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ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 3, BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY ESTABLISHING A CITIZENS UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD; INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 3, Boards, Committees, and Commissions, of the San Marcos City Code is hereby amended by adopting a new Division 11 (previously reserved for future codification) establishing a Citizens Utility Advisory Board to read as follows: DIVISION 11. CITIZENS UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD Sec. 2.271. Created, Composition. There is hereby created the City of San Marcos Citizen Utility Advisory Board, hereinafter referred to as the "Board." The Board will be comprised of five voting members. The council shall appoint one citizen at large. When considering appointments to the remaining four positions on the Board, Council shall endeavor to appoint individuals meeting the following qualifications: two members with experience as a licensed professional engineer or experience in the operation and management of public utility systems and two members ti\ ith education and experience in finance or accountin <a. All voting members must be customers of the citv's water, wastewater, or electric utility systems and must reside within the cite- limits. The city council i-nay remove and replace rnembers of the Board at any t:inic. The Mayor of the City of San Marcos will be a non- voting, ex officio member of the Board. Sec. 2.272. Term of office. The term of office for members shall be two years, with all members initially appointed for two full years. The second appointments shall be staggered. so that two members shall be appointed for two -year terms, and the remaining three members appointed for one -year terms. Thereafter. all terms shall be for two years. Sec. 2.273. Purpose, The Board is empowered to review the financial performance and resources of the City of San Marcos Electric, Water and Wastewater Utility Systems for purposes of providing advice to the Council concerning the business aspects of such financial performance and resources including rate levels and fees and to report, by official vote, their recommendations to the City Council. The Board may also include recommendations regarding the operating budgets and capital improvements plans for these utility systems and future water sources.