The Western Regional Water Commission (WRWC) was formed by a Joint Powers Agreement, approved by the City Council on January 22, 2008. The current WRWC Commissioners are: representing Sparks, Council Member Donald Abbott, term expiring March 31, 2018; Reno City Council Member Paul McKenzie representing the Joint Sparks/Reno appointment for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF), term expiring March 31, 2018; and Council Member Ron Smith as appointed and approved by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board, term expiring March 31, 2019.

In an agreement with the City of Reno, the joint appointment to the WRWC by TMWRF is alternated every other two-year term. Currently, Councilman McKenzie serves as the joint appointee. His term expires on March 31, 2018 with the next term transitioning to the City of Sparks. Councilman Abbott is Sparks' representative for TMWRF.  

The State Legislature created the WRWC as a new governance structure for regional planning of water resources. The Bill required the development and adoption of a comprehensive plan for the area over which the new commission had jurisdiction and addresses the supply of municipal and industrial water, quality of water, sanitary sewerage, and treatment of sewage and drainage of stormwater.

I move to recommend a joint appointment with the City of Reno, of Sparks City Council Member Donald Abbott as the TMWRF representative on the Board of Trustees for the Western Regional Water Commission for a two-year term, ending March 31, 2020.