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MWRD Finalizes 2022 Budget at $1.294 B, a 7.4% Increase Over Adjusted 2021 Budget

12/20/2021

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board Meeting
December 16, 2021


Budget:  
  • The Board amended the Adopted 2022 Budget that had been approved on December 9 by increasing the Corporate Fund by $834,900.  Much of this increase is due to an increase in the Maintenance & Operations budget to accommodate the carry forward of a building services contract and to cover higher planned costs for parts and chemicals.
  • In addition, the Capital Improvements Bond Fund was increased by $65 M from the 2022 Adopted Budget, due to changes in the schedules for several capital projects.
  • With these changes, the 2022 Budget is final at $1.294 B. (Agenda Item 1, File #21-1219)
  • The Tax Rate for 2022 is $0.3747 per $100 of Equalized Assessed Valuation, unchanged from the 2022 Adopted Budget.  This is slightly less than the $0.3765 rate for 2021.  However, the total tax levy for 2022 is $678.9 M, a 2.5% increase over 2021. 
  • Also unchanged from the 2022 Adopted Budget is the number of employees at 1,971, an increase of 31 as compared to the 2021 Adjusted Budget. 
  • An amendment which created an Environmental Justice Section reporting to the Executive Director (but which added no costs) passed unanimously.  This new Section will be staffed by an Assistant Civil Engineer (a currently vacant position to be transferred from the Engineering Department) and the Human Relations Manager for diversity, equity, and inclusion. This new Section is to coordinate activities outlined in Strategic Goal 5 in conjunction with the Climate Action Plan. (Agenda Item 3, File # 21-1221)
  • A proposed additional amendment to the budget, which would have had no impact on the totals, was pulled for discussion and later voted down.  Under this amendment, $50,000 would have been moved from one line item to provide funding for legal services for the Board of Directors.  Commissioners Davis, Garcia, Morita, and Corral Sepulveda voted for the amendment.  President Steele, Vice President McGowan, and Commissioners Du Buclet and Spyropoulos voted “no.”  Those voting against cited the fact that the MWRD has a Legal Department, and Comm. Du Buclet said she could find no other body that had its own lawyers on staff apart from that government’s legal department.  With the 4-4 tie, the motion to approve this amendment failed. (Agenda Item 2, File # 21-1220)
  • Apart from the discussion of Agenda Item 2 above, there was no other discussion concerning the specifics of the budget.

Other Board Action:
  • The Board approved, by separate vote but no discussion, an ordinance establishing the right-of-way for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Flood Control Project in the Worth Woods Subdivision in Worth, Illinois.  (Agenda Item 12, File # R21-004)
  • All items on the rest of the agenda were approved, including the item under Stormwater Management, the authority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with and make a payment to the Village of Willow Springs for the acquisition of a flood-prone property in an amount not to exceed $465,000.  (Agenda Item 51, File # 21-1171)

New Business:
  • Comm. Garcia pointed to the upcoming review of new policies for 2022 concerning Land Use and Environmental Justice, as well as the review of the existing Affirmative Action policy.

Observer:  Priscilla Mims
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