§ 2-112. Creation; membership; terms.

(a)

Creation. There is hereby created a Water System Advisory Committee.

(b)

Membership. The Committee shall consist of six members, who shall be appointed by the City Council as described in Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-87.

(c)

Terms.

(1)

Members shall be appointed for two-year terms.

(2)

Members whose terms expire may continue to serve until a successor member is appointed. In such case when a new member is appointed, the term shall relate back to the time of expiration of the previous term. Service for a partial term of greater than one year constitutes a term for the purpose of determining the consecutive number of terms permissible.

(3)

The initial terms of the members of the Committee shall be established and staggered as follows:

a.

Three members shall be appointed with terms ending in January 2009.

b.

Two members and the Mayor-recommended appointment shall be appointed with terms ending January 2010.

c.

After the initial term of members, the members of the Water Advisory Committee shall serve overlapping two-year terms beginning October 1 and ending September 30.

(d)

Vacancies. Shall be filled as described in Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-87.

(e)

Qualifications.

(1)

Committee members shall represent the public interest and have a commitment to ensuring the proper and efficient operation of the City Water System.

(2)

Members shall be residents of the City and shall reside within the City Water System service area.

(3)

No person employed on a full-time basis by the City or the San Antonio Water System Authority, or the County, shall be appointed to the Committee. No elected official or a family member of an elected official within the second degree of consanguinity shall be appointed to the Committee.

(f)

Removal.

(1)

Members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed at any time.

(2)

Members of the Committee shall automatically forfeit their seat on the Committee for the following reasons:

a.

The member has been absent from three consecutive meetings, unless the absence was excused by the Chair. For this purpose, being absent is defined as not being in attendance 75 percent or more of the duration of each officially called meeting.

b.

The member has been absent, whether excused or not, from more than 50 percent of the meetings during any 12 consecutive months.

c.

The member ceases to meet any of the required qualifications.

(Ord. No. 200-05-07, § II(I), 12-18-2007; Ord. No. 200-04-09, § I, 9-15-2009; Ord. No. 0-2015-012 , § II, 3-23-2015)