Metropolitan water reclamation district commissioners election 2022

Q: What does the Metropolitan water Reclamation District do for Chicago?

The MWRDs main purposes are the reclamation and treatment of wastewater and flood water abatement in Cook County to protect the health and safety of citizens and of area waterways.

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020
HB2624
Introduced , by Rep. Luis ArroyoSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`70 ILCS 2605/3`	`from Ch. 42, par. 322`
`70 ILCS 2605/3.3 new`

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the board of commissioners of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall: on or before July 1, 2021, divide the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into 9 commissioner districts and assign the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial census; and thereafter, in the year following each federal decennial census, redistrict the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent census. Provides that the commissioner districts shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population to each other district. Provides that one commissioner shall be elected from each commissioner district for a term of 6 years and that the commissioner shall be a resident of the commissioner district from which he or she was elected. Provides that if the corporate limits of the District expands between redistrictings, the board of commissioners shall determine which commissioner district or districts the expanded territory will join until the next redistricting. Provides that the terms of all commissioners serving at the time of the 2022 general election shall continue until the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the 2022 general election or until the 9 new commissioners are elected and

qualified, whichever is later. Makes conforming changes.

LRB101 08645 AWJ 53729 b

A BILL FOR

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LRB101 08645 AWJ 53729 b

1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act

5 is amended by changing Section 3 and by adding Section 3.3 as

6 follows:

7 (70 ILCS 2605/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 322)

8 Sec. 3. The corporate authority of the Sanitary District of

9 Chicago shall consist of nine trustees. Such trustees shall be

10 elected for staggered terms at the election provided by the

11 general election law. Except as provided by Section 3.3, three

12 Threetrustees shall be elected at each such election to

13 succeed the 3 trustees whose terms expire in such year.

14 Such trustees shall take office on the first Tuesday after

15 the first Monday in the month following the month of their

16 election and shall hold their offices for six years and until

17 their successors shall be elected and qualified. Except for

18 elections of the commissioners of the Metropolitan Water

19 Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on and after the 2022

20 general election, inIn all elections for trustees each elector

21 may vote for as many candidates as there are trustees to be

22 elected, but no elector may give to such candidates more than

23 one vote, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to

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1 prohibit cumulative voting in the selection of members of the

2 board of the sanitary district.

3 The election of trustees shall be in accordance with the

4 provisions of the general election law.

5 By reason of the importance and character of the services

6 performed by the sanitary district, there is a great need and

7 it is in the public interest that such services be performed in

8 as near a non-partisan character as possible.

9 When a vacancy exists in the office of trustees of any

10 sanitary district organized under the provisions hereof, the

11 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until

12 the next regular election at which trustees of the Sanitary

13 District of Chicago are elected, and thereafter until a

14 successor shall be elected and qualified.

15 Such sanitary district shall from the time of the first

16 election held by it under this Act be construed in all courts

17 to be a body corporate and politic, and by the name and style

18 of the sanitary district of...., and by such name and style may

19 sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and

20 hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate

21 purposes, and adopt a common seal and alter the same at

22 pleasure.

23 The board of trustees shall have the power to change the

24 name of the Sanitary District of Chicago by ordinance and

25 public notice without impairing the legal status of acts

26 theretofore performed by said district. Thereafter any and all

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1 references to the Sanitary District of Chicago in this Act or

2 otherwise shall mean and include the name under which such

3 sanitary district is then operating. No rights, duties or

4 privilege of such a sanitary district, or those of any person,

5 existing before the change of name shall be affected by a

6 change, in the name of a sanitary district. All proceedings

7 pending in any court in favor of or against such sanitary

8 district may continue to final consummation under the name in

9 which they were commenced.

10 (Source: P.A. 83-345.)

11 (70 ILCS 2605/3.3 new)

12 Sec. 3.3. Districting required; election.

13 (a) The board of commissioners of the Water Reclamation

14 District of Greater Chicago shall: on or before July 1, 2021,

15 divide the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into 9

16 commissioner districts and assign the commissioner districts

17 to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial

18 census; and thereafter, in the year following each decennial

19 census, redistrict the commissioner districts to reflect the

20 results of the most recent census. Each commissioner district

21 shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in

22 population to each other district. The division of the Water

23 Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into commissioner

24 districts must be completed and formally approved by a majority

25 of the members of the board of commissioners. At the same

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1 meeting of the board of commissioners held on or before July 1,

2 2021, the board shall, publicly by lot, divide the commissioner

3 districts into 3 groups. In the 2022 general election, the

4 commissioners from the first group shall be elected for a term

5 of 2 years, the commissioners from the second group shall be

6 elected for a term of 4 years, and the commissioners from the

7 third group shall be elected for a term of 6 years. Thereafter,

8 all the terms shall be 6 years and elected pursuant to Section

9 3 of this Act. One commissioner shall be elected from each

10 commissioner district and the commissioner shall be a resident

11 of the commissioner district from which he or she is elected.

12 (b) If the corporate limits of the District expand between

13 redistrictings, the board of commissioners shall determine

14 which commissioner district or districts the expanded

15 territory will join until the next redistricting.

16 (c) The terms of all commissioners serving at the time of

17 the 2022 general election shall continue until the first

18 Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the 2022

19 general election or until the 9 new commissioners are elected

20 and qualified under subsection (a), whichever is later.

Who are the Metropolitan water Reclamation District Commissioners?

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Who is Chicago water commissioner?

Randy Conner was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and confirmed by City Council as Commissioner of the Department of Water Management for the City of Chicago.

What does the Metropolitan water Reclamation District do for Chicago?

The MWRD's main purposes are the reclamation and treatment of wastewater and flood water abatement in Cook County to protect the health and safety of citizens and of area waterways.

Who is Chakena Perry?

About Chakena. At age 28, MWRD Commissioner Chakena D. Perry is the youngest MWRD Commissioner and the youngest Black, woman countywide elected official. On January 5th, 2022, Governor JB Pritzker appointed Chakena to fill a vacancy once held by former MWRD Commissioner Deb Shore.

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Who is Chakena Perry?

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