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91_SB0278
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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. The commissioners elected under this Act
9 constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
10 they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
11 corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in
12 addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall
13 establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district.
14 The general superintendent, in addition to all other powers
15 specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the
16 affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall
17 regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the
18 activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies
19 and goals established by the board. At the regularly
20 scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the
21 induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners
22 shall elect from its own number a president and a
23 vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
24 the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
25 provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
26 president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee
27 on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
28 The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
29 general superintendent and treasurer for the district.
30 The general superintendent must be a resident of the
31 sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He
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1 must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical
2 qualifications and without regard to his political
3 affiliations.
4 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
5 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
6 general superintendent, or treasurer, the board of
7 commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its
8 own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
9 office during the term of the absence or vacancy.
10 The general superintendent with the advice and consent of
11 the board of commissioners, shall appoint the chief engineer,
12 chief of maintenance and operations, director of personnel,
13 purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of research and
14 development, and director of information technology. These
15 constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
16 Maintenance and Operations, Personnel, Purchasing, Finance,
17 Law, Research and Development, and Information Technology,
18 respectively. No other departments or heads of departments
19 may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All
20 such department heads are under the direct supervision of the
21 general superintendent.
22 The director of personnel must be qualified under Section
23 4.2a of this Act.
24 The purchasing agent must be selected in accordance with
25 Section 11.16 of this Act.
26 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
27 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of chief
28 engineer, chief of maintenance and operations, director of
29 personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of
30 research and development, or director of information
31 technology, the general superintendent shall appoint an
32 acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of
33 the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any
34 such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the
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1 direct supervision of the general superintendent.
2 All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
3 bond as may be required by the board.
4 The general superintendent, treasurer, acting general
5 superintendent and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
6 pleasure of the board of commissioners.
7 The acting chief engineer, acting chief of maintenance
8 and operations, acting purchasing agent, acting director of
9 personnel, acting clerk, acting attorney, acting director of
10 research and development, and acting director of information
11 technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the general
12 superintendent.
13 The chief engineer, chief of maintenance and operations,
14 director of personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney,
15 director of research and development, and director of
16 information technology may be removed from office for cause
17 by the general superintendent. Prior to removal, such
18 officers are entitled to a public hearing before the general
19 superintendent at which hearing they may be represented by
20 counsel. Before the hearing, the general superintendent
21 shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time,
22 place and nature of the hearing.
23 In addition to the attorney appointed by the general
24 superintendent, the board of commissioners may appoint from
25 outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
26 advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
27 and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
28 policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
29 The general superintendent is the chief administrative
30 officer of the district, has supervision over and is
31 responsible for all administrative and operational matters of
32 the sanitary district including the duties of all employees
33 which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the
34 appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this
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1 Act.
2 The board, through the budget process, shall fix the
3 compensation of all the officers and employees of the
4 sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president
5 may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains
6 in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the
7 president.
8 Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
9 president and vice-president of the board of commissioners
10 and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual
11 salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be
12 increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
13 1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the
14 vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to
15 $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989 and
16 $45,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the chairman
17 of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be
18 increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
19 1989 and $45,000 in January, 1991.
20 The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
21 shall be as follows:
22 For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500
23 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per
24 annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per
25 annum for the last two years.
26 For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000
27 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per
28 annum thereafter.
29 For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
30 For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000
31 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each
32 of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years;
33 For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for
34 each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each
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1 year thereafter.
2 For members elected in November, 1990 or thereafter,
3 $40,000.
4 The board may increase the annual salaries of members
5 elected in November, 2000 and thereafter and of the
6 president, vice-president, and chairman of the committee on
7 finance elected in January, 2001 and thereafter by up to
8 $10,000 and may include an annual cost of living adjustment
9 effective each July 1. The cost of living adjustment shall
10 equal the lesser of 5% of the member's or officer's salary or
11 the cost of living index known as the "Employment Cost Index,
12 Wages and Salaries, by Occupation and Industry Group: State
13 and Local Government Workers: Public Administration", as
14 published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
15 Labor Statistics, applicable for the calendar year
16 immediately preceding the calendar year in which the
17 respective July 1st increase is scheduled.
18 The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
19 necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
20 regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
21 business of the board of commissioners and the corporation
22 and for carrying into effect the object for which the
23 sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules,
24 resolutions and regulations passed by the board of
25 commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by
26 the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves
27 thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve
28 he shall return to the board of commissioners with his
29 objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the
30 board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
31 Such veto may extend to any one or more items or
32 appropriations contained in any ordinance making an
33 appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
34 extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes
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1 effect. If the president of such board of commissioners
2 fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or
3 regulation with his objections thereto in the time required,
4 he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect
5 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule,
6 resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
7 it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of
8 commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of
9 all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes
10 effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve
11 thereof.
12 It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
13 either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
14 any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised
15 by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
16 the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
17 exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes
18 be fully available to the District to the extent its
19 activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)