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JOB OPENING

posted 1/16/2012

ASSISTANT TO MANAGER/FINANCE

The Assistant to the Manager, Finance is a salaried exempt position and will report directly to the Sanitary District Manager. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Accounting or related field, 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in governmental financial practices is preferred. Applicants must reside within 20 miles of the DeKalb Sanitary District’s service area. Salary is $48,000-$55,000 with excellent benefits.

Duties include accounts payable and receivable, general ledger analysis, journal entries and reconciliation of accounts as well as the preparation, analysis, and communication of periodic financial reports to the District Manager and Board of Trustees. Develops, maintains, and analyzes budgets. Provides advice and technical assistance regarding cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation. Responsible for reporting to the Board of Trustees regarding the finances of the Sanitary District and must maintain all official accounting records in conformance with GAAP. Familiarity with accounting software is a must.

Interested individuals should email a cover letter, resume with professional references, and salary requirements to dfoust@dekalbsanitarydistrict.com. No phone calls please. Deadline for resume submission is February 8th, 2012.

Post-Offer Substance Testing is Required. E.E.O. – M/F/D

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF USER RATE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012

posted 12/22/2011

The DeKalb Sanitary District has determined that the user rates charged for wastewater conveyance and treatment need to be adjusted. Increased expenses and declining revenues have necessitated this action.

The user rate will increase from $2.66 to $2.95 (+$0.29) per unit of metered water usage. One unit = 100 cubic feet or 748 gallons. The rate increase becomes effective January 1, 2012 and is payable on bills received in April, 2012 and thereafter. For an average family using 30 units (3000 cubic feet or 22,440 gallons) per quarter, the increase will equal $8.70 per quarterly billing. This equates to a monthly increase of $2.90.

Please be assured that the DeKalb Sanitary District will continues to strive toward enhancing essential services and while complying with current and pending environmental protection regulations at the lowest possible cost to our community. Unfortunately, routine costs continue to rise causing maintenance of our system to become ever more expensive, necessitating this increase.

Ordinance No. 542

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION

Facilities Plan

In 2007 the District completed and implemented its most recent Facility Plan. Such a plan is required of wastewater treatment facilities by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is a “blueprint” for orchestrating DeKalb’s wastewater conveyance, treatment and water pollution control needs for the next 20 years. The District's Plan was found acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Phased Capital Improvements

The rehabilitation, replacement and expansion of sewers and wastewater treatment facilities is a very expensive and time consuming effort. Because of this, the District has elected a phased approach for the Facility Plan’s capital improvements. What needs to be done and when we do it is determined primarily by facility age and antiquity, state and federal pollution control regulations and facility expansions to accommodate community growth.

The District purchased 52 acres of industrial property on the South side of DeKalb to be used in connection with the District's general purposes. A portion of the site is being used for the biosolids storage barn. For the foreseeable future, the rest will remain agricultural, but the site will be available for plant expansion, should population growth require it.

Current projects are not concerned with expansion of the plant's treatment capacity, but with rehabilitating or replacing antiquated equipment that is costing more in maintenance than it would cost to replace and that is making it difficult to meet new and more stringent Environmental Protection Agency Standards.

Tertiary Filter Building Rehabilitation Project

This project consists of architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical work associated with the replacement of the existing Tertiary Filter Building walls, roof, HVAC system, electrical equipment and miscellaneous metal components such as handrail, grating and stairs as well as the replacement of the existing non-potable water pumping system and rehabilitation of existing screw pumps.

Madison Construction of Orland Park, Illinois who was the lowest of eight bidders at the May 5, 2011 bid opening with a bid of $1,898,037.00 is working on this project which is entirely at the 303 Hollister plant site.

An Illinois Environmental Protection Agency low-interest loan is the primary funding source for this project.

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