Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, December 4, 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.  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
STANDING COMMITTEES  
Chairperson  
Vice Chairperson  
Affirmative Action  
Steele  
Garcia  
Budget & Employment  
Engineering  
Ethics  
Flynn  
Waller  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
Brown  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Davis  
Labor & Industrial Relations  
Maintenance & Operations  
Monitoring & Research  
Municipalities  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service  
Public Health & Welfare  
Public Information & Education  
Procurement  
Flynn  
Steele  
Waller  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Brown  
Brown  
Waller  
McElroy Kirkwood  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Waller  
Garcia  
Davis  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Brady-Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Garcia  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
9
23  
20  
20  
17  
15  
26  
6
6
April  
3
May  
1
June  
5
July  
17  
14  
4
August  
September  
October  
November  
18  
16  
20  
2
6
December  
December  
2 (Annual Meeting)  
18  
4
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
2
25-0908  
MOTION to amend OPEB Advance Funding Policy  
OPEB ADVANCE FUNDING POLICY.pdf  
Attachments:  
25-0912  
MOTION to extend the term of Patrick Blanchard as Interim Inspector General  
of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)  
Ordinance - User charge  
3
UC25-001A  
Request Authority to Amend the User Charge Ordinance of the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (As Revised)  
Board Letter-2026 User Charge Ordinance-12.4.25  
Ordinance-User Charge-Clean 1.1.26.pdf  
Ordinance-User Charge-Redline 1.1.26.pdf  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
25-0915  
4
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Friends of  
the Chicago River for winning the Thiess International River Prize  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
5
25-0890  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, November 18, 2025  
Authorization  
25-0880  
6
7
Authorization to accept bid for Contract 25-362-11 to sell approximately 0.14±  
acres of District land located at 6861 North Milwaukee Avenue in Niles, Illinois,  
from NP Riverbank, LLC in the amount of $95,000.00 (As Revised)  
Contract 25-362-11 Aerial View - 0.14± acres of District land located at 6861 No  
Attachments:  
25-0889  
25-0901  
Authorization to enter into an agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc., for  
professional services for the development and implementation of the Job Order  
Contracting system, in an amount not to exceed $234,000.00, Accounts 101,  
201, 401, 501, and 901 Funds  
Exhibit A - Annual Volume Discount Table - JOC (25-942-11)  
Attachments:  
8
Authorization to enter into agreements with Consultadd Inc., CCS Learning  
Academy, Educational Data Systems, Inc. (EDSI), Illinois Institute of  
Technology, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Nova Collective  
LLC, pursuant to Contract 24-RFP-10 Agreements for Professional  
Development Program for Management Development and Information  
Technology, Account 101-25000-601100  
Contract 24-RFP-10 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
9
25-0848  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-24, Furnish, Deliver, and Install  
Web-Based Compliance Software, estimated cost $250,000.00, Account  
101-15000-612430 and 612820, Requisition 1648399 (Deferred from the  
November 20, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Contract 25-RFP-24 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
11/20/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
10  
11  
25-0897  
25-0900  
Authority to advertise Contract 18-249-AF, Central Park Stormwater Detention  
Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, estimated cost  
between $11,408,571.00 and $13,810,376.00, Account 501-50000-645620,  
Requisition 1648983  
Contract 18-249-AF Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-612-11, Street Sweepers at Various  
Locations, estimated cost $271,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612420,  
Requisitions 1646951 and 1647199  
Contract 26-612-11 Groups A and B Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
12  
25-0877  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver  
Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1648850  
13  
25-0894  
Issue purchase order to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Excess  
Casualty Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed  
$2,126,879.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1648716  
Contract 22-RFP-12 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
14  
15  
25-0903  
25-0905  
Issue purchase orders to LAI, LLC., to Furnish and Deliver Process Equipment  
and Parts to Various Locations for a Three-Year Period, in a total amount not to  
exceed $2,025,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070,  
623090, 623270, 623780, and 634650 (As Revised)  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-856-11, Furnish and Deliver Two TARP  
Orbinox PLC Replacements to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, to SOAP  
SCADA, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $124,736.55, Account  
101-68000-612650, Requisition 1640953  
Contract 25-856-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Award Contract  
16  
17  
25-0886  
Authority to award Contract 25-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services, Groups  
A, B, and C, to McDonagh Demolition, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$12,000,000.00, Accounts 101/201/401/501/ 901-VAR-VAR (As Revised)  
Contract 25-942-11 Affirmative Action Goals and Appendix D Report - McDonag  
Contract 25-942-11 Tabulation of Bids Received  
Attachments:  
25-0887  
Authority to award Contract 26-021-11, Furnish and Deliver Unleaded Gasoline  
to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Petroleum Traders  
Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $257,858.25, and Group B to Avalon  
Petroleum Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $58,530.47, Accounts  
101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1642502, 1642946, 1643082,  
1643083  
Contract 26-021-11Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
18  
25-0888  
Authority to award Contract 26-022-11, Furnish and Deliver Diesel Fuel to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period to J.T. Barrier LLC, in an amount  
not-to-exceed $360,000.00, Accounts 101-16000, 66000, 67000, 68000,  
69000-623820, 501-50000-63280, Requisitions 1642501, 1642947, 1643743,  
1644094, 1644809  
Contract 26-022-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
19  
25-0884  
Authority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend  
agreement for a one-year period, for Contract 24-RFP-11, Federal Legislative  
Consulting Services, with O’Connell & Dempsey, LLC, in an amount of  
$175,000.00, from an amount of $175,000.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$350,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430, Purchase Order 3132694  
20  
21  
22  
23  
25-0895  
25-0896  
25-0898  
25-0902  
Authority to increase 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 $33,649.00, from an amount of $9,143,393.00,  
to an amount not to exceed $9,177,042.00, Account 401-50000-645650,  
Purchase Order 5001863  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001863.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 18-148-3P Digester Rehabilitation and Gas  
Piping Replacement - Phase II, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC  
Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $328,180.44, from an amount of  
$52,823,481.22, to an amount not to exceed $53,151,661.66, Account  
401-50000-645750, Purchase Order 4000106  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000106.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease 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 $7,843.00, from an amount of  
$14,486,818.88, to an amount not to exceed $14,478,975.88, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000081  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000081.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase purchase order with the law firm of Neal & Leroy, LLC, to  
represent the District in acquiring certain property rights in connection with the  
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Central Park Stormwater  
Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in Harvey, Illinois  
(Contract 18-249-AF), in an amount of $19,969.23, from an amount of  
$875,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $894,969.23, Account  
501-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3124253  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3124253  
Attachments:  
24  
25-0913  
Authority to Increase purchase order and amend agreement with attorney  
Patrick Blanchard to continue his service as the Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Interim Inspector General, in an  
amount of $150,000.00 from an amount of $175,000.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $325,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Purchase Order 3135089  
(As Revised)  
25  
25-0917  
Authority to decrease purchase order and amend agreement with Enterprise  
Fleet Management, Inc. Enterprise FM Trust to provide fleet vehicle services for  
the District, under Sourcewell Contract 030122-EFM, in an amount of  
$1,176,855.54, from an amount of $5,627,300.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$4,450,444.46, Accounts 101-15000-612330 and 612860, Purchase Order  
3126843  
Change Order Log 3126843.pdf  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
26  
25-0922  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$10,000,000.00 in the Corporate Fund  
12.04.25 Board Transfer for Board Approval  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Report  
27  
28  
25-0909  
Report on the Semi-Annual Review of Closed Meeting (“Executive Session”)  
Minutes  
25-0921  
Report on the Approval of Closed Meeting (“Executive Session”) Minutes  
Authorization  
29  
30  
31  
25-0918  
25-0919  
25-0920  
Authority to settle the Property Damage Claim of American Family Mutual  
Insurance Company on behalf of Makayla Boykin, Claim Number AP 1560, in  
the sum of $13,496.42, arising from a May 28, 2025, automobile accident,  
Account 901-30000-667220  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of Frank Pulido vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim Numbers 22WC08108 and 23WC18945, Illinois Workers’  
Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $79,427.43, Account  
901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Property Damage Claim of Allstate Fire and Casualty  
Insurance Company on behalf of Ernestine Poe, Claim Number AP 1566, in the  
sum of $10,921.46, arising from an October 10, 2025, accident, Account  
901-30000-667220  
Public Health & Welfare Committee  
Authorization  
32  
25-0885  
Authority to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Cook County  
Sheriff’s Office to continue supporting its Prescription Drug Take-Back Program  
by extending the IGA for one year and to make payment to the CCSO in an  
amount not to exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-15000-612490  
IGA 2018 CCSO-MWRD Executed.pdf  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
33  
25-0879  
Consent to assignment of easement agreement dated May 5, 2016, from  
American Grading Co. to Duridge RE Holdings LLC to use and maintain an  
access road on 71,226 sq. ft. of District real estate located along the northeast  
side of the District’s Mainstream Pumping Station in Hodgkins, Illinois, known as  
Main Channel Parcel 33.07. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee  
of $5,000.00  
RE - Consent to Assignment American Grading Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
34  
25-0907  
Consent to a partial assignment of lease from the Village of Crestwood, to the  
Village of Crestwood and 4Crestwood LLC as co-tenants, with respect to 1.01  
acres of the Village’s 7.61-acre leasehold located south of the Cal-Sag Channel  
and west of Cicero Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois; Cal-Sag Channel Parcel  
11.04 (eastern portion), and to allow for the sale and consumption of alcohol  
and video gaming on the 1.01 acres. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee  
of $4,572.00  
RE - Partial Assignment of Lease - CSC 11.04 (Eastern Portion) Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
35  
36  
25-0899  
Authorization for payment to BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware corporation  
for construction and easement agreements for the Lyons and McCook Levee  
Improvements Project (Contract 13-199-3F), Consideration shall be a one-time  
easement fee in an amount not to exceed $361,205.00, Account  
501-50000-667340  
25-0906  
Authority to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chicago  
Metropolitan Agency for Planning for assistance with public outreach and  
economic co-benefits analysis for the Deer Creek-Third Creek Multi-Benefit  
Flood Control Project  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
37  
25-0923  
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Loriece McDuffie Carlton  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment