Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, May 18, 2023  
10:30 AM  
Board Room  
Board of Commissioners  
Commissioner Yumeka Brown, Commissioner Cameron Davis, 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  
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  
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
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
Jewish American Heritage Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
Haitian Heritage Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 30th  
anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center  
Finance Committee  
Report  
5
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2023, in the amount of  
$24,465,166.08  
Attachments:  
6
7
8
Report on investments purchased during March 2023  
Attachments:  
Report on investments purchased during April 2023  
Attachments:  
Report on the investment interest income during March 2023  
Attachments:  
9
Report on the investment interest income during April 2023  
Attachments:  
10  
Report on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2023  
Attachments:  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
11  
12  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 2, 2023  
Report on rejection of bids for Contract 22-902-22 (Re-Bid), Influent Gate  
Demolition at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost  
$739,000.00  
13  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 9, 2023  
Authorization  
14  
15  
Authorization to amend agreement with Deloitte & Touche, LLP for Contract  
21-RFP-08, GASB 87 Lease Accounting Software, Account  
101-27000-612820, Purchase Order 3116397  
Authorization to accept initial annual rental bid for Contract 23-363-11 Proposal  
to Lease 2.5 acres of District real estate located at 15680 Canal Bank Road in  
Lemont, Illinois, and known as Main Channel Parcel 23.10, for a three (3) year  
term from DCC Propane, LLC, in the amount of $70,100.00  
Attachments:  
Authority to Advertise  
16  
17  
18  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-115-11 Furnish and Deliver Label Printers,  
Barcode Scanners, and Accessories, estimated cost $120,000.00, Account  
101-16000-623810, Requisition 1598916  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 23-025-11, Furnish and Deliver Plumbing Pipe,  
Fittings, and Valves to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated  
cost $658,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623090, 623170, 623270, 623570  
Attachments:  
Authority to advertise Contract 21-863-2C Master Plan for Salt Creek at  
Fullersburg Woods, estimated cost between $5,709,500.00 and  
$6,911,500.00, Account 201-50000-612400, Requisition 1599071  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
19  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 22-RFP-23  
Benefits Consulting Services with Deloitte Consulting LLP in an amount not to  
exceed $150,000.00, Account 101-25000-612430, Requisition 1591571  
Attachments:  
20  
21  
Issue purchase order to The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,  
Inc. for IEEE Standards Library Online Software Licensing Maintenance, in an  
amount not to exceed $33,270.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition  
1599845  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 22-RFP-13  
Intranet Development and Platform Support, with WM Reply, Inc. in an amount  
not to exceed $380,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Requisition 1584520  
Attachments:  
22  
23  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Agilent Technologies,  
Inc., for repairs, technical support, and consumable supplies for Agilent  
equipment, in an amount not to exceed $90,069.90, Accounts  
101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1599950  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Neal  
and Leroy, L.L.C. to represent the District in acquiring certain property rights in  
connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Central  
Park Stormwater Detention Basin and Separate Storm Sewer Improvements in  
Harvey, Illinois (Contract 18-249-AF), in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00,  
Account 501-50000-612430, Requisition 1599400  
24  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Princeton University,  
for greenhouse gas monitoring and quantification at the Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago facilities, in an amount not to exceed  
$100,414.00, Account 101-16000-612430, Requisition 1598272 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
25  
26  
Issue a purchase order and enter into an agreement with the University of  
Illinois, for hydraulic modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System in an amount  
not to exceed $380,311.00, Account 401-50000-612430, Requisition 1600052  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Hinshaw  
& Culbertson LLP to represent the District in Civil Service Board Case No.  
23-03, MWRD v. Regina Berry and any related litigation, in an amount not to  
exceed $90,000.00. Account 101-30000-612430, Requisition 1600082  
27  
Issue purchase order to Early Morning Software, Inc. for a PRISM Compliance  
Management Software expansion of five (5) new modules and the  
configuration and implementation fees, in an amount not to exceed  
$60,760.00, Accounts 101-27000-612430, 623800, Requisition 1598763  
Award Contract  
28  
Authority to award Contract 23-612-11 Street Sweepers at Various Locations,  
to Advance Sweeping Services, Inc., Groups A and B, in an amount not to  
exceed $222,000.00, Account 101-69000, 68000-612420, Requisition  
1580716, 1589635  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
29  
30  
31  
32  
Authority to decrease Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning of the Thornton  
Transitional Reservoir, CSA, to IHC Construction Companies, LLC in an  
amount of $7,748.50, from an amount of $26,100,447.16, to an amount not to  
exceed $26,092,698.66, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order  
4000082  
Attachments:  
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 $414,300.00, from an amount of $10,581,167.46, to an amount not  
to exceed $10,995,467.46, Account 501-50000-645620, Purchase Order  
4000089  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 15-829-1S Television Inspection and Recording  
of Sewers and Manholes at Various Locations, to National Power Rodding  
Corporation in an amount of $85,000.00, from an amount of $2,832,720.00, to  
an amount not to exceed $2,917,720.00, Account 101-50000-612240,  
Purchase Order 5001768  
Attachments:  
Authority to decrease Contract 21-630-11, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride, to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of $474,239.80 from  
an amount of $1,481,414.20 to an amount not to exceed $1,007,174.40,  
Accounts 101-67000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders 3112583 and 3112585  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
33  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2023,  
ended March 31, 2023  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
34  
35  
Report on termination of Project 20-IGA-03, 119th Place Bioswale and  
Permeable Alley Project, approved in an amount of $250,000.00, Account  
501-50000-612400, Purchase Order 3116825  
Attachments:  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of April 2023  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
36  
Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Francis Jesuit vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim number 22WC004002, Illinois Workers’ Compensation  
Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $32,798.85, Account 901-30000-601090  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
37  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2023  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
38  
Authority to issue a four-month construction staging permit to Michels Pipeline,  
Inc. to use 3± acres of Main Channel Parcel 35.02 located west of Harlem  
Avenue and north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Forest View,  
Illinois for its project to upgrade an existing pipeline for Kinder Morgan.  
Consideration shall be a one-time permit fee of $28,180.00  
Attachments:  
39  
Authority to commence statutory procedures to lease 22,722± sq. ft. of District  
real estate located at 413 West Taylor Street in Chicago, Illinois, known as  
Main Channel Parcel 45.01 (portion)  
Attachments:  
40  
Authority to issue a five (5) year permit extension to the Tri-State Fire  
Protection District to continue to use the dock facility/boat launch located on  
Main Channel Parcel 30.05, the access road on Main Channel Parcels 30.05,  
30.06. 31.01, 31.05, and 31.06, and the “knox box” on the District’s gate on  
Main Channel Parcel 30.06 in Willow Springs, Illinois, to conduct routine  
training and rescue operations in the Main Channel. Consideration shall be a  
nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
41  
Authority to grant to the City of Evanston a 75-year, non-exclusive easement to  
continue to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, repair, and remove a  
storm sewer and appurtenances thereto on the north and south banks of the  
North Shore Channel where Green Bay Road intersects with Noyes Street and  
McCormick Boulevard in Evanston, Illinois; North Shore Channel Parcels 2.08,  
2.11, 2.12 and 2.13. Consideration shall be a nominal fee of $10.00  
Attachments:  
42  
43  
44  
Authority to pay 2022 real estate taxes in the amount of $519,629.68 for  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate  
located in Will County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130  
Authority to pay 2022 real estate taxes in the amount of $180,052.40 for  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s real estate  
located in Fulton County, Illinois. Account 101-30000-667130  
Authority to grant a 25-year, 15’ x 129’ non-exclusive easement to  
Commonwealth Edison Company to install, construct, operate, maintain,  
repair, remove, and replace poles, electrical transmission lines, and related  
facilities over, under, across, and through District real estate located west of  
the District’s Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant along Barrington Road in  
the Village of Hanover Park. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of  
$5,000.00  
Attachments:  
State Legislation & Rules Committee  
Authorization  
45  
Formation of the 2023-2024 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago’s Committee on Local Government Efficiency  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Item  
46  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 Green Janitor  
Education Program  
(The above item was submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment