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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 is
5amended by changing Sections 3-1 and 3-3 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2905/3-1)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-1)
7    Sec. 3-1. The district shall be governed by a Board of
8Commissioners, consisting of 5 commissioners. Two Three of the
9commissioners shall be residents of that portion of the
10district in the county having the greater equalized assessed
11valuation of the district, and 2 shall be residents of that
12portion of the district in the other county. The appointment of
13commissioners from each county shall be made by the chairman of
14the county board of that county with the advice and consent of
15the county board, except that in the case of a home rule county
16as defined by Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of
171970 the appointment shall be made by the chief executive
18officer of the county with the advice and consent of the county
19board. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 101st General Assembly, the mayor, or his or her
21designee, of the largest municipality in the county having the
22greater equalized assessed valuation of the district shall be
23an ex officio commissioner with a right to vote. If there is

 

 

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1not a vacant commissioner position from the county having the
2greater equalized assessed valuation on the effective date of
3this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, then the
4term of the last appointed commissioner from that county is
5terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
6101st General Assembly.
7    The appointed commissioners from each county may not be
8from the same political party. Of the 5 commissioners, no more
9than 3 may be of the same political party. Of the 3
10commissioners from the county entitled to 3 appointments, no
11more than 2 may be of the same political party. The 2
12commissioners from the other county shall not be of the same
13political party.
14    The County Board Chairman of either county may remove any
15of the appointed commissioners from his or her county with the
16advice and consent of the county board.
17    In the first appointments to the Board of Commissioners,
18the appointing authority appointing 3 directors shall
19designate one appointee to serve for a term of one year, one
20for a term of 3 years and one for a term of 5 years, and the
21appointing authority appointing 2 directors shall designate
22one to serve for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4
23years. Thereafter one commissioner shall be appointed by the
24appropriate appointing authority each year for a term of 5
25years to succeed the director whose term expires in that year.
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1appointment by the appropriate appointing authority for the
2remainder of the unexpired term.
3    For the purpose of determining the ex officio commissioner,
4the county having the greater equalized assessed valuation of
5the district shall be established on January 1 of each year,
6and the ex officio commissioner shall serve until January 1 of
7the following year. If the relative equalized assessed
8valuation changes so that the position of the 2 counties with
9respect to majority and minority representation on the board is
10reversed, the next appointment that would otherwise have been
11made by the appointing authority for the county formerly
12entitled to 3 directors shall be made by the appointing
13authority for the other county.
14(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 2905/3-3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-3)
16    Sec. 3-3. (a) The board of commissioners shall be the
17corporate authority of the district. The board shall appoint an
18Executive Director who shall be the chief executive and
19administrative officer of the district and who shall have the
20powers provided in Article 4 of this Act. The Executive
21Director shall be a resident of the district.
22    The Executive Director's contract shall not: (1) be for a
23period longer than 1 year; (2) contain provisions allowing
24retroactive pay; (3) contain provisions allowing bonus pay; (4)
25limit termination for cause to a specific time period; (5)

 

 

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1contain provisions allowing severance pay; (6) contain
2provisions allowing mutual non-disparaging agreements; or (7)
3contain provisions allowing arbitration.
4    The board may select a clerk and a treasurer.
5    The board shall, at its first meeting each year, select a
6president from its own membership.
7    (b) The board of commissioners shall maintain the
8facilities and properties under the district's control, or
9supervision for purposes of maintenance, in compliance with the
10standards prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources.
11(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)