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File #: C-22-37    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Communication Status: Approved
File created: 11/4/2022 In control: Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
On agenda: 11/9/2022 Final action: 11/9/2022
Title: Appointment to the Technical Customer Advisory Committee
Sponsors: Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Author
Attachments: 1. C-22-37
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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 the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility 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.

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.

Qualified nominations were compiled and forwarded to the Chair, who through this communication is forwarding the nomination to the Board for confirmation. Donald T. Lopez is recommended for confirmation. Below is a summary of the nominee.

Donald T. Lopez
Mr. Donald T. Lopez serves as the Village of Los Ranchos Mayor and Trustee. He is a retired United States Armed Forces Colonel. Mr. Lopez offers more than 49 years of Professional Engineer (P.E) experience with AECOM/URS, the United States Air Force, United States Army Corps of Engineers, and New Mexico State Engineer Office/Interstate Stream Commission in Civil Engineering and Construction Management. Currently, with AECOM, he is serving as the lead design Geotechnical Engineer on the Ft. Wingate HWMU project, a 90-million-dollar Hazardous Waste Removal project for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Worth and Tulsa Districts. During 2009 and 2010, he served as the Construction Quality Assurance Engineer for the Sandia National Laboratory Mixed Wa...

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