13.30A.040 Clean water commission.

There is hereby created a clean water commission composed of nine (9) citizens appointed by the board of county commissioners. The clean water commission shall represent a balanced interest in storm and surface water treatment and regulation. The commission shall make recommendations to the board of county commissioners on such matters as the focus of the SWMP, program service levels, financing, and policies on surface and stormwater issues. The commission shall report to the board its recommendation for creating an incentive program through which service charges may be adjusted in circumstances where property owners significantly reduce the impacts of stormwater runoff. In addition, the commission shall report annually to the board of county commissioners on the effectiveness of the stormwater management program. In order to make an annual report to the board of county commissioners, the commission shall establish the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program and set forth the criteria in the annual report. The annual report shall include a plan for the upcoming year in addition to evaluating the effectiveness of the program in the preceding year. Also, the report shall include a summary of revenues and expenditures by watershed, zip code or other easily identifiable geographic means. The terms of the appointees shall be staggered and be for three (3) years. Members may be reappointed to serve additional terms. (Sec. 3 of Ord. 1999-11-09)