San Marcos City Council discussed Winter Storm Uri s effects on wastewater rates and debated possible revisions to the Criminal Justice Reform Committee s purpose statement at its meeting on May 4.
The council voted to temporarily alter the method for calculating residential wastewater rates by excluding February 2021 from the timeline used and will start this month to calculate average water consumption. The council says due to Winter Storm Uri, wastewater rates would be higher than the expected average should be. As a result, the council will adjust February s rates to minimize higher costs.
The council s consideration to revise the Criminal Justice Reform Committee s purpose statement was in pursuit of concentrating on a broader array of criminal justice topics, outside of the standard operating practices and city ordinances.