Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Minutes  
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.  
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; Daniel Pogorzelski; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Mariyana T.  
Spyropoulos; and Kari K. Steele  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Marcelino Garcia,  
that the minutes from the last meeting of May 16, 2024 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 Cameron Davis, 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 Consent Agenda with the exception of  
Item: 27  
Item # 27 was deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
President Kari K. Steele called for a motion to accept the agendas for each  
Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Marcelino Garcia, seconded  
by Mariyana T. Spyropoulos. President Kari K. Steele called for any objections.  
No objections were voiced. Motion carried.  
The Committee of the Whole meeting of June 6, 2024 was adjourned at 11:05  
a.m.  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 11:15 a.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Motions, Ordinances and Resolutions  
Motion  
1
MOTION to appoint Steven J. Lux as Treasurer of the Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
24-0490  
A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Precious  
Brady-Davis, that this Motion 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, Daniel Pogorzelski, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Mariyana T.  
Spyropoulos, Kari K. Steele  
Resolution  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June as  
Pride Month  
24-0456  
2
3
4
5
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June as  
a month of celebration of Puerto Rican pride  
24-0457  
24-0458  
24-0489  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing June  
19th as Juneteenth  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May  
27th as Memorial Day  
Adopted  
Finance Committee  
Report  
Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due  
on June 1, 2024  
24-0441  
24-0472  
6
Attachments: DS 2024-06 att.pdf  
Published and Filed  
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  
7
Published and Filed  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 14, 2024  
24-0468  
24-0473  
8
9
Published and Filed  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 21, 2024  
Published and Filed  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 24-624-11, Main Street Bridge  
Expansion Joint Replacement, estimated cost $200,000.00  
24-0474  
10  
Published and Filed  
Authorization  
Authorization for payment to Explico Inc. for Biomechanical Expert Consulting  
Services in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Account 901-30000-667220  
24-0477  
11  
12  
Approved  
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  
24-0478  
24-0479  
Approved  
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  
13  
Approved  
Authority to Advertise  
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)  
24-0443  
14  
15  
16  
17  
Attachments: Contract 24-934-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
24-0461  
Attachments: Contract 24-631-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
24-0471  
Attachments: 24-651-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
24-0482  
Attachments: Contract 24-401-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
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  
24-0488  
18  
Attachments: Contract 24-635-51 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
Issue Purchase Order  
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  
24-0460  
24-0462  
24-0466  
19  
20  
21  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
24-0467  
22  
Approved  
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  
24-0470  
24-0475  
23  
24  
Approved  
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  
Attachments: Contract 24-425-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
24-0484  
25  
Attachments: Contract 24-641-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
Award Contract  
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  
24-0445  
26  
Attachments: Contract 24-004-11 - Item Descriptions  
Contract 24-004-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
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  
24-0464  
27  
Attachments: Contract 24-017-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
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  
24-0465  
28  
Attachments: Contract 24-033-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D  
Approved  
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  
24-0485  
29  
Attachments: Contract 24-070-11 - Item Desciptions.  
Approved  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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  
24-0429  
30  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001863  
Approved  
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  
24-0444  
31  
Approved  
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  
24-0451  
24-0455  
24-0459  
24-0469  
32  
33  
34  
35  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
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, 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  
Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5000950  
Approved  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
24-0440  
24-0446  
24-0487  
36  
37  
38  
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  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2024  
24-0375  
39  
Attachments: R-98 Report April 2024.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to issue a one-month permit to Commonwealth Edison Company to  
24-0450  
40  
access the District's Touhy Avenue (O'Hare) Reservoir to perform soil  
resistivity testing. Consideration shall be a fee of $5,000.00  
Attachments:  
RE - ComEd One Month Permit to Touhy Avenue (O'Hare) Reservoir  
Aerial  
Approved  
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  
24-0448  
41  
Attachments: 23-379-3E Agreement.pdf  
Approved  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of April 2024  
24-0483  
42  
Attachments: Attachment 1 CO Report April 2024 5% Contingency Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report April 2024 Final.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 1 and 27  
A motion was made by Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, seconded by Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, 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, Daniel Pogorzelski, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Mariyana T.  
Spyropoulos, Kari K. Steele  
Executive Session  
A motion was made by Mariyana T. Spyropolous, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, that an executive session be held for the Committee on Judiciary to  
discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act  
pursuant to Section 2.06(D) of the Open Meetings Act. Motion carried by the  
following roll call vote: 9:0  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 11:45 a.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Meeting Summary  
Speakers  
Michael Malatt, Partner at Baker Tilly, gave a presentation to the board on the 2023 Audit  
Results of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retiree Health Care Trust Fund (Re: Finance  
Item #7)  
Summary of Requests  
Procurement Committee Item 10  
1. Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda requested the current software contract expiration date  
2. Kari K. Steele requested the Executive Director provide information to the board on  
any changes or updates that have occurred since the Procurement Study Session was  
held  
3. Marcelino Garcia requested an RFP for consulting services to review the Procurement  
and Diversity process  
4. Cameron Davis requested the use of an outside independent audit agency that has not  
been used in the past  
5. Kari K. Steele requested Commissioners send their suggestions on this item to her  
office and to the Executive Director's office  
Procurement Committee Item 27  
1. Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda requested a progress report on the draft of the mentor protégé  
program before we start implementation  
Procurement Committee Item 35  
1. Mariyana T. Spyropoulos requested a memo with an update on this contract  
Study Session  
None  
Announcements  
None  
Board Letter Submission Dates  
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for June 20, 2024, 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: June 7, 2024  
Date all agenda items are due to the Executive Director: 1:00 p.m., June 12, 2024  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, that when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday,  
June 20, 2024 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, Daniel Pogorzelski, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Mariyana T.  
Spyropoulos, 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 June 6, 2024, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
June 6, 2024