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municipalauthorities.org | 5 12 SCMA: T ransforming C hallenges into S uccess 4 PMAA Member Program Benefits for Authorities 8 Board of Directors and Staff 9 2025 Future Leaders Scholarship PMAA Welcomes a New Staff Member 18 2025 WIN Conference 22 Solicitor’s Corner: Maintaining Order at Your Public Meetings 24 Government Relations Update 27 Hamilton Township Municipal Authority Celebrates Employee Milestone at Annual Appreciation Luncheon 28 National Engineers Week: Celebrating PMAA Member Engineers 32 First Anniversary Inspections: A Key Part of Tank Longevity 37 Four Pillars of Local Government Investing, Part 1: PLGIT’s Investment Adviser and Administrator’s Recommendations for Local Government Investing for a Changing Economic Climate 38 2024 PaWARN Gold Star Award 40 Authority News: J.E. “Ted” Kuhn Award Presented to C. Wayne Henry 44 Pittsburgh Water CEO Appointed to EPA National Drinking Water Advisory Council 45 Communication Fun Facts 46 Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Announce Plans to Revise Watershed Agreement 49 2025 Bidding Thresholds Increase 50 AuthoritiesConnect - PMAA’s Online Member Community 53 EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency 55 2025 Board Member Training 64 Marketplace 66 Advertiser’s Index 6 T he K ey to CWA’ s S urvival 10 T he I mportance of P roactive C ustomer C ommunication I n this I ssue C ontents F eatures 14 P romoting T rust through S torytelling 16 D ormont S tormwater A uthority 19 P otential S ea C hange in P ubic U tility L aw 20 D eveloping a G eospatial S trategy