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 |
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
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2020 | October 8, 2020
July 29, 2020
January 23, 2020
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2019 | October 3, 2019
July 11, 2019
April 4, 2019
January 3, 2019 |
2018 | October 4, 2018
June 28, 2018
January 4, 2018
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