Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, February 1, 2024  
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  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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1
7
4
2
6
11  
8
5
3
7
18  
15  
21  
18  
16  
20  
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
19  
17  
21  
December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
5
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  
Resolution  
1
2
24-0078  
24-0079  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
February as Black History Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
February as American Heart Month  
Finance Committee  
Report  
3
4
5
24-0082  
24-0083  
24-0084  
Report on the investment interest income during December 2023  
Attachments:  
Inv Int Inc 2023-12 att.pdf  
Report on investments purchased during December 2023  
Attachments:  
Inv Purch 2023-12 att.pdf  
Report on investment inventory statistics at December 31, 2023  
Attachments:  
Inv Stat 2023 Q4 att.pdf  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
24-0072  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, January 16, 2024  
7
8
24-0085  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, January 23, 2024  
Authorization  
24-0068  
24-0071  
Authorization for payment to the Water Research Foundation for the 2024  
Annual Research Commitment in an amount not to exceed $172,937.00,  
Account 101-15000-612280  
Attachments:  
WRF Subscriber Involvement Report 2017-2024.pdf  
9
Authorization for payment to JULIE, Inc., for participation in underground  
project coordination, in an amount not to exceed $50,411.64, Account  
101-50000-612430  
Authority to Advertise  
10  
24-0016  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-RFP-23 Deferred Compensation Plan  
Administrator, for a five-year period effective January 1, 2025 to December 31,  
2029 (Deferred from the January 4, 2024 Board Meeting)(Deferred from the  
January 18, 2024 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-RFP-23 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Legislative History  
1/4/24  
Board of Commissioners  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
Deferred  
1/18/24  
11  
12  
13  
24-0065  
24-0069  
24-0073  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-709-11, Furnishing and Delivering Calcium  
Nitrate to the Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $270,000.00,  
Account 101-66000-623560, Requisition 1607451  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-709-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-641-11, Furnishing and Delivering Liquid  
Carbon Dioxide to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
$2,153,500.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1611808  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-641-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-RFP-02 Commercial Banking and  
Investment Custody Services for a five-year period, estimated cost  
$413,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisitions 1611818, 1611819,  
and 1611820  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-RFP-02 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Issue Purchase Order  
14  
24-0074  
Issue purchase order to Emerson Process Management Power & Water  
Solutions, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Various Parts, Controllers, Software  
Licenses, and Upgrades to the Ethernet IO and DCS System at the Stickney  
Water Reclamation Plant, Waterways Section, and the North Service Area, in  
an amount not to exceed $381,725.00, Account 101-69000-623070,  
Requisitions 1611151, 1611152 and 1611154  
Award Contract  
15  
24-0042  
Authority to award Contract 24-970-11, Janitorial Services at Various  
Locations, Group A to Boye Janitorial Service, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$1,080,000.00, Groups B and D to Blooming Facility, LLC, in an amount not to  
exceed $345,000.00, and Group C to Deep Kleen and Maintenance, LLC in an  
amount not to exceed $222,000.00. Account 101-69000-612490, Requisition  
1601732 (Deferred from the January 18, 2024 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-970-11 (Group A) Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised App  
Contract 24-970-11 (Group C) Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised App  
Legislative History  
1/18/24  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
16  
24-0077  
Authority to award Contract 23-684-22 (Re-Bid) Equipment Painting &  
Rehabilitation at Various Locations, Group D, to Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc.,  
in an amount not to exceed $751,000.00, Accounts 201-50000-645750,  
Requisition 1595822  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-684-22 (Re-Bid) (Group D) Affirmative Action Goals Report and Rev  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
17  
24-0070  
Authority to increase Contract 14-253-AF Diversion Channel for Flood Control  
Project on Midlothian Creek in Robbins, CSA, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen &  
Associates LLC in an amount of $29,018.84, from an amount of  
$10,991,596.84, to an amount not to exceed $11,020,615.68, Account  
501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000089  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000089  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
18  
24-0086  
Authorization to execute change orders to decrease purchase orders or  
carryforward FY2023 encumbrances to FY2024  
Attachments:  
FY2023_Purchase Orders.pdf  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
19  
24-0081  
Authority to issue a one (1) day permit to Friends of the Chicago River to  
access District real estate at 22 locations along the North Branch of the  
Chicago River, North Shore Channel, Main Channel, and Cal-Sag Channel in  
Cook County, Illinois for its annual Chicago River Day cleanup event on May  
11, 2024. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
RE - 1-day Permit FOCR Cleanup Day 2024 Aerial.pdf  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Item  
20  
24-0089  
Authorization to allow participation in 2024 parades  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment