MWRD Board Meeting

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting  
February 2, 2023- 10:30 a.m.

Board Action:
Only two items were pulled from the consent agenda for discussion. 

• #2-023-001- An ordinance directing the County Clerk to reduce the levy on taxes on Capital Improvement Bonds for the levy year 2022. Passed unanimously by Roll Call vote.
• #17-23-0132-Commissioner Spyropoulos  raised the issue of the purchase of metal detector systems that are used to screen attendees at Board meetings. She asked if the executive director had thought about installing detectors at the outside entrance to  the MWRD building, given current security concerns. Director  Perkovich said that he would explore this option.

Consent agenda #1-30 (except for #2) passed on a roll call vote: aye: 9  nay: 0

There were no deferred or deleted agenda items.

New Business: Commissioner Davis asked for a progress report on software that would signal that information was missing from a bid. He also commended Attorney General Raoul’s lawsuit against the manufacturers of Pfafs. In addition the commissioner said there were $100 million in grants from the EPA. He asked that ED Perkovich look into this.

Commissioner Spyropoulos asked for the status of the Climate Action Update. ED Perkovich said it would be ready by the end of March or early April.  Commissioner Spyropoulos, along with Commissioners Corral Sepulveda, du Buclet and Flynn echoed their support for the Attorney General’s Pfafs lawsuit. 

There was no executive session. Meeting adjourned: 11:18 a.m.

Observer: Georgia Gebhardt