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Thurston County SWAC adopts new meeting schedule, re-elects chair and vice chair and recommends a resident appointment
Summary
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee approved a permanent schedule change to first Thursdays, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., re-elected the chair and vice chair for a one-year term, and recommended a resident applicant, Jane Appling, to the Board of County Commissioners for appointment.
The Thurston County Solid Waste Advisory Committee voted to move its regular meeting date to the first Thursday of each month and set the time to 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The committee approved the schedule change by voice vote after discussion of member availability and coordination with the Board of County Commissioners’ revised calendar.
The committee also completed annual officer elections. By motion and voice vote the committee re-elected the existing chair (first name recorded in the transcript as Jeff) to another one-year term and re-elected Chad Sutter as vice chair. The committee’s staff noted term limits apply for consecutive service on officer positions.
Committee membership recommendations
The committee considered two applications to fill a vacant resident seat. After brief introductions from both applicants the committee conducted an informal raise-of-hands vote. Jane Appling, who identified herself as a county resident with experience as a retired librarian and as a master recycler/composter volunteer, received majority support; the committee moved to recommend Appling’s appointment to the Board of County Commissioners and approved the recommendation by voice vote. The committee also considered reappointment of an incumbent business representative (identified generically in the record as “Dave”); members moved to forward that reappointment to the commissioners and approved it by voice vote.
Why it matters: the calendar and membership changes affect the committee’s quorum planning and public engagement schedule. Staff said the revised meeting time will be published and used for agendas going forward; the first meeting on the new schedule will be published ahead of the March meeting cycle.
Next steps
Staff will publish the revised schedule and submit the membership recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for formal appointment. The committee set its next meeting — for continuing discussion of the rate study — and instructed staff to include the HDR follow-up materials and contractor attendance at that session.
