A. The City shall retain an independent auditor to conduct an annual audit of the Clean Water and Storm Protection Fee and environmental management/clean creeks fund as part of its comprehensive annual financial report. The auditor shall include an accounting of the revenue received from the fee and expenditures thereof in the audited financial statements. The auditor’s report shall be presented to the City Council and made available to the public. The Director of Administrative Services or the Director of Public Works shall prepare and present to the City Council an annual report in conjunction with the annual audit that reviews the status and performance of the programs, services and projects funded wholly or partially with proceeds of the Clean Water and Storm Protection Fee.
B. The City Council shall either select a citizen’s oversight committee or assign oversight duties to a pre-existing oversight committee to review and report annually on the receipt of revenue and expenditure of funds from the storm drainage service charge fund authorized by this chapter.
(Ord. 19-2183, 2019)