MWRA Board of Directors Meeting
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Deer Island Reception/Training Building, 1st Floor, 33 Tafts Avenue – Favaloro Meeting Room, Boston, MA 02128
Photo ID required for entry.
AGENDA
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
II. REPORT OF THE CHAIR
III. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. Litigation
1. To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Litigation
B. Collective Bargaining
1. Unit 2: Approval and Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement; Memorandum of Agreement (Position Upgrades) - verbal
2. Unit 3: Memorandum of Agreement (Operator Career Ladder) - verbal
V. WATER POLICY AND OVERSIGHT
A. Information
1. Quabbin Reservoir Communities System Expansion Evaluation Update
2. Local Water System Assistance Program Annual Update
3. Lead Service Line Replacement Program Update
B. Contract Awards
1. Saugus River Crossing Section 56 Replacement: BOND Civil & Utility Construction, Contract 7486
C. Contract Amendments/Change Orders
1. Northern Extra High Pressure Zone Improvements: Black & Veatch Corporation, Contract 7404, Amendment 1
VI. PERSONNEL & COMPENSATION
A. Approvals
1. Approval of the 2025 Affirmative Action Plan
2. PCR Amendments – April 2025
3. Appointment of Jeffrey McAvoy, Director, Risk Management, Finance Division
4. Non-union Manager Benefits; Contract Employees Salary Adjustments
VII. ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE & AUDIT
A. Information
1. Progress on Emissions Reduction and 2023 Greenhouse Gas Inventory
2. 2024 Annual Update on New Connections to the MWRA
3. Delegated Authority Report – March 2025
4. FY25 Financial Update and Summary through March 2025
B. Approvals
1. Flow Averaging for Computing Clinton Wastewater Sewer User Charges
C. Contract Amendments/Change Orders
1. Purchase Order Contract for Senior Business Analyst Consultant: Acro Service Corporation, Bid WRA-5258Q, State Contract ITS77 Category 1A and 1B, Amendment 2
VIII. WASTEWATER POLICY & OVERSIGHT
A. Information
1. Infiltration/Inflow Local Financial Assistance Program Annual Update
IX. CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD
- March 10, 2025, correspondence from Jessica Mooring on behalf of the Town of New Salem’s Selectboard, comments on the November 19, 2024, MWRA presentation of the Quabbin Reservoir Watershed Communities: Alternative Evaluation Summary
- March 21, 2025 correspondence from Richard E. Raiche, Chair, MWRA Advisory Board, comments on SD828: An Act relative to the Quabbin watershed and regional equity
X. OTHER BUSINESS
XI. ADJOURNMENT
Posted 04/10/2025, 2:55pm. Updated 4/10/2025, 4:50pm.
