Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Minutes  
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.  
Call Meeting to Order  
President Kari K. Steele presiding, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
8 -  
Present:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn;  
Beth McElroy Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon Waller; and Kari K.  
Steele  
1 - Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, that the minutes from the last meeting of August 14, 2025 be approved  
without having to read them into the record. The motion carried by acclamation.  
Chorus of ayes - No nays  
Public Comments  
None  
Recess and Convene as Committee of the Whole  
A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, to recess and convene as a committee of the whole. The motion carried  
by acclamation. Chorus of Ayes - No Nays  
Committee of the Whole  
Approval of the Committee of the Whole Agenda with the exception of Item: 1  
Agenda Item #1 was deleted by the Acting Executive Director  
President Kari K. Steele called for a motion to accept the agendas for each  
Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
seconded by Precious Brady-Davis. President Kari K. Steele called for any  
objections. No objections were voiced. Motion carried.  
The Committee of the Whole meeting of September 4, 2025 was adjourned at  
10:42 a.m.  
Executive Session  
None  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 10:45 a.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Motions, Ordinances and Resolutions  
Ordinance - Industrial Waste  
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  
IW25-001  
1
Attachments: Board Letter - SWCO USEPA Approval Amendment 9.4.25  
Redline Sewage Waste Control Ordinance_ USEPA Public  
Notification.pdf  
Deleted by the Acting Executive Director  
Ordinance  
Authority to amend Ordinance O25-010 Office of Interim Inspector General  
O25-011  
2
Attachments: MISC NB - O25-011 Interim IG Amendment - Brd Ltr  
MISC NB - O25-011 Interim IG Amendment - Redline  
MISC NB - O25-011 Interim IG Amendment (Final)  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Yumeka Brown, that  
this Ordinance be Adopted. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
1 - Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Resolution  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September 16th as Mexican Independence Day  
25-0636  
3
Adopted  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
Report on the amendment to the agreement for Contract 20-RFP-24, Supply of  
25-0658  
4
Electricity, with MP2 Energy NE LLC, for a One (1) Year Extension, starting  
December 2025 and ending December 31, 2026  
Published and Filed  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 19, 2025  
25-0660  
25-0661  
25-0663  
5
6
7
Published and Filed  
Report of request for proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, August 8, 2025  
Published and Filed  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, August 26, 2025  
Published and Filed  
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  
25-0664  
25-0666  
8
9
Published and Filed  
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  
Published and Filed  
Authorization  
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  
25-0641  
10  
Attachments:  
Aerial View - 21.70± acres of District real estate located East of the  
Egan Water Reclamation Plant  
Approved  
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)  
25-0645  
11  
Attachments: Contract 25-RFP-03 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
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  
25-0646  
12  
Attachments: 25-RFP-02 Goal Review (NG) Health Plan Administrator.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0662  
13  
Attachments: 22-377-2D Goal Review - Revised  
Approved  
Authority to Advertise  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations,  
estimated cost $190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1639876  
25-0637  
14  
15  
Attachments: Contract 26-625-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0651  
401-50000-645650 and 645750, Requisition 1642737  
Attachments: Contract 23-379-3E Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Contract 23-379-3E-Project Fact Sheet.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0657  
16  
Attachments: Contract 25-856-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Issue Purchase Order  
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  
25-0656  
17  
Attachments: Exhibit_USGS Gages_FY25-26.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0659  
25-0665  
18  
19  
$1,200,000.00, Accounts 101-67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
Award Contract  
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  
25-0535  
20  
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:  
Contract 25-647-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Revised  
(Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc.)  
Contract 25-647-11 Revised Appendix D and Appendix V Report -  
(Independent Mechanical.)  
Approved  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
Authority to increase the agreement with Ford W. Hall Co., Inc. to Perform  
25-0639  
21  
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  
Approved  
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  
25-0644  
22  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5000950.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0650  
23  
Attachments: Change Order Log - PO 3114172  
Change Order Log - PO 3114173  
Approved  
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  
25-0652  
24  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000119.PDF  
Approved  
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  
25-0653  
25  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000100.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0654  
26  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000094  
Approved  
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  
25-0655  
27  
Approved  
Ethics Committee  
Report  
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  
25-0668  
28  
Published and Filed  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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  
25-0647  
25-0648  
29  
30  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
25-0649  
31  
Approved  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit extension to The 670 Parking Condominium  
25-0634  
32  
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: RE - 670 Parking Permit Extension Aerial.pdf  
RE - 670 Parking Permit Extension Photo.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0642  
33  
Attachments: RE - Pay for last 6 Parcels in Harvey IL - Exhibit A.pdf  
RE - Pay for last 6 Parcels in Harvey IL -Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
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  
25-0643  
34  
Attachments: RE- Authorization to Sell Land to Niles - Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 1 and 2  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following  
roll call vote:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
1 - Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Meeting Summary  
Speakers  
None  
None  
None  
None  
Summary of Requests  
Study Session  
Announcements  
Board Letter Submission Dates  
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for September 18, 2025, please  
prepare and submit Board items before the following absolute cutoff dates.  
Date agenda items are due to the Director of Procurement and Materials  
Management for signature and preparation: September 5, 2025  
Date all agenda items are due to the Acting Executive Director: 1:00 p.m.,  
September 10, 2025  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Yumeka Brown, seconded by Precious Brady-Davis, that  
when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday, September 18,  
2025 at 10:30 a.m. and also move that today's meeting be Adjourned. The motion  
carried by the following roll call vote: /s/ Jacqueline Torres, Clerk  
8 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller, Kari K. Steele  
1 - Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
APPROVAL:  
In accordance with the provisions of 70ILCS 2605/4, each of the foregoing agenda items duly  
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago this September 4, 2025, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
September 4, 2025