Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, November 16, 2023  
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  
SepĂºlveda, 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  
Spyropoulos  
Pogorzelski  
Flynn  
Corral SepĂºlveda  
Steele  
Federal Legislation  
Finance  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
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  
Garcia  
Corral SepĂºlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral SepĂºlveda  
Corral SepĂºlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Corral SepĂºlveda  
Flynn  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
Garcia  
Garcia  
Brown  
Davis  
2023 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
5
19  
16  
16  
20  
18  
15  
2
2
April  
6
May  
4
June  
1
July  
13  
10  
7
August  
September  
October  
November  
21  
19  
16  
5
2
December  
December  
5 (Annual Meeting)  
21  
7
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 - User charge  
1
Request Authority to Amend the User Charge Ordinance of the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Attachments:  
Finance Committee  
Report  
2
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of October 2023, in the amount  
of $39,356,286.38  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
3
4
5
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, October 24, 2023  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, October 31, 2023  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, November 7, 2023  
Authorization  
6
Authorization to rescind Contract 23-646-53 (Re-Bid), to Thornton Equipment  
Services, Inc. (Thornton Equipment), for Small Streams Maintenance in Cook  
County, Illinois (Group B), in an amount not to exceed $2,492,823.00, Account  
501-50000-612620, Requisition 1580501 (Deferred from the November 2, 2023  
Board Meeting)  
Legislative History  
11/2/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
7
Authorization for payment to the U.S. Water Alliance for the 2024 annual  
membership dues in the amount of $35,000.00, Account 101-15000-612280  
Authority to Advertise  
8
9
Authority to advertise Contract 24-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations,  
estimated cost $190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1607771  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-21 IT Project Management Office  
Consulting Services, estimated cost $450,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430,  
Requisition 1608373  
Attachments:  
10  
11  
12  
13  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-903-11, Furnish and Deliver One 2024 Ford  
Crew Cab 4X4 F550 Chassis to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant,  
estimated cost $76,000.00, Account 101-69000-634860, Requisition 1607071  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-690-11, Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids from  
LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $5,940,000.00, Accounts  
101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1606394 and 1606557  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air  
Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $1,275,300.00,  
Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1600061 and 1601426  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids  
for LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost $2,463,500.00, Accounts  
101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions 1606396 and 1606558  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
14  
Issue purchase order to Canon Solutions America, Inc. for multi-function  
devices in an amount not to exceed $220,091.73, Account 101-27000-634810,  
Requisition 1609276  
15  
16  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Ametek Arizona  
Instrument LLC, for calibration and repair services on Jerome Hydrogen Sulfide  
Analyzers and a Jerome Function Test Module, in an amount not to exceed  
$53,105.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition 1606440  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Teledyne Instruments,  
Inc. d/b/a Teledyne Leeman Labs, for preventative maintenance for the Quick  
Trace M-7600 and Quick Trace M-8000 Mercury Analyzers and consumables  
parts and supplies, in an amount not to exceed $70,600.00, Accounts  
101-16000-612970 and 623570, Requisition 1608925  
17  
18  
Issue purchase order to Agilent Technologies for MassHunter software  
upgrade, in an amount not to exceed $36,997.03, Accounts 101-27000-612430  
and 634820, Requisition 1609320  
Issue purchase order to the Illinois Institute of Technology, pursuant to the  
terms of Master Agreement 20-RFP-11, to provide construction cost estimation  
training in 2023, in an amount not to exceed $16,832.00, Account  
101-25000-601100, Requisition 1609040  
19  
20  
Issue purchase order to Info-Tech Research Group Inc. for Information  
Technology Industry Research Analysis and Services in an amount not to  
exceed $28,350.52, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1609451  
Issue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing  
Excess Casualty Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to  
exceed $1,370,689.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1609446  
Attachments:  
21  
22  
Issue purchase orders to Innomotics, LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Variable  
Frequency Drive (VFD) Control Upgrade Equipment at the Calumet and Kirie  
Water Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $161,680.00, Accounts  
101-67000, 68000-623070, Requisitions 1608246 and 1608247  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-633-11, Furnish and Deliver Polymer to  
Polydyne, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $28,886,663.00, Accounts  
101-67000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1603692 and 1603021  
Award Contract  
23  
24  
Authority to award Contract 23-666-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan  
Site in Fulton County, Illinois, to D&S Private Detective, Inc., in an amount not to  
exceed $174,998.88, Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition 1580719  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases and  
Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Matheson  
Tri-Gas, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $67,265.28, Account  
101-20000-623840  
Attachments:  
25  
Authority to award Contract 18-148-3P Digester Rehabilitation and Gas Piping  
Replacement Phase II, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Companies LLC, in an amount not to exceed $52,360,000.00, plus a five (5)  
percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $2,618,000.00, for a total  
amount not to exceed $54,978,000.00, Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition  
1602023  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
26  
27  
Authority to decrease purchase order with Connor-Winfield Corp. d/b/a Janus  
Remote Communications, to Furnish and Deliver Wireless Point-to-Point Tide  
Gate Monitoring System Hardware to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in  
an amount of $19,500.00, from an amount of $260,000.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $240,500.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Purchase Order 3119659  
Authority to increase Contract 18-144-3M, Mainstream TARP Pumps  
Rehabilitation at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Companies, LLC in an amount of $108,491.53, from an amount of  
$23,407,725.91, to an amount not to exceed $23,516,217.44, Account  
401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000079  
Attachments:  
28  
29  
Authority to increase Contract 23-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium  
Hydroxide, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount of $135,153.00,  
from an amount of $644,646.80, to an amount not to exceed $779,799.80,  
Account 101-69000-623560, Purchase Order 3122019  
Authority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend  
agreement for a one-year period, for Contract 21-RFP-20 Perform Federal  
Legislative Consulting Services, with O’Connell & Dempsey, LLC, in an amount  
not to exceed $175,000.00, from an amount of $348,910.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $523,910.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Order 3116931  
(As Revised)  
Attachments:  
30  
Authority to increase purchase orders and exercise an option to extend the  
agreements for one year, for Contract 22-RFP-15 State Legislative Consulting  
Services, with Law Offices of Paul L. Williams & Associates, in an amount not  
to exceed $21,000.00, Blaida and Associates LLC, in an amount not to exceed  
$21,000.00, Fuentes Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00,  
and McGuireWoods Consulting, in an amount not to exceed $21,000.00,  
Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Orders 3122502, 3122503, 3122513,  
and 3122539 respectively (As Revised)  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
31  
Authority to transfer 2023 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$102,000.00 in the Corporate Fund  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
32  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of October 2023  
Attachments:  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
33  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of October 2023  
Attachments:  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee  
Report  
34  
Annual Report for the Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust for 2022  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
35  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit to Christy Webber Landscapes for continued  
use of approximately 12 acres of District real estate located at the Cal-Sag  
Channel and Ridgeland Avenue in Alsip, Illinois, known as the Ridgeland Avenue  
Drying Facilities, Cal-Sag Channel Parcel 10.04 (western portion).  
Consideration shall be an annual fee of $238,254.00  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
36  
Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook County and  
the City of Prospect Heights, and make payment to the City of Prospect  
Heights, for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a Flood  
Control Project on Willow Road at McDonald Creek Tributary A in Prospect  
Heights, Illinois (20-IGA-23), in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00  
Attachments:  
37  
Authority to negotiate an enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and  
make payment to the Northfield Township Road District for the design,  
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Citation Lake Stormwater  
Improvements in Northfield Township (23-IGA-44), in an amount not to exceed  
$3,000,000.00  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Item  
38  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners congratulating the  
Mother McAuley Girls Volleyball Team  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment