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Friday, January 23, 2026

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

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 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 Eric Zaragoza Jeff Boeker Pete Caler	BVSWMA, Inc./Private Sector City of Bryan Brazos County/Private Sector City of College Station
BURLESON	Jody Tillery	Burleson County
GRIMES	Erik Covarrubias Patti Ermis	City of Navasota Grimes County
LEON	Winter Adams Hon. Jerrod Jones Yahaira Varsek Novalene Thurston Christine Ebert	Leon County Mayor City of Buffalo Leon County Leon County NUCOR Steel
MADISON	Shelly Butts Hon. Carl Wiseman Hon. Carl Cannon	Madison County Madison County Commissioner 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 Meera Hodges Charles Mortenson Jessica Uramkin	(Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin (Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin TCEQ Waco Region 9 TCEQ Waco Region 9 (Ex-Officio) TCEQ-Austin

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)
2025	January 23, 2025 April 3, 2025 June 17, 2025 July 24, 2025
2024	January 25, 2024 July 11, 2024 September 3, 2024 October 3, 2024
2023	January 26, 2023 July 6, 2023 October 5, 2023
2022	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 Si

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