Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, May 2, 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  
Ordinance  
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Ordinance O24-003 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:  
Ordinance O24-004 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:  
Authority to amend the Watershed Management Ordinance - Wetlands  
Jurisdictional Determination  
Attachments:  
Resolution  
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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing Polish  
Constitution Day  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
Chicago Water Week  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
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Report of bid opening of Tuesday, April 16, 2024  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, April 23, 2024  
Authorization  
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Authorization to forfeit Contract 23-009-11, Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper  
Towels & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups  
A, B and C to U.S. Compliance Centers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$76,646.38, Account 101-20000-623660 (As Revised)  
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Authorization to forfeit Contract 23-032-11, Furnish and Deliver Coveralls,  
Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B  
and C to U.S. Compliance Centers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$36,321.10, Account 101-20000- 623700 (As Revised)  
Authority to Advertise  
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Authority to advertise Contract 24-109-11 Furnish and Deliver a Gel  
Permeation Chromatograph System in the Organic Compounds Analytical  
Laboratory at the Egan Water Reclamation Plant, estimated cost $45,000.00,  
Account 101-16000-634970, Requisition 1616808  
Authority to advertise Contract 24-689-11, Test and Repair Underground  
Storage Tanks at Various Locations, estimated cost $318,900.00, Accounts  
101-67000/68000/69000-612240/612490, Requisitions 1616202, 1616206, and  
1616208  
Attachments:  
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Authority to advertise Contract 24-679-11, Roof Inspection Services at Various  
Locations, estimated cost $107,000.00, Account 101-69000-612240,  
Requisition 1618211  
Attachments:  
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Authority to advertise Contract 24-602-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous  
Electrical & Mechanical Equipment to Various Locations, estimated cost  
$927,350.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-623070/623270/623800  
Requisitions 1611549, 1613347, 1613106, 1609863, 1613512, 1611155,  
1614829, 1603707 and 1616180  
Attachments:  
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Authority to advertise Contract 08-174-3D Battery A Improvements and Battery  
B Installation of Mechanical Mixers, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant,  
estimated cost between $51,775,000.00 and $62,675,000.00, Account  
401-50000-645750, Requisition 1617419  
Attachments:  
Issue Purchase Order  
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Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement for Contract 23-RFP-11  
Individual Coaching and Training Services for a Three-Year Period with Millan  
Chicago, LLC in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00, Account  
101-25000-601100, Requisition 1601270 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Lease Accelerator  
Services, LLC, to provide Lease Software License renewal for GASB 87/96  
reporting for a three-year period, with an option to extend for an additional two  
years, in an amount not to exceed $27,000.00 Account 101-27000-612820,  
Requisition 1618082  
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Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Rimini Street Inc., for  
Contract 23-RFP-22 SAP Software Maintenance in an amount not to exceed  
$597,066.00, Account 101-27000-612820, Requisition 1606727  
Issue purchase order for Contract 24-636-11, Furnishing and Delivering  
Hydrogen Peroxide to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to  
exceed $418,010.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1609456  
Attachments:  
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Issue purchase order to Altorfer Industries, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One (1)  
New Caterpillar Model 980 Medium Wheel Loader to the Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plant (WRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing  
Contract No. 011723-CAT, in an amount not to exceed $575,589.00, Account  
101-68000-634760, Requisition 1618197.  
Issue purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc., to Provide Replacement  
Aerated Grit Parts at the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in a total amount  
not to exceed $211,450.00, Account 101-69000-623270, Requisition 1618060  
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Issue purchase order to Peterson and Matz, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver  
Replacement Aerated Grit Parts to the Stickney and Calumet Water  
Reclamation Plants, in an amount not to exceed $293,703.00, Account  
101-68000, 69000-623270, Requisitions 1614056 and 1617880  
Award Contract  
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Authority to award Contract 23-009-11, Furnish and Deliver Cloths, Paper  
Towels & Toilet Tissue to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups  
B and C to Warehouse Direct, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $81,247.54,  
Account 101-20000-623660 (As Revised)  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 23-032-11, Furnish and Deliver Coveralls,  
Rainwear & Boots to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A, B  
and C to Saf-T-Gard International, Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$43,722.50, Account 101-20000-623700  
Attachments:  
Authority to award Contract 24-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies  
to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups A and D to Cicero Mfg. &  
Supply Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed $88,879.39, Group B to Trinity  
Eco Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $48,285.58, and Group C to  
Warehouse Direct, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $25,876.59, Account  
101-20000-623170, 623660  
Attachments:  
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Authority to award Contract 24-073-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Accessories to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Fisher Scientific Company,  
LLC, in an amount not to exceed $25,667.89, Account 101-20000-623570  
Attachments:  
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  
Attachments:  
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Authority to award Contract 24-613-11, Scavenger Services in the Stickney  
and Calumet Service Areas, Group A, to Independent Recycling Services, Inc.,  
in an amount not to exceed $2,594,500.00, Accounts  
101/501-69000/50000-612520 Requisition 1610757  
Attachments:  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
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Authority to increase purchase order and extend agreement for a three (3)  
month period, for Contract 19-RFP-08 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 $25,000.00, from an amount of $419,687.64, to an amount not  
to exceed $444,687.64, Account 101-15000-612330 and 612800, Purchase  
Order 3105342  
Attachments:  
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Authority to decrease Contract 23-666-11, Security Services at the Prairie Plan  
Site in Fulton County, Illinois, to Gamma Team Security, Inc., in an amount of  
$151,737.00, from an amount of $162,000.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$10,263.00, Account 101-69000-612490, Purchase Order 5001923  
Authority to decrease Contract 23-630-12, Furnishing and Delivering Ferric  
Chloride (Re-Bid), to Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., in an amount of  
$2,338,134.57, from an amount of $3,637,415.00, to an amount not to exceed  
$1,299,280.43, Accounts 101-68000/69000-623560, Purchase Orders  
3122943 and 3122944  
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Authority to increase agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc., to Provide  
Maintenance, Repair Services, and Upgrades for Fire Alarm Systems at the  
O’Brien & Calumet Water Reclamation Plants, the Mainstream Pump Station,  
and the Lockport Powerhouse, in an amount of $162,636.00 from an amount  
of $1,090,050.00 to an amount not to exceed $1,252,686.00, Accounts, 101,  
201-50000, 67000, 68000, 69000-612780, 623070, 645750 Purchase Orders  
3121754, 3121755, and 3121756  
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Authority to increase purchase order and amend the agreement with the  
Center of Police Psychological Services for Contract 21-RFP-03  
Pre-employment Psychological Assessments for Police Officer Candidates, in  
an amount of $4,500.00, from an amount of $25,875.00, to an amount not to  
exceed $30,375.00, 101-25000-612260, Purchase Order 3115721  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 17-135-3V Roof Replacement of the Lue-Hing  
M&R Complex, Stickney Water Reclamation Plant to IHC Construction  
Companies, LLC in an amount of $172,834.57, from an amount of  
$11,144,401.24, to an amount not to exceed $11,317,235.81, Account  
401-50000-645780, Purchase Order 4000094  
Attachments:  
Authority to increase Contract 73-161-EH McCook Reservoir Excavation  
Agreement to Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC in an amount of  
$4,340,000.00, from an amount of $111,030,234.25, to an amount not to  
exceed $115,370,234.25, Account 401-50000-645620, Purchase Order  
5000176  
Attachments:  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
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Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2024,  
ended March 31, 2024  
Attachments:  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
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Report on change orders authorized and time extensions from January through  
March 2024 for Contract 11-187-3F Addison Creek Channel Improvements,  
SSA  
Attachments:  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
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Authority to grant the Justice-Willow Springs Water Commission a 25-year,  
approximately 20’ x 1,018’ non-exclusive easement to continue to operate and  
maintain a 20-inch water main and fire hydrant on District real estate located  
south of the I-294 Mile Long Bridge and under the Chicago Sanitary and Ship  
Canal and the Des Plaines River in Willow Springs, Illinois; Main Channel  
Parcels 31.02 and 31.03. Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of  
$5,000.00  
Attachments:  
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Authority to grant a 25-year, 53,812 sq. ft. 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 south of  
the Main Channel along Cico Road in Lemont, Will County, Illinois.  
Consideration shall be an initial annual fee of $6,700.00  
Attachments:  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
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Report on Green Infrastructure Partnership Project Submittals  
Attachments:  
Authorization  
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Authority to negotiate and enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and  
make payment to the Blue Island Public Library for the design, construction,  
operation, and maintenance of the Public Library Green Roof in Blue Island  
(24-IGA-06), in an amount not to exceed $306,100.00.  
Attachments:  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Adjournment