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91_SB0278

 
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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. Any incumbent of the office  of  president
 5    may  appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains
 6    in  force  during  his  incumbency  unless  revoked  by   the
 7    president.
 8        Effective  upon  the  election  in  January,  1985 of the
 9    president and vice-president of the  board  of  commissioners
10    and  the  chairman  of  the  committee on finance, the annual
11    salary of  the  president  shall  be  $37,500  and  shall  be
12    increased  to  $39,500  in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
13    1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991; the annual salary of  the
14    vice-president  shall  be  $35,000  and shall be increased to
15    $37,000 in  January,  1987,  $39,000  in  January,  1989  and
16    $45,000  in January, 1991; the annual salary  of the chairman
17    of the committee on finance shall be  $32,500  and  shall  be
18    increased  to  $34,500  in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
19    1989 and $45,000 in January, 1991.
20        The annual salaries of the other  members  of  the  Board
21    shall be as follows:
22        For  the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500
23    per annum for the first two years of the  term;  $28,000  per
24    annum  for  the  next  two  years of the term and $30,000 per
25    annum for the last two years.
26        For the three members elected in November, 1982,  $28,000
27    per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per
28    annum thereafter.
29        For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
30        For  the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000
31    for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each
32    of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years;
33        For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000  for
34    each  of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each
 
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 1    year thereafter.
 2        For members elected  in  November,  1990  or  thereafter,
 3    $40,000.
 4        The  board  may  increase  the annual salaries of members
 5    elected  in  November,  2000  and  thereafter  and   of   the
 6    president,  vice-president,  and chairman of the committee on
 7    finance elected in January, 2001  and  thereafter  by  up  to
 8    $10,000  and  may include an annual cost of living adjustment
 9    effective each July 1.  The cost of living  adjustment  shall
10    equal the lesser of 5% of the member's or officer's salary or
11    the cost of living index known as the "Employment Cost Index,
12    Wages  and Salaries, by Occupation and Industry Group:  State
13    and Local Government  Workers:   Public  Administration",  as
14    published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
15    Labor   Statistics,   applicable   for   the   calendar  year
16    immediately  preceding  the  calendar  year  in   which   the
17    respective July 1st increase is scheduled.
18        The  board  of  commissioners  has full power to pass all
19    necessary  ordinances,   orders,   rules,   resolutions   and
20    regulations  for  the  proper  management  and conduct of the
21    business of the board of commissioners  and  the  corporation
22    and  for  carrying  into  effect  the  object  for  which the
23    sanitary district is formed.  All ordinances, orders,  rules,
24    resolutions   and   regulations   passed   by  the  board  of
25    commissioners must, before they take effect, be  approved  by
26    the  president  of the board of commissioners. If he approves
27    thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not  approve
28    he  shall  return  to  the  board  of  commissioners with his
29    objections in writing at the  next  regular  meeting  of  the
30    board  of  commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
31    Such  veto  may  extend  to  any  one  or   more   items   or
32    appropriations   contained   in   any   ordinance  making  an
33    appropriation, or to  the  entire  ordinance.   If  the  veto
34    extends  to  a  part  of  such  ordinance,  the residue takes
 
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 1    effect.  If the president  of  such  board  of  commissioners
 2    fails  to  return  any  ordinance, order, rule, resolution or
 3    regulation with his objections thereto in the time  required,
 4    he  is  deemed  to  have  approved  it,  and  it takes effect
 5    accordingly.  Upon the return of any ordinance, order,  rule,
 6    resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
 7    it   was   passed  must  be  reconsidered  by  the  board  of
 8    commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of
 9    all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it,  it  takes
10    effect  notwithstanding  the  president's  refusal to approve
11    thereof.
12        It is the policy of this State that all  powers  granted,
13    either  expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
14    any other Illinois statute to the District may  be  exercised
15    by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
16    the  intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
17    exemption" to the application of federal  antitrust  statutes
18    be  fully  available  to  the  District  to  the  extent  its
19    activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
20    (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)

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