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90_HB1825
70 ILCS 2605/4 from Ch. 42, par. 323
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.
Provides that upon the election of officers from the board of
commissioners, the board shall also elect a chairman of the
committee on budget and employment. Provides that upon this
election in 1999, this chairman's annual salary shall be
$45,000.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District Act by changing Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
8 Sec. 4. Powers and duties of commissioners; officers and
9 employees; compensation. The commissioners elected under
10 this Act constitute a board of commissioners for the district
11 by which they are elected, which board of commissioners is
12 the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in
13 addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall
14 establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district.
15 The general superintendent, in addition to all other powers
16 specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the
17 affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall
18 regularly report to the board of commissioners on the
19 activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies
20 and goals established by the board. At the regularly
21 scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the
22 induction of new commissioners, the board of commissioners
23 shall elect from its own number a president, and a
24 vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, a
25 and the chairman of the committee on finance, and a chairman
26 of the committee on budget and employment. The board shall
27 provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
28 president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee
29 on finance, or the chairman of the committee on budget and
30 employment and the manner of filling the such vacancy.
31 The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
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1 general superintendent and treasurer for the district.
2 The general superintendent must be a resident of the
3 sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He
4 must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical
5 qualifications and without regard to his political
6 affiliations.
7 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
8 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
9 general superintendent, or treasurer, the board of
10 commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its
11 own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
12 office during the term of the absence or vacancy.
13 The general superintendent with the advice and consent of
14 the board of commissioners, shall appoint the chief engineer,
15 chief of maintenance and operations, director of personnel,
16 purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of research and
17 development, and director of information technology. These
18 constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
19 Maintenance and Operations, Personnel, Purchasing, Finance,
20 Law, Research and Development, and Information Technology,
21 respectively. No other departments or heads of departments
22 may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All
23 such department heads are under the direct supervision of the
24 general superintendent.
25 The director of personnel must be qualified under Section
26 4.2a of this Act.
27 The purchasing agent must be selected in accordance with
28 Section 11.16 of this Act.
29 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
30 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of chief
31 engineer, chief of maintenance and operations, director of
32 personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of
33 research and development, or director of information
34 technology, the general superintendent shall appoint an
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1 acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of
2 the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any
3 such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the
4 direct supervision of the general superintendent.
5 All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
6 bond as may be required by the board.
7 The general superintendent, treasurer, acting general
8 superintendent, and acting treasurer hold their offices at
9 the pleasure of the board of commissioners.
10 The acting chief engineer, acting chief of maintenance
11 and operations, acting purchasing agent, acting director of
12 personnel, acting clerk, acting attorney, acting director of
13 research and development, and acting director of information
14 technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the general
15 superintendent.
16 The chief engineer, chief of maintenance and operations,
17 director of personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney,
18 director of research and development, and director of
19 information technology may be removed from office for cause
20 by the general superintendent. Prior to removal, the such
21 officers are entitled to a public hearing before the general
22 superintendent at which hearing they may be represented by
23 counsel. Before the hearing, the general superintendent
24 shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time,
25 place, and nature of the hearing.
26 In addition to the attorney appointed by the general
27 superintendent, the board of commissioners may appoint from
28 outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
29 advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
30 and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
31 policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
32 The general superintendent is the chief administrative
33 officer of the district, has supervision over and is
34 responsible for all administrative and operational matters of
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1 the sanitary district including the duties of all employees
2 that which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the
3 appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this
4 Act.
5 The board, through the budget process, shall fix the
6 compensation of all the officers and employees of the
7 sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president
8 may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains
9 in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the
10 president.
11 Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
12 president and vice-president of the board of commissioners
13 and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual
14 salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be
15 increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
16 1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the
17 vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to
18 $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989 and
19 $45,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the chairman
20 of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be
21 increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
22 1989 and $45,000 in January, 1991. Effective upon the
23 election in January 1999, the annual salary of the chairman
24 of the committee on budget and employment shall be $45,000.
25 The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
26 shall be as follows:
27 For the 3 three members elected in November, 1980,
28 $26,500 per annum for the first 2 two years of the term;
29 $28,000 per annum for the next 2 two years of the term and
30 $30,000 per annum for the last 2 two years.
31 For the 3 three members elected in November, 1982,
32 $28,000 per annum for the first 2 two years of the term and
33 $30,000 per annum thereafter.
34 For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
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1 For the 3 three members elected in November, 1986,
2 $32,000 for each of the first 2 two years of the term,
3 $34,000 for each of the next 2 two years and $36,000 for the
4 last 2 two years;
5 For 3 three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
6 for each of the first 2 two years of the term and $36,000 for
7 each year thereafter.
8 For members elected in November, 1990 or thereafter,
9 $40,000. The board of commissioners has full power to pass
10 all necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions, and
11 regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
12 business of the board of commissioners and the corporation
13 and for carrying into effect the object for which the
14 sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules,
15 resolutions, and regulations passed by the board of
16 commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by
17 the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves
18 thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve
19 he shall return to the board of commissioners with his
20 objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the
21 board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
22 Such veto may extend to any one or more items or
23 appropriations contained in any ordinance making an
24 appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
25 extends to a part of the such ordinance, the residue takes
26 effect. If the president of the such board of commissioners
27 fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
28 regulation with his objections thereto in the time required,
29 he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect
30 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule,
31 resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
32 it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of
33 commissioners, and if upon the such reconsideration
34 two-thirds of all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass
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1 it, it takes effect notwithstanding the president's refusal
2 to approve thereof.
3 It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
4 either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
5 any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised
6 by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
7 the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
8 exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes
9 be fully available to the District to the extent its
10 activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)