The City Sewer/Utilities Review Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, consists of nine (9) members nominated by the Mayor and appointed by the City Council and one (1) ex officio member (non-voting) who is also nominated by the Mayor and shall be a Council member who will serve as chairman of the Committee.
1. Six (6) of the Committee members shall be residents of the City or business owners of companies located in the City; none of the Committee members shall hold any other elective office in the City government with the exception of the ex-officio member from the Council.
2. The remaining three (3) members of the Committee shall be representatives nominated by Arconic (or its successor), Scott Community College and the Pleasant Valley Community School District and approved by the Mayor and Council.
The Committee will meet at least once a year and may elect to meet with greater frequency if a majority of the quorum present at a meeting decides additional meetings are required to fulfil the purpose of the Committee as defined in this section.
All meetings are subject to the open meetings laws as defined in the Iowa Code.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide well-researched and objective insight and guidance to the Council on matters related to the expansion, upkeep, management and maintenance of the City’s sanitary sewer utility and to review and make recommendations for the acceptance, rejection or modification of proposed plans and rates with regard to the following:
1. Proposed capital investments in improvements to the service;
2. Annual operating costs and expenses related to operating the sanitary sewer utility as reflected in the Annual Sewer Fund Budget prepared under the direction of the City’s administrator; and
3. Annual rate adjustments for sanitary sewer fee payers.
When initially appointing members of the Committee, the Council will determine which one-third of the membership shall serve a one-year term (ending June 30, 2021); which one-third shall serve a two-year term (ending in June 30, 2022) and which one-third shall serve a standard, three-year term (ending June 30, 2023).
Thereafter, the term of office of the members of the Committee shall be three (3) years. The terms of not more than one-third of the members will expire in any one year.
Members of the Committee serve at the discretion of the Mayor and may be removed or replaced if so desired.
Once a Committee member’s term has reached its end, there is no “hold-over” meaning the member’s assignment to the Committee has finished and they are no longer a member of the Committee unless nominated by the Mayor and re-appointed.
Once a Committee member’s term has reached its end, there is no “hold-over” meaning the member’s assignment to the Committee has finished and they are no longer a member of the Committee unless nominated by the Mayor and re-appointed.
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