Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, June 6, 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  
4
1
7
4
2
6
11  
8
5
3
7
18  
15  
21  
18  
16  
20  
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
19  
17  
21  
December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
5
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
24-0490  
MOTION to appoint Steven J. Lux as Treasurer of the Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Resolution  
24-0456  
2
3
4
5
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June as  
Pride Month  
24-0457  
24-0458  
24-0489  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June as  
a month of celebration of Puerto Rican pride  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June  
19th as Juneteenth  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May  
27th as Memorial Day  
Finance Committee  
Report  
6
24-0441  
Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due  
on June 1, 2024  
DS 2024-06 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
7
24-0472  
Report on the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
8
24-0468  
24-0473  
24-0474  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 14, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 21, 2024  
9
10  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 24-624-11, Main Street Bridge  
Expansion Joint Replacement, estimated cost $200,000.00  
Authorization  
24-0477  
11  
12  
Authorization for payment to Explico Inc. for Biomechanical Expert Consulting  
Services in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220  
24-0478  
24-0479  
Authorization for payment to Inspe Associates LLC for Medical Expert  
Consulting Services in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, Account  
901-30000-667220  
13  
Authorization for payment to Unified Engineering LP for Accident  
Reconstruction Expert Consulting Services in an amount not to exceed  
$20,000, Account 901-30000-667220  
Authority to Advertise  
14  
15  
16  
17  
24-0443  
24-0461  
24-0471  
24-0482  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-934-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Magnesium Chloride, estimated cost $991,600.00, Account 101-69000-623560,  
Requisition 1618486 (As Revised)  
Contract 24-934-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-631-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, estimated cost $11,798,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-623560,  
Requisitions 1617752 and 1617861  
Contract 24-631-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-651-21, Remove and Replace Pavement at  
Various Locations, estimated cost $1,550,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750,  
Requisition 1616892  
24-651-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-401-11 Furnish and Deliver Police Uniforms  
for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, estimated cost $76,000.00, Account  
101-15000-623700, Requisition 1618071  
Contract 24-401-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
18  
24-0488  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-635-51, Reservoir Mowing at Various  
Locations in Cook County, Illinois, estimated cost $928,600.00, Account  
501-50000-612620, Requisition 1616903  
Contract 24-635-51 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
19  
24-0460  
Issue purchase order to Canon Solutions America, Inc., for eCopy Sharescan  
Software Maintenance Renewal and New Licenses, in an Amount Not to  
Exceed $32,974.52, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 623800, Requisition  
1615061  
20  
21  
24-0462  
24-0466  
Issue purchase order to Nearmap US Inc. for Nearmap Vertical for Government  
with ArcGIS Integration, in an amount not to exceed $25,798.50, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1619728  
Issue purchase order to APG Neuros Corp., to Furnish and Deliver an APG  
Neuros NX150-C070 Turbo Blower to the Lemont Water Reclamation Plant, in  
a total amount not to exceed $145,972.00, Account 101-68000-634650,  
Requisition 1618660  
22  
24-0467  
Issue purchase order to Russo Power Equipment, to Furnish and Deliver one  
(1) Kubota Rugged Terrain Vehicle (RTV) to the O’Brien Water Reclamation  
Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 031121-KBA,  
in an amount not to exceed $29,757.49, Account 101-67000-634760,  
Requisition 1610941  
23  
24  
24-0470  
24-0475  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Trelix  
(formerly known as FireEye) Network Security Licensing and Support, in an  
amount not to exceed $105,100.00, Account 101-27000-612840, Requisition  
1619727  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-425-11, Furnish and Deliver Paper to  
Various District Locations, to Bebon Office Machines Co., in an amount not to  
exceed $166,247.80, Account 101-15000-623520, Requisition 1616437  
Contract 24-425-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
25  
24-0484  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-641-11, Furnishing and Delivering Liquid  
Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to Linde, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $2,042,627.07, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition  
1611808  
Contract 24-641-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Award Contract  
26  
24-0445  
Authority to award Contract 24-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Steel  
and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Super  
Roco Steel and Tube, LTD. II, in an amount not to exceed $185,465.36,  
Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623090, 623130  
Contract 24-004-11 - Item Descriptions  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-004-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
27  
24-0464  
Authority to award Contract 24-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Furnish and Deliver  
Electrical Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year  
Period, Groups A, B, C, D, F, G and H to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $339,302.41, and Group E to J.P. Simons & Co., in an  
amount not to exceed $14,753.48. Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170,  
623190, 623250, 623680, 623850  
Contract 24-017-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
28  
29  
24-0465  
24-0485  
Authority to award Contract 24-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Air Filters to Various  
Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups A, C, & D to Filterbuy Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $84,666.14, and Group B to Chicago United Industries,  
LTD., in an amount not to exceed $13,941.21, Account 101-20000-623270  
Contract 24-033-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-070-11, Furnish and Deliver Batteries to Various  
Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Helsel-Jepperson Electrical Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $40,654.27, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623250  
Contract 24-070-11 - Item Desciptions.  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
30  
24-0429  
Authority to decrease Contract 18-702-31, Furnish, Deliver and Install Disc  
Filters at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Independent Mechanical  
Industries, Inc., in an amount of $308,923.00, from an amount of $9,452,316.00,  
to an amount not to exceed $9,143,393.00, Account 401-50000-645650,  
Purchase Order 5001863  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001863  
Attachments:  
31  
24-0444  
Authority to increase Contract 22-611-11, Repair and Alterations to Various  
Water Reclamation Facilities, Groups A, B, and C, to Independent Mechanical  
Industries, Inc., in an amount of $2,324,104.37, from an amount of  
$12,295,400.00, to an amount not to exceed $14,619,504.37, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650, Purchase Orders 5001883, 5001884  
and 5001885  
32  
24-0451  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Workforce  
Software, LLC to provide Continuous Care Services Hours Package for the  
Time Management System, in an amount of $22,900.00, from an amount of  
$23,500.00, to an amount not to exceed $46,400.00, Account  
101-40000-612430, Purchase Order 3126593  
33  
34  
35  
24-0455  
24-0459  
24-0469  
Authority to increase Contract 24-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for  
LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount of  
$1,083,500.00, from an amount of $2,463,500.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$3,547,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Purchase Orders 5001961  
and 5001962  
Authority to increase Contract 24-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from  
LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Stewart Spreading, Inc., in an amount  
of $4,302,500.00, from an amount of $5,940,000.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$10,242,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Purchase Orders  
5001948 and 5001949  
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, L.L.C., in an  
amount of $2,121,362.50, from an amount of $188,306,115.91, to an amount  
not to exceed $186,184,753.41, Account 101-69000-612590, Purchase Order  
5000950  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5000950  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
36  
37  
38  
24-0440  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Eric Ortega vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 23 WC 15836, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $18,500.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
24-0446  
24-0487  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Shawndena Redmond  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 20WC021425, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $17,003.98 Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Rachel Harris vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim Number W003614967 in the sum of $43,927.03, Account  
901-30000-601090  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
39  
24-0375  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2024  
R-98 Report April 2024.pdf  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
24-0450  
40  
Authority to issue a one-month permit to Commonwealth Edison Company to  
access the District's Touhy Avenue (O'Hare) Reservoir to perform soil  
resistivity testing. Consideration shall be a fee of $5,000.00  
RE - ComEd One Month Permit to Touhy Avenue (O'Hare) Reservoir Aerial  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
41  
42  
24-0448  
Authorization for payment to Commonwealth Edison Company, Illinois, for an  
advanced engineering deposit for work related to Contract 23-379-3E  
Switchgear and Motor Control Center Replacement, Kirie Water Reclamation  
Plant, in an amount not to exceed $22,848.00, Account 401-50000-645750  
23-379-3E Agreement.pdf  
Attachments:  
24-0483  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of April 2024  
Attachment 1 CO Report April 2024 5% Contingency Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report April 2024 Final.pdf  
Attachments:  
(The above items were submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment