November 8, 2000 Annual Business Meeting - Central States Water ...

Wisconsin Section CSWEA
Committee Reports
November 8, 2000
The Wisconsin Section
Central States
Water Environment Association

Treasurer’s Report – Tom Sigmund
TREASURER’S REPORT
August 11, 2000 – November 3, 2000
BALANCE ON HAND – August 11, 2000 $8,098.43
Receipts:
Interest 9.66
Registration for Management Seminar 120.00
WI Section Share of 2000 Spring Biosolids Seminar
Proceeds 780.90
Revenue from AWWA for 2000 Management Seminar 2,545.11
TOTAL RECEIPTS $3,455.67
Disbursements:
Bank Service Fee 2.00
Lunch for Strategic Planning Committee 8/16/00 55.98
Comfort Inn – Management Seminar 1,084.24
Lunch for Strategic Planning Committee 9/28/00 51.46
Madison West Marriott – 2001 Gov’t Affairs Seminar 26.59
Receipt Book - Management Seminar 3.00
Supplies – Management Seminar 26.78
Teleconference – Management Seminar 484.75
CSWEA (Postage for WI Section Annual Bus Meeting) 99.18
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ($1,833.98)
BALANCE ON HAND – November 3, 2000 $9,720.12
Thomas W. Sigmund
Secretary/Treasurer
Date
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Trustee’s Report – Dan Lynch, Trustee
Notes from the Central States Water Environment Association Executive Committee Meeting
October 15, 2000
Anaheim, California
I attended the CSWEA Executive Committee Meeting for Trustee Dan Lynch. The meeting was
held in conjunction with WEFTEC 2000. Other Wisconsin Section members present were John
Leonhard and Jim Nemke.
• The Executive Committee approved having a WEF Collection System Specialty Conference
in Milwaukee in 2002. The conference is tentatively scheduled for August 19 – 23, 2002 at the
Midwest Express Center. Milwaukee MSD has agreed to serve as a local host. Registration
in excess of 500 is expected. It is still to be decided if CSWEA will have a financial stake in
the conference.
• WEF and EPA may sponsor a Pretreatment Coordinator training session in Milwaukee in
July of 2001. This will be a 2 or 3 day workshop.
• Jim Nemke and Ken Johnson presented the WEF Directors report. WEF is anticipating a
$500,000 loss for the year and is looking to cut expenses. Membership continues to decline.
A $3 dues increase is expected to be approved for next year.
To reduce costs, Highlights will likely be reduced from 10 issues per year to 6 per year.
CSWEA did not make a WERF contribution this year. This was done to try and balance our
budget. It was suggested that we make a contribution beginning again next year.
WEF and AWWA have a coordination meeting scheduled for November 15 th . This meeting
is to continue dialog between the two organizations and look at consolidating
administrative functions.
Beginning in 2010 the WEFTEC will be held in even years in New Orleans. Beginning in
2013 WEFTEC will be held in odd years in Chicago. This is being done since considerable
costs can be saved with permanent sites and the conference is getting too big for many cities
to host. Chicago is host of WEFTEC in 2002.
• Dianne Crilley from WEF, the Student Activities Committee Liaison, stopped in to talk
about student chapters. WEF has 44 student chapters, including Platteville.
Dianne stressed that we need to encourage students to find value in WEF and get them
involved in committees. We need to reach out to post secondary schools and give them
reasons to attend our meetings and get involved. She noted that there is a University
Student Lounge at WEFTEC and that students got free registration at WEFTEC this year.
This may continue in the future.
An idea she forwarded was to encourage students to help at our specialty conferences as a
way of getting them involved with our membership.
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WEF wants to require in the future that at least 5 members of the student chapter are
members of WEF. Full student memberships are now $30 /year ($20 WEF and $10 CSWEA).
Beginning in January 2001, WEF will drop their portion of the fee to $10 and students will
get their publications via the web instead of through the mail.
She suggested that a strong advisor is needed at the school to make the chapter successful.
WEF is preparing a PowerPoint presentation on benefits of belonging to WEF that can be
taken to the schools.
It was suggested that CSWEA make contacts with professors and students after they attend
one of our conferences or seminars to thank them for attending and to get some feedback on
their experiences.
• A question was asked about the status of getting the CSWEA directory on the web site.
There was no knowledge of status and those present were unsure of who is responsible for
getting this done. John Leonhard will follow up for the January meeting.
• The golf outing at the LaCrosse CSEWA annual conference will be held on late Wednesday
morning due to Sunday being Mothers Day. It will start after the farewell breakfast.
• Due to Minnesota not being able to put forward their prescribed two operators, a fourth
operator was selected from Wisconsin. I noted that the Wisconsin Section has approved
sponsorship of up to 3 operators from Wisconsin. Minnesota may provide the sponsorship
of the fourth operator from Wisconsin.
• The status of the most current CSWEA Constitution, Bylaws and Statements of Policy was
discussed. It was decided that the documents will be brought up to date and made available
to the Board and interested members on a annual basis in hard copy and on the web site.
• The CSWEA financial status was discussed. Expenses are considerably below budget. A
projected deficit budget for 2000 may be break-even or a surplus.
The CSWEA/IWEA reception at WEFTEC was well attended and enjoyed by all present.
Respectfully Submitted,
Thomas W. Sigmund
Secretary/Treasurer
Wisconsin Section - CSWEA
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WWOA Liaison’s Report – Tom Steinbach
The WWOA Board met on October 2 nd and 3 rd at the Regency Suites in Green Bay.
The Annual Conference was held from Tuesday October 3 rd through Friday October 6 th at the KI
Convention Center in Green Bay and was a huge success with record attendance of 878. The
new meeting format with changes to the Keynote and Business meeting time frames seemed to
be well accepted. The KI Center is well suited for our conference with very adequate space for
our technical programs and for vendor displays (110 vendor booths sold this year).
Our membership at the end of the conference was approximately 1950.
At the Annual Business Meeting held on October 5 th two new Board Directors were elected: Tim
Nennig of Grafton and Jeff Dejarlais of La Cross.
Other highlights of the meeting include:
• The addition of a student membership class at half the normal membership cost
• One scholarship was awarded to Christopher LaFebvre
• Judy Tholen was elected as President Elect
• Dale Nies was elected as Vice President
The Operators Competition was held at this year’s conference, but not without some confusion
on who exactly would be participating. Due to the apparent lack of interest in this event the
future of this competition will be discussed at the Board meeting in December.
There will be a new directory published next year.
The WWOA Website continues to be a success. At the beginning of October there were 61
venders listed with 30 of them having web site links. The Employment section has also been
very popular.
Future annual conferences will be held at the Four Points Sheraton in Milwaukee in 2001, La
Crosse in 2002, Oconomowoc in 2003 and possibly Stevens Point in 2004. The Permanent
Arrangements Committee is also looking at the newly remodeled Ramada Inn in Eau Claire for
a possible future site.
On the Regional level the Regional bylaws have been changed to allow four officers to serve on
Regional Boards as opposed to the current three.
Next years annual meeting will be the WWOA’s 35 th Annual meeting held.
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Collection System – Mike Spence, Chair
The minutes for the October 4th meeting are as follows:
*Attendance for the February 24th meeting: Floyd Fenney, Tom Krueger, Frank Tiefert, Mike
Spence, Dan Peterson, Mike Krosnoski and Keith Alexander.
*Selection of Officers: Vice Chair - Dan Peterson
Secretary - Keith Alexander
*2000 Collection System Seminar Report - Reviewed responses and discussed
*2001 Collection System Seminar Date: June 7th, 2001
*2001 Potential Topics-Safety - Confined Space
-MMSD Update - Tim Bate
-Grafton & Brown Deer Updates
-Grease & Root Control Maintenance
-Camera Systems
*Collection System Award Nominee - Mike Pierner - Green Bay Met. (Mike to Follow Up)
*Golden Manhole Award Nominee - Tom Krueger - Grafton Sewer & Water
*Other Businesses Comments - Add soda at the annual meeting
-Hold Raffle at 2:30 vs. 3:00 p.m.
*Next Meeting Tuesday, January 9th at 9:00 a.m.
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Government Affairs – Rusty Schroedel, Chair
The Government Affairs Committee has two major charges. The first is participation with the
organization of the annual Government Affairs Seminar. The second is to track and notify the
Wisconsin Section membership of regulatory and legislative issues that could impact the
members. The following summarizes each of those activities. Attached is a current roster of
committee members.
Government Affairs Seminar
Phil Budde has successfully lead Wisconsin Section’s participation in the planning and
management of the Government Affairs Seminar for many years. We are hoping to groom a
current committee member to assume Phil’s position. Phil has prepared a separate report
including a proposed agenda and Planning Committee Roster. These documents are attached.
Please remember the seminar date of February 22, 2001.
Regulatory and Legislative Issues
This portion of the committee’s charge is still being “restarted”. A tentative list of items being
tracked and the committee member conditionally tracking that item is listed below.
DNR Ammonia Committee – Jim Smith
PCB Soil Criteria – Dave Taylor
COM 83 – Phil Korth
Stormwater, CSOs, SSOs – Ed Manning
Other topics planned for tracking in the future are:
TMDLs
Nutrient Criteria (National)
NR 101 Fees
Non-Point Program Redesign
A report was received from Dave Taylor and Jim Smith. Their notes are attached.
The committee looks forward to another successful Government Affairs Seminar and continued
improvement in the tracking of important regulatory and legislative issues.
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ROSTER
2000-2001
Rusty Schroedel, Chair
Bill Desing
Earth Tech
CH2M Hill
4738 North 40th Street, P.O. Box 1067 411 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Sheboygan, WI 53083 Milwaukee, WI 53202
920-451-2719 414-272-1052 ext. 313
rusty_schroedel@earthtech.com
wdesing@CH2M.com
Tom Foltz
Strand Associates, Inc.
910 West Wingra Drive
Madison, WI 53715
Chad Olsen
McMahon Associates, Inc.
(608) 251-4843 920-751-4200
Tom.Foltz@Strand.com
process@mcmgrp.com
Phil Korth
Bill Marten
Foth & VanDyke
Donohue & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 19012
818 N. 40th Street
2737 South Ridge Road Sheboygan, WI 53081
Green Bay, WI 54307-9021
Wmarten@donohue-associates.com
pkorth@foth.com
Ed Manning
Triad Engineering
325 East Chicago Street 1610 Moorland Road
Milwaukee, WI 53202 Madison, WI 53713
Dave Taylor
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
(414) 291-8840 (608) 222-1201
ed.manning@triadengineering.com
davet@madsewer.org
Jim Smith
Phil Budde
Applied Technologies
Strand Associates, Inc.
16815 West Wisconsin Avenue 910 West Wingra Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005 Madison, WI 53715
262-784-7690 (608) 251-4843
Fax: 262-784-6847
Philip.Budde@Strand.com
jjsmith@ati-ae.com
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Government Affairs Seminar -- February 22, 2001
Update Report for the November 8, 2000, Business Meeting
Attached is our draft agenda for the upcoming seminar. Topics/speakers and times have been
identified. Virtually all speakers have been confirmed as well.
In addition to the traditional DNR updates, a major focus of next year’s seminar is watershedbased
topics beginning with AL Shea’s comments at 8:30 A.M.
We look forward to another well-attended and successful seminar.
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November 2, 2000
Groundwater Protection & Toxic Waste – Dave Sauer, Chair
Following discussion by the board at the August 16, 2000 meeting, it was decided that I should
make a recommendation to the board on the future direction of the Groundwater Protection
and Toxic Waste Committee. As you all know, the committee has been inactive for quite some
time now. The committee’s focus over the past few years has been to participate with WDNR
staff and advisory groups working to modify regulations and testing requirements for
groundwater and toxicity disciplines. In addition, information gathered on both groundwater
and toxicity issues were to be assembled and made available to CSWEA members. Specific
topics which were identified include:
1. Toxicity testing at wastewater treatment facility using different species such as plants
and the application of this testing for the various WPDES permit owners.
2. Wastewater treatment systems at municipalities treating landfill leachate.
3. Toxicity Reduction Evaluations (TRE) at municipal facilities as required by the WDNR.
4. Municipal sludge and related toxicity issues involved with land application.
With the ever increasing use of the Internet and the availability of information through it, it
appears that the members will continue to use this tool to meet their specific needs. Future use
of the Internet will only increase the distribution of this information. This will truly benefit
everyone including CSWEA members and non-CSWEA members.
The value the committee could continue to provide to the members would be the interpretation
and application of this information for specific purposes. To gain this insight, the committee
members would need to actively participate with the regulatory and university staff working in
these areas. This is currently not occurring. This could well occur with those who have an
interest and could occur through the existing groundwater/toxic waste committee. History,
however, has told me that it is unlikely to occur.
Given this information, I am recommending that the Groundwater Protection and Toxic Waste
Committee be disbanded and that the groundwater/toxicity issues be pursued through the
existing committees such as the Government Affairs, the Industrial Waste and/or the
Operations Committee.
It appears that most of the groundwater/toxicity issues are most closely related to the
government affairs committee. New standards and regulations are continuing to occur in this
area. I would expect the WDNR would welcome input on these issues should the
CSWEA/Wisconsin Section identify staff who would represent the interests of the group. In
return, the CSWEA would benefit from this knowledge provided the group’s representative(s)
would provide and distribute reports concerning the specific subjects.
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I welcome input from the directors. I plan to continue to offer my time to the board regardless
of the decision on the future of this particular committee.
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Industrial Waste – Randy Wirtz, Chair
At the previous meeting, I discussed the areas that our committee would try to focus on to
create an active industrial waste committee, including:
1. Stimulate interest by having industrial related papers at the annual conference.
2. Review/advise section board on upcoming industrial environmental regulations.
3. Assist CSWEA Technical Program Committee in preparation for annual conference.
4. Coordinate Efforts with other professional groups.
5. Submit nominee for Industrial Environmental Achievement Award.
Efforts that have been made since the August meeting include:
• I have contacted Bill Boyle to request our committee’s participation in the planning efforts
and technical presentation review committee for the annual conference in the spring. Dr.
Boyle indicated that the TRC was full, but they would welcome industrial-focused papers.
He didn’t know if they could have an Industrial Session at this time.
• I have contacted Chuck Schuler at DNR to request information pertaining to getting
involved in upcoming environmental regulation review committees. I have not heard back
from Chuck to-date.
• I have sent a posting to Scott Thompson regarding publishing a notice on the CSWEA
website pertaining to the Industrial Environmental Achievement Award.
• I have sent a note to Al Rae regarding publishing a notice in WISILLMINN for the Industrial
Environmental Achievement Award.
• I have contacted the Industrial Committee Chairs in Minnesota and Illinois in an effort to
find out what works and doesn’t work in their respective committees. Minnesota appears to
have an active committee, with 15 people on the committee (9 active) and with meetings
four times per year. I have not been able to get a hold of the Illinois chair in person.
• I continue to be involved with FET to help coordinate efforts with their annual conference.
• I will try to have a committee meeting at the November 8 meeting, assuming at least one
other committee member will be there.
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Membership – Mike Gerbitz, Chair
I have not received any requests for new members since my last report.
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Operations/Management Seminar – Joe Mandala/Bill Marten, Chairs
• Updated and mailed Travel/Expense Policy to all Wisconsin Section Operations Challenge
Members August 29, 2000
• Mailed list of potential nominees for the Operations Award, Hatfield Award and Lab
Analyst Excellence Award to all members of the Wisconsin Section Operations Committee
and requested each to attend the Annual Business Meeting November 8 at the Country Inn.
• Contacted Rick Ashling, the CSWEA PWOD Regional representative, about training for the
CSWEA Operations Challenge Team who will be competing in Anaheim this fall. Rick
stated that he met with the team August 24 & 25 and September 28 & 29. Rick also
mentioned that Jeff Bratz from Wisconsin will be added to the team because a Minnesota
member dropped out. Wisconsin will have four people on the team.
• Four additional potential nominees for the Operations Award were added to the list for
consideration by Joe Mandala:
Tom Steinbach – Oconomowoc WWTP
Joe Morrissey – Village of Wrightstown
Tom Zager – Wisconsin Rapids Wastewater Utility
Ron Eifler – Brookfield Fox River WPCC
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Public Education – Max Anderson, Chair
The Public Education Committee plans to present workshop(s) at the combined Wisconsin and
Minnesota Science Teachers conference in Duluth, March 15-17, 2001. We are coordinating with
Patti Craddock from the Minnesota Association Public Education Committee.
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Safety – Ari Mathos, Chair
The year 2000 has seen a few changes in the Wisconsin Section Safety Committee. The
committee members, John Lythjohan and myself, met briefly at the Wisconsin Council of
Safety’s annual conference and established a direction for the next several years. Along with
the committee’s normal duties, we intend to:
• Keep members updated on all pertinent changes made to safety standards via the
WISILLMINN.
• Submit a safety-related article for publication in each WISILLMINN issue.
• Conduct one or two safety related presentations at local/regional meetings.
Along with these goals, I also intend to create and maintain a safety-related website. This, to
say the least, has been an adventure. The upside is that my Information System Department has
not deleted it through software upgrades or harddrive misadventures. The downstroke is that
I’m still not that proficient in web site design. After much thought, I have decided that the best
course of action would be to forward items to the Master of All Things Web, Mr. Scott
Thompson, and let him work his magic and post it on the CSWEA site.
The committee’s immediate future will be to solicit nominations for the Burke Safety Award
and select a recipient. Nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2001. All nominations
should be sent to:
Ari C. Mathos
City of Beloit WPCF
2301 Stateline Road
Beloit, WI 53511
608 364 2888
mathosh@ci.beloit.wi.us
If anybody has any questions regarding the committee or safety issues, please feel free to
contact me at any time. Thank you!
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Watershed Management - Mike Doran, Chair
• A committee member has been identified for each of DNR's Geographic Management Units
(GMUs) they are to contact the GMU Water Leader in their area and find out what is
happening with TMDLs, priorities, schedule, etc., and how we can make sure technical
input is provided to stakeholders groups.
• EPA continues progress on nutrient criteria. There are guidance documents available for
lakes and rivers/streams. Criteria are planned for N, P, Chlorophyll and clarity (e.g.,
secchi). Criteria will be based on "reference" streams. It would appear that P values in the
50 to 100 ug/L range and N values in the 250 to 500 ug/L range. It will be very important
for the membership to provide input to DNR's process for developing the criteria and the
response to the criteria for permitting. Without good input, we will probably not like the
outcome. We should begin having something to comment on early next year.
• DNR has not called for a meeting of the Watershed Advisory Group for several months.
This is a disappointment because there is a lot to talk about (above two items for example).
• Jane Carlson has volunteered for the committee. She is the coordinator of Environmental
Science at Strand/PEH/TAI and has an excellent background in the areas of interest.
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Ad-hoc Strategic Planning – Dan Busch, Chair
Wisconsin Section membership will take a proactive leadership approach to promote, preserve,
and protect the water environment.
June 29 th Meeting.
The goals of the Strategic Plan are to:
• Define where we want to go as a Section.
• Mirror the objectives in CSWEA’s Strategic Plan.
• Provide support for CSWEA and identify possible organizational improvements for both
groups.
Issues which should be addressed in development of the Strategic Plan.
How Can We Improve Our Organization
What are the Needs of the Membership
How can we get More Participation from Existing Members
How Do We Attract New Members
A list of key focus words was developed
• Educate • Improve water environment
• Information exchange • Promote, preserve, protect
• Water quality awareness • People (protecting public health
• Sharing of ideas • Defining water quality
• Networking/relationships • Leadership
• Committees working toward goals
Developed a Mission Statement as a basis for the Strategic Plan development.
Wisconsin Section membership will take a proactive leadership approach to promote, preserve,
and protect the water environment.
Developed Seven (7) Broad Organizational Goals
• Enhance and Increase Membership • Monitor Regulatory and Environmental
Issues
• Improve Public Awareness • Promote Education and Training
• Increase Recognition of Members • Improve Conference Participation and
Attendance
• Improve Administrative Functions
Each goal became a work group who worked in small groups to develop strategies and
implementation steps for each goal. The entire committee would review these strategies and
implementation steps at the next meeting on August 16, 2000. This meeting would also begin
the “boil down” process for making the developing strategic plan a manageable document.
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Enhance and Increase Membership – Paul Nehm, Tom Sigmund, Max Anderson
Improve Public Awareness – Tom Sigmund, Rick Norris, Dan Busch
Increase Recognition of Members – Carol Strackbein, Tom Krueger, Dan Lynch
Improve Administrative Functions – Ken Sedmak, Dan Busch, Tom Sigmund
Monitor Regulatory and Environmental Issues – Dan Lynch, Tom Bunker, Ken Sedmak
Promote Education and Training – Rick Norris, Tom Krueger, Max Anderson
Improve Conference Participation and Attendance – Tom Krueger, Dan Lynch, Carol
Strackbein
August 16 Meeting
The purpose of this meeting was to present and discuss the goals and implementation steps
developed by the seven work groups. Each group was given five minutes to present their
information and then the floor was opened for discussion on each group’s goals. The
discussion was wide ranging and many times covered areas, which were not directly related to
the task of evaluating the work group products. At the end of the meeting, the members of the
Strategic Planning committee ranked the strategies and implementation steps under each work
group. There were twenty-six (23) strategies identified by the seven work groups. The ranking
process reduced the list to fourteen (14) strategies. The following summarizes the results of the
ranking process.
1. Increase new members by 8% per year (7)
2. Recognize WI Section members for outstanding service and/or achievement within the
organization or industry. (7)
3. Use a marketing approach to promote the organization externally. (6)
4. Identify needs and preferred methods of training delivery and acceptable costs. (6)
5. Increase participation of current members. (5)
6. Promote Interaction with “Like” Organizations (5)
7. Monitor Development of Water Environment Regulations (4)
8. Promote partnership with other groups to foster and enhance education and training
opportunities. (4)
9. Promote increased attendance at the annual conference by members, non- members and
students. (4)
10. Support personal development to help us convey our ideas to others. (3)
11. Adequately Finance the Section. (3)
12. Conduct Strategic Planning. (2)
13. Improve Day to Day Operation of the Section. (2)
14. Promote “operator challenge” participation or attendance at the CSWEA Annual
Conference. (2)
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The top nine- (9) strategies will be given priority during the first year of implementing the plan.
Each work group spent time defining and refining the implementation steps for each of their
strategies that scored a “4” or higher. In the situation where a strategy had more then fourimplementation
steps, the implementation steps were ranked in the order of importance to
improve the success of reaching the goal. Other information the work groups considered during
their follow-up work included:
“Urgency”, how soon should the strategies and the associated implementation steps be
addressed in the strategic plan,
“Cost”, what is the estimated cost to implement the steps for each strategy,
“Who”, can the strategies and implementation steps be carried out by an existing committee or
should a new committee be developed to ensure the goal is carried out.
September 28 th Meeting
This meeting was spent discussing and refining the three factors, Urgency, Cost and Who for
each strategy. The product of this meeting is being presented as the Draft Strategic Plan for
member comment and input.
Several potential new committees were identified as the plan unfolded. They include a Student
Activities Committee, which will work specifically on student membership activities, while the
existing Membership Committee concentrates on the needs of the existing membership. A
Public Awareness Committee would promote recognition of the Wisconsin Section as an
organization and would also work to insure individual members are recognized for
accomplishments.
Once the Strategic Plan is reviewed and commented on by the membership the Board will
accept it. At this point a workshop will be held with Board members, Strategic Planning
Committee and all Committee chairs to walk through he plan so that it is fully understood.
Strategies will be assigned to existing and new committees as appropriate for implementation.
• The following is the timetable for the remainder of the Strategic Plan activities.
• The draft plan will be presented to the membership at the November 8, 2000 Annual
Business Meeting of the Section for comment.
• The plan will be refined based on membership comments and presented to the Wisconsin
Section Board for approval at the February Board Meeting.
The final Strategic Plan will be presented to the Section membership and the CSWEA Board at
the Annual Meeting in May 2001.
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Spring Biosolids Symposium – Jay Kemp, Chair
The planning meeting for the symposium was held Wednesday October 11, 2000. The major
topics for the Symposium were nutrient management, especially as it concerns phosphorus, as
well as PCB criteria for soils as it may impact land application. Speakers from various
backgrounds have been selected to speak on these issues. We have also attempted to make the
symposium of value to the liquid waste haulers to maintain their important participation.
Below is the program outline subject to final confirmation by the speakers. This program has
been submitted to the Wisillminn for publication.
Central States ( Wisconsin Section ) will chair the symposium in 2002.
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Water/Wastewater Education Association – Rusty Schroedel, Chair
No report was received.
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Nominations Committee Report – Tom Sigmund, Chair
The Nominations Committee consisting of Dan Lynch, Dan Busch, and Tom Sigmund met by
phone several times this fall to consider members for nomination to the offices of Wisconsin
Section Vice Chair and Trustee to the Executive Committee of Central States Water
Environment Association. After developing a list of candidates for each office the committee
decided to approach an individual for each office.
John Olson agreed to accept the nomination of the committee for Vice Chair, a one-year term. At
the close of the 2002 Annual Business Meeting of CSWEA, the Vice Chair shal advance from
Vice Chair to Chair as provided for in the Wisconsin Section Bylaws
Carol Strackbein agreed to accept the nomination of the committee for Trustee to CSWEA, a
two-year term.
At the Annual Business Meeting of the Section on November 8, 2000, I will place into
nomination John and Carol on behalf of the Nominations Committee. If elected by the
membership, John and Carol will take office at the Annual Business Meeting of CSWEA in May
2001.
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