Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, April 16, 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  
1
26-0254  
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners  
celebrating the life of Bria Nichole Fleming  
Finance Committee  
Report  
2
3
4
5
26-0248  
26-0249  
26-0250  
26-0267  
Report on the investment interest income during March 2026  
Inv Int Inc 2026-03 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during March 2026  
Inv Purch 2026-03 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
Report on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2026  
Inv Stat 2026 Q1 att.pdf  
Attachments:  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of March 2026, in the amount of  
$39,313,413.81  
March 2026 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
26-0231  
Procurement and Materials Management Department - 2025 Annual Report  
Procurement and Materials Management Department – 2025 Annual Report  
Attachments:  
7
8
26-0253  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 24, 2026  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 31, 2026  
26-0261  
Authorization  
9
26-0235  
Authorization to revise the Contract Change Order Policy for Capital  
Improvement Construction Projects (As Revised) (Deferred from the April 2,  
2026 Board Meeting)  
Transmittal Letter for Board Meeting of November 15, 2012 - Agenda Item No. 4  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
4/2/26  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
10  
11  
26-0241  
26-0264  
Authorization for payment to the Lower Des Plaines Watershed Group for  
Fiscal Year 2026 Membership Dues, in an amount not to exceed $142,376.00,  
Account 101-15000-612280  
Authorization to amend Board Order of August 14, 2025 regarding Issue  
purchase order and enter into an agreement with Acacia Financial Group, Inc.,  
for Contract 25-RFP-04 Financial Advisor for District Financing Programs, for a  
five-year period in an amount not to exceed $177,125.00, Account  
101-11000-612430, Requisition 1633042, Agenda Item No. 26, File No. 25-0580  
Transmittal Letter for Board Meeting of August 14 2025 Agenda Item No. 26, File  
ATTACHMENT A  
Attachments:  
12  
13  
26-0265  
Authorization to make payment to Current Innovation, NFP (Current) for the  
2025 and 2026 annual membership dues, in the amount of $200,000.00,  
Account 101-15000-612280  
Authority to Advertise  
26-0216  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-023-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Chemicals  
to various locations, estimated cost $82,000.00, Account 101-20000-623570  
(Deferred from the April 2, 2026 Board Meeting)  
Contract 26-023-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
4/2/26  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
14  
26-0217  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-025-1H Furnish and Deliver Stem Gate  
Valves to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost  
$108,000.00, Account 101-20000-623090 (Deferred from the April 2, 2026  
Board Meeting)  
Contract 26-025-1H Revised Appendix D Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
4/2/26  
Board of Commissioners  
Deferred  
15  
16  
26-0242  
26-0245  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-419-11 Elevator Maintenance and Repair  
Service at The Main Office Building Complex, estimated cost $215,700.00,  
Accounts 101-15000-612370/612390, Requisition 1655414  
Contract 26-419-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 26-805-11, Furnish and Deliver Storage Tanks to  
the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $435,000.00, Account  
101-68000-634650, Requisition 1655699  
Contract 26-805-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
17  
18  
19  
26-0244  
26-0247  
26-0266  
Issue purchase order to Hach Company to furnish and deliver Hach AS 950  
Automatic Sampler Units and Accessories in an amount not to exceed  
$299,459.70, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1655418  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with AT&T Enterprises, LLC,  
for Telemetry Services in an amount not to exceed $372,448.22, Account  
101-27000-612210, Requisition 1655902  
Issue purchase order to Industrial Technologies and Services, LLC dba Roots  
Blowers, to Furnish and Deliver Parts for Blower No. 10 at the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant, in a total amount not to exceed $238,287.00, Account  
101-68000-623270, Requisition 1655296  
20  
26-0268  
Issue a purchase order to Arends Hogan Walker LLC, DBA AHW LLC, to  
furnish and deliver one (1) new John Deere Model 8R280 tractor to the Calumet  
Water Reclamation Plant, under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 082923-DAC, in an amount not to exceed $388,819.96, Account  
101-68000-634760, Requisition 1654603  
Award Contract  
21  
26-0255  
Authority to award Contract 26-659-12 (Re-Bid), Agricultural Management,  
Agricultural Fieldside Mowing, and Fence Installation and Removal at Fulton  
County, Illinois, Groups A, B, and C, to C&J Mowing and Fencing, LLC, in an  
amount not to exceed $1,260,000.00, Account 101-69000-612420, Requisition  
1639875  
Contract 26-659-11, Groups A,B,C Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
22  
26-0256  
Authority to increase Contract 07-027-3SR North Side Sludge Pipeline  
Replacement - Section 1, NSA, Rebid, to Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. in  
an amount of $153,609.66, from an amount of $32,386,330.37, to an amount  
not to exceed $32,539,940.03, Account 401-50000-645750, Purchase Order  
4000091  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000091  
Attachments:  
23  
26-0257  
Authority to increase Contract 20-RFP-28R Biogas Combined Heat and Power  
System, Egan WRP, to Baxter & Woodman/Boller Construction, LLC in an  
amount of $101,421.60, from an amount of $14,818,752.22, to an amount not to  
exceed $14,920,173.82, Accounts 101-50000-612490, 201-50000-612450,  
201-50000-645650, Purchase Orders 3130589, 3130593, and 4000112  
Change Order Log - PO 4000112  
Attachments:  
24  
25  
26-0258  
26-0262  
Authority to increase Contract 73-161-EH McCook Reservoir Excavation  
Agreement, to Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. in an amount of  
$3,365,828.00, from an amount of $117,857,527.25, to an amount not to exceed  
$121,223,355.25, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order 5000176  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5000176.pdf  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease Contract 24-638-22 (Re-Bid), HVAC Improvements at  
Various Locations, Group A to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount  
of $208,829.55, from an amount of $24,528,000.00 to an amount not to exceed  
$24,319,170.45, Account 401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 5002030  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5002030.pdf  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
26  
26-0270  
Authority to transfer 2026 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$372,500.00 in the Corporate Fund  
04.16.26 Board Transfer for Board Approval.pdf  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
27  
26-0259  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of March 2026  
Attachment 1 CO Report March 2026 5% Contingency - Final.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report March 2026 - FINAL.pdf  
Attachments:  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Report  
28  
26-0246  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Acting Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of March 2026  
R-98 Report March 2026.pdf  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
26-0263  
29  
Authority to approve, execute, and make payment to two property owners for  
temporary easement extensions in connection with the Addison Creek Channel  
Improvement Project (Contract 11-187-3F). Consideration shall be a combined  
total amount of $8,268.58, Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater  
Management Fund  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
30  
26-0260  
Report on Green Infrastructure Partnership Project Submittals  
Board Report Attachment - Map of GI Projects 2026.pdf  
Attachments:  
Board Report Attachment - Recommended GI Projects 2026.pdf  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment