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Website updates, Vaccination for employees, Memorial for former MWRD president

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The meeting is called to order at 10:32am and can be viewed by the public at http://mwrd.granicus.com/player/event/7ce51755-79f7-4679-928e-f774234cf574?&redirect=true

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Meeting agenda (1/2): https://t.co/onQmpbFLvz

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Meeting agenda (2/2): https://t.co/NepwXhDr4r

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There is a discussion around upgrading the website for the Board, and whether or not there will be translations into other languages.

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The Board honors the life of former MWRD President Terrence J. O’Brien, who passed late last month. He was re-elected three times by Cook Country constituents, and first elected to the position of President in 1997.
https://mwrd.org/former-mwrd-president-terry-obrien-passes-away

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The wake for President O’Brien is being held today from 3-8pm at 6150 N Cicero Ave. The Commission did not mention covid safety precautions for this event.

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The meeting of the special committee is taking a 5 min break, and will reconvene as a regular board meeting after that time.

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The meeting reconvened at 11:20am.

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The Clerk reads through each agenda item, and the Commissioners vote by individual roll call.

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All agenda items are approved, and the Board moves to hear a covid-19 update from the Executive Director.

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The Director says most of their workforce falls under group 1c for vaccinations, with an accessibility start date of March 29.

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The Board moves into the new business portion of the meeting.

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The Vice Chair thanks the employees and the public for their resilience throughout the pandemic.

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Commissioner Shore asks whether time off from work to get the covid vaccine will be provided to staff.

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There are no public comments and the meeting is adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for March 18 at 10:30am.