MWRD Budget Committee Hears Departmental Presentations on 2019 Proposed Budget of $1.092 Billion12/6/2018 Metropolitan Water & Reclamation District Committee on Budget & Employment
Departmental Presentations for 2019 Budget - November 1, 2018 Acting Executive Director John Murray gave an overview of the proposed 2019 budget:
Each Department Head gave a short presentation of 2018 accomplishments and plans for 2019.
Next steps in the budget process:
Observer: Priscilla Mims
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting - September 6, 2018
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Other Comments or Observations: 1. The Board took several minutes to talk about the recent Calumet explosion where one employee was trapped when part of the roof collapsed. Employees and the fire and police departments were lauded for their prompt and efficient response. An independent Review is underway. 2. Following the Board Meeting, a Study Session was held to present progress to date and 2019 projections for major capital expenditures dealing with infrastructure and equipment upgrades and stormwater management measures.
To see video or read the minutes of this meeting click here: mwrd.legistar.com Observer - Diane Edmundson Meeting Length: 2 1/2 hours Water Reclamation District Lobbies for $34.7M Federal Grant for McCook Deep Tunnel Project12/30/2017 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting - December 21, 2017
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Observer - Diane Edmundson Meeting Length - 90 minutes Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board - December 14, 2017
Special Meeting The Board, without discussion except for one item, approved a number of items which result in a 2018 budget of $1.15 billion. The final numbers cannot be known until the 2% increase approved for all non-represented employees, which appears to be approximately $2.4 million, has been added to the totals. It was this salary increase (Item 4, File # 17-1314) that involved the only discussion. Commissioner Walsh said that a memo from the Director of Human Resources had been provided to the Commissioners that morning which recommended that no increase be given. After the meeting, Commissioner Shore shared the memo with this observer. Among other factors the Director cited were the above-market starting and average salaries of MWRD employees and the salary increases over the past 10 years (20%) as compared to the Consumer Price Index (12.7%). It was noted that benefit packages should also be considered, but there was no comparison of the MWRD benefits to those benefits provided by others. The memo stated that for each percentage increase in salaries for non-represented employees, the additional cost would be $1.2 million. However, the new collective bargaining agreements provide for a 2% salary increase in 2018, and this appeared to convince at least some of the Commissioners to approve the 2% increase for non-represented employees. The vote was 6 “yes” (with Commissioner Morita absent for this vote) and 1 “present” (Commissioner Walsh). The only other item that was not procedural in nature was Item 2, File #17-1312, which contained a number of changes to the Tentative Budget. Among other things, this amendment increased the total appropriation by $10.5 million, which includes
Observer - Priscilla Mims Meeting Length - 35 minutes Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting - June 15, 2017
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Observer - Syvia Tillman Meeting Length: One hour fifteen minutes Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board Meeting - Dec. 15, 2016
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Comm. Walsh Replaces Comm. Santos
Item of Note: Next MWRD Board meeting: Jan. 5 at 10:30 am. Note that per the MWRD’s Rules, the Chairs and Vice-chairs of all the Standing Committees (except for the Chair of Finance) shall be appointed by the President, with the approval of the majority of the Commissioners. Observer - Priscilla Mims |
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