Solid Waste Advisory Committee
The BVCOG Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) is made up of representatives from the 7 county region.
The committee meets quarterly (First Thursday of the quarter) to discuss solid waste management issues important to the Brazos Valley region. The SWAC includes ex-officio members the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) project manager assigned to work with BVCOG and a designated representative of the TCEQ Waco Regional Office.
The SWAC meets quarterly to discuss solid waste activities in the region, solid waste management issues important to the region, new laws and regulations, opportunities for grants and funding, and other issues of concern.
Brazos Valley Council of Governments Solid Waste Advisory Committee Representation
COUNTY | NAME | REPRESENTS |
BRAZOSChairperson | *Samantha Best Eric Zaragoza *Ron Schmidt Hon. Irma Cauley Pete Caler Nathan Jones | Brazos County/ Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency, Inc./ Private Sector City of Bryan Brazos County/Private Sector/Texas Commercial Waste Brazos County Commissioner City of College Station Texas A&M University
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BURLESON | Lesley Labertew Thomas Tmka | Burleson County City of Caldwell |
GRIMES | OPEN Katherine Lee Hon. Barbara Walker | City of Navasota Grimes County Grimes County Commissioner |
LEON | Winter Adams Hon. Jerrod Jones Karen Stott Fran Prather Zach Young | Leon County Mayor City of Buffalo Keep Leon County Beautiful/Leon County Leon County Leon County |
MADISON | Hon. Carl Cannon Frankie Smith Hon. Ricky Driskell | Madison County Commissioner City of Madisonville Madison County Commissioner |
ROBERTSON | Walter Qualls William Houston | Robertson County Robertson County |
WASHINGTON | Mark Marzahn Dane Rau | Washington County City of Brenham |
TCEQ | Cheryl Untermeyer Polly Porter Brenda Britt Deborah Milam | (Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin (Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin (Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin (Ex-Officio) Small Business and Local Government-Waco |
Justification for the level of private industry membership on the committee Article IV, Section 2 of the Regional SWAC Bylaws state, “The membership of the Committee shall be composed of representatives from solid waste management related organizations and agencies, elected officials, minority groups, and the general public. The number of members and percentage of representation from the various areas of concern and citizen interest will be determined by the Board of Directors annually to conform to any mandate(s) by funding agencies. Members may represent more than one area of expertise.” BVCOG feels that this is an adequate representation of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
*Private industry