Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, January 22, 2026  
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.  
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  
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26-0062  
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Rick Garcia  
Ordinance - Industrial Waste  
IW26-001  
Request Authority to Review the Proposed Amended Sewage and Waste  
Control Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater  
Chicago and Proposed Procedural Rules Governing All Administrative  
Proceedings Before Board-Appointed Hearing Officers Brought Pursuant to the  
Amended Ordinance  
Board Letter_Sewage Waste Control Ordinance-Rules.pdf  
Sewage Waste Control Ordinance_clean_1.13.26.pdf  
Sewage Waste Control Ordinance_Redline_1.13.26.pdf  
Sewage Waste Control Ordinance Admin Rules 2026.pdf  
Attachments:  
Finance Committee  
Report  
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26-0041  
Report on the investment interest income during December 2025  
Inv Int Inc 2025-12 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
26-0042  
Report on investments purchased during December 2025  
Inv Purch 2025-12 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
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26-0043  
26-0047  
Report on investment inventory statistics at December 31, 2025  
Inv Stat 2025 Q4 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
Report to the Board of Commissioners on payment of restricted interest  
earnings in the amount of $544,619.52 for the 2025 calendar year, pursuant to  
the terms of a Project Partnership Agreement with the United States Army  
Corps of Engineers approved by the Board on January 24, 2019  
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26-0056  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of December 2025, in the  
amount of $43,829,069.28  
December 2025 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
26-0044  
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Authority to Transfer up to $6,650,000.00 from the Construction Working Cash  
Fund to Finance Construction Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2026,  
Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9c  
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26-0045  
26-0046  
26-0060  
Authority to Transfer up to $305,600,000.00 from the Corporate Working Cash  
Fund to Finance Corporate Fund Operations of the District in the Year 2026,  
Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9b  
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Authority to Transfer up to $64,125,000.00 from the Stormwater Management  
Working Cash Fund to Finance Stormwater Management Fund Operations of  
the District in the Year 2026, Pursuant to the Provisions of 70 ILCS 2605/9e  
Authority to approve Travel Expenses for Members of the Board of  
Commissioners and the Executive Director in the amount of $654.00, Accounts  
101-11000-612010, 612030, 612050, 612080 and 101-15000-612010, 612030,  
612050  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
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26-0036  
Authority to Advertise  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, January 6, 2026  
26-0028  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-RFP-06 Employee Benefits Consulting  
Services, for a three-year period, effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029,  
estimated cost $194,500.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1649979  
Contract 26-RFP-06 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
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26-0034  
26-0037  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-RFP-07 Flexible Spending Plan  
Administrator, for a four-year period, effective January 1, 2027 to December 31,  
2030, estimated cost $425,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition  
1650774 (As Revised)  
Contract 26-RFP-07 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-822-31, TARP Mechanical Equipment  
Improvements at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
between $24,225,000.00 and $29,325,000.00, Account 401-50000-645700,  
Requisition 1651734  
Contract 26-822-31 Project View  
Attachments:  
Contract 26-822-31 Exhibit.- Calumet TARP Pumping Station  
Contract 26-822-31 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
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26-0038  
26-0048  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-360-11 for public tender of bids for a 14-year  
lease on approximately 2.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal  
Bank Road in Lemont, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 23.10. The  
minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $75,000.00  
Contract 26-360-11 Aerial View - Main Channel Parcel 23.10  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-713-11, Scavenger Services at the O’Brien  
Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $1,423,000.00, Account  
101-67000-612520, Requisition 1652776  
Contract 26-713-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
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26-0029  
26-0032  
26-0055  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Envea Inc. to furnish  
and deliver Cairsens Cairpol Hydrogen Sulfide replacement sensors and  
Caircloud data management, in an amount not to exceed $119,330.00,  
Accounts 101-16000-612820, 623570, Requisition 1648991  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Siemens Energy, Inc.,  
to Provide Services for Inspection, Repair and Upgrades of the Aeration  
Blowers Nos. 4 and 6 at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount  
not to exceed $4,021,608.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1617960  
Issue purchase order for Contract 26-100-11, Preventive Maintenance for  
Laboratory Balances and Meters, to Certified Balance and Scale Corporation, in  
an amount not to exceed $58,800.00, Account 101-16000-612970, Requisition  
1647089  
Award Contract  
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26-0051  
Authority to award Contract 22-377-2DR (Re-Bid), Raw Sewage Discharge  
Pipe Support Modifications for Pumps 1-3, Kirie Water Reclamation Plant  
(KWRP), to John Burns Construction Company, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $9,657,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an  
amount of $482,850.00, for a total amount not to exceed $10,139,850.00,  
Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1629461  
Contract 22-377-2DR Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D  
Attachments:  
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26-0053  
26-0054  
Authority to award Contract 25-821-21, Furnish, Deliver, and Install Grit Screw  
Conveyors at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (CWRP), to IHC  
Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $11,496,000.00,  
Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1639417  
Contract 25-821-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D an  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 26-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, to  
Global Infrastructure LLC dba Chicago Underwater, in an amount not to exceed  
$190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1639876  
Contract 26-625-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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26-0030  
Authority to increase the purchase order to AVI-SPL LLC and amend the  
agreement with Avaya, LLC. for Telecommunications Equipment, Maintenance  
Support, and E911 Calling, in an amount of $43,900.80 from an amount of  
$1,513,932.44, to an amount not to exceed $1,557,833.24, Account  
101-27000-612840, Purchase Order 3132688  
26-0049  
Authority to decrease 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 $5,966.40, from an amount of  
$11,907,057.12, to an amount not to exceed $11,901,090.72, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000094  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
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26-0057  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of December 2025  
Attachment 1 CO Report December 2025 5% Contingency.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report December 2025 - FINAL.pdf  
Attachment 3 CO Report December 2025 5% Contingency.pdf  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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26-0033  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claims of William Collins vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim numbers 17WC018405 and 17WC018406, Illinois Workers’  
Compensation Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $14,033.87, Account  
901-30000-601090  
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26-0040  
26-0052  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Kevin Mathieu vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number W003639421, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $23,427.75, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Ebonie Lewis Bradford  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim number 19WC025402 Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $30,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee  
Authorization  
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26-0039  
Civil Service Board’s 2025 Annual Report  
MWRD CSB Annual Report 2025 Signed 010826.pdf  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
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26-0035  
Authority to issue a 5-year permit to the United States Department of the  
Interior, U.S. Geological Survey to continue to operate, maintain, and remove a  
streamflow gauging station on the Summit Conduit outfall located on Main  
Channel Parcel 35.08 (HASMA) in Summit, Illinois. Consideration shall be a  
nominal fee of $10.00  
RE - 5-year permit USGS Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
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26-0058  
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 eastern  
edge 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 - American Grading Easement Assignment Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment