1. COMMITTEE GOALS IN RELATION TO STRATEGIC PLAN – HANDOUT
CONDENSED COMM. CHAIR RETREAT – HANDOUT
Copies of pertinent, WUC, portions of the strategic plan were distributed to committee members. The goals and outcomes of the committee chair retreat were discussed with emphasis on the items related to WUC.
2. MEMBERSHIP ROSTER – UPDATE PERSONAL INFORMATION – HANDOUT
Members marked up the membership roster spreadsheet with corrections and updates.
3. COORDINATION WITH MWEA GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – K. ZARZECKI
SHARED LUNCH/DISCUSSION
Short presentation by Ken Zarzecki of desire to work with MS-AWWA on common issues.
4. WATER LEGACY ACT & ANNEX 2001 – AD HOC COMMITTEE
MS-AWWA POSITION STATEMENT – D. KOCH
WATER LEGACY ACT DRAFT LETTER – D. KOCH
Dave Koch provided copies of the sections position letter regarding the Annex 2001 agreement. Dave Koch also provided a draft letter regarding the Governors Water Legacy Act. Committee members are to review and provide comment to Dave K. or Bob V. by November 12. The comment deadline is 1/31/05.
5. JOE FIVAS – ROLE OF MML WITH WUC
Joe Fivas expressed his desire to strengthen the committee’s relationship with MML. Joe is also looking forward to assisting the committee in its endeavors.
6. LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON – JOINT EXPO 2005
COORDINATION WITH JOINT EXPO COMM. & MDEQ (E. WAY)
CONSIDERATION OF MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS IN CAPITOL BLDG. – KOCH & FIVAS
The legislative luncheon is to be coordinated by a joint AWWA/MWEA ad-hoc committee. The AWWA lead person is Joe Stapf. Joe will be assisted by Joe Fivas of MML. There is a need for additional committee members to support the effort to bring about the luncheon his year. Committee members can contact Joe Stapf directly to offer their assistance.
The opportunity to entertain the House and Senate members at the capitol building was discussed. Joe Fivas indicated that an informal lunch meeting can be provided whereby MS-AWWA members can meet with legislators at a reasonable cost. The MWEA Govt. Affairs Committee expressed a similar interest in this opportunity. It appears that this meeting would be most effective in the spring.
7. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES TO ADDRESS IN FUTURE – FORMATION OF AD-HOC COMMITTEES
TTHM’S & HAA5 – DIST. SYSTEM ANALYSIS
LEAD & COPPER
Bill Maier will be a participant in meetings on the Lead issue at the State level. He has attended a meeting in Washington DC regarding Lead. Bill will keep the committee apprised of the issue.
MDEQ PERSPECTIVES/ISSUES
There was a discussion of possible changes to staffing at MDEQ. Bill Maier is to draft a letter regarding MS-AWWA’s position of concern over the possible loss of technical competence and emphasis on compliance through assistance rather than enforcement. The letter will be distributed among committee members for review and comment in approximately two weeks. Additional issues to monitor were identified as: LT-2, IODOACID, and NDMA.
8. TOMMY HOLMES – AWWA WASHINGTON UPDATE NOTICES – EMAILS?
Committee members expressed an interest in receiving these updates from Washington. The mechanics of forwarding these emails will be worked out.
9. S. McCORMICK – INTERNATIONAL WUC CONTACT/LIAISON
10. CONSIDERATION OF RE-SPLITTING COMMITTEE INTO WUC AND REGULATORY
ADVISORY
The committee determined that splitting into two groups was not warranted at this time.
11. ALTERNATE MEETING SITES
The use of alternate sites was discussed but it was determined the importance of continuing to foster the sections relationship with MDEQ was compelling to continue to meet at Constitution Hall.
12. JOINT MEETINGS
MWEA GOV’T. AFFAIRS COMM.
Ken Zarzecki indicated his desire to continue committee meetings with a shared lunch period so common items/issues can be discussed.
OTHER MS-AWWA COMMITTEES
Committee members indicated the other MS-AWWA committees that they are involved in.
13. MEETING DATES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
JANUARY – LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON
FREQUENCY AND QUANTITY FOR YEAR
It was decided that committee meetings would be held quarterly on Wednesdays of the second week of the month. The committee chairs will provide the 2005 meeting schedule at the January meeting. The next committee meeting is planned for January 12, 2005 at 12:00 noon at Constitution Hall.
14. HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS - DISCUSSION
COMMITTEE ROSTER – 2005
An updated committee roster will be completed and provided to the members. It is important that members update the committee chairs with any contact information changes.
COMMITTEE BUDGET – 2005
The committee chairs will prepare a budget to include quarterly meeting, legislative luncheon activities, and a meeting with legislators at the capitol building.
COMMITTEE REPORT FOR WATER WORKS NEWS – QUARTERLY ISSUES
Dave Koch will provide a committee update including a copy of the water legacy act position statement letter.
It was determined that the committee meeting minutes would be provided for the section website after a committee review/comment period. Further, it was determined these minutes would be “PROPOSED” until the committee formally accepted the minutes for the record.
LUNCH WITH MWEA – COMMON ISSUES
LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON AT JOINT EXPO
This issue is addressed as part of item #6, listed earlier in the minutes.