Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, December 5, 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 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  
Spyropoulos  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
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  
Brady-Davis  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Garcia  
Brown  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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April  
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June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
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December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
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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  
Ordinance - User charge  
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UC24-001  
Request Authority to Review the Proposed Amended User Charge Ordinance  
of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Attachments:  
Board Letter - User Charge Ordinance - Review Period 12.5.24.pdf  
Ordinance - User Charge 2025 - Redlined.pdf  
Ordinance - User Charge 2025 - Clean.pdf  
Resolution  
24-1080  
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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Wilson Daniels  
Finance Committee  
Report  
3
24-1075  
Report on payment of principal and interest for outstanding District bonds due  
on December 1, 2024  
Attachments:  
DS 2024-12 att.pdf  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
4
24-1070  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, November 19, 2024  
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24-1091  
24-1096  
Procurement and Materials Management Department - 2023 Annual Report  
Attachments:  
Procurement and Materials Management Department - 2023 Annual Report  
Report of forfeiture of Contract 24-109-11, Furnish and Deliver a Gel  
Permeation Chromatograph System in the Organic Compounds Analytical  
Laboratory at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, to Bio-Rad Laboratories,  
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $43,970.02, Account 101-16000-634970,  
Purchase Order 3131284  
Authority to Advertise  
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24-1067  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-104-11 Replacement Outboard Motors for  
PC30 Boat, estimated cost $99,500.00, Account 101-16000-634790,  
Requisition 1628542 (As Revised)  
24-1072  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-619-11, Lubricant Analysis and Testing,  
estimated cost $110,000.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612240,  
Requisitions 1619811, 1619729, and 1619730  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-619-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Issue Purchase Order  
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24-1055  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-045-11, Publish Invitations to Bid for  
Contracts, Legal Notices for Original Entrance and Promotional Civil Service  
Examinations, and Other Legal Notices for a One-Year Period, to Chicago  
Sun-Times Media, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $44,070.00, Account  
101-20000-612360, Requisition 1621179  
10  
24-1059  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Alfa Laval, Inc., to  
Provide Off-Site Centrifuge Rehabilitation and Repair Services and On-Site  
Technical Services as Needed for the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, for a  
total amount not to exceed $3,900,000.00, Account 201-52000-645750,  
Requisition 1627340  
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24-1060  
24-1061  
Issue purchase orders to Kusters Zima Corporation, to Furnish and Deliver  
Parts for Solids Treatment Processes at Various Locations for a Three-Year  
Period, in an Amount not to Exceed $600,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000,  
68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623270, 623990, 634560  
Issue purchase orders to Drydon Equipment, a DXP Company, to Furnish and  
Deliver Hayward Gordon, Varec, Bredel, Fairbanks Morse, and Amiad Filtration  
Pumps and Parts, to Various Locations, in a total amount not to exceed  
$510,000.00, Accounts 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090,  
623270  
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24-1066  
Issue purchase orders to Flow-Technics, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Xylem  
Flygt A-C, Sulzer ABS, ITT Gould and Netzsch pumps and replacement parts,  
to various locations, in a total amount not to exceed $650,000.00, Accounts  
101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623110, 623270 and  
623990  
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24-1068  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Precision Control  
Systems of Chicago, Inc., for a Multi-Year Service Agreement to Provide  
Upgrades, Maintenance, and Repair Services for the TARP Pump Station  
HVAC Control System at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, in a total  
amount not to exceed $84,500.00, Accounts 101-68000-612680, 623070,  
Requisition 1624782  
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24-1071  
24-1083  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 25-640-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Sodium Bisulfite, Groups A and B, to PVS Chemical Solutions, Inc., in an  
amount not to exceed $1,405,045.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000-623560,  
Requisitions 1621731 and 1621735 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-640-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report, Groups A and B,.pdf  
Issue purchase order to Accurate Background, LLC to provide pre-employment  
background screening services to the District under the OMNIA Partners  
(formerly U.S. Communities) Purchasing Co-operative Contract Number  
R240501, in an amount not to exceed $32,700.00, Account  
101-25000-612430, Requisition 1628711  
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24-1084  
24-1085  
Issue purchase order to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing Excess  
Casualty Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed  
$1,780,567.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1628262  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-RFP-12 Affirmative Action Appendix A Report - Mesirow Insurance  
Issue purchase orders to Gardner Denver Nash LLC, to Furnish and Deliver  
Digester compressors, gas booster pumps, and related equipment, to various  
locations for a three-year period, in a total amount not to exceed $705,000.00,  
Accounts, 101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623270, 634650  
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24-1088  
24-1090  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-648-11, Snow Plowing at the Lockport  
Powerhouse, to Polar Group, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $104,400.00,  
Account 101-66000-612420, Requisition 1620208  
Issue purchase order to Verizon Connect NWF Inc., DBA Verizon Connect  
Fleet USA LLC, for the maintenance of a Vehicle Location System under the  
Sourcewell Purchasing Contract No. 020221-NWF in an amount not to exceed  
$55,359.00, Account 101-15000-612860, Requisition 1627547  
Award Contract  
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24-1054  
Authority to award Contract 25-022-11, 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 $450,000.00, Accounts 101, 501-16000, 50000, 66000, 67000,  
68000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1621431, 1621740, 1621797, 1622022,  
1622045  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-002-11 Item Descriptions.pdf  
Contract 25-022-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
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24-1056  
24-1057  
Authority to award Contract 25-003-11, Furnish and Deliver Laboratory  
Disposable Gloves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Organic  
Solutions Inc, in an amount not to exceed $43,464.00, Account  
101-20000-623700  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-003-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Authority to award Contract 25-021-11, 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 $297,308.51, and Group B to Avalon  
Petroleum Company, in an amount not to exceed $85,841.91, Accounts  
101-16000, 20000, 69000-623820, Requisitions 1621279, 1621280, 1621432,  
1621796  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-021-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Group A and B.pdf  
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24-1058  
24-1087  
Authority to award Contract 25-002-11, Furnish and Deliver Cylinder Gases  
and Bulk Liquid Argon to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups  
A and B, to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $88,743.41  
Account 101-20000-623840  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-002-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A and B.pdf  
Authority to award Contract 24-612-22 (Re-Bid), Roof Replacement and  
Rehabilitation at Various Locations, Groups A, B, and D, to DCG Roofing  
Solutions, Inc. (DCG), in an amount not to exceed $1,842,795.00, and Group  
C, to F&G Roofing Company, LLC (F&G), in an amount not to exceed  
$422,500.00, Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1617114, 1616897,  
1617117, and 1617118  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-612-22 (Groups A,B and D) Affirmative Action Goals Report and Ap  
Contract 24-612-22, Group C, Affirmative Action Goals Report and Appendix D  
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24-1095  
Authority to award Contract 08-174-3D, Battery A Improvements and Battery B  
Installation of Mechanical Mixers, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC  
Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $56,449,000.00,  
plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of  
$2,822,450.00, for a total amount not to exceed $59,271,450.00, Account  
401-50000-645750, Requisition 1617419  
Attachments:  
Contract 08-174-3D Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised Appendix D an  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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24-1063  
Authority to decrease purchase order and amend the agreement with HP Inc.  
in an amount of $435,000.00 from an amount of $1,005,000.00, to an amount  
not to exceed $570,000.00, Account 101-27000-623810, Purchase Order  
3131541  
24-1074  
Authority to increase the purchase order for the University of Illinois for  
23-170-3C Hydraulic Modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System, in an  
amount of $87,454.00, from an amount of $380,311.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $467,765.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3124689  
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24-1076  
24-1077  
24-1086  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with WM  
Reply, Inc., for Contract 22-RFP-13, Intranet Development and Platform  
Support, in an amount of $80,000.00, from an amount of $470,000.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $550,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase  
Order 3125792  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3125792.pdf  
Authority to increase purchase order, exercise the fifth option to extend, and  
amend the agreement with Baker Tilly US, LLP for Contract 19-RFP-33,  
Professional Auditing Services, in an amount of $338,400.00 from an amount  
of $1,164,750.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,503,150.00, Accounts  
101-40000-612430 and P802-11000-798200, Purchase Order 3111905  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3111905  
Authority to increase Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning the Thornton  
Transitional Reservoir, CSA, Rebid, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an  
amount of $16,929.86, from an amount of $26,116,705.06, to an amount not to  
exceed $26,133,634.92, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order  
4000082  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000082.PDF  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
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24-1103  
Authority to transfer 2024 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$800,000.00 in the Corporate Fund  
Attachments:  
12.05.24 Board Transfer BF5.pdf  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
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24-1098  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of October 2024  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 CO Report October 2024 5% Contingency Revised - Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report October 2024 - Final.pdf  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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24-1092  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jose Salazar vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 21 WC 34583, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $82,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Labor & Industrial Relations Committee  
Authorization  
24-1094  
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Authority to extend until December 31, 2024, the terms of the collective  
bargaining agreement between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union  
No. 399  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
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24-1102  
Final report for Emergency Contract 24-600-01, Upper Des Plaines 11-H  
Sewer Repairs and Restoration to Airy’s Inc., Account 901-66000-667220,  
Purchase Order 3129962  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
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24-1097  
Authority to extend the agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  
authorizing the District to moor its boats along the south guidewall of the  
Chicago River Controlling Works, and to maintain a boathouse for an  
additional five years, beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending December 31,  
2029. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
RE - Army Corps Agreement Extension Aerial.pdf  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
38  
24-1099  
Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the  
Village of Crestwood and the Village of Midlothian and make payment to the  
Village of Crestwood, for the design, construction, land acquisition,  
maintenance, operation, and ownership of the Flood Control Project on  
Calumet-Sag Tributary C in Midlothian and Crestwood (21-IGA-18), in an  
amount not to exceed $5,500,000.00  
Attachments:  
21-IGA-18 CalSag Trib C - BL Exhibit.pdf  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment