Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, July 17, 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  
Memorial Resolution  
1
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION honoring the life and legacy of Brad Cummings  
Resolution  
2
3
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Team  
MWRD’s Outstanding Performance in the Active Transportation Alliance’s 2025  
Bike Commuter Challenge  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
importance of water reuse  
Finance Committee  
Report  
4
5
Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due  
on July 1, 2025  
Attachments:  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2025, in the amount of  
$39,856,456.07  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
6
Authority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of  
Commissioners and the Executive Director in the amount of $6,264.28,  
Accounts 101-11000-612010, 612030, 612080 and 101-15000-612010, 612030,  
612080  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
7
8
9
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 1, 2025  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 8, 2025  
Report Regarding the District Doing Business with Corporations or Limited  
Liability Companies Not Authorized to Transact Business in Illinois  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
10  
11  
Authorization to enter into an agreement for Contract 25-RFP-01 Medicare  
Advantage Plan, with Humana Insurance Company for a three-year period,  
effective January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028, Account 101-25000-601250  
Attachments:  
Authorization to amend Board Order of May 15, 2025, regarding Authority to  
advertise Contract 25-404-21 Remove and Replace One 23XL Chiller for the  
Main Office Building, estimated cost $700,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645680,  
Requisition 1638641, Agenda Item No. 09, File No. 25-0370  
Attachments:  
12  
Authorization to amend Board Orders of March 20, 2025, Agenda Item No. 12,  
File No. 25-0192; April 3, 2025, Agenda Item No. 16, File No. 25-0262; and April  
17, 2025, Agenda Item No. 13, File No. 25-0285  
Attachments:  
13  
Authorization to amend Board Order of May 15, 2025, regarding Authority to  
award Contract 25-655-11, Manhole and Infrastructure Repairs, to Sumit  
Construction Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00, Account  
101-66000-612600, Requisition 1621389, Agenda Item No. 17, File No. 25-0367  
Attachments:  
14  
Authorization to amend Board Order of May 1, 2025, regarding Authority to  
award Contract 24-638-22 (Re-Bid), HVAC Improvements at Various Locations,  
Group A to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed  
$24,528,000.00 and Group B to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $1,296,000.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions  
1620791 and 1620793, Agenda Item No. 12, File No. 25-0323  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
15  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, estimated cost $22,464,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623560, Requisitions 1638638, 1636892 and 1636980  
(Deferred from the June 26, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
6/26/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
16  
17  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-617-11, Power Distribution Equipment  
Inspection and Repairs, in an amount not to exceed $735,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623070, Requisitions 1641184, 1641186 and  
1641187  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 21-092-3P Battery E Activated Sludge Facility,  
OWRP , estimated cost between $308,754,750.00 and $373,755,750.00,  
Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1639807  
Attachments:  
18  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-RFP-16, State Legislative Consulting  
Services, estimated cost $100,000.00, Account 101-15000-612430,  
Requisitions 1641566, 1641567, 1641568, and 1641569  
Attachments:  
19  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-821-21, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Grit  
Screw Conveyors at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
between $10,260,000.00 and $12,420,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750  
Requisition 1639417  
Attachments:  
20  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-612-21, Roof Replacement and Rehabilitation  
at various locations, estimated cost between $3,895,000.00 and $4,715,000.00,  
Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1634050, 1634141, and 1634143  
Attachments:  
21  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-361-11 for public tender of bids a 39-year  
lease on 12.91± acres of District real estate located north of the Main Channel  
between Central and Laramie Avenues in Stickney, Illinois, known as Main  
Channel Parcel 39.02. The minimum initial annual rental bid shall be  
established at $343,000.00  
Attachments:  
22  
23  
24  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-721-21, Restoration of Egan WRP  
Permeable Paver Parking Lot, estimated cost between $142,500.00 and  
$172,500.00, Account 201-50000-645780 Requisition 1638047  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-635-21, SEPA 3 Paver Walkway  
Improvement, estimated cost between $190,000.00 and $230,000.00, Account  
201-50000-645720, Requisition 1636647  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-942-11, Job Order Contracting Services,  
estimated cost $12,000,000.00, Accounts 101/201/401/501/901-VAR-VAR  
Attachments:  
25  
26  
27  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-674-11, Furnish and Deliver Repair Parts and  
Services for Trucks and Trailers at Various Locations, estimated cost  
$482,700.00, Accounts 101-66000/67000/68000/ 69000-612860/623250,  
Requisitions 1638648, 1639053, 1639420, and 1639431  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-659-11 Agricultural Management, Agricultural  
Fieldside Mowing, and Fence Installation and Removal at Fulton County, Illinois,  
estimated cost $1,260,000.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition  
1639875  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-730-21, HVAC Improvements at the Egan &  
Kirie Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost between $18,580,000.00 and  
$22,490,000.00, Account 401-50000-645780, Requisitions 1626920 and  
1638370  
Attachments:  
28  
Authority to advertise Contract 13-199-3F Lyons and McCook Levee  
Improvements Project, estimated cost between $2,709,842.70 and  
$3,280,335.90, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1638642  
Attachments:  
29  
30  
31  
32  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-009-11, Furnish and Deliver Paper Towels to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $151,000.00,  
Account 101-20000-623660  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals  
to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $90,000.00,  
Account 101-20000-623570  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-029-11, Furnish and Deliver Safety  
Equipment to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost  
$64,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623570, 623680, 623700, 623780  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-056-11, Furnish and Deliver Hardware to  
Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $80,000.00, Account  
101-20000-623110  
Issue Purchase Order  
33  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Carahsoft Technology  
Corporation and SAP Concur to provide software hosting for the SAP Concur  
Travel and Reimbursement Solution, in an amount not to exceed $118,075.68,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1641931  
34  
35  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-105-11, Laboratory Analysis of Per- and  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Adsorbable Organic Fluorine in Wastewater  
Samples, to Enthalpy Analytical, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $63,500.00,  
Account 101-16000-612490, Requisition 1635925  
Issue purchase order and enter into a Collaborative Research Project with the  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pursuant to the terms of the Master  
Agreement on the Environmental Benefits and Use of Biosolids for Production  
of Industrial Hemp, estimated cost $90,261.00, Account 101-16000-612430,  
Requisition 1640403  
Award Contract  
36  
37  
38  
Authority to award Contract 24-695-22 (Re-Bid), Truck Scale Replacement at  
Various Locations, Group A, to Brechbuhler Scales, Inc. (Brechbuhler), in an  
amount not to exceed $375,000.00, and Groups B and C, to Abest Scale  
Company (Abest), in an amount not to exceed $434,000.00, Account  
201-50000-645750, Requisition 1615890  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 25-656-11, Services to Repair Allen Bradley  
Computer Systems and Equipment at Various Locations, to WESCO  
Distribution, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $835,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650/623070, Requisitions 1634172,  
1634173, 1635105  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 19-375-3P, Chemical Addition Backup System,  
KWRP, to John Burns Construction Company, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $5,398,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an  
amount of $269,900.00, for a total amount not to exceed $5,667,900.00,  
Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1634764  
Attachments:  
39  
Authority to award Contract 22-878-1S, Condition Assessment of Local  
Sewers, to Pipe View, L.L.C. dba Pipe View America, in an amount not to  
exceed $2,507,350.91, Account 101-50000-612240, Requisition 1642498 (As  
Revised)  
Attachments:  
40  
Authority to award Contract 22-903-22 (Re-Bid), Centrifuge Improvements at  
the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to William T. Connelly, Inc. dba Connelly  
Electric Co., in an amount not to exceed $5,450,000.00 Account  
201-50000-645750, Requisition 1611553  
Attachments:  
41  
Authority to award Contract 23-416-2S, Kirie - Egan Solids Pipeline  
Rehabilitation Section No.1, NSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc., in an amount not  
to exceed $7,274,537.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in  
an amount of $363,726.85, for a total amount not to exceed $7,638,263.85,  
Account 401-50000-645750, Requisition 1621718  
Attachments:  
42  
43  
Authority to award Contract 25-722-11, High Temperature Epoxy Pipe Coating  
at the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, to BCE-USA, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $77,500.00, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition 1634044  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 25-647-11, Boiler Tuning and Maintenance Services  
at Various Locations, to Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount  
not to exceed $1,200,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612650/623090, Requisitions 1632661, 1633436, and  
1633437 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
44  
45  
Authority to award Contract 25-727-21, Roof Replacement at Egan Water  
Reclamation Plant, to DCG Roofing Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$3,116,700.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisition 1633427  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 25-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Steel & 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 $152,354.93, Accounts  
101-20000-623030, 623090, 623130  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
46  
Authority to increase Contract 01-103-AS 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation -  
Phase II, SSA, to Michels Trenchless, Inc. in an amount of $1,245,780.90, from  
an amount of $39,863,453.03, to an amount not to exceed $41,109,233.93,  
Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 4000119 (Deferred from the June  
26, 2025 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
6/26/25  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
47  
48  
49  
50  
51  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with Labyrinth  
Solutions LLC d/b/a LSI Consulting, for Contract 22-RFP-14 SAP Consulting  
Services, in an amount of $150,000.00, from an amount of $204,090.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $354,090.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase  
Order 3123966  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 23-685-51, Furnishing, Delivering and  
Administration of Rain Barrels, to Greenlane Environmental & Recycling  
Services Inc., in an amount of $50,000.00, from an amount of $494,204.25, to  
an amount not to exceed $544,204.25, Account 501-50000-623990, Purchase  
Order 3122945  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease Contract 21-616-11, Furnish and Deliver Chiller Parts and  
Services to Various Locations, to Autumn Construction Services, Inc., in an  
amount of $77,760.87, from an amount of $587,498.62, to an amount not to  
exceed $509,737.75, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612680/623070/623270, Purchase Order 5001852  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease purchase order with Sirius Automation Group Inc. for  
preventive maintenance, technical support, repair, and parts for three Sirius  
automated weighing robotic systems at various locations for three years, in an  
amount of $12,658.34, from an amount of $116,685.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $104,026.66, Account 101-16000-612970, Purchase Order 3127086  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 17-135-3V, Roof Replacement of the Lue-Hing  
M&R Complex, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction  
Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $318,712.06, from an amount of  
$11,563,638.59, to an amount not to exceed $11,882,350.65, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
52  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the second quarter of  
2025, ended June 30, 2025  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
53  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$50,000.00 in the Stormwater Management Fund  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
54  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of May 2025  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Report  
55  
Report on the Settlement of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Miscellaneous  
Claims under $10,000.00  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee  
Report  
56  
Report on the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
57  
58  
59  
Authority to amend the permit agreement issued to Walsh Vinci Transit  
Community Partners on a portion of the District’s Calumet Water Reclamation  
Plant in Chicago, Illinois to allow the permittee to conduct soil borings.  
Consideration shall be a fee of $5,000.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to issue a 9-month permit extension to Petroleum Fuel and Terminal  
Company to continue to stage and launch boats on 3± acres of District real  
estate located in Lockport, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 15.05.  
Consideration shall be a monthly permit fee of $6,500.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to issue a 9-month permit extension to Petroleum Fuel and Terminal  
Company to continue to stage, launch boats, park vehicles, and store  
equipment on 5.5± acres of District real estate located at 7800 Canal Bank  
Road in Summit, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcels 34.03 and 35.06.  
Consideration shall be a monthly permit fee of $12,500.00  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
60  
Authority to amend the intergovernmental agreement with and make payment to  
the Village of South Holland for the design, construction, operation, and  
maintenance of the Thorn Ditch Flood Mitigation Project in South Holland  
(24-IGA-05), in an amount not to exceed $5,860,000.00  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment