(A) Establishment and composition. The Storm Water Management Advisory Committee shall be composed of five full members, one alternate member, and one Council Member liaison and one youth (between the ages of 14 and 18) as an ex-officio member who shall reside or own property within the town limits. The Council shall appoint the membership of the Committee. Each member shall be appointed for a period of three years except that the Council in appointing the original membership of the Committee may prescribe terms of fewer years to the end that the terms of the various members of Storm Water Management Advisory Committee shall be staggered. The youth member shall serve a term length of one year. Committee members may be re-appointed at the discretion of the Council.
(B) Duties. The Storm Water Management Advisory Committee shall have the following charge and duties:
(1) The Committee shall review and/or recommend to the Council storm water management policies, policy changes, and long range plans and estimate their budgetary and rate impacts.
(2) The Committee shall review and comment to the Council on the annual storm water management capital improvements program.
(3) The Committee shall respond to the Town Council and town staff requests for advice on matters related to storm water services and the storm water management utility.
(4) The Committee shall present the Council with an annual report of key actions and issues and its annual work program.
(C) Procedure. The Storm Water Management Advisory Committee is directed to adopt rules of procedure necessary to the conduct of its affairs and in keeping with the provision of this chapter, all policies of the Town Council, and applicable state laws. Such rules of procedure, and any modifications to same, shall be submitted to the Town Council for review and approval. Except as provided in this chapter, the rules of procedure adopted by the Committee shall at least provide for: selection of the officers of the Committee; the time and place of its regular meetings, which shall at least be held bi-annually, and the calling of special meetings; the procedures of the conduct of public hearings and voting. The Committee shall elect from its membership at least a chairperson and vice-chairperson, who shall serve for terms of one year, who shall be eligible for reelection, and who shall have the right to vote. The chairperson shall preside over the Storm Water Management Advisory Committee. In the absence or disability of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson. All meetings of the Storm Water Management Advisory Committee shall be open to the public, in accordance with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law, G.S. §§ 143-318.10 et seq., and a public record shall be kept of the Committee's resolutions, proceedings, and actions. The rules of procedure and minutes of the Committee are maintained as separate documents in the nature of a public record at the Town Clerk's Office. The Town Manager or his or her designee shall provide such technical, administrative, and clerical assistance as required by the Committee.
(Ord. passed 6-25-2007; Am. Ord. passed 4-22-2013)