100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago  
Meeting Minutes  
Special Meeting  
Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis, Commissioner Yumeka  
Brown, Commissioner Cameron Davis, Vice-President Patricia  
Theresa Flynn, Chairman of Finance Marcelino Garcia,  
Commissioner Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Commissioner Eira L.  
Corral Sepúlveda, Commissioner Sharon Waller, President  
Board of Commissioners Kari K. Steele  
Thursday, November 6, 2025  
1:00 PM  
Board Room  
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS  
Call Meeting to Order  
Patricia Theresa Flynn, Chairperson for the Committee on Budget and  
Employment, called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m.  
Roll Call  
7 - Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Beth McElroy Kirkwood;  
Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon Waller; and Kari K. Steele  
Present:  
2 - Precious Brady-Davis; and Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Public Comment  
George Blakemore, concerned citizen, and Mike Archey, citizen, addressed the board  
regarding the 2026 budget  
Clerk to Read Call of the Meeting  
To the Honorable President and  
Members of the Board of Commissioners  
of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago  
25-0837  
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Ladies and Gentlemen:  
At the direction of President Kari K. Steele and presiding Chairperson of the  
Committee on Budget and Employment, Patricia Theresa Flynn, a Special  
Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the Board  
Room, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois.  
The purpose of this meeting is to present and accept the 2026 Executive  
Director’s Budget Recommendations and related changes.  
The Executive Director’s Budget Recommendations is available for review on  
the District’s website, www.mwrd.org.  
/s/ Jacqueline Torres  
Clerk  
Attachments:  
Calendar for 2026 Budget  
2026 Budget Executive Director Presentation  
2026 Budget Department Presentation  
A motion was made by Beth McElroy Kirkwood, seconded by Kari K. Steele, that  
this Report be Published and Filed. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus  
of ayes - No nays  
Authority to Accept the Executive Director’s 2026 Budget Recommendations  
and the Attached Changes  
25-0836  
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Attachments:  
2026 Consolidated BF-19 Packet.pdf  
A motion was made by Beth McElroy Kirkwood, seconded by Kari K. Steele, that  
this Agenda Item be Adopted. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:  
5 - Patricia Theresa Flynn; Beth McElroy Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon  
Waller; Kari K. Steele  
Aye:  
4 - Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Open Discussion  
John P. Murray, Acting Executive Director, presented the 2026 Budget  
Recommendations  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda, seconded by Beth McElroy  
Kirkwood, that this Special Meeting be Adjourned. The motion carried by the  
following roll call vote: /s/ Jacqueline Torres, Clerk  
5 - Patricia Theresa Flynn; Beth McElroy Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Sharon  
Waller; Kari K. Steele  
Aye:  
4 - Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
APPROVAL:  
In accordance with the provisions of 70ILCS 2605/4, each of the foregoing  
agenda items duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan  
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago this November 6, 2025, are hereby  
approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
November 6, 2025