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Water Environment Association of South Carolina | District Three | VOL. 30, Number 5 | January 2018

Chair’s ColumnChilly mornings, frosted car windows, college bowl games, family members visiting for the holidays to raid your pantries, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and the Clemson Tigers in another football playoff. It must be December! 2017 is coming to an end and WEASC is heading down the home stretch.

With December here, WEASC Capital District is focusing its efforts on the annual awards meeting in January at the Lexington County Municipal Complex. We hope to have another exciting awards banquet to recognize the members who have gone above and beyond in their career duties. I would like to congratulate the award recipients and good luck towards the state awards.

see that we’ll also be voting on a rules change to help clarify our awards committee selection and

year. Please read through the changes and be prepared for a vote at the next Capital District business meeting in Lexington. Also at the next business meeting, we’ll be

serve the district for 2018-2019.

As we enter 2018, we will all be in SCEC mode for March. The Conference Management Committee has been hard at work preparing for the 2018 SCEC. We’re hoping for another record breaking year for the organizations. Thank you to the sponsors who have already made their pledge to support SCEC 2018.

Thank you also to the membership and the Executive Committee for the support you have given to the District and to me as your Chair. I want to wish you all a safe and happy holidays. Please take time to thank all the water professionals whom will be away from their families during times of this season. The mission of safe drinking water and a safe environment never takes a holiday.

As always for our members; promote the advancement of the water environment profession, protect and enhance our environment, and build alliances with others for the betterment of the world we live in.

If you have any input or suggestions to make to the WEASC Capital District, please feel free to pass them along to [email protected]. Clint

Chair Clint RileyAECOM (803) 254-4400 or (864) 993-5312 [email protected]

Chair Elect Chris Waddell American Engineering Consultants, Inc. (803) [email protected]

1st Vice Chair Rick HiersSCDHEC (803) [email protected]

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Past Chair Bob Freeman Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.(843) [email protected]

Secretary Liz O’Sell CDM Smith(803) [email protected]

Treasurer Donna West Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission (803) [email protected]

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The Capital District of the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC) held their November Meeting in The Community Room at the Chapin Town Hall in Chapin, SC. The total number in attendance for the meeting was 89 people.

The meeting and the delicious meal from Parklane Seafood was sponsored by the Town of Chapin Utilities, P&S Construction, and Pascon, LLC and co-sponsored by American Engineering Consultants, Inc., Carolina Lift Stations, Inc., ClearWater Inc., and Pete Duty & Associates. The meal was blessed by Jimmy Wigglesworth. After dinner, Chair Clint Riley called the meeting to order and recognized the State Executive Committee members in attendance, as well as the new members. A motion was made by Joe Desroches to approve the September meeting minutes and a second was received. Chair Riley then thanked the meeting sponsors and co-sponsors for their support and presented plaques for the night’s sponsors. Chair Riley announced that the Nominating Committee has posted their

June 30th. Chair Riley introduced the new acting Secretary for the Capital District, Liz O’Sell. Next,

Chair Riley made a couple of announcements regarding SCEC. SCEC hotel reservations are open. Also, SCEC sponsorship opportunities are still available. Visit the SC Waters website for more SCEC information. Chair Riley reminded members that State and Capital District Award nominations are open. Visit the Capital District webpage or see Chair Riley, Bill Davis, Jay Nicholson, or Jimmy Wigglesworth for more information. Henry Gibson then encouraged members to invite new members, apply for the DHEC Facility Excellence Award, and thank our armed forces in the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Chair

stepped down from the Executive Director position. Skip Johnson is the acting Executive Director, and applications for the position are being accepted. The next district meeting will be January 18th at the Town of Lexington Municipal Complex.

With no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Joe Desroches, and a second motion by Bill Davis followed to conclude the November 2017 Capital District Meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Elizabeth O’SellWEASC Capital District (District 3)

WEASC Capital District (District 3) — Capital District Meeting — November 16, 2017

Clint Riley - Past ChairChris Waddell - ChairRick Hiers - Chair-ElectJesse Mefford - 1st Vice ChairStephen Sealey - 2nd Vice Chair

Donna West - TreasurerLiz O’Sell – Secretary

The election will be held at the January 2018 Capital District meeting in Lexington.

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WEASC DISTRICT 3 MEETINGThursday, January 18, 2018

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PROPOSED RULES CHANGES(Updates shown in Red; Deletions shown as strike-throughs)

B. Awards & Operator Recognition Committee: The Awards & Operator Recognition Committee shall be responsible for soliciting nominees for potential District, state and national awards, obtaining plaques, and presenting awards. The Committee is also responsible for developing other potential methods to recognize Capital District members. operators for consideration by the District Executive Committee.

The committee shall consisting of the past two recipients of the Service Award and the Awards Committee Chair and at least two more Capital District members appointed at the discretion of the Committee Chair. shall recommend Service Award recipients for approval by a majority vote of the Executive Committee.

C. Budget and Auditing Committee: The Budget and Auditing Committee shall be responsible in assisting the District Executive Committee with the development of an annual budget for submission to the Association, for and April 1 – March 31 for submission to the Association by June 1. The results of this audit will also be presented at the June

chairperson of the Audit Committee.

FINAL UPDATED WORDING TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

B. Awards Committee: The Awards Committee shall be responsible for soliciting nominees for potential District, state and national awards, obtaining plaques, and presenting awards. The Committee is also responsible for developing other potential methods to recognize Capital District members.

The committee shall consist of the Awards Committee Chair and at least two more Capital District members appointed at the discretion of the Committee Chair. C. Budget and Auditing Committee: The Budget and Auditing Committee shall be responsible in assisting the District Executive Committee with the development of an annual budget and auditing

following the audit by the chairperson of the Audit Committee.

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