Wastewater Improvements Task Force

Members

Name Position
Alan Snider
 Engineering
Bill France
 Zone 2
Bob Jones 
 Zone 3
Bob Norton
 St. John's Hospital
Cameron Rose
 Zone 3
Chip Parker 
 Citizen At-Large
Florence Noeth
 Zone 1
James Owen
 Zone 2
Jeff Krause
 Kraft
Ken McClure
 Missouri State University
King Coltrin
Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield
Kirk Heyle
 Citizen At-Large / Heyle Realtors
Loring Bullard
 Watershed Committee of the Ozarks
Michael Pessina
 HDR Engineering
Mitch Hylen
Turblex Wastewater
Norman Ridder
 Springfield Public Schools
Paul Obermann
 CMC Recycling
Rita Silic
 Zone 1
Rob Fridge
 Drury University
Rob Simon
 Allen Filters, Inc.
Rod Schaffer
 Cox Hospital
Roger Berg
 Zone 4
Suzan Gonder
 Environmental Works
Tiffany Frey
 James River Basin Partnership
Tim Rosenbury Zone 4

Overview & Charge

Springfield must make additional investments in its wastewater system to continue meeting regulatory requirements and to protect the environment. The Wastewater Improvements Task Force will help improve this community asset by integrating community values throughout the process.

This task force will answer the following questions:
  • What principles should guide Springfield's investment decisions and rate setting?
  • How much should Springfield invest in maintaining infrastructure?
  • How should rates be set to fairly and equitably recover costs from all customers?
  • What type of financial best practices should be implemented in improve the financial sustainability of the utility?
  • What sort of program should Springfield implement to address basement backups?
  • What sort of program should Springfield develop to address private connections and private lateral issues?
  • What sort of program should be put in place to address overflows related to satellite communities?
The task force will also provide the Mayor and City Council written recommendations regarding the rate setting process.

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