Budget Message / Highlights - Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO
2009 BUDGET
Budget Message / Highlights
In 1993, the District adopted a Special Provisions for Apprenticeship Ordinance to ensure opportunities for training minority
and female apprentices in the building trades on the District's construction contracts. This program has created the opportunity
for minorities and females to engage in certified apprentice programs while gainfully employed on District construction
contracts. These contracts have been selected based on the trades involved and volume of estimated trade hours. More than
293,000 minority and female apprentice hours of occupational training have been accomplished since the Board of
Commissioners adopted this Ordinance.
The District’s methodology for its Availability Assessment was chosen by the USEPA as an example of excellence. The model
was distributed nation-wide to all USEPA grant recipients for use in formulating their own availability analysis.
Budget Recognition
The Government Finance Officers Association presented an award for Distinguished Budget Presentation to the District for the
2008 Annual Budget. This is the 24th consecutive year the District has received this prestigious award. The 2009 Budget will
be submitted for consideration for this award.
The presentation of the MWRDGC 2009 Budget focuses on the Business Plans developed by each department. Business Plans
include a mission statement, goals, objectives and action plans over a five year planning cycle. The mission statements and
goals are incorporated into each of the departmental narratives. Business Plan presentations will continue to be developed in
future budgets to feature goals and objectives more directly correlated to budgeted resources.
The 2009 Tentative Budget will consisted of a supplement containing the material changes approved at the Committee on
Budget and Employment hearings, and the Executive Director’s 2009 Budget Recommendations by reference.
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