TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 3, 2024
COMMITTEE ON STATE LEGISLATION AND RULES
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Third Meeting of the 2023-2024 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Committee on Local Government Efficiency
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Dear Sir:
In accordance with the Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act, 50 ILCS 70/1 et seq., (the “Act”), the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) established a committee to study local efficiencies and report recommendations in writing to the Cook County Board (the “Committee”). The Committee is required to meet three times and prepare a report to be filed with the Cook County Clerk before November 18, 2024.
On May 18, 2023, the Committee was formed and met for the first time. On September 19, 2024, the Committee met for a second time. As required under Section 20 of the Act, the first and second meetings were noticed in conformance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act, were listed as an item on the MWRD Board of Commissioners’ Regular Meeting Agenda, and a majority of the Committee members were present.
The Committee’s report on the MWRD’s intergovernmental cooperation (the “Report”) is ready to be filed with the Cook County Clerk. It is recommended that the Report be filed after this third Committee meeting.
This is the Committee’s third and final meeting. Once the Report has been filed, the Committee will have fulfilled its requirements under the Act and is immediately dissolved.
Requested, Susan T. Morakalis, General Counsel, STM:EMA:mmv
Recommended, Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for October 3, 2024