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:
Mike Alvarez	City Selection Committee - 3rd District
Cheryl Brothers, Vice Chair	City Selection Committee - 1st District
Joe J. Carchio	2nd District
Cynthia Conners	City Selection Committee - 5th District
Donald R. Froelich, Chair	3rd District
Dr. Beth Haney	3rd District
Rob Johnson	City Selection Committee - 2nd District
Christine Marick	City Selection Committee - 4th District
Tina M. Nieto	2nd District
Bret M. Plumlee	City Selection Committee - City Manager Representative
David J. Shawver	City Selection Committee - At Large
Joe Soto	5th District
Mark Tettemer	5th District
Juan Villegas	1st District
Vacant	1st District
Vacant	4th District
Vacant	4th District
Ex Officio:
Thomas D. Koutroulis	Director, OC Waste & Recycling

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.

2019 Meeting Dates Thursday, March 14, 2019 Thursday, June 13, 2019 Thursday, September 12, 2019 Thursday, December 12, 2019

All meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. at OC Waste & Recycling Headquarters:

300 North Flower Street
Room 467
Santa Ana, CA 92703
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WMC Meetings and Agendas

For more information about the Waste Management Commission please contact Ruth Wardwell at (714) 834-4060 or via email at ruth.wardwell@ocwr.ocgov.com.