Delegation approves bicounty committee report on WSSC membership and billing (MCPG 105)

The Prince George's County House Delegation voted to approve a bicounty committee report on WSSC MCPG 105, advancing a Montgomery County bill that would alter Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) commissioner membership requirements and require periodic (for example, monthly or quarterly) billing without estimated billing and enhanced public disclosures.

Committee chair Chris Valderrama summarized the subcommittee recommendation and said the subcommittee voted 5-0 to report the bill favorably. During the delegation meeting, a motion "to approve the committee's report and to move favorable on MCPG 105" was made and seconded; the clerk called the roll and recorded 21 affirmative votes.

The motion covered the subcommittee's recommendation and the delegation's support to move the bill favorably. The delegation did not record any recorded no votes or abstentions on the motion during the roll call recorded in the meeting. Chair Valderrama said the docket was concluded and announced the next meeting time; the delegation will experiment with meeting in person the following Friday.

The committee report as described to the delegation includes (1) an amendment requiring that one WSSC commissioner be the director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or that official's designee; (2) a recommendation that WSSC provide periodic billing without the use of estimated billing; and (3) required information on WSSC's website related to bond ratings and stress testing for long-range planning. The subcommittee reported the bill favorably by a 5-0 vote at the subcommittee level.

No further action on the bill was recorded in this meeting; the delegation concluded by setting a tentative schedule for the next meeting.