Public Works Work Group
The Public Works Work Group (PWWG) brings together professionals from agencies throughout the region working in transportation, drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, buildings and grounds, parks, electricity, public fleet, and related community infrastructure sub-disciplines. These partners collaborate on planning, developing agreements, training, exercising plans, and purchasing specialized equipment to build public works-related regional capabilities across the protection, mitigation, response, and recovery mission areas of all-hazards emergency/disaster preparedness.
Chair: Heather Knapp, City of Hillsboro
Vice Chair: Rebecca Geisen, Regional Water Providers Consortium
MEETINGS
The Public Works Work Group meets every other month on the fourth Wednesday.
SUBCOMMITTEES
The Public Works Work Group has a Solid Waste Disaster Preparedness Subcommittee that is currently focused in two areas: disaster debris, and continuity / resilience of the solid waste system.
CHAIR: Jim Quinn, Metro