105342  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
62  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of July 2024  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
63  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Deborah Nevels  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 24WC020163 in the sum of $18,238.82 Account  
901-30000-601090  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
64  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of July 2024  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
65  
Report on Green Infrastructure, Detention, and Compensatory Storage  
Volumes Required by the Watershed Management Ordinance  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment