Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, August 8, 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  
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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11  
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21  
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April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
19  
17  
21  
December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
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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  
Motion  
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MOTION to appoint Steven J. Lux to the Other Post Employment Benefits  
(OPEB) Trust Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago  
Ordinance - Industrial Waste  
Request Authority to Review the Proposed Amended Chemical Toilet Waste  
Disposal Ordinance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater  
Chicago  
Attachments:  
Ordinance  
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Ordinance O24-006 providing for the transfer of an amount not to exceed  
$75,000,000 from the 459 Capital Improvements Bond (“CIB”) Revenue  
Sub-Fund to the 46A Limited Revenue Sub-Fund of the CIB Fund to pay for  
certain non-Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (“TARP”) related expenditures, to be  
reimbursed from proceeds of General Obligation Capital Improvements Bonds  
to be issued by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Attachments:  
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Ordinance O24-007 providing for the transfer of an amount not to exceed  
$25,000,000 from the 459 Capital Improvements Bond (“CIB”) Revenue  
Sub-Fund to the 46B Unlimited Revenue Sub-Fund of the CIB Fund to pay for  
certain Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (“TARP”) related expenditures, to be  
reimbursed from proceeds of General Obligation Capital Improvements Bonds  
to be issued by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
5
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 95th  
celebration of the Bud Billiken Parade  
Finance Committee  
Report  
6
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of June 2024, in the amount of  
$33,582,420.21  
Attachments:  
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9
Report on the investment interest income during June 2024  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during June 2024  
Attachments:  
Report on investment inventory statistics at June 30, 2024  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
10  
Report on the results of reverse auction to procure natural gas under Contract  
23-RFP-02, Procurement of Natural Gas Services  
11  
12  
13  
14  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 9, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 16, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 23, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, July 30, 2024  
Authorization  
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Authorization to make payment to American Society for Testing and Materials  
International (ASTM) for 2024/2025 subscription fees, in the amount of  
$11,873.00, Account 101-15000-612280  
Authorization to accept annual rental bid for Contract 24-360-11 Proposal for a  
Permit on 19.67± acres of District real estate located north of I-294 and south of  
LaGrange Road, between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary &  
Ship Canal in Willow Springs, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 31.01, for  
a five (5) year term from AAA Lease, LLC, in the amount of $797,500.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
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18  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-032-11, Furnish and Deliver Coveralls,  
Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated  
cost $53,000.00, Account 101-20000-623700  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-029-11, Furnish and Deliver Safety Apparel  
and Equipment and Welding Apparel to Various Locations for a One-Year  
Period, estimated cost $122,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623570, 623680,  
623700, 623780  
Attachments:  
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20  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-673-11, Heavy Equipment Maintenance at  
Various Locations, estimated cost $650,000.00, Accounts  
101-68000/69000-612760, Requisitions 1620029 and 1620010  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-611-11, Repairs and Alterations to Various  
Water Reclamation Facilities, estimated cost $20,779,560.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650, Requisitions 1614216, 1614474, and  
1614568  
Attachments:  
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22  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-987-11, Specialty Railroad Track Services in  
the Stickney Service Area, estimated cost $1,900,000.00, Account  
101-69000-612670, Requisition 1597409  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-111-11 Flow Measurements for South Park  
Intercepting Sewers, estimated cost $62,500.00, Account 101-16000-612430,  
Requisition 1621276  
23  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-416-2S, Kirie - Egan Solids Pipeline  
Rehabilitation Section No.1, NSA, estimated cost between $4,560,000.00 and  
$5,520,000.00, Account 201-50000-645750, Requisition 1621718  
Attachments:  
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27  
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31  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-169-1S McCook Reservoir Stage 1 Sediment  
Removal, estimated cost between $9,262,500.00 and $11,212,500.00, Account  
101-50000-612620, Requisition 1622008  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-RFP-07 Agreements for Professional  
Development Program for Engineers and Scientists for Years 2025 - 2027,  
Account 101-25000-601100  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-RFP-10 Agreements for Professional  
Development Program for Management Development and Information  
Technology for Years 2025 - 2027, Account 101-25000- 601100  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-009-11, Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper  
Towels & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $100,000.00, Account 101-20000-623660  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-026-11 Furnish and Deliver PVC Pipe,  
Valves, and Fittings to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated  
cost $50,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-036-11 Furnish and Deliver Salt and Calcium  
Chloride to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost  
$54,000.00, Account 101-20000-623130  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-051-11 Furnish and Deliver Hand Tools to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $121,000.00,  
Account 101-20000-623110, 623680  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-699-11, Services of Heavy Equipment with  
Operators, estimated cost $3,462,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520,  
Requisitions 1610008 and 1610249  
Attachments:  
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Authority to advertise Contract 24-030-11 Furnish and Deliver Lubricants to  
Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $168,500.00, Account  
101-20000-623860  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
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Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Hach Company for  
Maintenance, Calibration, and Repair Services for a Three-Year Period, at the  
O’Brien, Egan, Kirie and Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plants, in a Total  
Amount not to Exceed $105,301.81, Account 101-67000-612650, Requisition  
1618488  
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35  
36  
Issue purchase order to Insight Public Sector, Inc. for Steelray Delay Analyzer  
and Steelray Analyzer for P6 subscriptions, in an amount not to exceed  
$14,861.13, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1621290  
Issue purchase order to Carahsoft Technology Corporation for Annual Acquia  
Software Maintenance Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $40,193.53,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1620992  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AVI-SPL LLC for Avaya  
Equipment, Maintenance, and Installation Support in an amount not to exceed  
$309,002.16, Accounts 101-27000-612430, 623850, 634840, Requisition  
1619815  
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Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, to Furnish and Deliver Cisco  
Firewalls, FirePower Services and SmartNet Support, in an amount not to  
exceed $175,637.60, Accounts101-27000-612820, 612840, 634810, Requisition  
1618729  
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Issue purchase order to Willis Towers Watson Midwest, Inc. to Furnish Cyber  
Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to exceed $119,984.00,  
Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1622040  
Issue purchase order to Safety io LLC (An MSA Company) for a one-year  
subscription to Fleet Manager software in an amount not to exceed $18,960.00,  
Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1620756  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 24-RFP-04,  
Lease One Digital, High-Speed Color Production Printing System and One  
Digital, High-Speed Monochrome Production Printing System with a Five-Year  
Repair, Supply and Maintenance Agreement with Konica Minolta Business  
Solutions U.S.A., Inc. in an amount not to exceed $438,544.80, Accounts  
101-15000-612330 and 612800, Requisition 1616073 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
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Issue purchase order to Early Morning Software, Inc. for EMS PRISM  
Compliance Management Software License Renewal in an amount not to  
exceed $13,990.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1621833  
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Issue purchase order for Contract 24-650-11, Group C, Portable Toilets at  
Various Locations, to Service Sanitation, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$27,190.00, Accounts 101/501-50000/66000-612330/612680, Requisition  
1615576  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-604-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Plumbing Supplies to Various Locations, to Production Distribution Companies,  
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $207,000.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623090, Requisitions 1610947, 1605016, and 1608903  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase order to Deere & Company, to Furnish and Deliver Four (4)  
2024 John Deere Gator All-Terrain Utility Vehicles to the North Service Area,  
under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 031121-DAC, in an  
amount not to exceed $88,658.72, Account 101-67000-634860, Requisitions  
1621827  
Award Contract  
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Authority to award Contract 24-665-11, Landscape Maintenance at Various  
Service Areas, Groups A, B, and C, to Lizzette Medina & Company, in an  
amount not to exceed $1,904,600.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612420, Requisitions 1609292, 1580835, and 1577294  
(Deferred from the July 11, 2024 Board Meeting)  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/11/24  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
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47  
Authority to award Contract 24-653-11, Underground Infrastructure Cleaning at  
Various Locations, to Pipe View, LLC dba Pipe View America (Pipe View), in an  
amount not to exceed $2,682,000.00, Account 101-66000-612600, Requisition  
1613812  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 14-259-5F, Flood Control Project in the Vicinity of  
131st Street and Cypress Lane in Palos Heights, to Meru Corporation, in an  
amount not to exceed $697,000.00, plus a five (5) percent allowance for change  
orders in an amount of $34,850.00, for a total amount not to exceed  
$731,850.00, Account 501-50000-645620, Requisition 1599293  
Attachments:  
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Authority to award Contract 24-618-12 (Re-Bid), Furnish and Deliver HVAC and  
Refrigeration Parts and Services to Various Locations, Groups A, B, and C, to  
Autumn Construction Services, Inc. (Autumn), in an amount not to exceed  
$984,155.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612680/623270, Requisitions  
1605437, 1605438, and 1605439  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-689-11, Test and Repair Underground Storage  
Tanks at Various Locations, to Stenstrom Petroleum Services Group, in an  
amount not to exceed $318,900.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612240/612490, Requisitions 1616202, 1616206, and  
1616208  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe,  
Fittings and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups A, C, D,  
F, H, I, L, M, N, and O to Marco Supply Company, Inc., d.b.a. Johnson Pipe &  
Supply Corp., Inc. in an amount not to exceed $381,634.48, and Groups B, E,  
G, and K to Ferguson Enterprises, LLC D/B/A/ Columbia Pipe & Supply, in an  
amount not to exceed $82,599.49, Account 101-20000-623090, 623170,  
623270, and 623570  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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52  
Authority to increase purchase order with PMA Management Corp., for Contract  
23-RFP-13 Third Party Claims Administrator Services, in an amount of  
$90,000.00, from an amount of $825,000.00 to an amount not to exceed  
$915,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090, Purchase Order 3128895  
Authority to increase Contract 21-863-2C, Master Plan for Salt Creek at  
Fullersburg Woods, to V3 Construction Group, LTD., in an amount of  
$156,269.51, from an amount of $9,341,706.36, to an amount not to exceed  
$9,497,975.87, Account 201-50000-612400, Purchase Order 4000104  
Attachments:  
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Authority to increase agreement with Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., to Provide  
Pumps, Replacement Parts, and Equipment at Various Locations, for a  
three-year period, in an amount of $200,000.00, from an amount of  
$1,169,900.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,369,900.00, Accounts  
101-66000, 67000, 68000, 69000-623070, 623090, 623270, Agreement  
7002007  
Attachments:  
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Authority to increase Contract 18-142-3H Six Access Shafts Infiltration  
Mitigation, MSPS, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of  
$84,430.69 from an amount of $2,067,907.54, to an amount not to exceed  
$2,152,338.23 Account 401-50000-645700, Purchase Order 5001792  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 17-134-3MR Odor Control Facilities at Sludge  
Concentration, Southwest Coarse Screen, Overhead Weir, and  
Post-Centrifuge Building, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Rebid, to IHC  
Construction Companies, L.L.C. in an amount of $63,469.46, from an amount  
of $17,245,502.76, to an amount not to exceed $17,308,972.22, Account  
401-50000-645650, Purchase Order 4000071  
Attachments:  
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Authority to increase Contract 15-069-3D, Rehabilitation of Steel Spandrel  
Beams of Pump and Blower House, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC  
Construction Companies, LLC in an amount of $500,000.00, from an amount of  
$21,824,317.98, to an amount not to exceed $22,324,317.98, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000087  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease Contract 20-627-11, Repairs to Air Compressors and Air  
Dryers at Various Locations, to Anchor Mechanical, Inc., in an amount of  
$50,521.70, from an amount of $109,680.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$59,158.30, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650, Purchase  
Orders 5001780, 5001781, and 5001782  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase purchase order with Accurate Employment Screening,  
LLC via the OMNIA Partnership Contract #R191301, for background screening  
services, in an amount of $3,500.00, from an amount of $9,000.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $12,500.00, 101-25000-612430, Purchase Order  
3126577  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 21-416-11, Operating Engineering Services to  
the Main Office Building Complex for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period, to The  
Stone Group, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00, from an amount of  
$2,859,176.25, to an amount not to exceed $2,949,176.25, Account  
101-15000-612370 and 612390, Purchase Order 5001841  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase purchase order with CohnReznick, LLP, Contract  
21-RFP-23, Professional Real Estate Appraisal Services for a three-year  
period, in an amount of $40,102.50, from an amount of $109,897.50, to an  
amount not to exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-30000-612430, Purchase  
Order 3116890  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
61  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the second quarter of  
2024, ended June 30, 2024  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
62  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of June 2024  
Attachments:  
63  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions from April through  
June 2024 for Contract 11-187-3F, Addison Creek Channel Improvements, SSA  
Attachments:  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution Committee  
Authorization  
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Request Authority to Disband the Blue Ribbon Panel and Form an Industrial  
Engagement Panel  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Hector Acosta vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number W003764128, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $28,207.01, Account 901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Miguel Negron II  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number W003827418 in the sum of $59,881.20 Account  
901-30000-601090  
Labor & Industrial Relations Committee  
Authorization  
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Authority to extend until September 30, 2024, the terms of the collective  
bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago and 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the  
Building Trades Coalition; 3) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700;  
4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical  
Instrumentation and Testing); 5) International Brotherhood of Electrical  
Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); 6) International Brotherhood  
of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Motor Vehicle Dispatcher Group); and  
7) International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
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Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of June 2024  
Attachments:  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee  
Report  
Report on the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
Consent to the assignment of lease agreement dated April 7, 1994, between the  
District and Valvoline Inc. and Valvoline LLC on 26,414 sq. ft. of District real  
estate located along the northwesterly bank of the Main Channel, east of Willow  
Springs Road, in Willow Springs, Illinois, known as Main Channel Parcel 30.05  
to VGP Holdings, LLC. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of  
$5,000.00  
Attachments:  
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Authority to grant Northern Illinois Gas Company, d/b/a Nicor Gas Company, a  
25-year, approximately 10’ x 845’ non-exclusive easement to continue to install,  
operate, maintain, repair, rehabilitate and remove a 16-inch natural gas main  
located on District real estate south of Oakton Street and west of McCormick  
Boulevard, traversing North Shore Channel Parcels 6.12 and 6.19, in Skokie,  
Illinois. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $12,810.00  
Attachments:  
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Consent to sublease between Skokie Motor Sales, Inc. and Amazon.com  
Service, LLC, for approximately 6.6± acres of District real estate located at  
3615 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois, known as North Shore Channel Parcels  
5.01, 5.02, and 5.03. Consideration shall be a document preparation fee of  
$5,000.00  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
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Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and  
make payment to the Illinois Department of Transportation for the design,  
construction, operation, and maintenance of the I-290 Frontage Road Sewer  
and Outfall in Maywood (24-IGA-23), in an amount not to exceed $5,707,000.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make payment  
to the Village of South Holland for the Thorn Ditch Flood Mitigation Project in  
South Holland (24-IGA-05), in an amount not to exceed $5,860,000.00  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
75  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program  
(The above items were submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment