Public Act 90-0781 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0781
SB1307 Enrolled LRB9008757PTsb
AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District Act by changing Sections 4.7, 4.11, and 5.9 and by
adding Section 271.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act is amended by changing Sections 4.7, 4.11, and 5.9 and by
adding Section 271 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2605/4.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7)
Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said
classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy
chief engineer, assistant chief engineers, head assistant
attorneys, assistant director of research and development,
assistant director of information technology, comptroller,
assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent and laborers
shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public and
competitive with limitations specified in the rules of the
Director as to residence, age, sex, health, habits, moral
character and qualifications to perform the duties of the
office or place to be filled, which qualifications shall be
prescribed in advance of such examination. Such examinations
shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to
those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of
the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position
to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of
physical qualifications and health and when appropriate, of
manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to
political or religious opinions or affiliations. The
Director shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an
examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of
persons to be special examiners and it shall be the duty of
such special examiners to conduct such examinations as the
Director may direct, and to make return and report thereof to
him; and he may at any time substitute any other person in
the place of any one so selected; and he may himself, at any
time, act as such special examiner, and without appointing
other special examiners. The Director shall, by rule,
provide for and shall hold sufficient number of examinations
to provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the register
for each grade of position in the classified civil service,
and if any place in the classified civil service shall become
vacant, to which there is no person eligible for appointment,
he shall hold an examination for such position and repeat the
same, if necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance
with the provisions of this Act.
Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years,
except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain
in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for
student programs and entry level engineering positions which,
in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one
year.
Examinations for an eligible list for each position in
the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least
once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs
and entry level engineering positions if the Director has
limited the duration of the registers for those positions to
one year, unless the Director determines that such
examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists.
To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary
district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant
who desires to take a civil service examination provided for
by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the
corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees
shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district.
(Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.11)
Sec. 4.11. Whenever a position classified under this Act
is to be filled, except the positions of deputy chief
engineer, assistant chief engineers, head assistant
attorneys, assistant director of research and development,
assistant director of information technology, comptroller,
assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent and laborers
the appointing officer shall make requisition upon the
Director, and the Director shall certify to him from the
register of eligibles for the position the names and
addresses (a) of the five candidates standing highest upon
the register of eligibles for the position, or (b) of the
candidates within the highest ranking group upon the register
of eligibles if the register is by categories such as
excellent, well qualified, and qualified, provided, however,
that any certification shall consist of at least 5 names, if
available. The Director shall certify names from succeeding
categories in the order of excellence of the categories until
at least 5 names are provided to the appointing officer. The
appointing officer shall notify the Director of each position
to be filled separately and shall fill the position by
appointment of one of the persons certified to him by the
Director. Appointments shall be on probation for a period
to be fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year. At any
time during the period of probation, the appointing officer
with the approval of the Director may discharge a person so
certified and shall forthwith notify the civil service board
in writing of this discharge. If a person is not discharged,
his appointment shall be deemed complete.
When there is no eligible list, the appointing officer
may, with the authority of the Director, make a temporary
appointment to remain in force only until a permanent
appointment from an eligible register or list can be made in
the manner specified in the previous provisions of this
Section, and examinations to supply an eligible list therefor
shall be held and an eligible list established therefrom
within one year from the making of such appointment. In
employment of an essentially temporary and transitory nature,
the appointing officer may, with the authority of the
Director of Personnel make temporary appointments to fill a
vacancy. No temporary appointment of an essentially
temporary and transitory nature may be granted for a period
of more than 120 days and is not subject to renewal. The
Director must include in his annual report, and if required
by the commissioners, in any special report, a statement of
all temporary authorities granted during the year or period
specified by the commissioners, together with a statement of
the facts in each case because of which the authority was
granted.
The acceptance or refusal by an eligible person of a
temporary appointment does not affect his standing on the
register for permanent appointment.
All laborers shall be appointed by the General
Superintendent and shall be on probation for a period to be
fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year.
The deputy chief engineer, the assistant chief engineers,
head assistant attorneys, assistant director of research and
development, assistant director of information technology,
comptroller, assistant treasurer and assistant purchasing
agent shall be appointed by the General Superintendent upon
the recommendation of the respective department head and
shall be on probation for a period to be fixed by the rules,
not exceeding two years. At any time during the period of
probation, the General Superintendent on the recommendation
of the department head concerned, may discharge a person so
appointed and he shall forthwith notify the Civil Service
Board in writing of such discharge. If a person is not so
discharged, his appointment shall be deemed complete under
the laws governing the classified civil service.
(Source: P.A. 85-392.)
(70 ILCS 2605/5.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 324s)
Sec. 5.9. The board of trustees shall, at any time after
March 1 of each fiscal year, have power, by a two-thirds vote
of all the members of such body, to authorize the making of
transfers within a department or between departments of sums
of money appropriated for one corporate object or function to
another corporate object or function. Any such action by the
board of trustees shall be entered in the proceedings of the
board. No appropriation for any object or function shall be
reduced below an amount sufficient to cover all unliquidated
and outstanding contracts or obligations certified from or
against the appropriation for such purpose.
The board of trustees, by a two-thirds vote of all its
members, may transfer the interest earned on any moneys of
the district into the district's fund or funds that are most
in need of the interest income. This authority does not
apply to any interest that has been earmarked or restricted
by the board for a designated purpose. This authority does
not apply to any interest earned on any funds for purposes of
the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund
or Reserve Claim Fund.
(Source: P.A. 90-221, eff. 1-1-98; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
(70 ILCS 2605/271 new)
Sec. 271. District enlarged. Upon the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1998, the corporate limits of the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District are extended to
include within those limits the following described tracts of
land that are annexed to the District:
Parcel No. 1
Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-five,
Township Forty-two North, Range 9 East, of the 3rd
Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: beginning at the Northwest corner of said
Southeast Quarter, said point being the Northwest corner
of the Midlands at South Barrington, being a subdivision
in the South Quarter of Section Thirty-five, Township
Forty-two North, Range 9 East, of the 3rd Principal
Meridian in Cook County, Illinois, pursuant to a Plat of
Subdivision recorded as Torrens Document 3982231, and
recorded in the Office of the Cook County Recorder of
Deeds as Document 91369138; thence North 89° 56'14" East
along the North line of said Southeast Quarter, also
being the North line of said Midlands at South Barrington
Subdivision, 2,652 feet to the Northeast corner of said
Southeast Quarter; thence South 00° 14'15" West along the
East line of said Quarter Section, 1969.67 feet to the
Southeast corner of Rose Packing Subdivision, being a
subdivision in Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section
Thirty-five, Township Forty-two North, Range 9 East of
the 3rd Principal Meridian, according to the Plat thereof
recorded April 1, 1987 as document number 87172901 in
Cook County, Illinois; thence Westerly along the South
line of said Rose Packing Subdivision 805.51 feet to the
Southwest corner of said subdivision; thence Westerly to
a point, said point being the intersection of the
Westerly right of way line of Barrington Road with the
most Northeasterly right of way line of the Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority (Northwest Tollway I-90);
thence North 76° 31'53" West 80.01 feet; thence
Southwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius
of 1792.04 feet and whose radius point lies to the East
an arc distance of 108.96 feet (the chord across the last
described course bears South 12° 42'32" West); thence
North 79° 01'59" West, 166.49 feet; thence South 89° 51'56"
West, 124.59 feet; thence South 51° 10'26" West, 283.14
feet; thence South 00° 08'04" East, 381.00 feet; thence
South 89° 52'20" West, 1061.87 feet to the Westerly line
of the Southeast Quarter of said Section, the last seven
calls being along the Southerly lines of said Midlands at
South Barrington Subdivision; thence North 00° 00'03" West
along the West line of said Southeast Quarter Section to
the point of beginning. All situated in the Village of
South Barrington, County of Cook and State of Illinois.
Parcel No. 2
Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-four,
Township Forty-two North, Range 9 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, described as follows, to-wit: that
part of the West half of the Southeast Quarter of Section
Thirty-four, Township Forty-two North, Range 9 East of
the Third Principal Meridian located in the Township of
Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, lying South of the
Southerly right of way line of Higgins Road (Illinois
Route No. 72).
Parcel No. 3
Part of the Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-four,
Township Forty-two North, and part of the Northwest
Quarter of fractional Section One, Township Forty-one
North, both in Range 9 East of the 3rd Principal
Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
commencing at the Northwest corner of said Southeast
Quarter of Section Thirty-four, thence South 00° 21'50"
West, 500.01 feet to the point of beginning for the
following described parcel; thence South 89° 56'00" East,
1321.46 feet; thence South 00° 23'57" West, 1257.20 feet;
thence South 69° 06'04" West, 1159.74 feet; thence South
89° 52'57" East to the East line of the Southeast Quarter
of said Section Thirty-four 234.13 feet; thence South
00° 26'03" West, 467.09 feet to the Southeast corner of
said Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-four; thence
continuing South 00° 26'03" West, 26.92 feet; thence North
89° 52'57" West 321.98; thence North 69° 06'04" West,
2475.56 feet to the West line of Southeast Quarter of
said Section Thirty-four; thence North 00° 21'50" East
along the West line of said Southwest Quarter of Section
Thirty-four 1283.56 feet to the point of beginning. All
situated in the County of Cook and State of Illinois.
Parcel No. 4
Part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section
Thirty-four, Township Forty-two North, Range 9 East of
the 3rd Principal Meridian bounded and described as
follows, to-wit: beginning at the Northwest corner of the
West Half of the said Southwest Quarter, thence East
along the North line of said Southwest Quarter 1323.4
feet to the Northeast corner of the West Half of said
Southwest Quarter; thence South along the East line of
the West half of said Southwest Quarter 1376.5 feet to
the centerline of Higgins Road (Illinois Route No. 72);
thence Northwesterly along the centerline of said Higgins
Road 1414.3 feet to the West line of said Southwest
Quarter; thence North along the West line of said
Southwest Quarter 873.7 feet to the point of beginning.
All situated in the County of Cook and State of Illinois.
Parcel No. 5
Part of the East Half of Section Thirty-three, Township
Forty-two North, Range 9 East of the 3rd Principal
Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
beginning at the Northwest corner of the South Half of
the Northeast Quarter of said Section, thence East along
the North line of said South Half of said Northeast
Quarter 2633.5 feet to the Easterly line of the East Half
of said Section; thence South along the Easterly line of
said East Half 2173 feet plus or minus to its
intersection with the centerline of Higgins Road
(Illinois Route No. 72); thence Northwesterly along the
centerline of said Higgins Road 2785 feet to its
intersection with the Westerly line of said East Half of
said Section; thence North along the Westerly line of
said East Half of said Section 1184.2 feet to the point
of beginning. All situated in the County of Cook and
State of Illinois.
Parcel No. 6
Part of the South Half of Section Thirty-three, Township
Forty-two North, Range 9 East of the 3rd Principal
Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
beginning at the Northeast corner of the South 20.04
chains (1322.64 feet) of the West Half of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section Thirty-three; thence South 89°
54' 31" West along the North line of said South 20.04
chains of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of said
Section Thirty-three, 1374.74 feet to an intersection
with a line 100.00 feet, as measured radially,
Southeasterly of and concentric with the centerline of
the relocated Illinois Route 59 (F.A.P. 868); thence
Northeasterly along a curved line convex Southeasterly,
having a radius of 1966.00 feet and being 100.00 feet, as
measured radially. Southeasterly of and concentric with
the centerline of said relocated Illinois Route 59, an
arc distance of 369.64 feet to an intersection with the
Easterly line of Illinois Route 59 per Document Number
11451859, as monumented (the chord of said arc bears
North 17° 04' 48" East, 369.10 feet); thence Northerly
along said Easterly line of Illinois Route 59 per
Document Number 11451859 as monumented, being a curved
line convex Easterly having a radius 1558.42 feet, an arc
distance of 50.97 feet to a Division of Highways iron
survey marker stamped "PLS 2377" (the chord of said arc
bears North 01° 02' 40" East, 50.97 feet); thence South
89° 53' 33" East along the Easterly line of Illinois
Route 59 as widened, 17.00 feet to a Division of Highways
iron survey marker stamped "PLS 2377" at an angle point
in said line; thence Northerly along the Easterly line of
Illinois Route 59 as widened, being a curved line convex
Easterly and having a radius of 1575.42 feet, an arc
distance of 12.65 feet to a Division of Highways iron
survey marker stamped "PLS 2377" at a point of tangency
in said line (the chord of said arc bears North 00° 07'
22" West, 12.65 feet); thence North 00° 21' 10" West
along the Easterly line of Illinois Route 59 as widened
to its intersection with the Centerline of Higgins Road
(Illinois Route 72); thence South 69° 28' 49" East along
the Centerline of Higgins Road to its intersection with
the West line of Bartlett Road as widened extended North;
thence South 00° 07' 40" East along the West line of
Bartlett Road as widened to an intersection with the
South line of land conveyed by Document Number 9941247;
thence South 89° 52' 20" West along the South line of the
land conveyed by Document Number 9941247, 6.00 feet to
the Westerly line of the land conveyed to the Illinois
State Toll Highway Commission by Warranty Deed Recorded
February 8, 1957 as Document No. 16821779; thence South
01° 57' 02" West along the Westerly line of land conveyed
to the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission by Warranty
Deed Recorded February 8, 1957 as Document Number
16821779, 628.57 feet to an angle point in said line;
thence South 04° 30' 29" East along the Westerly line of
land conveyed to the Illinois State Toll Highway
Commission by Warranty Deed recorded February 8, 1957 as
Document Number 16821779, 599.57 feet to an intersection
with the West line of Bartlett Road, being a line 33.00
feet West of and parallel with the East line of the
Southeast Quarter of said Section Thirty-three; thence
South 00° 07' 40" East along the West line of Bartlett
Road 149.11 feet; thence Southerly along the West line of
Bartlett Road, being a curved line convex Westerly and
having a radius of 2488.70 feet, an arc distance of 54.14
feet to the Northerly line of the Illinois State Toll
Highway (the chord of said arc bears South 00° 42' 53"
East, 54.14 feet); thence South 89° 36' 22" West along
the Northerly line of Illinois State Toll Highway, 954.63
feet to the Northeasterly line of Interstate Route 90 and
Illinois Route 59 Interchange; thence North 80° 29' 05"
West along the Northeasterly line of Interstate Route 90
and Illinois Route 59 Interchange, 335.81 feet to the
East line of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of
said Section Thirty-three; thence North 00° 11' 34" West
along the East line of the West Half of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section Thirty-three, 1323.00 feet to the
point of beginning. All situated in the County of Cook
and State of Illinois.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.