Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Consent Agenda - Final  
Thursday, May 1, 2025  
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.  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
STANDING COMMITTEES  
Chairperson  
Vice Chairperson  
Affirmative Action  
Steele  
Garcia  
Budget & Employment  
Engineering  
Ethics  
Flynn  
Waller  
Brady-Davis  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Flynn  
Federal Legislation  
Steele  
Finance  
Garcia  
Brown  
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution  
Information Technology  
Judiciary  
Davis  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Garcia  
Flynn  
Brady-Davis  
Davis  
Labor & Industrial Relations  
Maintenance & Operations  
Monitoring & Research  
Municipalities  
Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service  
Public Health & Welfare  
Public Information & Education  
Procurement  
Flynn  
Steele  
Waller  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Brown  
Brown  
Waller  
McElroy Kirkwood  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Steele  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Waller  
Garcia  
Davis  
Brown  
Corral Sepúlveda  
Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Brady-Davis  
McElroy Kirkwood  
Garcia  
Real Estate Development  
State Legislation & Rules  
Stormwater Management  
Brown  
2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE  
January  
February  
March  
9
23  
20  
20  
17  
15  
26  
6
6
April  
3
May  
1
June  
5
July  
17  
14  
4
August  
September  
October  
November  
18  
16  
20  
2
6
December  
December  
2 (Annual Meeting)  
18  
4
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
25-0339  
25-0340  
25-0341  
25-0342  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
Jewish American Heritage Month  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
Jewish Neighborhood Development Council  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing  
Chicago Water Week  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Geoffrey  
Baer  
Finance Committee  
Authorization  
5
25-0335  
Request Authority to Dispose of District Records  
Attachments:  
Records Disposal Certificate 5-1-2025.pdf  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
6
25-0322  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, April 15, 2025  
Authority to Advertise  
7
25-0319  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-605-21, Lockport Powerhouse Tailrace  
Barrier, estimated cost $208,000.00, Account 201-50000-645620, Requisition  
1635910  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-605-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
25-605-21 Project Fact Sheet  
25-605-21 LPH Tailrace Barrier Exhibit.pdf  
8
25-0320  
Authority to advertise Contract 25-804-11, Furnish and Deliver Three  
Non-Restrained Flexible Pipe Couplings to the Calumet Water Reclamation  
Plant, estimated cost $114,900.00, Account 101-68000-623090, Requisition  
1633657  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-804-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Issue Purchase Order  
9
25-0326  
Issue purchase order to Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., to Furnish and Deliver Two (2)  
Rental Low-Temperature Chillers and Accessories to the Stickney Water  
Reclamation Plant, for an Approximate Three-Month Period, under Sourcewell  
(formerly NJPA) Purchasing Contract No. 062320-SNB, in an amount not to  
exceed $80,000.00, Account 101-69000-612330, Requisition 1636261  
10  
25-0327  
Issue purchase order for Contract 25-652-11, Furnish and Deliver Various  
Types of Manhole Covers, Frames, and Associated Miscellaneous Parts,  
Groups A and B, to EJ USA, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $109,833.16,  
Account 101-66000-623300, Requisition 1621388  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-652-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
11  
25-0331  
Issue purchase order and enter into an agreement with Stantec Consulting  
Services, Inc., for professional engineering services to perform a study and  
develop a design for Project 22-376-3P (24-CON-04), Gloria Alitto Majewski  
Reservoir Rehabilitation, NSA in an amount not to exceed $4,996,290.00,  
Account 401-50000-612450, Requisition 1634640  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-CON-04 (Project 22-376-3P) Affirmative Action Goals Report and A  
Contract 24-CON-04 (Project 22-376-3P) Appendix V Report - Stantec Consultin  
Award Contract  
12  
25-0323  
Authority to award Contract 24-638-22 (Re-Bid), HVAC Improvements at  
Various Locations, Group A to IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an  
amount not to exceed $24,528,000.00 and Group B to Independent  
Mechanical Industries, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,296,000.00,  
Account 201-50000-645780, Requisitions 1620791 and 1620793  
Attachments:  
Contract 24-638-22 (Group B), Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised App  
Contract 24-638-22 (Group A), Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised App  
13  
25-0324  
Authority to award Contract 25-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies  
to Various Locations for a One-Year Period, Groups A and B to Sid Tool Co.,  
D/B/A MSC Industrial Supply Co., Inc. in an amount not to exceed $61,537.71,  
Group C to Warehouse Direct, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $26,620.83  
and Group D to Cicero Mfg. & Supply Co., Inc., in an amount not to exceed  
$59,299.03, Accounts 101-20000-623170, 623660  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-006-11 Item Descriptions  
Contract 25-006-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
14  
15  
25-0328  
25-0337  
Authority to award Contract 25-694-11, Truck Scale Maintenance at Various  
Locations, Groups A, B, and C, to Abest Scale Co., in an amount not to  
exceed $82,000.00, Account 101-68000, 69000-612650, 612680, 623270  
Requisitions 1629093, 1629246, 1629465  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-694-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Authority to award Contract 25-073-11, Furnish and Deliver Lab Accessories to  
Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, to Taylor Distribution Group LLC,  
in an amount not to exceed $22,322.07, Account 101-20000-623570  
Attachments:  
Contract 25-073-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Contract 25-073-11 Item Descriptions.pdf  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
16  
17  
25-0314  
Authority to increase Contract 23-119-12 Taxonomic Algal Assessment of the  
Upper North Shore Channel to EcoAnalysts, Inc., in an amount of $15,200.00,  
from an amount of $26,168.00, to an amount not to exceed $41,368.00, Account  
101-16000-612490, Purchase Order 3127867  
25-0318  
Authority to increase purchase order with the law firm of Neal & Leroy, LLC, 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 of $175,000.00, from an amount of  
$700,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $875,000.00, Account  
501-50000-612430, Purchase Order 3124253  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3124253  
18  
25-0330  
Authority to increase Contract 24-679-11, Roof Inspection Services at Various  
Locations, to Garland/DBS, Inc., in an amount of $40,000.00, from an amount  
of $88,999.00, to an amount not to exceed $128,999.00, Account  
101-69000-612240, Purchase Order 5002005  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
19  
25-0343  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2025,  
ended March 31, 2025  
Attachments:  
2025 Q1 Budget Summary Report.pdf  
Authorization  
25-0344  
20  
Authority to transfer 2025 departmental appropriations in the amount of  
$861,500.00 in the Corporate Fund  
Attachments:  
05.01.25 Board Transfer File ID 25-0344  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
21  
25-0332  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions from January through  
March 2025 for contract 11-187-3F Addison Creek Channel Improvements,  
SSA  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 CO Report for 11-187-3F January to March 2025.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Report for 11-187-3F January to March 2025.pdf  
Attachment 3 TE Report for 11-187-3F January to March 2025.pdf  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
22  
23  
25-0316  
25-0317  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Jerry Pollard vs.  
MWRDGC, Claim Number 21 WC 17791 in the sum of $37,500.00, Account  
901-30000-601090  
Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Regina Peters  
vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 21WC021269 and 21WC021410 in the sum of  
$25,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
24  
25-0336  
Authority to pay final just compensation in the amount of $25,000.00 to acquire  
the real estate commonly known as 13605 South Kedzie Avenue in Robbins,  
Illinois, through summary judgment in the eminent domain lawsuit entitled The  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Mable Hudson,  
et al., Case No. 2024L050220 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois,  
Account 501-50000-667330, Stormwater Management Fund  
Attachments:  
RE - Acquisition of 13605 Kedzie Ave Aerial.pdf  
Stormwater Management Committee  
Report  
25  
25-0333  
Report on Green Infrastructure Partnership Project Submittals  
Attachments:  
Board Report Attachment - Map of GI Projects 2025  
Board Report Attachment - Recommended GI Projects 2025  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Additional Agenda Items  
26  
25-0346  
Authority to settle claim of Lasonya Alexander v. Metropolitan Water  
Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, et al., Case No. 2023 L 4223 Account  
901-30000-667220  
(The above items were submitted after the agenda packet distribution)  
Adjournment