Westchester County Board of Legislators, NY: Budget and Appropriations Committee

COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY

AGENDA FOR:
Monday, February 13, 2006 3:00PM

Items for Discussion:

Smart Meters
Solid Waste Commission Update
Any other business that comes before the Committee

Referrals –

1. Cell Phone Disposal: Local Law with respect to the disposal of cellular telephones. (1-23-06 – also referred to Legislation)

2. Healthy Air Legislation: Local Law amending the Laws of Westchester County with respect to regulating the content of fuels. (1-23-06 – also referred to Legislation)

4. Healthy Air Legislation: Local Law with respect to idling time of diesel powered vehicles. (1-23-06 – also referred to Legislation)

5. Indian Point: Indian Point timeline. (1-23-06)

8. Energy Crisis 2005: Outline of the national energy crisis and suggested solutions. (1-23-06)

9. Clean Water Protection/Flood Prevention: Draft resolution in support of the NYS Clean Water Protection/Flood Prevention Act. (1-23-06)

11. PCBs: Technical Journal article on PCB use in buildings.
(1-23-06)

13. Smart Meters: Resolution urging the NYS Public Service Commission to permit County residents to obtain “smart meter” technology and prohibit Con Edison from implementing saturated AMR in the County. (1-23-06)

14. United Water Company: Constituent correspondence regarding United Water Company and the possibility of a public takeover of its operations. (1-23-06)

15. MTA Noise Problem: Constituent correspondence regarding Metro North Harlem Line noise along Garth Road. (1-23-06)

16. Healthy Air Bills: Fact Sheet on the County’s pending Healthy Air legislation from Environmental Defense. (1-23-06)

HONS. VITO PINTO & SUZANNE SWANSON: Storm-Related Power Failures: Constituent correspondence regarding the recent storm-related, prolonged electrical blackouts.

CLERK OF THE BOARD: Sewer District Modification: Resolution from the Town of Yorktown requesting the inclusion of 5,000 parcels of land from the Hammock’s Mill Sewer District into the Peekskill Sanitary Sewer District (on file).

NOTE TO MEMBERS:

Please take any items from your folders that you are interested in, as the committee staff will only be keeping one master file, not one for each member.