Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, March 2, 2023  
10:30 AM  
Board Room  
Board of Commissioners  
Commissioner Yumeka Brown, Commissioner Cameron Davis, Vice-President  
Kimberly Du Buclet, Commissioner 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  
Federal Legislation  
Finance  
Du Buclet  
Pogorzelski  
Flynn  
Du Buclet  
Garcia  
Spyropoulos  
Du Buclet  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Steele  
Spyropoulos  
Steele  
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  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Flynn  
Pogorzelski  
Spyropoulos  
Flynn  
Flynn  
Garcia  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Pogorzelski  
Pogorzelski  
Brown  
Du Buclet  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Du Buclet  
Garcia  
Garcia  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Spyropoulos  
Davis  
Brown  
Garcia  
Brown  
Du Buclet  
Davis  
Brown  
2023 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
5
19  
16  
16  
20  
18  
15  
2
2
April  
6
May  
4
June  
1
July  
13  
10  
7
August  
September  
October  
November  
21  
19  
16  
5
2
December  
December  
5 (Annual Meeting)  
21  
7
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
3
4
23-0229  
23-0230  
23-0231  
23-0232  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
2023 St. Patrick’s Day Parade  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
Shannon Rovers Irish Bagpipe Band  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
contributions of Irish Americans  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
month of March as Women's History Month  
Finance Committee  
Authorization  
5
23-0201  
Authority to Transfer $30,000,000.00 of excess revenues to the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund pursuant to the provisions of 70  
ILCS 2605/5.9  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
23-0212  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 14, 2023  
Authorization  
7
23-0215  
Authorization to increase cost estimate for Contract 20-RFP-28R, Biogas  
Combined Heat and Power System, EWRP, estimated cost $10,344,000.00,  
Accounts 101-50000-612490, 201-50000-612450, 201-50000-645650,  
Requisitions 1549345, 1577630, 1577629 (As Revised)  
Contract 20-RFP-28 Affirmative Action Goals Report - 4th Review  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
8
9
23-0203  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-824-11, Furnish and Deliver One Horizontal  
Wheel Press to the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
$286,000.00, Account 101-68000-634990, Requisition 1595271  
Contract 23-824-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
23-0204  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-666-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan  
Site in Fulton County, Illinois, estimated cost $176,000.00, Account  
101-69000-612490, Requisition 1580719  
Contract 23-666-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
10  
11  
23-0205  
23-0221  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-017-11 Furnish and Deliver Electrical  
Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $411,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170, 623190,  
623250, 623680, 623850  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-004-11 Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous  
Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,  
estimated cost $338,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623130  
Issue Purchase Order  
12  
13  
14  
23-0196  
23-0200  
23-0208  
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for ManageEngine Software  
License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $29,694.82, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1596105  
Issue purchase order to Earth Data Northeast, Inc. to furnish and deliver one  
Westbay motorized winch with cable and accessories, in an amount not to  
exceed $27,378.75, Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1595407  
Issue purchase order for Contract 23-630-12, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride (Re-Bid), to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$3,637,415.00, Account 101-68000,69000-623560, Requisitions 1587200 and  
1587764  
15  
23-0209  
Issue purchase order for Contract 23-685-51 Furnishing, Delivering and  
Administration of Rain Barrels, to Greenlane Environmental & Recycling  
Services Inc., in an amount not to exceed $450,000.00, Account  
501-50000-623990, Requisition 1588223  
16  
23-0210  
Issue purchase order to Howden Roots LLC, to Furnish and Deliver a 1012  
RAS-J Blower to the Webster Instream Aeration Station and Two (2) Custom  
Bearing Assemblies to the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to  
exceed $99,761.00, Account 101-67000-623270, Requisition 1595815  
Award Contract  
17  
23-0222  
Authority to award Contract 23-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic  
Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Group A to Daigger, a  
Weber Scientific Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $90,709.31,  
Groups B and D to Jade Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $88,701.70,  
and Group C to Crown Packaging International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$64,997.22, Account 101-20000-623570  
Contract 23-027-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
18  
19  
23-0213  
Authority to increase Contract 14-253-AF Diversion Channel for Midlothian  
Creek in Robbins, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC in an  
amount of $10,023.51, from an amount of $10,522,819.25, to an amount not to  
exceed $10,532,842.76, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order 4000089  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000089  
Attachments:  
23-0233  
Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with The  
Northern Trust Corporation formally known as The Northern Trust Company, for  
Contract 17-RFP-10 Commercial Banking and Investment Custody Services, in  
an amount of $7,500.00, from an amount of $192,944.44 to an amount not to  
exceed $200,444.44, Account 101-11000-612430, Purchase Order 3104902  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3104902  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Authorization  
20  
23-0235  
Authority to transfer 2023 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$20,000.00 in the Construction Fund  
03.02.23 Board Transfer BF5.pdf  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Authorization  
21  
23-0217  
Authorization to enter into a memorandum of understanding to engage in a  
knowledge exchange program with international wastewater utilities that own  
and operate large diameter deep tunnel systems  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
23-0220  
22  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Daniel Mikso vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 21WC004185, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $73,210.38, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
23  
23-0227  
Authority to grant a 25-year, non-exclusive easement to the United States of  
America, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration for  
ingress and egress through District Cal-Sag Channel Parcels 12.02 and 12.09  
located south of the Cal-Sag Channel at Kostner Avenue in Crestwood, Illinois.  
Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
RE - FAA Easement E-280 Aerial (revised)  
Attachments:  
24  
23-0228  
Authority to amend lease agreement dated July 16, 2020, between the District  
and the Village of Lemont and Lemont Park District, co-tenants on 27.19+ acres  
of District real estate located south of the Main Channel and west of Stephen  
Street in Lemont, Illinois; Main Channel Parcel 23.04 to expand their leasehold  
by 4.1+ acres to include Main Channel Parcel 22.05. Consideration shall be a  
nominal fee of $10.00  
RE - Lemont Lease Amendment to include MCP 22.05 (L-358) Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
25  
23-0236  
Authority to issue a 10-month permit to EA Engineering, Science, and  
Technology, Inc., PBC to use the access road and boat ramp located on  
approximately 400 sq. ft. of District Main Channel Parcel 15.05 in Lockport, Will  
County, Illinois, to launch and retrieve boats. Consideration shall be a fee of  
$5,000.00  
RE - EA Engineering Permit MCP 15.05 Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Authorization  
26  
23-0218  
Authority to negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Palos  
Hills for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Roberts  
Road Drainage Improvements in Palos Hills, Illinois  
Roberts Road Conceptual Design.pdf  
Attachments:  
27  
28  
23-0219  
23-0234  
Authority to negotiate intergovernmental agreements for the acquisition of flood  
prone properties in Flossmoor, Midlothian and Northlake  
23.3.2 BL Authority to Negotiate IGAs for FP Property Acquisitions - EXHIBIT.pd  
Attachments:  
Authority to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Richton  
Park for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Detention Basin at  
Butterfield Creek, CSA (20-IGA-38)  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment