Edina City Council — Transcript

Saturday, March 15, 2025

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Edina honors four decades of environmental health leadership

Recycling Program Expansion

Water Safety and Pool Drain Regulations

Organizational Change Management

Notable Quotes (4)

Public Health isn't meant to harm people it's really meant to improve their well-being

— Solve Wilmont [Timestamp Unknown]
Recognition of Solve Wilmont's 40-Year Career Achievement

I was part of the very early programs for the recycling um system from its expansion to a little bucket down at the curb collected weekly to the cart now that we use every other week and then the most recent expansion was Organics

— Solve Wilmont [Timestamp Unknown]
Recognition of Solve Wilmont's 40-Year Career Achievement

The big thing about change is that it should happen um it's hard for us to embrace change sometimes because it's comfortable to be where we're at uh but man if things don't change I mean every year we age that's a change we just have to embrace right

— Solve Wilmont [Timestamp Unknown]
Recognition of Solve Wilmont's 40-Year Career Achievement

I was part of the recreation water advisory committee when that new regulation came in pack I was a president of that Association that's one of the areas that I've really embraced in the public health system that we can make some significant changes that can benefit the water quality and the safety for reducing waterborne illnesses

— Solve Wilmont [Timestamp Unknown]
Recognition of Solve Wilmont's 40-Year Career Achievement

Ordinances & Resolutions (2)

Recreation Water Advisory Committee Regulations (VHSA)Regulation

Federal water safety regulations implemented following the Abigail Taylor pool drain incident; Wilmont served as president of the association overseeing implementation.

Organics Collection Program ProposalPlan

Initial memo drafted by Wilmont in 2012 proposing organics collection; program was officially initiated in 2020.

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