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91_SB1289
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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.
5 The compensation of board members shall be fixed by the
6 board, with the affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the
7 members, subject to the following:
8 (1) The board may provide additional compensation
9 for its president, its vice president, and the chairman
10 of the committee on finance.
11 (2) The board may include an annual cost of living
12 adjustment effective each July 1. The cost of living
13 adjustment shall equal the lesser of 5% of the member's
14 or officer's salary or the cost of living index known as
15 the "Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, by
16 Occupation and Industry Group: State and Local
17 Government Workers: Public Administration", as published
18 by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
19 Statistics, applicable for the calendar year immediately
20 preceding the calendar year in which the July 1st
21 increase is scheduled.
22 (3) In fixing compensation, the board may not
23 increase a member's or officer's salary by more than the
24 amount of the net increase, if any, that has occurred in
25 the cost of living index known as the "Employment Cost
26 Index, Wages and Salaries, by Occupation and Industry
27 Group: State and Local Government Workers: Public
28 Administration", as published by the United States
29 Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, since
30 the rate of compensation was last adjusted.
31 Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint an
32 administrative aide, which appointment remains in force
33 during his incumbency unless revoked by the president.
34 Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
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1 president and vice-president of the board of commissioners
2 and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual
3 salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be
4 increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
5 1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the
6 vice-president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to
7 $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989 and
8 $45,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of the chairman
9 of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be
10 increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
11 1989 and $45,000 in January, 1991.
12 The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
13 shall be as follows:
14 For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500
15 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per
16 annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per
17 annum for the last two years.
18 For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000
19 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per
20 annum thereafter.
21 For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
22 For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000
23 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each
24 of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years;
25 For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for
26 each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each
27 year thereafter.
28 For members elected in November, 1990 or thereafter,
29 $40,000.
30 The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
31 necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
32 regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
33 business of the board of commissioners and the corporation
34 and for carrying into effect the object for which the
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1 sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules,
2 resolutions and regulations passed by the board of
3 commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by
4 the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves
5 thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve
6 he shall return to the board of commissioners with his
7 objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the
8 board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
9 Such veto may extend to any one or more items or
10 appropriations contained in any ordinance making an
11 appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
12 extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes
13 effect. If the president of such board of commissioners
14 fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or
15 regulation with his objections thereto in the time required,
16 he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect
17 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule,
18 resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
19 it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of
20 commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of
21 all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes
22 effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve
23 thereof.
24 It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
25 either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
26 any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised
27 by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
28 the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
29 exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes
30 be fully available to the District to the extent its
31 activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.