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Public Act 094-1069
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AN ACT concerning the Metropolitan Water Reclamation |
District.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act |
is amended by
changing Section 4 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 2605/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
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Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act constitute |
a board
of commissioners for the district by which they are |
elected, which board
of commissioners is the corporate |
authority of the sanitary district,
and, in addition to all |
other powers specified in this Act, shall
establish the |
policies and goals of the sanitary district. The general
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superintendent, in addition to all other powers specified in |
this Act,
shall manage and control all the affairs and property |
of the sanitary
district and shall regularly report to the |
Board of Commissioners on the
activities of the sanitary |
district in executing the policies and goals
established by the |
board. At the regularly scheduled meeting of odd
numbered years |
following the induction of new commissioners the board of
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commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and a
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vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and |
the
chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall |
provide by rule
when a vacancy occurs in the office of the |
president, vice-president, or
the chairman of the committee on |
finance and the manner of filling such
vacancy.
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The board shall appoint from outside its own number the |
general
superintendent and treasurer for the district.
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The general superintendent must be a resident of the |
sanitary
district and a citizen of the United States. He must |
be selected solely
upon his administrative and technical |
qualifications and without regard
to his political |
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affiliations.
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In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death |
or
resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the general
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superintendent, or treasurer, the board of commissioners may |
appoint an
acting officer from outside its own number, to |
perform the duties and
responsibilities of the office during |
the term of the absence or
vacancy.
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The general superintendent with the advice and consent of |
the board
of commissioners, shall appoint the chief engineer, |
chief of maintenance
and operations, director of personnel, |
purchasing agent, clerk, attorney,
director of research and |
development, and director of information technology.
These |
constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering, |
Maintenance and
Operations, Personnel, Purchasing, Finance, |
Law, Research and Development, and
Information Technology, |
respectively. No other departments or heads of
departments may |
be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All such
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department heads are under the direct supervision of the |
general
superintendent.
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The director of personnel must be qualified under Section |
4.2a of
this Act.
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The purchasing agent must be selected in accordance with |
Section
11.16 of this Act.
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In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death |
or
resignation creating a vacancy in the office of chief |
engineer, chief of
maintenance and operations, director of |
personnel, purchasing agent,
clerk, attorney, director of |
research and development, or director
of information |
technology, the general superintendent shall appoint an acting
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officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the |
office during the
term of the absence or vacancy. Any such |
officers appointed in an acting
capacity are under the direct |
supervision of the general superintendent.
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All appointive officers and acting officers shall give bond |
as may be
required by the board.
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The general superintendent, treasurer, acting general |
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superintendent
and acting treasurer hold their offices at the |
pleasure of the board of
commissioners.
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The acting chief engineer, acting chief of maintenance and
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operations, acting purchasing agent, acting director of |
personnel,
acting clerk, acting attorney, acting director of |
research and
development, and acting director of information |
technology hold their
offices at the pleasure of the general |
superintendent.
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The chief engineer, chief of maintenance and operations, |
director of
personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, |
director of research
and development, and director of |
information technology may be removed
from office for cause by |
the general superintendent. Prior to removal, such
officers are |
entitled to a public hearing before the general superintendent |
at
which hearing they may be represented by counsel. Before the |
hearing, the
general superintendent shall notify the board of |
commissioners of the date,
time, place and nature of the |
hearing.
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In addition to the attorney appointed by the general |
superintendent,
the board of commissioners may appoint from |
outside its own number an
attorney, or retain counsel, to |
advise the board of commissioners with
respect to its powers |
and duties and with respect to legal questions and
matters of |
policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
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The general superintendent is the chief administrative |
officer of the
district, has supervision over and is |
responsible for all administrative
and operational matters of |
the sanitary district including the duties of
all employees |
which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the
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appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
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The board, through the budget process, shall set
fix the
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compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary |
district.
Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint |
an administrative aide
which appointment remains in force |
during his incumbency unless revoked by
the president.
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Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the |
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president and
vice-president of the board of commissioners and |
the chairman of the
committee on finance, the annual salary of |
the president shall be $37,500
and shall be increased to |
$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
1989, $50,000 in |
January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual
salary |
of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased |
to
$37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000 |
in January,
1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual |
salary of the
chairman of the committee on finance shall be |
$32,500 and shall be
increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, |
$36,500 in January, 1989,
$45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 |
in January, 2001.
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The annual salaries of the other members of the Board shall |
be as follows:
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For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500 |
per annum
for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per |
annum for the next two
years of the term and $30,000 per annum |
for the last two years.
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For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000 |
per annum
for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per |
annum thereafter.
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For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
annum.
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For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000 |
for each of
the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each |
of the next two years and
$36,000 for the last two years;
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For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for |
each of the
first two years of the term and $36,000 for each |
year thereafter.
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For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, or |
1998, $40,000.
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For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter, |
$50,000.
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Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the |
board,
prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may |
increase the annual rate of compensation
at a separate flat |
amount for each of the following: the president, the |
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vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and |
the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation |
shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as |
members of the board commence after the increase in |
compensation is adopted by the board.
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The board of commissioners has full power to pass all |
necessary
ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and |
regulations for the proper
management and conduct of the |
business of the board of commissioners and
the corporation and |
for carrying into effect the object for which the
sanitary |
district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
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and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must, |
before they
take effect, be approved by the president of the |
board of commissioners.
If he approves thereof, he shall sign |
them, and such as he does not
approve he shall return to the |
board of commissioners with his
objections in writing at the |
next regular meeting of the board of
commissioners occurring |
after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend
to any one or |
more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance
making |
an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto |
extends
to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect. |
If the
president of such board of commissioners fails to return |
any ordinance,
order, rule, resolution or regulation with his |
objections thereto in the
time required, he is deemed to have |
approved it, and it takes effect
accordingly. Upon the return |
of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution,
or regulation by the |
president, the vote by which it was passed must be
reconsidered |
by the board of commissioners, and if upon such
reconsideration |
two-thirds of all the members agree by yeas and nays to
pass |
it, it takes effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to
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approve thereof.
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It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, |
either expressly
or by necessary implication, by this Act or |
any other Illinois statute to
the District may be exercised by |
the District notwithstanding effects on
competition. It is the |
intention of the
General Assembly that the "State action |