Teri Goodmann Re-Appointed to US EPA Local Copyrighted
May 21 , 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4.
ITEM TITLE: Teri Goodmann Re-Appointed to US EPA Local
Government Advisory Committee
SUMMARY: Correspondence from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)announcing that Assistant City Manager Teri
Goodmann has been re-appointed to the Agency's Local
GovernmentAdvisory Committee in Region 7.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
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EPA Announces Appointment of Local Leaders to Supporting Documentation
National Advisory Committee
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EPA Announces Appoin[men[ A Local Leaders[o Na[ional AdWsory Commi[[ee
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(lenera, Nan. May 11, 2018�—Totlay,Me LL i Emimnmenhl Pmfiction Agenry(EPA)announcetl ffie
appointment of 14 new members to the Local6wemment Ativisory Committee(L6AC�.The 33-member
LGAC helps EPA tlevelop shong partnershipswiM local govemmentsN pmvitle more effioentantl
effective emimnmen2l pmmction atffie mmmunRy,mte,antl frtleal level.
"EPNs effortsm pmtect public healM antl Me emimnmentare mort effectNe when Me Agenry woM1s
oopeatively wiM rtate antl local govemments�"saitl EPA AtlminishaNr Scott Pruitt '9 look PorvvaN N
woM1ing wi[h the mmmi[tee members on important emimnmental inues while tleveloping rtmnger
antl more mbus[partnershipsacrossmtes,tnbes,antl local mmmmi[ies."
"Seekinglocal input isa bigrtep by EPA in makingemimnmental polioesffiat work Porour
r� mRies. lncal govemments are not only mncemetl aboutMe emimnmental antl public healffi ot
otlzere, butalm fimanoal mwartlship,"saitl MayorBob Divson, Greereburg, Narn-asantl Chair of
ffie Committee."We knowwhat works bert Por ourmmmunifies,antl AtlminirnamrPruitt untlerstantls
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EPA is mmmittetl m mllaboaffigwiM rtatesantl local govemments in Me spirk of mopeaffie
frtlealkm m builtl on ffieirwork m achieve mrt retluctioreantl betteralloca[e resoumes.
Imprwementsm publichealM antl Me emimnment are bestachievetl when EPA woM1smgeffierwiM
rtates,tnbes,antl mmmmRiesm atltlress emimnmental issuesffimugh vurt, mllaboration,antl
partnership.
The newantl reappointetl mmmittee memberswere relectetl basetl on ffieirtlemonsnatetl leatlership
expenence, pmven remrtl otservice m ffieir mmmunifies,antl imolvement in effective emimnmen2l
pmtection servicesantl pmgramsat Me mmmuniTy, rtate,antl frtleal level.
Reappointetl L6ACmembers in EPA Region) indutle'.
• MayorBobDivson; Greer�sburg, Narn-as
• Representative Tom Sloan, House Representative State of Kansas
• Ms.Teri Goodman, Assistant City Manager; Dubuque, lowa
Chartered in 1993 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act,the Local Government Advisory
Committee meets four to six times per year to provide independent and objective policy advice to the
EPA Administrator.The Committee will have their first meeting in early summer.
For more information, please visit http://www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_Igac/Igac_index.htm
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