CLEAN WATER FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT
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The Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District, a municipal corporation, is a special purpose governmental agency that provides wastewater treatment service to approximately 100,000 people.  The office and treatment works are located at 700 West End Avenue, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 60411.

The District is authorized to discharge into Thorn Creek under permit #IL0027723 granted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency located at 1020 N. Grand Ave. E., Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276.

The District's operating budget for the fiscal year ending on April 30th, 2012 is $5,079,100.

A three member Board of Trustees governs the District.  The trustees are appointed by elected state legislators representing the entire District.  The trustees serve three year terms. 

Current trustees are:
Thomas E Brabec, President
Bernadette M Morrison, Vice President-Treasurer
David M Zerante, Clerk

Corporate counsel for the District
John M Izzo  

FOIA Officer:
Jennifer A Hindel

The District has 29 full time employees and 2 part time employees organized according to the following chart:

All FOIA requests are fundamental obligations of Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District and is a primary duty of the District.  The presumption is that records are open to inspection and copying.

FOIA requests will be in compliance with Public Act 96-0542 and the response time will be within 5 business days after the receipt of the request.  If the request cannot be fulfilled due to reasons listed in ILCS 140/3 (e) the response can be extended for no more than 5 business days unless agreement is reached in writing between Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District and the requester.  Day 1 is considered to be the day after the receipt of the request.  Response for commercial purposes will have a 21 business day response time.

Please make your requests for inspection or copies in writing and submit via personal delivery, mail, telefax, or other means available to Pat McKinney (see below).  The purpose of the request is not necessary unless it is to determine whether the records are for a commercial purpose or whether to grant a request for a fee waiver.  The Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District FOIA Officer will review all requests.  

Click here for an OPTIONAL FOIA REQUEST FORM.

Immediately available documents include:
    Current Contracts
    Board meeting minutes from the most recent 12 months
    Budgets for the last 5 years
    Sanitary District Act of 1917
    The Fees & Charges of the Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District Ordinance
    An Ordinance Establishing a User Charge System
    An Ordinance regarding Environmental Remediation Wastewaters
    Annexation and Sewer Connection Ordinance
    Industrial Pretreatment & Sewer Use Ordinance
    An Ordinance Establishing Limits on Infiltration & Inflow
    An Ordinance State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
    An Ordinance Promulgating Standing Rules
    Budget & Appropriations Ordinance  (Current)
    Ordinance Est. Recapture Fees and Chrgs for Connection to  S.E. Trunk Sewer

Requests for information should be addressed to:

                    Pat McKinney
                    Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District 
                    700 West End Avenue
                    Chicago Heights, IL 60411 
                    708-754-0525

                    e-mail:  FOIA@thorncreekbasin.org
                

Cost of reproduction:
The first 50 pages of black-and-white:  no charge for legal or letter size paper
After 50 pages of b&w legal or letter size paper:  $0.15 per page
Color & other than letter or legal size paper:  Actual cost for reproducing the records.

General Information:

Attorney General Website

Public Act 096-0542

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