§ 10.20.15. Duties.

The water and wastewater committee shall have the authority to determine how it executes its designated mission, and this authority shall apply only to its internal procedural matters, and shall be consistent with all applicable legal and statutory authority including, but not limited to, state and federal laws, regulations, and city ordinances.

Water and wastewater committee members may draft and propose committee rules and by-laws but no such rule(s) shall become final without a majority vote of the city council. The committee members may debate, prepare, and draft, and present proposed ordinances, regulations and/or amendments to existing ordinances, regulations and/or amendments to the city council for adoption at its next regularly scheduled meeting. However, under no circumstances shall such proposals be submitted less than fourteen (14) days prior to a regularly scheduled city council meeting, except in cases of emergency. A two-thirds majority vote of the city council shall be required to repeal the ordinance from which this section is derived. Notwithstanding the foregoing, committee members may not establish policies for the city or the committee without prior approval of the city council. Hereinafter, however, the water and wastewater committee shall have the authority to approve new water and sewer services within the corporate limits of the city without the requirement for such new service approval being reviewed and separately approved by the city council.

( Ord. No. 2007-40, § 1 ; Ord. No. 2012-17, § 2, 5-31-2012 )