Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meetings
December 14 and December 21, 2023 MWRD APPROVES FINAL 2024 BUDGET 2024 Appropriation vs (2023) 2024 FTEs vs (2023) $1,428 Billion $1,432 B (- .2%) 1,967 1,957 (+10) $131.5 Million $ 129 M Stormwater 100 99 (-1) 2024 Tax Levy: $693.7 M (2.1%) Board Action
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Observer: Diane Edmundson
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
December 15, 2022 Board Action
Absent: Yumeka Brown Observer: Diane Edmundson Length of Bd meeting: 75 min. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
December 16, 2021 Budget:
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Observer: Priscilla Mims Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board Meeting
March 4, 2021 All Commissioners present Board Action: All agenda items were approved, except for Agenda Item #19 (21-0181), authority to advertise a contract for testing and repairing underground storage tanks, which was deleted by the Executive Director. Only a few items were pulled out for discussion, and most of the discussion related to remembering former MWRD Commissioner and President Terrence J. O’Brien who recently died and celebrating 14-year old Dorothy Jean Tillman from the Chicago south side who received her Masters degree in environmental science in 2020. Ms. Tillman has created the Dorothy Jeanius STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) Educational Leadership Institute to create an environment where adolescents can pair arts with technology. During the pandemic she has created at home STEAM kits for adolescents, and has also reached out to South African youth. Following are a few items noted from the agenda and meeting:
Observer - Priscilla Mims Length of meeting: 1 hour and 20 minutes Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
December 17, 2020 All Board members in attendance at various times After amending the budget passed on December 10 to include a small salary increase for non-union employees, the Board approved a $1.2 billion budget for 2021 - an increase of $52,812 million over 2020. FTE’s are budgeted at 1,941 which is a decrease of 12 employees. All agenda items were passed. Items of Interest:
Green Alley Projects - Intergovernmental Agreements:
Intergovernmental Agreement with Chicago
New Business
Biosolids Request
Observer: Diane Edmundson Length of Meeting 3 hrs. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Public Hearing on 2021 Tentative Budget December 2, 2020 7 Commissioners present, with Comm. Garcia absent. There were 3 comments. Both Ryan Wilson of the Metropolitan Planning Council and John Legg of the Nature Conservancy separately urged that the MWRD appoint one person to head-up and be the point person for the MWRD’s Stormwater Trading Pilot that was adopted earlier this year. While the failure of any developer to take advantage of this program may be due to COVID, both entities feel that having one dedicated person to head this pilot is crucial for its success. Both also pointed to the Washington, D.C. project as an example of all that needs to be done to successfully launch the program. The duties of this point person would include conveying consistent messaging to municipalities and developers and identifying barriers to getting the program launched, including any legislative barriers.
Chelsey Grassfield of the Friends of the Chicago River urged that the MWRD reassess its real estate holdings of 6,000 some acres for use as stormwater management, as opposed to being looked upon as development opportunities. Comm. Morita said that the MWRD has begun a land-use audit to look at best use for the land: lease-out vs. leaving vacant for stormwater management. Ms. Grassfield also stated that Friends had observed some instances at meeting where the attorneys representing the MWRD stated things that appeared to be inconsistent with MWRD policy. The Commissioners and Executive Director wanted more details, which Ms. Grassfield said she would provide. Observer: Priscilla Mims Length of meeting: 1 hour, 10 minutes |
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