100 East Erie Street  
Chicago, IL 60611  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago  
Meeting Minutes  
Public Hearing  
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, December 4, 2025  
2:00 PM  
Board Room  
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET  
Call Meeting to Order  
Patricia Theresa Flynn, Chairperson of the Committee on Budget & Employment  
presiding, called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.  
Roll Call  
6 -  
Present:  
Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Beth McElroy Kirkwood; Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda; Sharon Waller; and Kari K. Steele  
3 - Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; and Marcelino Garcia  
Absent:  
Public Comment  
None  
Clerk to Read Call of the Meeting  
Pursuant to 70 ILCS 2605/5.6 of the “Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District Act”, public notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held  
at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in the Board Room, 100  
East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois, to consider the proposed Budget and  
proposed tax levy of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of  
Greater Chicago for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.  
The Tentative Budget is available for review on the District’s website,  
www.mwrd.org and also on file and available for inspection in the Office of  
the Clerk of the District, Room 243, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois.  
/s/ Jacqueline Torres  
Clerk of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  
District of Greater Chicago  
A motion was made by Cameron Davis, seconded by Beth McElroy Kirkwood, that  
this Report be Published and Filed. The motion carried by acclamation. Chorus  
of ayes - No nays  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Beth McElroy Kirkwood, seconded by Kari K. Steele, that  
this Public Hearing be Adjourned. The motion carried by the following roll call  
vote: /s/ Kristen Johnson, Assistant Clerk  
5 -  
Aye:  
Cameron Davis, Patricia Theresa Flynn, Beth McElroy Kirkwood, Sharon Waller,  
Kari K. Steele  
4 - Precious Brady-Davis, Yumeka Brown, Marcelino Garcia, Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda  
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 December 4, 2025, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
December 4, 2025