Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, September 18, 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  
9 -  
Present:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn;  
Marcelino Garcia; Beth McElroy Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon Waller;  
and Kari K. Steele  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Yumeka Brown, seconded by Cameron Davis, that the  
minutes from the last meeting of September 4, 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 Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, 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: 19  
Agenda Item #19 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 Yumeka Brown, 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 18, 2025 was adjourned at  
11:00 a.m.  
Executive Session  
None  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 11:05 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  
IW25-002  
1
Attachments: Board Letter - SWCO USEPA Approval Amendment 9.18.25.pdf  
Sewage Waste Control Ordinance - Redline - USEPA - 9.5.25.pdf  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Cameron Davis, that  
this Industrial Waste Ordinance be Adopted. The motion carried by the following  
roll call vote:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Marcelino Garcia, Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller,  
Kari K. Steele  
Resolution  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month  
25-0696  
2
3
4
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
September as National Preparedness Month  
25-0701  
25-0702  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing National  
Hispanic Heritage Month and honoring Jaime di Paulo, Alderman Gilbert  
Villegas, and UIC LARES  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners welcoming the  
Water Environment Federation to Chicago for the 98th Annual Technical  
Exhibition and Conference  
25-0703  
5
Adopted  
Finance Committee  
Report  
Report on the investment interest income during July 2025  
25-0675  
6
7
Attachments: Inv Int Inc 2025-07 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on investments purchased during July 2025  
25-0676  
Attachments: Inv Purch 2025-07 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on the investment interest income during August 2025  
25-0677  
25-0678  
25-0691  
8
Attachments: Inv Int Inc 2025-08 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on investments purchased during August 2025  
9
Attachments: Inv Purch 2025-08 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of August 2025, in the amount of  
$42,562,343.25  
10  
Attachments: August 2025 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Published and Filed  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, September 9, 2025  
25-0704  
11  
Published and Filed  
Authority to Advertise  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-102-11 Boat Maintenance, Repairs, and Parts  
for the PC100 Boat, estimated cost $84,600.00, Account 101-16000-612790,  
Requisition 1644515  
25-0670  
12  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-05 Professional Underwriting Services  
for District Bond Sales for a five-year period.  
25-0673  
13  
Attachments: Contract 25-RFP-05 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-677-11, Overhead Door Maintenance at  
various Service Areas, estimated cost $597,000.00, Accounts  
25-0686  
14  
101-67000/68000/69000-612680, Requisitions 1643484, 1643074, and 1640185  
Attachments:  
Contract 26-677-11 Groups A, B, and C Affirmative Action Goals  
Report  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-06, FERC Relicensing for Lockport  
Powerhouse, estimated cost $2,000,000.00, Account 101-66000-612430,  
Requisition 1645218  
25-0687  
15  
16  
17  
Attachments: Contract 25-RFP-06 Affirmative Action Goals Report.  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded  
Gasoline to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost  
$372,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820  
25-0697  
Attachments: Contract 26-021-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, in an amount not-to-exceed  
$360,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623820,  
501-50000-623280, Requisitions 1642501, 1642947, 1643743, 1644094,  
1644809  
25-0698  
Attachments: Contract 26-022-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Authority to advertise Request for Proposal 25-RFP-19 Legal Advisory Services  
Related to the District Financing Program for a five-year period, estimated cost  
$235,100.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition 1645302 (As Revised)  
25-0700  
18  
Attachments: Contract 25-RFP-19 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Issue Purchase Order  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Bowman Consulting  
Group Ltd. for Contract 24-CON-03, Professional Engineering Services for  
Project 14-065-5F, Flood Control Project on Central Road from the Des Plaines  
River to Glenwood Lane, NSA in an amount not to exceed $2,204,293.84,  
Account 501-50000-612450, Requisition 1644812 (As Revised)  
25-0679  
19  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-CON-03 (Project 14-065-5F) Affirmative Action Goals and  
Appendix A Report - Bowman Consulting Group  
Deleted by the Acting Executive Director  
Award Contract  
Authority to award Contract 25-666-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan Site  
in Fulton County, Illinois, to D & S Private Detective, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $259,999.80, Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1636772  
25-0689  
20  
Attachments: Contract 25-666-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
Authority to decrease Contract 23-102-11 Collection, Shipment, and Analysis of  
25-0667  
21  
Water Samples from the Thornton Composite Reservoir, McCook Reservoir  
Site and Monitoring Wells to A3 Environmental, LLC in an amount of  
$22,707.00, from an amount of $142,537.24, to an amount not to exceed  
$119,830.24, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 5001903  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001903  
Approved  
Authority to increase purchase order with Grace Analytical Laboratory, Inc. for  
Chemical Analysis in an amount of $15,000.00, from an amount of $6,500.00, to  
an amount not to exceed $21,500.00, Account 101-16000-612490, Purchase  
Order 8010960  
25-0669  
25-0680  
22  
23  
Approved  
Authority to increase Contract 07-027-3SR North Side Sludge Pipeline  
Replacement - Section 1, NSA, Rebid, to Joel Kennedy Construction  
Corporation in an amount of $585,612.93, from an amount of $27,920,405.57, to  
an amount not to exceed $28,506,018.50, Account 401-50000-645750,  
Purchase Order 4000091  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000091  
Approved  
Authority to increase Contract 18-148-3P Digester Rehabilitation and Gas  
Piping Replacement - Phase II, SWRP, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in  
an amount of $366,486.74, from an amount of $54,972,836.26, to an amount  
not to exceed $55,339,323.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order  
4000106 (As Revised)  
25-0681  
24  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000106  
Approved  
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 $38,767.30, from an amount of  
$14,448,051.58, to an amount not to exceed $14,486,818.88, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081  
25-0682  
25  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000081  
Approved  
Authority to decrease Contract 15-266-4H5, Decommissioning of the Thornton  
Transitional Reservoir, CSA, Rebid, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in a  
net credit amount of $154,837.56, from an amount of $26,133,634.92, to an  
amount not to exceed $25,978,797.36 Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase  
Order 4000082  
25-0683  
26  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 400092.  
Approved  
Authority to increase purchase order with Woodland Valuation Services, LLC  
d/b/a Appraisal Associates, Contract 24-RFP-06, Professional Real Estate  
Appraisal Services for a three-year period, in an amount of $15,000.00, from an  
amount of $175,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $190,000.00, Account  
501-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3132683  
25-0685  
27  
Approved  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$317,700.00 in the Corporate Fund  
25-0705  
28  
Attachments: 09.18.25 Board Transfer for Board Approval #1.pdf  
09.18.25 Board Transfer for Board Approval #2.pdf  
Approved  
Engineering Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to negotiate intergovernmental agreements for plant upgrades with the  
25-0684  
29  
Fox River Water Reclamation District  
Approved  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keith Conry vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 18WC06548, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $56,641.50, Account 901-30000-601090  
25-0694  
30  
Approved  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of August 2025  
25-0690  
31  
Attachments: R-98 Report August 2025.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee  
Authorization  
Authorization to Amend the Investment Policy for the Metropolitan Water  
25-0692  
32  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Deferred Compensation Plan and  
Trust and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 401(a)  
Plan, effective October 1, 2025  
Attachments: Investment Policy - Amended (Final-Redlined) Mar 2025 (add 401a)  
Approved  
Authorization to implement the Plan Document for the Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 401(a) Plan, effective July 1, 2025  
25-0693  
33  
Attachments: 401a_Basic Plan Document (Final).pdf  
401a_Plan Document_Adoption_Agreement.pdf  
Approved  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to grant Northern Illinois Gas Company, d/b/a Nicor Gas Company, a  
25-0688  
34  
25-year, 12,000± square foot non-exclusive easement to continue to operate  
and maintain a 4-inch diameter natural gas pipeline beneath the Cal-Sag  
Channel and a portion of Main Channel Parcel 26.03 in Lemont, Illinois.  
Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $6,480.00  
Attachments: RE - Nicor Easement E-284 Renewal.pdf  
Approved  
Authority to issue a 2-month permit to Bulley & Andrews, LLC to temporarily  
install a hydraulic lift on the District’s Main Office Building Annex walkway for  
construction purposes. Consideration shall be a fee of $5,000.00  
25-0695  
35  
Attachments: RE - Bulley and Andrews Permit Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 1 and 19  
A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following roll  
call vote:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Marcelino Garcia, Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller,  
Kari K. Steele  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Meeting Summary  
Speakers  
None  
Summary of Requests  
None  
Study Session  
None  
Announcements  
None  
Board Letter Submission Dates  
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for October 2, 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 19, 2025  
Date all agenda items are due to the Acting Executive Director: 1:00 p.m.,  
September 24, 2025  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Marcelino Garcia,  
that when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday, October 2,  
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  
9 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
Marcelino Garcia, Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Sharon Waller,  
Kari K. Steele  
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 18, 2025, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
September 18, 2025