Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of

Greater Chicago

100 East Erie Street

Chicago, IL 60611

Regular Board Meeting Minutes

Thursday, March 7, 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.

Call Meeting to Order

President Kari K. Steele presiding, called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.

Roll Call

8 -

Present:

Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn;

Marcelino Garcia; Daniel Pogorzelski; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; and Kari K. Steele

1 - Mariyana T. Spyropoulos

Absent:

Approval of Previous Board Meeting Minutes

A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Marcelino Garcia,

that the minutes from the last meeting of February 15, 2024 be approved without

having to read them into the record. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus

of ayes - No nays

Public Comments

None

Recess and Convene as Committee of the Whole

A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Marcelino Garcia, 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

President Kari K. Steele called for a motion to accept the agendas for each

Standing Committee that was convened. Moved by Marcelino Garcia, seconded

by Patricia Theresa Flynn. President Kari K. Steele called for any objections. No

objections were voiced. Motion carried.

The Committee of the Whole meeting of March 7, 2024 was adjourned at 11:20

a.m.

Executive Session

None

Recess and Reconvene as Board of Commissioners

At 11:25 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 the

24-0149

2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Adopted

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the

Shannon Rovers Irish Bagpipe Band

24-0150

24-0166

Adopted

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the

contributions of Irish Americans and honoring John J. Fitzpatrick and Mary G.

Harris “Mother” Jones

Adopted

RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners honoring Kevin

Byrne

24-0167

Adopted

Finance Committee

Report

Report on the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget

Presentation Award to the District for the 2023 Budget and Certificates of

Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the District, the MWRD

Retirement Fund, and to the MWRD Retiree Health Care Trust for the Fiscal

Year 2022

24-0170

Published and Filed

Authorization

Authority to Transfer $42,742,295.00 of excess revenues to the Metropolitan

Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund pursuant to the provisions of 70

ILCS 2605/5.9

24-0180

Approved

Procurement Committee

Report

Report on rejection of bids for Contract 24-692-11, Utilization and

Transportation of Air Dried Biosolids from LASMA and CALSMA, estimated cost

$1,275,300.00

24-0131

24-0179

Published and Filed

Report of bid opening of Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Published and Filed

Authority to Advertise

Authority to advertise Contract 24-006-11 Furnish and Deliver Janitorial Supplies

to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $195,000.00,

Account 101-20000-623170 and 623660 (Deferred from the February 15, 2024

Board Meeting)

24-0108

Attachments: Contract 24-006-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-601-21, Mechanical Process Improvements

at Various Locations, estimated cost $16,622,600.00, Account

24-0135

201-50000-645750, Requisitions 1615055, 1615057, 1615058, and 1615060

Attachments:

Contract 24-601-21 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Groups A,B,C,

and D

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-017-11, Furnish and Deliver Electrical

Supplies, Wire, and Cable to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,

estimated cost $398,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623170, 623190,

623250, 623680, 623850

24-0137

24-0142

24-0152

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-106-11 Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing for

Compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits

for Various Water Reclamation Plants, estimated cost $15,000.00, Account

101-16000-612490, Requisition 1614042

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-004-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous

Steel and Stainless Steel to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period,

estimated cost $305,000.00, Accounts 101-20000-623030, 623090, 623130

Attachments: Contract 24-004-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-033-11 Furnish and Deliver Air Filters to

Various Locations for a One-Year Period, estimated cost $101,500.00, Account

101-20000-623270

24-0153

Attachments: Contract 24-033-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 24-070-11, Furnish and Deliver Batteries to

Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, estimated cost $50,000.00,

Accounts 101-20000-623070, 623250

24-0154

Attachments: Contract 24-070-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report.pdf

Approved

Authority to advertise Contract 23-098-3P Overburden Removal at Location of

Battery E, OWRP, estimated cost between $8,326,750.00 and $10,079,750.00,

Account 401-50000-645650, Requisition 1614472

24-0171

Attachments: Contract 23-089-3P Project Fact Sheet

Contract 23-098-3P Affirmative Action 98% Review Goals Report

Approved

Issue Purchase Order

Issue a purchase order to Kusters Zima Corporation to provide one (1) Kusters

D793730 lower screw and one (1) Kusters D793736 upper screw to the

Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, in an amount not to exceed $29,750.00,

Account 101-69000-623270, Requisition 1613529

24-0159

Approved

Issue purchase order for Contract 24-684-11, Mosquito and Midge Fly

Abatement Services at Various Locations, to Clarke Environmental Mosquito

Management, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $76,000.00, Account

101-66000/69000-612420, Requisition 1605023

24-0160

Attachments: Contract 24-684-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report

Approved

Issue purchase order for Contract 24-935-11, Furnishing and Delivering Sodium

Hydroxide, to Alexander Chemical Corporation, in an amount not to exceed

$1,541,600.00, Account 101-69000-623560, Requisition 1608375

24-0161

Attachments: Contract 24-935-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report

Approved

Issue purchase order to Alamo Group Texas LLC, to Furnish and Deliver One

(1) New 28’ Maverick 2 Boom Mower and Tractor to the Calumet Water

Reclamation Plant (CWRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing

Contract No. 070821-AGI, in an amount not to exceed $261,091.35, Account

101-68000-634760, Requisition 1614806

24-0162

24-0163

Approved

Issue purchase order to Sutton Ford, Inc., to furnish and deliver one (1) 2024

Ford Model F550 Crew Cab Chassis to the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant,

under the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative, Contract No. 227, in an amount

not to exceed $69,105.00, Account 101-69000-634860, Requisition 1614569

Approved

Issue purchase order to Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc. for Furnishing

Government Crime Insurance Coverage for the District in an amount not to

exceed $44,913.00, Account 101-25000-612290, Requisition 1615577

24-0164

Attachments:

Contract 22-RFP-12 Affirmative Action Goals and Appendix A Report -

Mesirow Insurance Services, Inc.

Approved

Issue purchase order to Altorfer Industries Inc., to Furnish and Deliver One New

Caterpillar Model BB121 Control Package, BP118C Pickup Broom, H95S Work

Tools, and 296-8192 General Purpose Bucket to the Calumet Water

Reclamation Plant (WRP), under Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) Purchasing

Contract No. 011723-CAT, in an amount not to exceed $49,905.00, Account

101-68000-634760, Requisition 1615317

24-0165

Approved

Award Contract

Authority to award Contract 19-083-3P, Upgrade Wilmette Lift Station, NSA, to

IHC Construction Companies, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $1,839,000.00,

plus a five (5) percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $91,950.00,

for a total amount not to exceed $1,930,950.00, Account 401-50000-645700,

Requisition 1605843

24-0155

Attachments:

Contract 19-083-3P Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised

Appendix D and Appendix V Reports - IHC Construction Companies,

LLC.pdf

Approved

Authority to award Contract 22-094-3D, Rehabilitation of Elevated Deck and

Boat Dock at North Branch Pumping Station, NSA, to Path Construction

Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $22,593,795.00, plus a five (5)

percent allowance for change orders in an amount of $1,129,689.75, for a total

amount not to exceed $23,723,484.75, Account 401-50000-645720, Requisition

1603454

24-0156

Attachments:

Contract 22-094-3D Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised

Appendix D and Appendix V Reports.pdf

Approved

Authority to award Contract 24-627-12 (Re-Bid), Repairs to Air Compressors

and Air Dryers at Various Locations, to Siemens Industry, Inc., in an amount not

to exceed $154,400.00, Accounts 101-67000/68000/69000-612600/612650,

Requisitions 1604544, 1604545, and 1604546

24-0158

Attachments:

Contract 24-627-12 Affirmative Action Goals and Revised Appendix D

Reports - Siemens Industry, Inc.

Approved

Authority to award Contract 24-028-11, Furnish and Deliver Miscellaneous

Paper Filters, Crucibles, and Petri Dishes to Various Locations for a One (1)

Year Period, Groups A and C to Jade Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed

$121,058.49, Group B to Taylor Distribution Group LLC, in an amount not to

exceed $14,833.07, and Group D to Pacific Star Corporation, in an amount not

to exceed $22,345.31, Account 101-20000-623570

24-0168

Attachments:

Contract 24-028-11 Affirmative Action Goals Report - Groups A, B, C

and D.pdf

Contract 24-028-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D

Approved

Authority to award Contract 24-027-11, Furnish and Deliver Glass and Plastic

Labware to Various Locations for a One (1) Year Period, Groups A and D to

Jade Scientific, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $85,008.78, Group B to Fisher

Scientific Company, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $56,175.61, and Group C

to Qorpak, a division of Berlin Packaging LLC, in an amount not to exceed

$66,875.00, Account 101-20000-623570

24-0169

Attachments:

Contract 24-027-11 Affirmative Actions Goals Report - Groups A, B, C

and D.pdf

Contract 24-027-11 Item Descriptions - Groups A, B, C and D.pdf

Approved

Authority to award Contract 24-691-11, Truck Hauling of Processed Solids for

LASMA and CALSMA, Groups A and B, to Gosia Cartage, Ltd., in an amount not

to exceed $2,463,500.00, Accounts 101-68000/69000-612520, Requisitions

1606396 and 1606558

24-0181

Attachments:

Contract 24-691-11 - Affirmative Action Goals Report and Revised

Appendix D and Appendix V Report - Groups A and B - Gosia

Cartage, Ltd.pdf

Approved

Increase Purchase Order/Change Order

Authority to increase purchase order and exercise an option to extend the

24-0151

agreement for an additional two-year period, for Contract 21-RFP-01 for Claims

Management Services, with McLarens, LLC, in an amount of $100,000.00, from

an amount of $44,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $144,000.00, Account

901-30000-667220, Purchase Order 3116741

Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 3116741

Approved

Authority to increase Contract 21-091-3P Phosphorus Removal Modifications to

Battery D, O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant, to IHC Construction Companies,

LLC, in an amount of $327,554.45, from an amount of $14,874,772.95, to an

amount not to exceed $15,202,327.40, Account 401-50000-645650, Purchase

Order 4000099

24-0172

Attachments: Change Order Log - Purchase Order 4000099.pdf

Approved

Engineering Committee

Authorization

Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Chicago

for the purpose of obtaining their InfoWorks Model for Contract 23-170-3C

Hydraulic Modeling of the Mainstream Tunnel System

24-0174

24-0175

Approved

Authority to make payment to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,

Streambank Stabilization Project along Higgins Creek at the Touhy Avenue

Reservoir, North Side Area (NSA), between the District, the Illinois State Toll

Highway Authority, and the City of Chicago (24-IGA-01), in an amount not to

exceed $691,348.96, Account 201-50000-612400

Attachments: Aerial of Touhy O'Hare Reservoir with overpass.pdf

Approved

Judiciary Committee

Authorization

Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claim of Keith Zirbes vs.

MWRDGC, Claim Number 24WC00284 in the sum of $53,344.99, Account

901-30000-601090

24-0132

24-0139

Approved

Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Howard Meter vs.

MWRDGC, Claim number 21 WC 009409, Illinois Workers’ Compensation

Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $26,440.15, Account 901-30000-601090

Approved

Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Alicia Gibbs vs.

MWRDGC, Claim number 17 WC 030181, Illinois Workers’ Compensation

Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $10,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090

24-0140

Approved

Authority to settle the Workers’ Compensation Claim of Wesley Watson vs.

MWRDGC, Claim number 22 WC 12224, Illinois Workers’ Compensation

Commission (IWCC), in the sum of $19,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090

24-0144

24-0145

Approved

Authority to settle the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Claims of Tarita Stewart

vs. MWRDGC, Claim Number 19WC026140 and 19WC027761 in the sum of

$50,000.00, Account 901-30000-601090

Approved

Real Estate Development Committee

Authorization

Authority to issue a one-year permit extension to Peoples Gas Light and Coke

24-0136

Company to continue to use a 0.165± acre portion of Main Channel Parcel

42.17 located near 31st Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois as a

construction staging area and to dewater its utility tunnel. Consideration shall be

a fee of $5,000.00

Attachments: RE - Peoples Gas 1-Year Permit MCP 42.17 Aerial.pdf

Approved

Stormwater Management Committee

Authorization

Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment

24-0176

to the City of Palos Heights for the design, construction, operation, and

maintenance of a Lake Katherine Permeable Paver Commuter Parking Lot in

Palos Heights (18-IGA-14), in an amount not to exceed $184,000.00

Attachments: 18-IGA-14 BL Exhibit.pdf

Approved

Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with and make payment

to the Board of Education of the City of Chicago for the design, construction,

operation, and maintenance of Green Infrastructure at Chicago Public Schools

(24-IGA-02), Space to Grow Program Phase III, in an amount not to exceed

$15,900,000.00

24-0177

Approved

Authority to negotiate intergovernmental agreements for the acquisition of

flood-prone properties in Buffalo Grove and Stone Park

24-0178

Attachments: 24.03.07 BL Auth to Negotiate IGAs for VFPPA EXHIBT.pdf

Approved

Approval of the Consent Agenda

A motion was made by Marcelino Garcia, seconded by Yumeka Brown, to

Approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:

8 -

Aye:

Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,

Marcelino Garcia, Daniel Pogorzelski, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Kari K. Steele

1 - Mariyana T. Spyropoulos

Absent:

Miscellaneous and New Business

Meeting Summary

Speakers

Kevin Byrne, Consul General, accepted the resolution in his honor (Re: Miscellaneous

and New Business Item #4)

Andrew Dziadkowiec, Comptroller, presented the GFOA awards (Re: Finance Committee

Item #5)

Summary of Requests

Study Session

None

Announcements

Board Letter Submission Dates

The next regular board meeting is scheduled for March 21, 2024, 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: March 8, 2024

Date all agenda items are due to the Executive Director: 1:00 p.m., March 13,

2024

Adjournment

A motion was made by Patricia Theresa Flynn, seconded by Marcelino Garcia,

that when the Board Adjourns, it adjourns to meet again on Thursday, March 21,

2024 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

8 -

Aye:

Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn,

Marcelino Garcia, Daniel Pogorzelski, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, Kari K. Steele

1 - Mariyana T. Spyropoulos

Absent: