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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1225
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1225 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
5 District by changing Section 4."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
9 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
10 (70 ILCS 2605/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
11 Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
12 constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
13 they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
14 corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in
15 addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall
16 establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district.
17 The general superintendent, in addition to all other powers
18 specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the
19 affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall
20 regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the
21 activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies
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1 and goals established by the board. At the regularly
2 scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the
3 induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners
4 shall elect from its own number a president and a
5 vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
6 the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
7 provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
8 president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee
9 on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
10 The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
11 general superintendent and treasurer for the district.
12 The general superintendent must be a resident of the
13 sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He
14 must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical
15 qualifications and without regard to his political
16 affiliations.
17 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
18 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
19 general superintendent, or treasurer, the board of
20 commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its
21 own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
22 office during the term of the absence or vacancy.
23 The general superintendent with the advice and consent of
24 the board of commissioners, shall appoint the chief engineer,
25 chief of maintenance and operations, director of personnel,
26 purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of research and
27 development, and director of information technology. These
28 constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
29 Maintenance and Operations, Personnel, Purchasing, Finance,
30 Law, Research and Development, and Information Technology,
31 respectively. No other departments or heads of departments
32 may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All
33 such department heads are under the direct supervision of the
34 general superintendent.
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1 The director of personnel must be qualified under Section
2 4.2a of this Act.
3 The purchasing agent must be selected in accordance with
4 Section 11.16 of this Act.
5 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
6 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of chief
7 engineer, chief of maintenance and operations, director of
8 personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of
9 research and development, or director of information
10 technology, the general superintendent shall appoint an
11 acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of
12 the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any
13 such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the
14 direct supervision of the general superintendent.
15 All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
16 bond as may be required by the board.
17 The general superintendent, treasurer, acting general
18 superintendent and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
19 pleasure of the board of commissioners.
20 The acting chief engineer, acting chief of maintenance
21 and operations, acting purchasing agent, acting director of
22 personnel, acting clerk, acting attorney, acting director of
23 research and development, and acting director of information
24 technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the general
25 superintendent.
26 The chief engineer, chief of maintenance and operations,
27 director of personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney,
28 director of research and development, and director of
29 information technology may be removed from office for cause
30 by the general superintendent. Prior to removal, such
31 officers are entitled to a public hearing before the general
32 superintendent at which hearing they may be represented by
33 counsel. Before the hearing, the general superintendent
34 shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time,
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1 place and nature of the hearing.
2 In addition to the attorney appointed by the general
3 superintendent, the board of commissioners may appoint from
4 outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
5 advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
6 and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
7 policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
8 The general superintendent is the chief administrative
9 officer of the district, has supervision over and is
10 responsible for all administrative and operational matters of
11 the sanitary district including the duties of all employees
12 which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the
13 appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this
14 Act.
15 The board, through the budget process, shall fix the
16 compensation of all the officers and employees of the
17 sanitary district.
18 The compensation of board members shall be fixed by the
19 board, with the affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the
20 members. The board may provide additional compensation for
21 its president, vice president, and committee chairmen. The
22 board may provide for travel and expense allowances.
23 Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint an
24 administrative aide, which appointment remains in force
25 during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
26 Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
27 president and vice-president of the board of commissioners
28 and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual
29 salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be
30 increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
31 1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the
32 vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to
33 $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989 and
34 $45,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the chairman
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1 of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be
2 increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
3 1989 and $45,000 in January, 1991.
4 The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
5 shall be as follows:
6 For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500
7 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per
8 annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per
9 annum for the last two years.
10 For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000
11 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per
12 annum thereafter.
13 For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
14 For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000
15 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each
16 of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years;
17 For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for
18 each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each
19 year thereafter.
20 For members elected in November, 1990 or thereafter,
21 $40,000.
22 The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
23 necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
24 regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
25 business of the board of commissioners and the corporation
26 and for carrying into effect the object for which the
27 sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules,
28 resolutions and regulations passed by the board of
29 commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by
30 the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves
31 thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve
32 he shall return to the board of commissioners with his
33 objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the
34 board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
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1 Such veto may extend to any one or more items or
2 appropriations contained in any ordinance making an
3 appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
4 extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes
5 effect. If the president of such board of commissioners
6 fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or
7 regulation with his objections thereto in the time required,
8 he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect
9 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule,
10 resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
11 it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of
12 commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of
13 all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes
14 effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve
15 thereof.
16 It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
17 either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
18 any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised
19 by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
20 the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
21 exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes
22 be fully available to the District to the extent its
23 activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.".