Board Meeting Information
As of October 25, 2022, the board will meet on the last Tuesday of each month at 4:30 pm except when Updates are noted below.
Location:
In-person: Beginning December 2024 the Board meetings will be held online via Zoom through the winter months.
Online: To attend via Zoom, please register any time and the Zoom link will be emailed to you shortly after registering. Simply click the Register button, complete the form and submit.
Updates will be posted below. To print a copy of the schedule click the schedule image below.
UPDATES
The May 2025 Board meeting is not the last Tuesday of the month. The date has been adjusted due to the holiday. Dates are noted below on the meeting schedule.
About the Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority
The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority was created by the West Virginia Legislature on January 1, 1989, as a public agency in accordance with WV Code §22C-4-3. The Legislative intent was to protect the public health and welfare with a comprehensive program of solid waste collection, processing, recycling, and disposal, managed for the most part, on the local level. Responsibilities of the authorities include but are not limited to acquisition, construction of and/or operation of solid waste facilities; local and/or regional solid waste planning; siting approval of commercial solid waste facilities; coordinating public education and awareness; solid waste and litter control project coordination/ management and many other things consistent with WV Code §22C-4.
The purpose of the Monongalia County SWA is to protect the public health and welfare by providing for a comprehensive program of solid waste collection, processing, recycling, and disposal. Further, the Monongalia County SWA exists to establish programs based on source reduction, recycling, reuse, material recovery and lastly, landfilling.
The Monongalia County SWA has a five-member board of directors who are in charge of managing the powers and duties of the Monongalia County SWA. These board members are appointed by different agencies which include: the Secretary of the WV Department of Environmental Protection, the Monongalia County Commission, the board of supervisors for the Monongahela Conservation District, and the chairman of the Public Service Commission.
The current Board of Directors are
Mike McCawley, Chairman, Term Ends June 30, 2028, Monongalia County Commission Appointee
David Custer, Co-chairman, Term Ends June 30, 2026, Monongalia County Commission Appointee
Eldon A. Callen, Board member, Term Ends June 30, 2025, WV Department of Environmental Protection Appointee
Hayward Helmick, Board member, Term Ends June 30, 2028, Conservation District Appointee
H. R. Scott, Board member, Term Ends June 30, 2027, Public Service Commission Appointee
The Monongalia County SWA Director is Lynn Castro.