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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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
5is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2605/4)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
7    Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
8constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
9they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
10corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition
11to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the
12policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive
13director, in addition to all other powers specified in this
14Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of
15the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board
16of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in
17executing the policies and goals established by the board. At
18the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years
19following the induction of new commissioners the board of
20commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and
21a vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
22the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
23provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the

 

 

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1president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee on
2finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
3    The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
4executive director and treasurer for the district.
5    The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary
6district and a citizen of the United States. He must be
7selected solely upon his administrative and technical
8qualifications and without regard to his political
9affiliations.
10    In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
11or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
12executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners
13may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to
14perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during
15the term of the absence or vacancy.
16    The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
17board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of
18engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
19of human resources, director of procurement and materials
20management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
21research, and director of information technology. These
22constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
23Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and
24Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research,
25and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments
26or heads of departments may be created without subsequent

 

 

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1amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the
2direct supervision of the executive director.
3    The executive director, with the advice and consent of the
4board of commissioners, shall appoint a public and
5intergovernmental affairs officer and an administrative
6services officer. The public and intergovernmental affairs
7officer and administrative services officer shall serve under
8the direct supervision of the executive director.
9    The director of human resources must be qualified under
10Section 4.2a of this Act.
11    The director of procurement and materials management must
12be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act.
13    In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
14or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of
15engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director
16of human resources, director of procurement and materials
17management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and
18research, public and intergovernmental affairs officer,
19administrative services officer, or director of information
20technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting
21officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
22office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such
23officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct
24supervision of the executive director.
25    All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
26bond as may be required by the board.

 

 

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1    The executive director, treasurer, acting executive
2director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
3pleasure of the board of commissioners.
4    The acting director of engineering, acting director of
5maintenance and operations, acting director of human
6resources, acting director of procurement and materials
7management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting
8director of monitoring and research, acting public and
9intergovernmental affairs officer, acting administrative
10services officer, and acting director of information
11technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive
12director.
13    The director of engineering, director of maintenance and
14operations, director of human resources, director of
15procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel,
16director of monitoring and research, public and
17intergovernmental affairs officer, administrative services
18officer, and director of information technology may be removed
19from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to
20removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before
21the executive director at which hearing they may be
22represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive
23director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date,
24time, place and nature of the hearing.
25    In addition to the general counsel appointed by the
26executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint

 

 

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1from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
2advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
3and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
4policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
5    The executive director is the chief administrative officer
6of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for
7all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary
8district including the duties of all employees which are not
9otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority
10as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act.
11    The board of commissioners shall appoint from outside its
12own number an Inspector General or enter into an
13intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local
14government for the appointment of an Inspector General. The
15board of commissioners shall establish minimum qualifications
16and duties for the Inspector General by ordinance or
17intergovernmental agreement.
18    The board, through the budget process, shall set the
19compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary
20district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint
21an administrative aide which appointment remains in force
22during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
23    Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
24president and vice-president of the board of commissioners and
25the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of
26the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to

 

 

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1$39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in
2January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary
3of the vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased
4to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000
5in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual
6salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be
7$32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987,
8$36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and
9$55,000 in January, 2001.
10    The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
11shall be as follows:
12        For the three members elected in November, 1980,
13    $26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term;
14    $28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and
15    $30,000 per annum for the last two years.
16        For the three members elected in November, 1982,
17    $28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and
18    $30,000 per annum thereafter.
19        For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per
20    annum.
21        For the three members elected in November, 1986,
22    $32,000 for each of the first two years of the term,
23    $34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the
24    last two years;
25        For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000
26    for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for

 

 

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1    each year thereafter.
2        For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994,
3    1996, or 1998, $40,000.
4        For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
5    $50,000.
6    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the
7board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two-thirds vote, may
8increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat
9amount for each of the following: the president, the
10vice-president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and
11the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation
12shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as
13members of the board commence after the increase in
14compensation is adopted by the board.
15    The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
16necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
17regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
18business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and
19for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary
20district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions
21and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must,
22before they take effect, be approved by the president of the
23board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign
24them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the
25board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the
26next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring

 

 

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1after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or
2more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making
3an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
4extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect.
5If the president of such board of commissioners fails to
6return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation
7with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed
8to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the
9return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or
10regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed
11must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if
12upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members agree
13by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding
14the president's refusal to approve thereof.
15    It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
16either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
17any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by
18the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the
19intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
20exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be
21fully available to the District to the extent its activities
22are authorized by law as stated herein.
23(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-736, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.