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 Daniel Pogorzelski, Commissioner Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, Commissioner Mariyana T. Spyropoulos, President  
Board of Commissioners Kari K. Steele  
Thursday, November 7, 2024  
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 1:05 p.m.  
Roll Call  
7 -  
Present:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Cameron Davis; Patricia Theresa Flynn;  
Daniel Pogorzelski; Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; and Kari K. Steele  
2 - Marcelino Garcia; and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos  
Absent:  
Public Comment  
None  
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  
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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 7, 2024, 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 2025 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 2025 Budget  
2025 Budget Executive Director Presentation  
2025 Budget Department Presentation  
A motion was made by Cameron Davis, 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 2025 Budget Recommendations  
and the Attached Changes  
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Attachments: 2025 Consolidated BF-19 Packet.pdf  
A motion was made by Kari K. Steele, seconded by Yumeka Brown, that this  
Agenda Item be Adopted. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:  
6 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Daniel Pogorzelski;  
Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Kari K. Steele  
3 - Cameron Davis; Marcelino Garcia; Mariyana T. Spyropoulos  
Absent:  
Open Discussion  
Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director, presented the 2025 Budget Recommendations  
Adjournment  
A motion was made by Precious Brady-Davis, seconded by Eira L. Corral  
Sepúlveda, that this Special Meeting be Adjourned. The motion carried by the  
following roll call vote: /s/ Jacqueline Torres, Clerk  
6 -  
Aye:  
Precious Brady-Davis; Yumeka Brown; Patricia Theresa Flynn; Daniel Pogorzelski;  
Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda; Kari K. Steele  
3 - Cameron Davis; Marcelino Garcia; Mariyana T. Spyropoulos  
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 7, 2024, are hereby approved.  
APPROVED:  
/s/ Kari K. Steele  
President Board of Commissioners of the  
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago  
November 7, 2024