Infrastructure Committee Summary

Infrastructure Committee discretionary agenda highlights for September 3, 2026

West Chicago Infrastructure Committee Agenda Review — September 3, 2026

This table summarizes each Infrastructure Committee agenda action, the money involved, and whether the action appears non-discretionary under the review rubric.

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Item	Short description	Money involved	Non-discretionary evaluation
2.A — August 6, 2026 Infrastructure Committee minutes	Approve the Committee’s draft record of its prior meeting.	No direct City expenditure identified.	Likely non-discretionary / administrative. Approval maintains the Committee’s official meeting record.
4.A — Two 2027 Ford F600 snow-and-dump trucks	Recommend purchase of two chassis from Haggerty Ford and two Sourcewell-priced upfits from Monroe Truck Equipment for replacement Streets Division units 742 and 743.	$289,602 total: $123,198 for two chassis and $166,404 for two upfits. The replacement budget is $274,200; the $15,402 overage would use $15,700 budgeted for a zero-turn mower that will not be purchased.	Mixed. Replacing planned plow/dump trucks supports core street operations, but the current action chooses vendors and equipment and reallocates mower funding. Haggerty’s chassis price is $256 each above Olathe Ford’s Sourcewell price under the City’s local-vendor preference policy.
4.B — 2027 Freightliner plow/dump truck	Recommend one Freightliner chassis from Trans Chicago Truck Group and an upfit from Bonnell Industries to replace unit 750; the current truck would become a Water Division spare.	$335,335.18 total: $138,922 chassis and $196,413.18 upfit. The replacement budget is $278,000; the $57,335.18 shortage would be covered by deferring unit 654, for which $62,600 is budgeted. Pricing may change before the estimated October 2027 delivery.	Mixed. This is a planned replacement for snow and utility operations, but it commits a large purchase, defers another vehicle, and may require a later change order if delivery pricing changes.
4.C / Resolution 26-R-0067 — FY2027 carbon dioxide	Recommend the first one-year contract extension with MacCarb at the existing delivered price of $0.135 per pound for water-treatment use.	Not to exceed $64,800. Staff estimates 240 tons in FY2027 and says adequate FY2027 Water Fund chemical-account funding will be budgeted.	Likely non-discretionary / utility operations. The extension maintains an existing treatment chemical at the current unit price under an approved contract option.
4.D / Resolution 26-R-0068 — FY2026 carbon-dioxide change order	Recommend adding carbon-dioxide capacity because finished-water production is up about 3.5% and chemical dosage is up about 5%.	$10,000 increase, from $48,600 to a revised $58,600; adequate FY2026 Water Fund chemical-account funding is available.	Likely non-discretionary / utility operations. The change order maintains chemical inventory for the municipal water-treatment process in response to higher actual use.
4.E / Resolution 26-R-0069 — FY2027 sodium hypochlorite	Recommend the first one-year extension with Alexander Chemical for the primary water disinfectant at a 2% higher unit price of $0.162 per pound and an estimated 360 tons.	Not to exceed $116,769. Adequate FY2027 Water Fund chemical-account funding will be budgeted. Multiplying the stated 360 tons by $0.162 per pound yields $116,640, $129 below the proposed cap.	Likely non-discretionary / utility operations. The extension continues a required treatment chemical under an existing contract option, though the cap-versus-quantity arithmetic should be confirmed.
4.F / Resolution 26-R-0070 — FY2027 hydrated lime	Recommend the first one-year extension with Graymont Western Lime for water softening at a 2% higher unit price of $308.04 per ton and an estimated 1,450 tons.	Not to exceed $446,658, which equals 1,450 tons at $308.04 per ton. Adequate FY2027 Water Fund chemical-account funding will be budgeted.	Likely non-discretionary / utility operations. The extension continues a required water-treatment chemical under an existing contract option.
4.G / Resolution 26-R-0071 — Underground-storage-tank environmental services	Recommend Amendment No. 2 with Resource Consulting for additional soil borings, analysis, planning, oversight, project management, completion reporting, and reimbursement work required after Illinois EPA rejected the corrective-action plan.	$12,500 amendment; revised professional-services cap $81,900. The Capital Projects Fund has $36,985 available. Some eligible costs may be reimbursed, but Illinois EPA will determine the amount; the underlying project has a $10,000 deductible.	Likely non-discretionary / regulatory and environmental compliance. The amendment responds to Illinois EPA requirements for a longstanding petroleum release before corrective work and reimbursement can proceed.
4.H / Resolution 26-R-0072 — Waste-lime-sludge removal	Recommend the low bid from Synagro Central at $55 per wet ton for up to 9,600 tons, using land application rather than landfill disposal.	Contract cap $528,000. FY2026 spending is limited to the $363,000 budget, enough for 6,600 tons; the remaining estimated 3,000 tons would carry into 2027 subject to contract terms and appropriations. The second bid was $551,232.	Likely non-discretionary / water-treatment maintenance. Removing accumulated treatment residuals is an operational need, although the Committee should scrutinize the two-year funding plan and weather-dependent schedule.
4.I / Resolution 26-R-0073 — Sanitary-sewer rehabilitation	Recommend an OMNIA cooperative contract with Hoerr Construction for 730 feet of cured-in-place sewer lining and epoxy lining at lift stations 2 and 7.	Not to exceed $308,460, including a $30,000 contingency, within a $500,000 FY2026 Sewer Fund budget.	Likely non-discretionary / core infrastructure maintenance. The project repairs previously identified sewer defects and corrosion using an existing competitively procured cooperative contract.

Detailed analysis of substantive topics

4.A — Two Ford F600 replacement trucks

The proposed purchase replaces Streets Division units 742 and 743 with two 2027 Ford F600 regular-cab 4x4 chassis, stainless-steel dump bodies, ten-foot plows, and related equipment. Staff compared Haggerty Ford’s local quote of $61,599 per chassis with Olathe Ford’s Sourcewell quote of $61,343 delivered. Haggerty is $256 higher per unit, but the difference is within the City’s three-percent local-vendor preference policy. Monroe holds the Sourcewell upfit contract at $83,202 per truck.

Key funding and timing:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend the local chassis purchase, cooperative upfit, and budget reallocation; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

Total purchase: $289,602, or $144,801 per completed truck.
Budgeted replacement amount: $274,200; overage: $15,402.
Staff proposes using $15,700 budgeted for a zero-turn mower that will not be purchased.
Estimated chassis delivery is February 2027, followed by an estimated four-to-six-month upfit and August 2027 completion.

4.B — Freightliner replacement truck and deferred unit

The proposed purchase replaces a 2015 Volvo single-axle plow/dump truck, unit 750, with a 2027 Freightliner 114 SD Plus chassis, ten-foot stainless-steel dump body, eleven-foot snowplow, 300-gallon pre-wet system, and related equipment. Trans Chicago’s State-contract chassis quote is $138,922, which staff says is $3,677 below Sourcewell pricing; Bonnell’s Sourcewell upfit is $196,413.18. Unit 750 would remain as a Water Division spare after the estimated October 2027 delivery.

Key funding and conditions:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend the truck purchase and deferral of another replacement; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

Total purchase: $335,335.18.
Budgeted replacement amount: $278,000; shortage: $57,335.18.
Staff proposes covering the shortage by deferring unit 654, for which $62,600 is budgeted.
The quote is valid for 30 days. Staff warns that delivery-date pricing could change and says any resulting change order would return for Committee consideration.

4.C–4.F — Water-treatment chemical contracts

Four proposed actions maintain chemicals used in municipal water treatment. MacCarb would continue supplying carbon dioxide in FY2027 at the existing $0.135-per-pound price, while a separate FY2026 change order would add $10,000 because water production and chemical dosage increased. Alexander Chemical would continue sodium hypochlorite at a two-percent higher $0.162-per-pound price, and Graymont would continue hydrated lime at a two-percent higher $308.04-per-ton price.

Key amounts:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend contract extensions and one usage-driven change order for continuing utility operations; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

4.C: carbon dioxide FY2027 — $64,800 cap for an estimated 240 tons.
4.D: carbon dioxide FY2026 — $10,000 increase; revised cap $58,600.
4.E: sodium hypochlorite FY2027 — $116,769 cap for an estimated 360 tons at $0.162 per pound; the stated quantity and unit price multiply to $116,640.
4.F: hydrated lime FY2027 — $446,658 cap for 1,450 tons at $308.04 per ton.

4.G — Leaking underground storage tank corrective-action work

A gasoline tank release at 135 W. Grand Lake Boulevard was reported in 1997. Although 240 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 1,900 gallons of contaminated groundwater were removed, contamination remained. Illinois EPA rejected the City’s March 2026 corrective-action-plan submission in July 2026 because the proposed work did not address the apparent extent of benzene, ethylbenzene, and total xylenes north of boring SB-19 and east of SB-20.

Key conditions and timeline:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend the additional work needed to define the contamination and obtain regulatory approval; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

Resource Consulting proposes additional field sampling, analysis, a revised plan, project management, construction oversight, completion reporting, and reimbursement paperwork.
Staff estimates roughly four months for Illinois EPA review after resubmission and currently anticipates remediation beginning in summer 2027.
The professional-services amendment is $12,500, raising the contract cap to $81,900.
Eligible professional and construction costs may be reimbursed, but Illinois EPA determines eligibility and amount; the packet identifies a $10,000 project deductible.

4.H — Waste-lime-sludge removal over two budget years

The Water Treatment Plant stores lime-softening residuals in three lagoons. The 2025 west-lagoon removal did not occur because land application is weather- and season-dependent, so more material accumulated in the east lagoon than staff expected. Two bids were received for 9,600 wet tons: Synagro at $528,000 ($55 per ton) and Stewart Spreading at $551,232 ($57.42 per ton).

Key funding and schedule:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend the low-bid unit-price contract and a staged removal plan; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

FY2026 budget: $363,000, enough for approximately 6,600 tons at the contract unit price.
Estimated balance: 3,000 tons, or $165,000 at the unit price, proposed for 2027 subject to appropriated funds and contract conditions.
The contract cap covers the full 9,600-ton estimate, but packet text expressly limits 2026 expenditures to the current budget.

4.I — 2026 sanitary-sewer rehabilitation

The project would install cured-in-place pipe in approximately 730 feet of eight-inch vitrified-clay sewer on Forest Avenue and Hazel Street and apply epoxy lining to corroding steel wet wells at lift station 2, 2552 Meadowlark Drive, and lift station 7, 410 Coolidge Avenue. Hoerr’s cooperative contract arose from DuPage County’s OMNIA procurement and runs through February 12, 2027, with extension options.

Key pricing:

Decision point: The Committee is being asked to recommend the cooperative contract for previously identified sewer defects and lift-station corrosion; City Council is listed for final consideration on September 21, 2026.

Cured-in-place-pipe work: $52,170.
Lift station 2: $119,190.
Lift station 7: $107,100.
Project contingency: $30,000.
Total: $308,460, within the $500,000 Sewer Fund budget.

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