Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago  
100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Regular Board Meeting Minutes  
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.  
Call Meeting to Order  
President Kari K. Steele presiding, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
6 - Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Marcelino Garcia; Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda; Mariyana T. Spyropoulos; and Kari K. Steele  
Present:  
2 - Yumeka Brown; and Daniel Pogorzelski  
Absent:  
Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes  
A motion was made by Cameron Davis, seconded by Mariyana T. Spyropolous,  
that the minutes from the last meeting of May 4, 2023 be approved without having  
to read them into the record. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus of ayes  
- No nays  
Public Comments  
George Blakemore, concerned citizen, addressed the board regarding various issues  
Recess and Convene as Committee of the Whole  
A motion was made by Mariyana T. Spyropolous, seconded by Patricia Theresa  
Flynn, to recess and convene as a committee of the whole. The motion carried  
by acclamation. Chorus of Ayes - No Nays  
Committee of the Whole  
Approval of the Committee of the Whole Consent Agenda with the exception of  
Items: 19, 21 and 24  
Items #19, 21, and 24 were deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
President Kari K. Steele called for a motion to accept the agendas for each  
Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Mariyana T. Spyropolous,  
seconded by Eira L. Corral-Sepúlveda. President Kari K. Steele called for any  
objections. No objections were voiced. Motion carried.  
The Committee of the Whole meeting of May 18, 2023 was adjourned at 11:40  
a.m.  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 11:45 a.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Motions, Ordinances and Resolutions  
Resolution  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
Jewish American Heritage Month  
23-0500  
1
2
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing May as  
23-0501  
Haitian Heritage Month  
Adopted  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the 30th  
anniversary of the Environmental Law & Policy Center  
23-0508  
3
Adopted  
Finance Committee  
Report  
Report on Cash Disbursements for the Month of April 2023, in the amount of  
$24,465,166.08  
23-0464  
5
Attachments:  
April 2023 Cash Disbursements Summary  
Published and Filed  
Report on investments purchased during March 2023  
Inv Purch 2023-03 att.pdf  
23-0492  
6
Attachments:  
Published and Filed  
Report on investments purchased during April 2023  
Inv Purch 2023-04 att.pdf  
23-0494  
7
Attachments:  
Published and Filed  
Report on the investment interest income during March 2023  
Inv Int Inc 2023-03 att.pdf  
23-0495  
8
Attachments:  
Published and Filed  
Report on the investment interest income during April 2023  
Inv Int Inc 2023-04 att.pdf  
23-0496  
9
Attachments:  
Published and Filed  
Report on investment inventory statistics at March 31, 2023  
Inv Stat 2023 Q1 att.pdf  
23-0497  
10  
Attachments:  
Published and Filed  
Procurement Committee  
Report  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 2, 2023  
23-0469  
11  
Published and Filed  
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  
23-0489  
23-0502  
12  
13  
Published and Filed  
Report of bid opening of Tuesday, May 9, 2023  
Published and Filed  
Authorization  
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  
23-0458  
14  
Approved  
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  
23-0470  
15  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-363-11 Aerial View - Main Channel Parcel 23.10  
Nov. 17, 2022 Village of Lemont Letter - Main Channel Parcel 23.10  
Approved  
Authority to Advertise  
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  
23-0474  
16  
17  
18  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-115-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report  
Approved  
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  
23-0488  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-025-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0504  
Attachments:  
Contract 21-863-2C Affirmative Action 98% Review Goals  
Report.pdf  
Approved  
Issue Purchase Order  
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  
23-0459  
19  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-RFP-23 Affirmative Action Appendix A Report - Deloitte  
Consulting, LLC  
Deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
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  
23-0463  
20  
21  
Approved  
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  
23-0467  
Attachments:  
Contract 22-RFP-13 Affirmative Action Appendix A and Appendix V  
Report - WM Reply, Inc.  
Deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
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  
23-0472  
23-0473  
22  
23  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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)  
23-0475  
24  
Attachments:  
Affirmative Action Goals Report for Contract for Monitoring and  
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions  
Deferred by Marcelino Garcia  
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  
23-0479  
23-0483  
25  
26  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
23-0487  
27  
Approved  
Award Contract  
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  
23-0490  
28  
Attachments:  
Contract 23-612-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report (Group A) -  
Revised.pdf  
Approved  
Increase Purchase Order/Change Order  
Authority to decrease Contract 15-266-4H5 Decommissioning of the Thornton  
23-0476  
29  
30  
31  
32  
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:  
Change Order Log Contract 15-266-4H5.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0477  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000089.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0478  
Attachments:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Order 5001768.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0486  
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:  
Change Order Log - Purchase Orders 3112583 and 3112585f  
Approved  
Budget & Employment Committee  
Report  
Report on Budgetary Revenues and Expenditures for the first quarter of 2023,  
23-0499  
33  
ended March 31, 2023  
Attachments:  
2023 Budget Summary Report_Q1.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Engineering Committee  
Report  
Report on termination of Project 20-IGA-03, 119th Place Bioswale and  
23-0480  
34  
Permeable Alley Project, approved in an amount of $250,000.00, Account  
501-50000-612400, Purchase Order 3116825  
Attachments:  
04.28.23 Blue Island Cancellation Letter.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Report on change orders authorized and time extensions approved by the  
Director of Engineering during the month of April 2023  
23-0505  
35  
Attachments:  
Attachment 1 CO Report April 2023 5% Contingency.pdf  
Attachment 2 CO Status Report April 2023.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Judiciary Committee  
Authorization  
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  
23-0493  
36  
Approved  
Maintenance & Operations Committee  
Reports  
Report on change orders authorized and approved by the Director of  
23-0498  
37  
Maintenance and Operations during the month of April 2023  
Attachments:  
R-98 Report April 2023.pdf  
Published and Filed  
Real Estate Development Committee  
Authorization  
Authority to issue a four-month construction staging permit to Michels Pipeline,  
23-0465  
38  
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:  
RE - Michels Pipeline Permit MCP 35.02 Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
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)  
23-0466  
39  
Attachments:  
RE - Amtrak Request to Lease MCP 45.01 aerial.pdf  
RE - Amtrak Request to Lease MCP 45.01 letter of support.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0468  
40  
Attachments:  
RE – Tri-State Fire Permit MCP 30.05 Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0471  
41  
Attachments:  
RE – Evanston 75-year Sewer Easement Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
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  
23-0484  
23-0485  
42  
43  
Approved  
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  
Approved  
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  
23-0503  
44  
Attachments:  
RE - ComEd Easement at Hanover Park WRP Aerial.pdf  
Approved  
State Legislation & Rules Committee  
Authorization  
Formation of the 2023-2024 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago’s Committee on Local Government Efficiency  
23-0510  
23-0513  
45  
46  
Approved  
RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the  
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 Green Janitor Education  
Program  
Adopted  
Approval of the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items: 19, 21, and 24  
A motion was made by Marcelino Garcia, seconded by Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda,  
to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following roll call  
vote:  
6 - Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Marcelino Garcia, Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, Kari K. Steele  
Aye:  
2 - Yumeka Brown, Daniel Pogorzelski  
Absent:  
Executive Session  
A motion was made by Mariyana T. Spyropolous, seconded by Marcelino Garcia,  
that an executive session be held for the Committee on Judiciary to discuss the  
minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act. Motion carried  
by the following roll call vote: 6:0  
Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners  
At 12:20 p.m. President Kari K. Steele reconvened the regular board meeting to  
order  
Miscellaneous and New Business  
Meeting Summary  
Speakers  
Mary Ann Boyle, Treasurer and Shellie Riedle, Administrative Services Officer gave a  
brief overview on the District's investment, revenue and expenditure results through  
March 31, 2023 (Re: Agenda Items #5-10, and 33)  
Summary of Requests  
Finance Committee Items #5-10, and Budget and Employment Committee Item  
#33  
1. Marcelino Garcia recommended that a PowerPoint presentation be provided in  
the future  
Procurement Committee Item #18  
1. Mariyana T. Spyropolous requested a report outlining what other members are  
paying for this project & how our work on this project benefits the people of  
Cook County  
Procurement Committee Item #19  
1. Marcelino Garcia requested a report on everything done to contact companies  
and what the District is doing to improve registration  
3. Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda recommeded sending letters on the modified process  
to Cook County and City of Chicago lists of registered vendors  
4. Kari K. Steele requested an e-mail to the board with next steps on process for  
additional communication  
Procurement Committee Item #21  
1. Marcelino Garcia requested a report on open and closed bidding  
Procurement Committee Item #27  
1. Marcelino Garcia requested a report on the current status and future direction  
Study Session  
None  
Announcements  
None  
Board Letter Submission Dates  
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for June 1, 2023, please prepare and  
submit Board items before the following absolute cutoff dates.  
Date agenda items are due to the Director of Procurement and Materials  
Management for signature and preparation: May 19, 2023.  
Date all agenda items are due to the Executive Director: 1:00 p.m., May 24, 2023.  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Marcelino Garcia, seconded by Patricia Theresa Flynn,  
that when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday, June 1,  
2023 at 10:30 a.m. and also move that today's meeting be Adjourned. The motion  
carried by the following roll call vote: /s/ Jacqueline Torres, Clerk  
6 - Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Marcelino Garcia, Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, Kari K. Steele  
Aye:  
2 - Yumeka Brown, Daniel Pogorzelski  
Absent:  
APPROVAL:  
In accordance with the provisions of 70ILCS 2605/4, each of the foregoing agenda items duly  
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago this May 18, 2023, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
May 18, 2023