Environmental Resources Training Center Advisory Committee

Board and Commission Details

Website

Environmental Resources Training Center Advisory Committee

Contact Name

Misty Whittington

Contact Title

Executive Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University

Contact Phone

(618) 536.3344

Contact E-Mail

mistyw@siu.edu

Function

The Committee shall develop the curriculum for the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute and the Public Water Supply Operators Training Institute and, shall include such subjects and courses as will provide methods for maintaining the facilities consistent with the needs of the municipality, sanitary district and the public. The subjects selected for the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute shall include, but are not limited to, a study of the sewage treatment and disposal laws. The subjects selected for the Public Water Supply Operators Institute shall include, but are not limited to, a study of public water supply laws; ; The Institutes may offer a course of at least one week's duration which may be attended by sewage treatment operators or employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be, who have been newly appointed, and a refresher course of at least 2 days' duration which may be attended by all other sewage treatment operators or employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be. Attendance at courses offered by the Institutes shall be restricted to sewage treatment operators and their employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be.

Term

Members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority designating them to Committee membership.

Senate Confirmation

No

Party Affiliation

N/A

Qualifications

See Composition ; This Committee joins the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute Advisory Committee with the Public Water Supply Operators Training Institute Advisory Committee as allowed by statute.

Compensation

Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Composition

6 members designated by the Governor; -3 of whom are sewage treatment operators and; -3 of whom are public water supply operators; 3 representatives of Southern Illinois University designated by the Trustees thereof.

Authority

110 ILCS 530/2


Member Names

Name Member Expiration Member Since Affiliation Appointed By Position Title County
Leezy, John Governor Member, sewage treatment operator
Albers, Timothy 11/08/2013 Governor Member, public water supply operator Clinton
Pinkstaff, Penny Governor Member, public water supply operator
Schaake, Patti Governor Member, sewage treatment operator
Lin, Zhi-Qing Dr. 09/14/2017 SIU Board of Trustees Member Distinguished Research Professor of Environmental Science, SIUE Madison
Zhou, Jim 10/21/2010 SIU Board of Trustees Member Assoc. Prof. of Civil Engineering - SIU
VACANT SIU Board of Trustees Member Engineer - SIUE Emergency Management & Safety
Reynolds, Martin Governor Member, public water supply operator
Coyle, Rebecca 11/08/2013 Governor Member, sewage treatment operator