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Thursday, October 31, 2024

ProgramsSolid Waste ManagementSolid Waste Advisory Committee

The Solid Waste Advisory Committee is made up of representatives from all seven counties included in the Brazos Valley Council of Governments.

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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.

Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee

Brazos Valley Council of Governments Solid Waste Advisory Committee Representation

COUNTY	NAME	REPRESENTS
BRAZOS	Samantha Best - Chairperson* Nathan Jones Eric Zaragoza *Ron Schmidt Pete Caler	BVSWMA, Inc./Private Sector Texas A&M University City of Bryan Brazos County/Private Sector City of College Station
BURLESON	Thomas Trnka Danny Segundo Jody Tillery	City of Caldwell City of Somerville Burleson County
GRIMES	Erik Covarrubias Katherine Lee Hon. Barbara Walker	City of Navasota Grimes County Grimes County Commissioner
LEON	Winter Adams Hon. Jerrod Jones Yahaira Varsek Novalene Thurston Amari Jones	Leon County Mayor City of Buffalo Leon County Leon County Leon County
MADISON	Hon. Ken Starr Frankie Smith Hon. Carl Wiseman	Madison County Commissioner City of Madisonville Madison County Commissioner
ROBERTSON	Walter Qualls Charles Palcer	Robertson County Robertson County
WASHINGTON	Mark Marzahn Delbert Boeker	Washington County City of Brenham
TCEQ	Brenda Britt Anju Chalise Jessica Uramkin Regan White	(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

Minutes of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) Meetings

YEAR	MEETING MINUTES (pdf)
2023 2022	January 26, 2023 July 6, 2023 October 5, 2023 October 6, 2022 July 7, 2022 April 7, 2022 January 27, 2022
2021	July 8, 2021 June 10, 2021 April 8, 2021 January 14, 2021
2020	October 8, 2020 July 29, 2020 January 23, 2020
2019	October 3, 2019 July 11, 2019 April 4, 2019 January 3, 2019
2018	October 4, 2018 June 28, 2018 January 4, 2018