OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
January 17,2018
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for composting.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule municipality as described in Section 6 (a), Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its Department of Streets and Sanitation ("DSS") and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, an Illinois municipal corporation ("District") each desire to enter into an agreement whereby DSS will deliver wood chips generated as a part of DSS's forestry management program to the District, and the District will use the wood chips as a bulking agent in the District's biosolids program; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth
herein.
Section 2. Authority. Subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel, the Commissioner or Acting Commissioner of DSS (the "Commissioner") or a designee of the Commissioner are each hereby authorized to execute and deliver the First Amended Intergovernmental. Agreement for Acceptance of Vegetative Material (the "Agreement") in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A^ with such changes, deletions and insertions thereto as the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee shall approve (execution of the Agreement by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee constituting conclusive evidence of such approval), and to ...
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