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There was a sense of urgency creating a sanitary district due to a booming population, the fear of waterborne illness, the quality of the drinking water supply in Lake Michigan and a contaminated river, but two previous attempts at legislation in the Illinois General Assembly had been stalled over concerns of discharging used water downstream.
The municipal treasurer is a position of responsibility for a municipality according to the locally prevailing laws. The treasurer of a public agency is elected [1] by the voting public or is appointed by the municipal council or municipal manager. City treasurers are primarily responsible for managing the revenue and cash flow of the agency ...
Resigned in 2016 to become the Illinois Comptroller. Miguel del Valle: 2006-2011: Appointed in 2006, and elected in 2007. Resigned in 2011 to run for Mayor of Chicago. James Laski: 1995-2006: Elected in 1995, and re-elected in 1999 and 2003. Resigned in 2006 after his indictment for corruption. [1] [2] Ernest Wish: 1993-1995
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Freeport is a small industrial city of 24,000 in northwest Illinois. For a price tag of $13 million, it's building a new public water system to tap deep into new, uncontaminated water sources.
The Treasurer is charged by Article V, Section 18 of the Illinois Constitution with the safekeeping and investment of the monies and securities deposited into the state treasury. [3] As such, the Treasurer is not the chief financial officer of Illinois. That role is occupied by a separate elected official, the Comptroller.
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.