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Appointment to the Technical Customer Advisory Committee
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The Technical Customer Advisory Committee (TCAC) was established in 2006 to assist in and facilitate public review and discussion of Water Authority policies, plans and programs. The TCAC was established as a professional/ technical group of volunteers to represent the five core functional areas of operating a water and wastewater utility. This group is intended to provide outside expertise in best practices and private sector applications for continuous business improvement.
At the March 2022 meeting, the Chair announced that there was a vacancy on the committee and that an online application was posted for customers who may be interested in serving on this technical committee. Board members were informed that if they know of anyone interested that they should apply on the Water Authority’s website. In addition, a notice was placed on the Water Authority website’s front page.
Only one qualified nominee applied and the recommendation was forwarded to the Chair, who through this communication is forwarding the nomination to the Board for confirmation. Jitka Dekojova is recommended for confirmation. Below is a summary of the nominee background.
Jitka Dekojova
Ms. Dekojova, ASLA, SITES AP, is trained as a landscape architect and an environmental planner. She is well equipped to balance both aesthetics and ecology in landscape design to create resilient landscapes. Her emphasis on low impact development and green stormwater infrastructure brought her to ongoing collaboration with several public agencies, including the New Mexico Department of Transportation. Jitka serves as ASLA (The American Society of Landscape Architects) trustee representing New Mexico chapter and teaches at the University of New Mexico. She works at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini - a multi-disciplinary design firm with offices in AZ, NM and TX. She writes for Zahrada Park Krajina, a Czech landscape architecture magazine and enjoys hiking, wine tasting and aimless travelling.
CURRENT MEMBERS:
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Member |
Category |
Term Expiration |
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Ron Schwarzwalder |
Water System Operations |
Jun-22 |
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Jingjing Wang |
Resource Economics |
Dec-22 |
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Mark Begay |
Customer Service / Stakeholder Engagement |
Oct-23 |
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Robert Fowlie |
Water System Engineering |
Jun-23 |
|
Erwin Melis |
Water Resource Planning |
Jun-23 |
|
John Fleck |
Non-profit Water Management Advocacy/Education |
Feb-24 |
|
Vacant |
Landscape Architecture |
|
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Deborah Dixon |
Financial/Business Management |
May-22 |
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Paul van Gulick |
Water System Engineering |
May-22 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
None