Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, April 4, 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  
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  
2024 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
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7
4
2
6
11  
8
5
3
7
18  
15  
21  
18  
16  
20  
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  
September  
October  
November  
19  
17  
21  
December  
December  
3 (Annual Meeting)  
19  
5
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  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
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24-0250  
24-0256  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 19, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, March 26, 2024  
Authority to Advertise  
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24-0233  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-360-11 for public tender of bids a 5-year  
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. The  
minimum initial annual rental bid shall be established at $493,000.00  
Contract 24-360-11 Main Channel Parcel 31.01 Aerial View  
Letter of Support from Village of Willow Springs  
Attachments:  
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5
24-0236  
24-0243  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-107-11 Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl  
Substances in Wastewater Samples, estimated cost $98,000.00, Account  
101-16000-612490, Requisition 1615585  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-936-11, Furnishing and Delivering Citric Acid,  
estimated cost $248,200.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1615493  
Contract 24-936-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
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24-0248  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-053-11, Furnish and Deliver Lamps &  
Emergency Lighting to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated  
cost $70,000.00, Account 101-20000-623070, 623110  
Issue Purchase Order  
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24-0228  
24-0229  
24-0230  
24-0234  
Issue purchase order to Carahsoft Technology Corporation for Smartsheet  
Software License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $23,442.40, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1616800  
8
Issue purchase order to CDW Government LLC, for License Renewal of  
Bluebeam Software, in an amount not to exceed $11,147.44, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1616549  
9
Issue purchase order to DLT Solutions, LLC for Oracle Primavera Software  
License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $36,003.35, Account  
101-27000-612820, Requisition 1616550  
10  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with McCrometer, Inc. for  
Preventive Maintenance, Service, and Parts for the Hach FL1500 Series  
Flowmeters in an amount not to exceed $20,360.00, Accounts  
101-16000-612970, 623570, Requisition 1616201  
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12  
24-0235  
24-0240  
Issue purchase order to Interpersonal Frequency LLC for post-website go-live  
support services in an amount not to exceed $12,790.00, Account  
101-27000-612430, Requisition 1616898  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Tungsten Automation  
Corporation (formerly Kofax, Inc) to provide services to upgrade the existing  
Tungsten ReadSoft Solution in an amount not to exceed $65,443.00, Account  
101-40000-612430, Requisition 1614825  
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14  
24-0241  
24-0244  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 23-RFP-18,  
Remote Storage of District Records for a Thirty-Six (36) Month Period with R4  
Services LLC in an amount not to exceed $213,876.00, Account  
101-15000-612490, Requisition 1606526 (As Revised)  
Contract 23-RFP-18 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order and amend the Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook  
County authorizing Cook County’s Office of the Independent Inspector General  
to serve as the District's Inspector General for an additional one-year period in  
an amount not to exceed $600,000.00, Account 101-11000-612430, Requisition  
1614941 (As Revised)  
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24-0254  
Issue purchase orders for Contract 24-622-11 Furnish and Deliver  
Miscellaneous Electrical and Mechanical Equipment to Various Locations, to  
Integrated Power System, LLC (Items 1,2,6,7,8, and 9), in an amount not to  
exceed $658,507.00; to Affiliated Steam Equipment Co. dba Affiliated Steam  
and Hot Water (Items 5,11,12, and 14), in an amount not to exceed  
$203,176.38; to Industrial Electric Supply, Inc. (Item 10), in an amount not to  
exceed $166,099.20; and to Gunn & Pegelow, Inc. (Item 13) in an amount not to  
exceed $64,300.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-623270/634650/623070/623090, Requisitions  
1603038, 1602122, 1601847, 1603221, 1603222, 1603297, 1605032, and  
1605026 (As Revised)  
Contract 24-622-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Contract 24-622-11 Tabulation of Bids Received  
Attachments:  
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24-0257  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with the law firm of Hinshaw  
& Culbertson LLP to represent the District before the Civil Service Board and  
any related litigation, in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00. Account  
101-30000-612430, Requisition 1616900  
Award Contract  
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24-0249  
Authority to award Contract 24-625-11, Diving Services at Various Locations, to  
Global Infrastructure LLC dba Chicago Underwater, in an amount not to exceed  
$190,000.00, Account 101-66000-612490, Requisition 1607771  
Contract 24-625-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
24-0252  
Authority to award Contract 24-697-11, Services of Tractors with Rotavators  
and Sludge Pumps with Operators, Groups A and B, to Stewart Spreading, Inc.,  
in an amount not to exceed $1,797,000.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520,  
Requisitions 1610007, 1610579  
Contract 24-697-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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24-0231  
Authority to increase purchase order and extend the agreement with SLG  
Innovation, Inc. for Contract 19-RFP-24, IT Project Management Office  
Consulting, in an amount of $55,000.00, from an amount of $475,000.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $530,000.00, Account 101-27000-612430, Purchase  
Order 3111940  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3111940  
Attachments:  
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24-0242  
Authority to decrease purchase order to Graybar Electric Company, Inc., to  
Furnish and Deliver Four Digital Power Meters to the Stickney Water  
Reclamation Plant, in an amount of $19,479.96, from an amount of $19,479.96,  
to an amount not to exceed $0.00, Account 101-69000-623070, Purchase  
Order 3122356  
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24-0247  
Authority to increase Contract 21-617-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Refurbished Low Voltage AC and DC Motors to Various Locations, to L&S  
Electric, Inc., in an amount of $35,481.60, from an amount of $197,120.00, to an  
amount not to exceed $232,601.60, Accounts 101-67000, 68000,  
69000-612650, Purchase Order 3114918  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3114918  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
22  
24-0251  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the year ended December  
31, 2023  
2023 Q4 Budget Summary Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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24-0246  
Authority to settle Show Cause Complaint filed in Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. City of Blue Island, Decker Bros.  
Construction, Inc., and Heritage County Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee  
under Trust #1562, Case No. 23B-003  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
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24-0245  
Authority to extend the easement agreement dated February 7, 2002, between  
the District and the United States Army Corps of Engineers for two additional  
years to allow the continued use of District land located east and west of the  
Main Channel near Romeo Road/135th Street in Will County, Illinois, known as  
Main Channel Parcels 18.03, 19.01, 19.02 and 19.04, for operation and  
maintenance of aquatic nuisance species barriers. Consideration shall be a  
nominal fee of $10.00  
RE - US Army Corps 2-year Easement Extension Aerial.pdf  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
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26  
24-0184  
24-0182  
MOTION to suspend Article III, Section 3.2(A) of the Rules of the Board of  
Commissioners of the MWRDGC to allow a motion to amend and accept the  
Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Assignments for the remainder of 2024  
calendar year Standing Committees  
MOTION to amend the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Assignments for the  
remainder 2024 calendar year Standing Committees  
(The above items were submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment