The Waste Management Commission is an 18 member advisory body to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors established the Waste Management Commission on July 13, 1982. Members of the Waste Management Commission are selected in the following ways:
Ten Members:
Two public members appointed by each Supervisor to a two-year term. Appointee must reside in Orange County, and may not be a representative of the waste industry.
Five Members:
Five city council members, one from a city located in each of the five Orange County Supervisorial Districts, appointed by the City Selection Committee for the County of Orange, California (the City Selection Committee) to a three-year term.
One Member:
The Chair of the City Selection Committee or any elected city official designee to a three-year term.
One Member:
A City Manager appointed by the City Selection Committee to a three-year term.
One Member:
The Director, OC Waste & Recycling, or his or her designee, shall be a non-voting member of the Commission.
The current members of the Waste Management Commission are:
Glenn Acosta
5th District
Vacant
City Selection Committee - At Large
John Beauman
3rd District
Joe Carchio
City Selection Committee - 2nd District
Cynthia Conners
City Selection Committee - 5th District
Anthony J. Florentine
4th District
Donald R. Froelich
3rd District
Rebecca "Beckie" Gomez
City Selection Committee - 3rd District
Xuan-Nhi Van Ho
1st District
Brett Murdock, Vice Chair
City Selection Committee - 4th District
Margie Rice
City Selection Committee - 1st District
Joe Soto
5th District
James Wahner
2nd District
Chad Wanke, Chair
4th District
Daniel Worthington
2nd District
Vacant
1st District
Ex Officio:
Michael B. Giancola
Director, OC Waste & Recycling
Doug Chotkevys
City Selection Committee - City Manager
The purpose of the Waste Management Commission is to advise the Orange County Board of Supervisors on matters relating to municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management, operation and maintenance of the County's landfills, and other facilities related to the County's solid waste disposal system.
The Waste Management Commission meets quarterly on the second Thursday of March, June, September, and December at 2:00 p.m.
2012-2013 Meeting Dates
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
All meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. at OC Waste & Recycling Headquarters:
300 North Flower Street
Room 467
Santa Ana, CA 92703 Click here to see map.
WMC Meetings and Agendas
For more information about the Waste Management Commission please contact Julie Chay at(714) 834-4059 or via email at julie.chay@ocwr.ocgov.com.
