Resolutions and Legislative Committee
Scope of work:
•Send resolutions that impact the Bylaws or Manual of Policy and Procedures (MOPP) to the Bylaws-MOPP Committee.
• Reject resolutions that are duplicative of current policy.
• Clarify the intent of resolutions when not immediately obvious.
• Work with watersheds that submit similar resolutions to combine them into one.
• Debate resolutions in advance of the Annual Meeting on Resolutions and Petitions.
• Review and make recommendations to the legislative platform in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Watershed Administrators (MAWA) Legislative Platform Committee.
• Review materials for legislators and Minnesota Watersheds members on the priority legislative issues, providing context and why the legislation is important.
• Aid in legislative matters as requested by the Minnesota Watersheds Lobbying Team and executive director.
• Recommend legislative priorities, working with the lobbying team and executive director.
Committee Members:
Co-Chair: Don Pereira, Valley Branch WD
Co-Chair: Michelle Overholser, Yellow Medicine River WD
Region 1 Managers:
Gene Tiedemann, Red Lake WD; Linda Vavra, Bois de Sioux WD; Don Andringa, Sand Hill River WD
Region 2 Managers:
Andrew Weber, Lac qui Parle Yellow Bank WD; Jeff Gertgen, Middle Fork Crow River WD; Ruth Schaefer, Middle Fork Crow River WD; Brad Kramer, Shell Rock River WD (2025 - at large member)
Region 3 Managers:
Beverly Burnett, Prior Lake Spring Lake WD; Don Pereira, Valley Branch WD; Mike Madigan, South Washington WD; Frank Boyles, Prior Lake Spring Lake WD and Joan Hauer, Bassett Creek WMP (2025 – at large members); Val Eisele, Ramsey-Washington Metro WD and Jill Crafton, Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek WD (alternates)
Administrators:
Region 1 - Dan Money, Two Rivers WD; Tracy Halstensgard, Roseau River WD
Region 2 - Dan Livdahl, Okabena-Ocheda WD, Michelle Overholser, Yellow Medicine River WD
Region 3 - Phil Belfiori, Vadnais Lake Area WMO, Nick Tomczik, Rice Creek WD
LGN Lobbying Team