Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
June 4, 2020 The nine Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Board members participated in an audio/visual board meeting that included input from public speakers via phone hookup. Agenda Items - The Board approved all consent agenda items. The four below are included here either because of the size of the contract, interest of the Board, or interest of the Observer.
Stormwater Management
Deferred or Deleted Items - None New Business
Commissioner Requests
Observer: Michele Niccolai Meeting length: one hour
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
May 21, 2020 Nine Board members participated in the virtual meeting, and 3 public speakers, 2 representing Northwestern University, 1 from Friends of the Chicago River, and 1 from GTM Strategies participated by audio hookup . Decisions
All other items deferred from the May 7, 2020 Board Meeting were unanimously approved. The following Stormwater Management proposals were approved unanimously:
All other agenda items were approved. Among the significant decisions:
Commissioner Requests: 1. Commissioner Spyropoulos requested a snapshot of the Cash Disbursements for April, 2020. 2. Commissioner Davis requested a statistical report of the recent storm event showing quantity of water discharged. 3. Barbara J. McGowan requested a report on how the masks the District received were distributed. Observed by: Ann Bolan Meeting Length: 1 and 1/2 hours MWRD Amends Watershed Management Ordinance and Includes A Regional Credit Trading Pilot Program5/25/2020 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board Meeting
May 7, 2020 Nine Board members participated in this virtual meeting, and three public speakers participated by audio hookup. Two of the speakers supported the new Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO) and the third speaker represented Northwestern University in Evanston concerning Agenda Item #52 (see below). Board Action and Discussion:
Deferred Items
Observed by: Dianne Schmidt Meeting Length: 3 hours Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board - November 7, 2019
Board decisions: (Agenda Items #19-1082 and #19-1083 - {57 and 58})
Board discussions: Agenda Item #19-1080
Deleted Item: Agenda Item #19-1050
Other Comments or Observations: The MWRD Board of Commissioners had a full day of meetings, so the morning session was briefer than usual. The afternoon budget session is reported separately. Observed by: Laurie Morse Meeting Length: 1 hour. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
May 16, 2019 What did the Board Decide? The commissioners passed the Authority to Amend the Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO) that was previously pulled from the May 2, 2019 MWRD Agenda. This Amendment to WMO contains a number of changes, the most significant of which provides for the study of current provisions and potential future amendments to the WMO. This study is scheduled to begin at the end of 2019 with a target end date of May 2022. The study provides for the following:
Other Business:
New Business:
After adjournment the Commissioners celebrated the 130th anniversary of the MWRD. Observer - Nancy Marcus Meeting Length: 2 hours Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
May 2, 2019 Items of Interest that were discussed:
Observed by: Priscilla Mims Meeting Length: 1 hour 45 minutes |
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