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for evaluations of City Clerk, Sherry Mashburn; presiding Municipal Court Judge, John Burke; and City Attorney, Michael Cosentino. 0 4. The Executive Session adjourned at 6:55 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. No action was required from Executive Session. 5. Invocation Debbie "Morningstar" Adams, with the Cherokee Candle Shop, provided the invocation. 6. Pledge of Allegiance Councilmember Porterfield led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance. 7. Citizen Comments Betsy Robertson, 1410 Progress, San Marcos, asked that the LCRA agreement for wholesale power be put off a little bit. It is 15 months before it is due, and she would like to see a lot of public input on this. It is good to have public input on what we, as a public, want to see. Most items on our agendas are General Fund items, which only covers one -third of the City's budget. This item, as part of the SMEU budget, is a large part of our budget. She suggested that Council consider electric utility and water /wastewater citizens advisory boards. Currently, there is no citizen oversight, and she would like to see these two new commissions. is Steve Harvey, 1116 Mountain View, San Marcos, thanks the community for their continued prayers for his cancer journey. He is treating this as a chronic condition and getting on with life. Secondly, he thanked the City for their continued work on the importance of the census. Last, he asked that item #I I (LCRA wholesale power agreement) be moved from the Consent Agenda for specific discussion. Lisa Spencer, 100 E. Mimosa Circle, San Marcos, requested that the Council postpone any decision on item #11 (LCRA wholesale power agreement). She provided the City Council with an information packet, and the front page is from a public utility website. The state average electric rate is 11 cents. The San Marcos rate is 19 cents. We have found ourselves the most expensive in our area and around the state. The next page in the packet says there are no offers found in our zip code and no competition. She pulled up her home address, and it says it is in a regulated area and there are no choices. She referenced another page with cities listed that have a fair competition. Another page has Texas electric rates with cities that have competition. She noted that Bexar County is deregulated, and only two cities within Bexar County are still regulated. Both cities have rates that are substantially under the San Marcos rates. She reported that one zip code in Austin has twenty offerings from twenty different companies. 8. City Council Reports A. Provide an update from attendees on the NLC Conference. • RM032310 Minutes Page 2