Press Release

Dec.7, 2000

The Salton Sea Authority Board bid farewell to two longtime members Wednesday (Dec. 6).

Stepping down were Don Cox, who had served on the Authority board since its inception in 1993 and Tom Veysey, who served as Authority president this past year.

Both are concluding their service on two of the Authority’s member agency boards. Cox did not seek a fourth term on the Imperial Irrigation District Board and Veysey opted not to run for a second term on the Imperial County Board of Supervisors.

Both agencies will be making new appointments to the Authority board.

“Don and Tom have been giants on behalf of the Salton Sea Restoration project,” said Authority Executive Director Tom Kirk. “Their contributions have been enormous,” he said.

Cox, he said, “has been the brains of the operation” since formation of the Salton Sea Authority.

Kirk also said Veysey has “been very helpful to the Authority in work on our behalf in Washington D.C. and Sacramento.”

Norm Niver, President of the West Shores Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Imperial County Planning Commission also praised Veysey’s efforts. “He has done a lot of good up here for the Salton Sea communities. We will miss him.”

The Authority is a joint powers authority consisting of the IID, the counties of Imperial and Riverside and the Coachella Valley Water District.

The board is made up of two elected board members from each of the agencies.

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