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

COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY

AGENDA FOR:
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2006 4:00PM

Items for Discussion:

Smart Meters Resolution
Solid Waste Commission - Amodio’s Garden
Approval of Minutes (2/6/06 Committee meetings)
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)

17. Storm-Related Power Failures: Constituent correspondence regarding the recent storm-related, prolonged electrical blackouts. (2-6-06)

18. 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). (2-6-06 – also referred to GCED)

19. Storm-Related Power Failures: Constituent correspondence regarding the recent storm-related, prolonged electrical blackouts. (2-6-06)

20. Commencement of Lawsuit: Act authorizing the County Attorney to institute a lawsuit against Piscionere & Nemarow. (2-6-06)

21. Protection of Drinking Water: Constituent correspondence regarding expansion of the County Airport and the public drinking water supply. (2-6-06)

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.