Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, September 4, 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  
Ordinance - Industrial Waste  
1
Request Authority to Transmit the Proposed Amended Sewage and Waste  
Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater  
Chicago to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Approval  
Attachments:  
Ordinance  
2
Authority to amend Ordinance O25-010 Office of Interim Inspector General  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
3
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September 16th as Mexican Independence Day  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
4
Report on the amendment to the agreement for Contract 20-RFP-24, Supply of  
Electricity, with MP2 Energy NE LLC, for a One (1) Year Extension, starting  
December 2025 and ending December 31, 2026  
5
6
7
8
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 19, 2025  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, August 8, 2025  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 26, 2025  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 25-664-11, Seal Coating of Roads and  
Patching of Pavement at the Prairie Plan Site in Fulton County, Illinois,  
estimated cost $60,000.00  
9
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 22-377-2D, Raw Sewage Discharge  
Pipe Support Modifications for Pumps 1-3, KWRP, estimated cost between  
$5,168,000.00 and $6,256,000.00  
Authorization  
10  
Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 25-360-11 Proposal  
to Lease 21.70± acres of District real estate located east of the Egan Water  
Reclamation Plant in Cook County, Illinois, for a 25-year term from TPSR Illinois  
Solar 4 LLC in the amount of $26,000.00  
Attachments:  
11  
12  
13  
Authorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-03 Dental Plan  
Administrator, with Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve  
Company, operating through its Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Division,  
for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028,  
Account 101-25000-601250 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Authorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-02 Health Plan  
Administrator, with Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve  
Company, operating through its Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Division,  
for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028,  
Account 101-25000-601250  
Attachments:  
Authorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 22-377-2D Raw Sewage  
Discharge Pipe Support Modifications for Pumps 1-3, KWRP, estimated cost  
between $8,293,500.00 and $10,039,500.00, Account 201-50000-645750,  
Requisition 1629461  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
14  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations,  
estimated cost $190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1639876  
Attachments:  
15  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-379-3E Electrical Power Distribution and  
Phosphorus Removal Improvements, Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated  
cost between $22,309,150.20 and $27,005,813.40, Accounts  
401-50000-645650 and 645750, Requisition 1642737  
Attachments:  
16  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-856-11, Furnish and Deliver Two TARP  
Orbinox PLC Replacements to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant,  
estimated cost $189,000.00, Account 101-68000-612650, Requisition 1640953  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
17  
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 $132,700.00 Account  
501-50000-612490, Requisition 1642943  
Attachments:  
18  
19  
Issue purchase orders to Trojan Technologies Corp., to Furnish and Deliver  
Ultraviolet Disinfection System Parts and Related Accessories, to Various  
Locations for a Three-Year Period, in a total amount not to exceed  
$1,200,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270  
Issue purchase order to Alfa Laval, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Sludge  
Dewatering Centrifuges and related appurtenances for the Centrifuge  
Dewatering Facility at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not  
to exceed $6,119,054.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1639058  
Award Contract  
20  
Authority to award Contract 25-647-11, Boiler Tuning and Maintenance Services  
at Various Locations, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount  
not to exceed $1,200,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623090, Requisitions 1632661, 1633436, and  
1633437 (As Revised) (Deferred from the July 17, 2025 Board Meeting)  
(Deferred from the August 14, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/17/25  
8/14/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
Deferred  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
21  
22  
Authority to increase the 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 of  
$30,000.00, from an amount of $230,983.10, to an amount not to exceed  
$260,983.10, Account 201-50000-645750, Purchase Order 3134393  
Authority to decrease Contract 98-RFP-10, Design, Build, Own, Finance,  
Operate and Maintain a 150 Dry Tons Per Day Biosolids Processing Facility at  
the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant and Beneficially Use the Final Product  
for a Period of 20 Years, to Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, in an  
amount of $2,444,195.00, from an amount of $184,604,334.79 to an amount not  
to exceed $182,160,139.79 Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order  
5000950  
Attachments:  
23  
Authority to increase purchase orders for Contract 20-RFP-21 Legal Services  
for Workers’ Compensation Defense with Dennis Noble & Associates, P.C., in  
an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $541,097.89, to an amount not to  
exceed $556,097.89, and Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, P.C., in an amount  
of $20,000.00, from an amount of $295,420.70, to an amount not to exceed  
$315,420.70, Account 101-25000-612430, Purchase Orders 3114172 and  
3114173  
Attachments:  
24  
25  
26  
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:  
Authority to increase Contract 06-360-3SR Upper Des Plaines Intercepting  
Sewer 14B Rehabilitation, NSA, Rebid, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount  
of $127,317.90, from an amount of $36,200,195.71, to an amount not to exceed  
$36,327,513.61, Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000100  
Attachments:  
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 $24,706.47, from an amount of  
$11,882,350.65, to an amount not to exceed $11,907,057.12, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094  
Attachments:  
27  
Authority to decrease Contract 23-169-1S McCook Reservoir Stage 1 Sediment  
Removal, to K.L.F Enterprises, Inc. in an amount of $157,946.92, from an  
amount of $9,197,183.95, to an amount not to exceed $9,039,237.03, Account  
101-50000-612620, Purchase Order 4000123  
Ethics Committee  
Report  
28  
Report on the correction of a typographical error in Ordinance O25-10  
establishing an Office of Interim Inspector General and establishing policies and  
practices for the Interim Inspector General (As Revised), Agenda Item No. 3,  
File ID No. O25-010  
Federal Legislation Committee  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
29  
30  
31  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Dale Polak vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number W004106942, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $59,637.19, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of John Radavich vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 25WC009372 Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $87,326.75, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Frank Holdman vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC26456, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $40,295.73, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
32  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit extension to The 670 Parking Condominium  
Association to continue to maintain a gutter system between the District’s Main  
Office Building and the Ritz-Carlton Residences located at 625 North Michigan  
Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
33  
Authority to pay final just compensation for six 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:  
34  
Authorization to declare as surplus and not required for corporate purposes and  
to commence statutory procedures to sell approximately 0.14± acres of District  
land located at 6861 North Milwaukee Avenue in Niles, Illinois  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment