MWRD Board Signals Intent to Press Affirmative Action Goals in Intergovernmental Partnerships4/13/2021 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
April 1, 2021 Board Action Agenda Items: Commissioners pulled 10 agenda items for discussion. Once discussed, all but item #34 were returned to the agenda and approved. Administrative: Executive Director (ED) Brian Perkovich deleted item 32 (21-0300).
Affirmative Action Goals
Stormwater Management
Executive Session:
Observer - Laurie Morse Length of Meeting: 3 hours including a one hour executive session
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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
February 18, 2021 The meeting was held virtually. All 9 Commissioners were in attendance. Agenda Items Several items were pulled from the Agenda for discussion. After the discussions, all items were returned to the consent agenda and all passed unanimously.
Stormwater Management
Commissioner Requests (by Agenda Item)
Ann Bolan, Observer Length of Meeting: 2 hours, 30 min. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
February 4, 2021 The meeting was held virtually. All 9 Commissioners were in attendance. Board Action: The following items were passed unanimously without discussion:
Deferred Agenda Items
Ann Bolan - Observer Length of Meeting: I hour, 55 min. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
January 21, 2021 The meeting was to begin at 10:30 but was delayed for 15 minutes due to Com. McGowan’s having technical issues with her zoom software’s ability to mute and unmute. The meeting began in earnest shortly before 11 am. Public Comment
Board Discussion/Action Commissioners asked for a number of items to be discussed, but in the end, there were three significant discussions:
Amy Little, Observer Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
January 7, 2021 Board Action:
Deferral Of Agenda Item #27- 21-0037
New Business:
Observer - Georgia Gebhardt Length of Meeting: 110 minutes |
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