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
|
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