Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, August 10, 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  
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  
Spyropoulos  
Pogorzelski  
Flynn  
Corral Sepúlveda  
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 Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
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  
Memorial Resolution  
1
2
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Yvette Christine Shields  
Motion  
MOTION to appoint David Ormsby, Inc., as Public Relations Consultant for the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for a one-year  
period in an amount not to exceed $48,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430  
Resolution  
3
4
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 60th  
anniversary of Openlands  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing August  
24th as Ukraine’s Independence Day  
Finance Committee  
Report  
5
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of July 2023, in the amount of  
$36,506,286.23  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
6
Authority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of  
Commissioners and the Executive Director in the amount of $8,921.40,  
Accounts 101-11000-612010, 612030 and 101-15000-612010, 612030, 612080  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
7
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 11, 2023  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 18, 2023  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 25, 2023  
8
9
10  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 23-115-11, Furnish and Deliver Label  
Printers, Barcode Scanners, and Accessories, estimated cost $120,000.00  
11  
12  
Report of Request for Proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, July 14, 2023  
Report of Request for Proposal (RFP) opening of Friday, July 21, 2023  
Authorization  
13  
14  
Authorization for payment to the Chicago Area Waterways Chloride Workgroup  
for the agency membership dues, in the amount of $35,000.00, Account  
101-15000-612280  
Authorization for payment to reimburse registration fees for Commissioners  
and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago employees to  
attend the 2023 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibit and  
Conference, in an amount not to exceed $55,540.00, Accounts 101-11000,  
15000, 16000, 50000, 66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-601100  
Authority to Advertise  
15  
16  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-07 Small Business Program, estimated  
cost $75,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Requisition 1596936 (Deferred  
from the July 13, 2023 Board Meeting)  
Legislative History  
7/13/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-819-11, Furnish and Deliver HVAC  
Condensing Units to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
$72,990.00, Account 101-68000-623270, Requisition 1602324  
Attachments:  
17  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various  
Locations, estimated cost $1,647,000.00, Account 101-69000-612490,  
Requisition 1601732  
Attachments:  
18  
19  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-055-11 Furnish and Deliver Pipe Covering  
and Insulation to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost  
$55,000.00, Account 101-20000-623170  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-645-11, Scavenger Services in the North  
Service Area and the Lockport Powerhouse, estimated cost $1,382,400.00,  
Accounts 101-66000/67000-612520, Requisitions 1600996, 1600069, 1600890,  
1600291 and 1602429  
Attachments:  
21  
22  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-304-11 Annual Maintenance, Repairing,  
Recharging, and Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers  
for a Three (3) Year Period at Various Locations, estimated cost $150,100.00,  
Account 101-25000-612780, Requisition 1601009  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-348-11 Services to Remove Hazardous  
Materials from various District locations, on an as-needed basis, for a  
three-year period, estimated cost $275,000.00, Account 101-25000-612780,  
Requisition 1599951  
Attachments:  
23  
24  
25  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-838-11, Furnish and Deliver One Sludge  
Thickening Centrifuge to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
$995,000.00, Account 101-68000-634650, Requisition 1601758  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-20 Sign Language Interpreter Services,  
for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026,  
estimated cost $225,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1603293  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-13 Third-Party Claims Administrator  
Services for a three-year period, with an additional one-year renewal option,  
estimated cost $820,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430 and Account  
901-30000-601090, Requisition 1600912  
Attachments:  
26  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-05 Telecom Call Accounting Platform  
for a Two-Year Period, estimated cost $87,000.00, Accounts  
101-27000-612430 and 623800, Requisition 1601168 (As Revised)  
27  
28  
Authority to advertise Contract 10-047-3S North Shore 1 Rehabilitation, NSA,  
estimated cost between $41,325,000.00 and $50,025,000.00, Account  
401-50000-645700, Requisition 1603453  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 21-168-3S Westchester Pumping Station Relief  
Sewer, SSA, estimated cost between $6,317,500.00 and $7,647,500.00,  
Account 401-50000-645600, Requisition 1603455  
Attachments:  
29  
30  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-119-11 Taxonomic Algal Assessment of the  
Upper North Shore Channel, estimated cost $15,200.00, Account  
101-16000-612490, Requisition 1602446  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-633-11, Furnish and Deliver Polymer,  
estimated cost $29,246,400.00, Accounts 101-67000/69000-623560,  
Requisitions 1603692 and 1603021  
Attachments:  
31  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-365-11 for public tender of bids for a 39-year  
lease on 25.86± acres of District real estate located at 6800 Canal Bank Road  
in Forest View, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 37.05. The minimum  
initial annual rental bid shall be established at $660,000.00  
Attachments:  
32  
Authority to advertise Contract 22-094-3D Rehabilitation of Elevated Deck and  
Boat Dock at North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, estimated cost between  
$14,250,000.00 and $17,250,000.00, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition  
1603454  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
33  
34  
Issue purchase order for Contract 23-110-11, Furnish and Deliver Monitoring  
Equipment for Deep Well Sampling, to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $38,341.16, Accounts 101-16000-623570, Requisition  
1595046  
Issue a purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver Three  
(3) Wilo Submersible Grit Pumps and Three Lifting Chains to the Calumet  
Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $66,285.00, Account  
101-68000-634650, Requisition 1603037  
35  
36  
Issue a purchase order to Pomp’s Tire Service, Inc. to Furnish and Deliver eight  
(8) heavy equipment tires to the Lawndale Avenue Solids Management Area, in  
an amount not to exceed $33,646.40, Account 101-69000-623250, Requisition  
1601407  
Issue purchase order to Arends Hogan Walker LLC, dba AHW LLC, to furnish  
and deliver two (2) 2024 John Deere Gator TEs to the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No.  
031121-DAC, in an amount not to exceed $43,005.34, Account  
101-68000-634860, Requisition 1602120  
37  
Issue purchase order for Contract 23-109-11, Furnish, Deliver, and Install a  
Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction System and all necessary  
peripheral equipment, to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$105,677.16, Accounts 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1597054  
Attachments:  
38  
39  
40  
Issue purchase order to Carahsoft Technology Corporation for Annual Acquia  
Software Maintenance Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $37,989.04,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1603568  
Issue purchase order to Safety io LLC (a MSA Company) for a one-year  
subscription to Fleet Manager software in an amount not to exceed $18,012.00,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1603443  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco  
SmartNet Support for Cisco Firewalls and Equipment, in an amount not to  
exceed $108,193.28, Accounts 101-27000-612820, 612840, Requisition  
1603446  
41  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with SEAL Analytical Inc. to  
Furnish, Deliver, and Install an Automated Discrete Analyzer, Peripheral  
Equipment, Preventive Maintenance, and Consumable Supplies in the Analytical  
Laboratory at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an amount not to exceed  
$59,523.00, Accounts 101-16000-612970, 634970, Requisition 1602121  
42  
43  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with ToolWatch LLC for  
ToolWatch Essentials software and maintenance in an amount not to exceed  
$10,766.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1603569  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 23-602-11, Furnishing and Delivering Chain,  
Sprockets and Appurtenances to Various Service Areas, Groups A and B to  
Fairfield Service Company of Indiana, LLC, in an amount not to exceed  
$587,864.84, Account 101-67000/69000-623270, Requisitions 1592983,  
1592985  
Attachments:  
44  
Issue purchase orders to George E. Booth Co. Inc., to Furnish and Deliver  
Analyzer Materials and Equipment to Various Locations for a Three-Year  
Period, in a total amount not to exceed $360,000.00, Accounts 101-67000,  
68000, 69000-623070  
45  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 23-622-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver  
Miscellaneous Electrical & Mechanical Equipment to Various Locations, to  
Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors, Inc. (Items 3,7,10,13,14,15,16), in  
an amount not to exceed $993,092.00, to Peterson and Matz, Inc. (Item 4), in an  
amount not to exceed $28,582.00, and to Fairfield Service Company of Indiana,  
LLC (Item 6), in an amount not to exceed $70,000.00, Accounts 101-67000,  
68000, 69000-623270, and 634650, Requisitions 1591394, 1591401, 1591402,  
1591403  
Attachments:  
Award Contract  
46  
47  
48  
Authority to award Contract 23-106-22, Refrigeration Improvements at the  
Calumet and Egan Water Reclamation Plants (Re-Bid), to Autumn  
Construction Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $238,787.00, Account  
201-50000-645680, Requisition 1588785  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 23-033-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous Air  
Filters to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups B and D to Florence  
Filter Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $27,109.74, Account  
101-20000-623270  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 23-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe,  
Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups C, D,  
E, I, L, M, N, and O to Marco Supply Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$319,616.51, and Groups A, B, F, G, H, J, and K to Columbia Pipe & Supply  
LLC, in an amount not to exceed $141,190.85, Accounts 101-20000-623090,  
623170, 623270, and 623570  
Attachments:  
49  
Authority to award Contract 23-646-53 (Re-Bid), Small Streams Maintenance in  
Cook County, Illinois, Group B to Thornton Equipment Services, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $2,492,823.00, Account 501-50000-612620 Requisition  
1580501  
Attachments:  
50  
Authority to award Contract 23-684-21 Equipment Painting & Rehabilitation at  
Various Locations Groups E and F, to Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $1,878,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions  
1596104 and 1596107  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
51  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend agreement with Interpersonal  
Frequency LLC, for Contract 21-RFP-07, Enhancements to the District’s New  
Website in an amount of $100,150.00, from an amount of $299,950.00 to an  
amount not to exceed $400,100.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase  
Order 3119613 (Deferred from the July 13, 2023 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/13/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
52  
Authority to increase purchase order to LoadSpring Solutions, Inc. for Web  
Hosting and Support of Oracle Primavera Software, in an amount of $8,889.00,  
from an amount of $78,225.00, to an amount not to exceed $87,114.00,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3108943 (Deferred from the July  
13, 2023 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/13/23  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
53  
Authority to decrease emergency Contract 23-700-01, Repair of West Side  
Sludge Line on Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with Joel Kennedy  
Constructing Corp., in an amount of $11,684.01, from an amount of $50,000.00  
to an amount not to exceed $38,315.99, Account 901-67000-667220, Purchase  
Order 3124392  
Attachments:  
54  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Dennis  
Noble & Associates, P.C., for Contract 20-RFP-21 Legal Services for Workers’  
Compensation Defense, in an amount of $25,000.00, from an amount of  
$292,680.54 to an amount not to exceed $317,680.54, Account  
101-25000-612430, Purchase Order 3114172  
Attachments:  
55  
56  
Authority to increase Contract 21-603-31, Sludge Pumping Improvements at  
Various Locations to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount of  
$119,587.00, from an amount of $8,171,528.00 to an amount not to exceed  
$8,291,115.00, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 5001867  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 22-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to  
Various Locations for a Two (2) Year Period, in an amount of $45,000.00, from  
an amount of $692,117.98, to an amount not to exceed $737,117.98, Account  
101-69000-623820, Purchase Order 3116873  
Attachments:  
57  
58  
Authority to increase and extend the agreement with TierPoint, LLC, for  
Contract 17-483-12, Provide Co-Location Services for District Infrastructure, in  
an amount of $21,300.00, from an amount of $342,546.66 to an amount not to  
exceed $363,846.66, Account 101-27000-612330, Purchase Order 3105936  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease Contract 20-677-11, Overhead Door Maintenance at  
Various Service Areas, Groups A, B and C, to Builders Chicago Corporation, in  
an amount of $32,235.82, from an amount of $380,859.77, to an amount not to  
exceed $348,623.95, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680, Purchase  
Order 5001799  
Attachments:  
59  
Authority to increase Contract 21-692-11, Utilization and Transportation of Air  
Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Synagro  
Central, LLC, in an amount of $300,000.00, from an amount of $2,640,830.98 to  
an amount not to exceed $2,940,830.98, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520,  
Purchase Order 5001806  
Attachments:  
61  
Authority to increase Contract 20-690-11, Large Electric Motor Overhaul at  
Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C, to L & S Electric, Inc., in an amount of  
$100,000.00, from an amount of $867,832.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$967,832.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612650, Purchase Order  
5001762  
62  
63  
Authority to increase and extend the agreement with SLG Innovation, Inc. for  
Contract 19-RFP-24, IT Project Management Office Consulting, in an amount of  
$70,000.00, from an amount of $380,000.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$450,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase Order 3111940  
Authority to decrease Contract 14-253-AF Diversion Channel for Midlothian  
Creek in Robbins, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC in an  
amount of $1,938.75, from an amount of $10,995,467.46, to an amount not to  
exceed $10,993,528.71, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000089  
Attachments:  
64  
Authority to increase Contract 17-844-3P Furnish and Install Odor Control  
System at Calumet, Hanover Park, and Kirie Water Reclamation Plants, with  
IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $33,935.00, from an  
amount of $4,317,699.10, to an amount not to exceed $4,351,634.10, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000069  
Attachments:  
65  
Authority to increase purchase order for Contract 22-101-12 Inspection,  
Maintenance, and Repair of Lysimeters and Groundwater Monitoring Wells  
(Re-Bid) to Patrick Engineering, Inc. in an amount of $15,674.00, from an  
amount of $43,127.10 to an amount not to exceed $58,801.10, Account  
101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3116837  
Attachments:  
66  
67  
Authority to increase purchase order to Ray O’Herron Company Inc., in an  
amount of $6,000.00 from an amount of $9,900.00 to an amount not to exceed  
$15,900.00, Account 101-15000-623700, Purchase Order 3124015  
Authority to increase Contract 13-248-5F, Streambank Stabilization Project on  
Melvina Ditch in Oak Lawn and Chicago Ridge, CSA, to Rausch Infrastructure,  
L.L.C., in an amount of $35,467.86, from an amount of $11,969,547.79 to an  
amount not to exceed $12,005,015.65, Account 501-50000-645720, Purchase  
Order 4000076  
Attachments:  
68  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Seyfarth  
Shaw LLP to represent the District in MWRDGC v. IBEW, Local 9, Case No.  
2023 CH 00322, Circuit Court of Cook County and any related actions, in an  
amount of $90,000.00, from an amount of $95,000.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $185,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase Order 3124390  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
69  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the second quarter of  
2023, ended June 30, 2023  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
70  
Authority to transfer 2023 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$1,340,000.00 in the Corporate Fund and the Stormwater Management Fund  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
71  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the months of May and June 2023  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
72  
Authorization to amend the settlement and add the bodily injury claims to the  
Auto Property Damage Claim of Antoinesha Davis, Board Meeting of April 20,  
2023, Agenda Item No. 27, File No. 23-0372, in an amount of $26,500.00 from  
an amount of $4,872.15 for a total amount of $31,372.15, Account  
901-30000-667220  
Attachments:  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
73  
74  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of June 2023  
Attachments:  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of July 2023  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
75  
Authorization to: (1) declare as surplus and not required for corporate purposes,  
and to sell to the City of Chicago, 10.7± acres of District real estate located  
west of the North Shore Channel between Foster Avenue and Bryn Mawr  
Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, known as North Shore Channel Parcels 9.09, 9.14,  
9.16, and 9.17, and (2) enter into a two-month lease agreement with the City of  
Chicago for the subject real estate until the sale is consummated.  
Consideration shall be $1,500,000.00  
Attachments:  
76  
Authority to enter into a Termination of Lease Agreement with the United States  
of America, Department of the Navy, on behalf of the United States Marine  
Corps, relating to its lease of 7.25± acres of District real estate located at 3034  
West Foster Avenue in Chicago, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 9.09 and  
9.14  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
77  
Authority to execute Intergovernmental Agreements to assist various local  
municipalities with the condition assessment and the rehabilitation of sanitary  
sewers  
78  
79  
Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook  
County and Palatine Township, with payment to Cook County, for the  
Acquisition of Flood-Prone Properties in Palatine Township, NSA (20-IGA-26) in  
an amount not to exceed $600,000.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and  
make payment to the Village of Schiller Park for the design, construction,  
operation, and maintenance of Drainage Improvements in Schiller Park  
(23-IGA-30), in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment