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, 2019 is $5,391,500.
- 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:
Francisco Perez, President
Raymond C. Robertson, Vice President – Treasurer
Frank V. Alston, Clerk
Corporate counsel for the District:
Eric Stach
FOIA Officer:
Jennifer A Hindel
The District has 27 full time employees and 3 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.
Click here for an Optional FOIA Request Form
Immediately available documents include:
- Current Bid 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
- Treasurer’s Report
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
700 West End Avenue
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
708-754-0525
or
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: