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.
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.
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: | |
Ted Bui, Chair | City Selection Committee Appointee - 1st District |
Christine Marick, Vice Chair | City Selection Committee Appointee - 4th District |
Gracey Van Der Mark | 1st District |
Gloria Alvarado | 2nd District |
Lee Fink | 2nd District |
Arianna Barrios | City Selection Committee Appointee - 2nd District |
Isabell Kerins | 3rd District |
Rajat Khurana | 3rd District |
Janice Lim* | City Selection Committee Appointee - 3rd District |
Bethany Ring | 4th District |
Tamara Wallace | 4th District |
Kelly Golden | 5th District |
Joe Soto | 5th District |
John Taylor | City Selection Committee Appointee - 5th District |
David J. Shawver | City Selection Committee Appointee - At Large |
Jennifer Cervantez | City Selection Committee Appointee - City Manager Representative |
Ex Officio: | |
Thomas D. Koutroulis | Director, OC Waste & Recycling |
2025 Meeting Dates
- March 13 - Meeting Agenda
- June 12
- September 11
- December 11
WMC Meetings and Agendas
Parking
All meetings take place at: (unless otherwise noted per Agenda)
County Administration South (CAS) Building
601 N. Ross St., Santa Ana
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For more information about the Waste Management Commission please contact Jack Du at (714) 453-7171 or via email at Jack.Du@ocwr.ocgov.com.