(a) The director of the department of water and sewers shall select consultants from within or without the Tucson area to serve on the groundwater consultant board. The consultants so retained shall be qualified water resource investigators who possess a thorough knowledge of local hydrogeologic conditions. The consultants may be asked to work individually on projects or may act as a board. The recommendation of the groundwater consultant board shall be advisory only.
(b) Membership on the groundwater consultant board shall be unlimited in number, and each member of the board shall sign a personal services contract with the city.
(c) Members of the groundwater consultant board shall serve for an indefinite period of time, and the director of the department of water and sewers shall have the power to remove any member of the board upon giving notice as provided in the personal services contract.
(d) The members of the groundwater consultant board shall be paid at the rate of forty dollars ($40.00) per hour for work performed as a member of the board, and shall be reimbursed for personal car use at the rate of twenty cents ($0.20) per mile.
(e) The department of water and sewers shall annually appropriate funds not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for the purpose of financing the needs of the groundwater consultant board.
(Ord. No. 4840, 1, 6-26-78; Ord. No. 4906, § 1, 11-13-78)