Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. EDT
Remote
Meeting notice: https://www.glwater.org/event/board-of-directors-54/
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
EGLE makes changes to regulate corrosion control treatment of drinking water and fine non-compliance.
EGLE makes changes to regulate corrosion control treatment of drinking water and fine non-compliance.
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12:09 PM Jul 27, 2022 CDT
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We will have more notes, recordings and archived materials: detroit.documenters.org/assignments/bo…
📎 Follow along with today’s agenda! I may refer to numbered items throughout: glwater.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.… https://t.co/ib0qAYGAWi
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See Alex’s tweets from the last meeting we covered: twitter.com/mostlikelyalex…
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• @JayeQuadrozzi, chair (Oakland)
• @fremanhendrix, vice chair (Detroit)
• Brian Baker, secretary (Macomb)
• @DrBeverly_GoMCC (state)
• @GaryBrownDET (Detroit)
• John Zech (Wayne)
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See you in less than an hour!
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I guess this meeting chamber camera is better than a grainy webcam that only shows four people, but it’s dizzying to watch.
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👤 Roll call! All board members are here.
They approve the overall agenda, the consent matters agenda, and all the consent matters. Someone says there aren’t any communications.
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An unidentified board member says they’re “looking for some relief from this organization”.
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Now to online commenters. Nobody requests to speak.
No communications nor unfinished business.
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Cheryl Porter starts talking Item 9A, water quality regulation changes. She says there was a miscommunication between GLWA and the state’s Environment, Great Lakes and Enviroment department. glwater.legistar.com/LegislationDet…
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Porter also says most of their member-partners are above this new threshold but some are “concerning”.
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She also says additional violations can increase how frequently a member-partner’s water system is reviewed.
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They also ask if GLWA will be liable for violations. Nope, they will be brought to local water system operators.
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A staff member, speaking on behalf of another staff member, joins in-person to give an overview of Items 9B through 9P. These are amendments to municipal water service contracts. https://t.co/knhETss68u
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This camera operation is genuinely nauseating.
The board approves Items 9B through 9P.
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The board approves the sale request, Item 9Q.
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Suzanne Coffey, CEO, recites statements on GLWA’s denial of 2021 flood claims and the conflict surrounding Highland Park’s debt.
Coffey also says they’re recruiting employees to fill vacant positions. …
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She goes on to thank contributors to some organizational plans and a developer who created an algorithm in use at the “WRRF”. https://t.co/aRW3Q1hAww
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They’re referring to a lot of insider stuff. It’s hard to follow.
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Board member Zech says something but his microphone is so far away, I can hardly hear him.
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CEO Coffey says they’re “making some pretty hard decisions” in re-prioritizing their ongoing projects. https://t.co/qlknB3suRx
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👉 The board proceeds to other matters. There are none on the agenda. But someone starts talking about an upcoming (private) meeting for the board. Someone else remarks it’ll take place during happy hour. …
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Board member Hendrix asks about presentations. CEO Coffey says they’re more effective when staff members present remotely, as “it’s the best way for the public to see these presentations.”
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This meeting is a little less eventful and much more opaque than I expected! Even SEMCOG’s Water Infrastructure Task Force meeting was a little easier to understand than this.
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I wouldn’t say this public meeting’s video feed is the worst I’ve seen. But the way they whip-pan the camera to catch every speaker – usually panning to the wrong person – is highly distracting. Install more cameras!
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GLWA’s next meeting will be the Capital Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9: glwater.org/event/capital-…
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Great Lakes Water Authority
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water and sewer authority that services nearly 40 percent of the water customers in Michigan. Currently GLWA provides wholesale water and waste water services to 127 municipalities in eight Southeastern Michigan counties, which is equivalent to approximately 3.9 million customers.
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