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Mare Ralph
Some MWRD members had concerns regarding past violations from the contractor who handles hazardous waste for MWRD. These were addressed and it was clarified that the violations were related to paperwork and not to the contamination of our waterways.
Hello, I'm Mare. I'll be live-reporting today's Metropolitan Water Reclamation Board @MWRDGC meeting for #CHIdocumenters @CHIdocumenters @city_bureau
10:31 AM Jun 26, 2025 CDT

The agenda for today's regularly scheduled board meeting can be found at the Agenda and Accessible Agenda links on this page: mwrd.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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To stream today's @MWRDGC meeting, click on the "In Process" hyperlink under Video at the same link: mwrd.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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@MWRDGC Today's meeting was called to order at 10:30 am. Roll call was called, with seven members present, constituting a quorum.

After the Pledge of Allegiance, the previous meeting's board meeting minutes were approved.

With no members of the public wishing to make public comment, the board goes to recess and convenes as Committee of the Whole.

Agenda Items 15 and 20 are deleted as the board moves to Consent Agenda.

Commissioner Davis asks that Item 28 be discussed; Vice President Flynn has no agenda items, Comm. Garcia asks that Item 25 be discussed. Comm. Corral Sepúlveda has none. Comm. Waller asks that 11 and 22 be discussed. President Steele has none.

On Item 11, Comm. Waller asks that it be deferred until a report can be furnished to better guide the board on the Item.

President Steele asks Acting Executive Director Murray if deferring will disrupt chloride testing and he says it will not.


Items 22, 25, and 28 were read and briefly discussed before being moved back to the Consent Agenda.

With no items to be discussed in Executive Committee, the Board defers a five-minute scheduled break and reconvenes as Board of Commissioners.

The Secretary reads all items of the Consent Agenda. With no items of Consent Agenda to be discussed, Comm. Garcia moves for all items to be approved. Vice President Flynn seconds. With seven yeas, the Consent Agenda is approved.

With new business, Comm. Davis wishes President Steele a happy birthday!

Comm. Waller welcomes Kelsey Hall to her office and reports on her recent attendance of the Industrial Water Solutions Conference in Ohio: watereuse.org/news-events/co…
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Comm. Corral Sepúlveda wishes everyone a happy Pride Month and notes that the Pride Parade will take place this Sunday, June 28.

Comm. Corral Sepúlveda also announces that her office will be sponsoring the Park Ride Water & Wellness Health Fair on July 27: facebook.com/EiraH2O/photos…
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Vice President Flynn announces that the Evergreen Park Independence Day Parade will be taking place next week. evergreenpark-ill.com/602/2025-Villa…
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Vice President Flynn also states that her office will be participating in Plastic Free July, noting that everyone can decrease their reliance on single-use plastics like water bottles.

President Steele reads a note from Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis (who is absent from today's meeting) and offers her congratulations. Comm. Brady-Davis has been accepted into a prestigious leadership program at the Harvard Business School and will absent during July.

With no new business to be introduced, President Steele asks if there is a motion to adjourn. Comm. Corral Sepúlveda motions to adjourn, with Vice President Flynn seconding. With seven yeas, the motion carries and the meeting adjourns at 10:58 am.

The next meeting of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners will be on Thursday, July 17.

For more information on today's meeting, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and upcoming events, visit: mwrd.org
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