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.
Monday, May 3, 2021
After receiving many complaints about a manufacturing odor, the San Marcos City Council will discuss a Clean Air Ordinance.
The councilmembers will consider an ordinance that would provide supplemental regulations for the emission of air contaminants and controlling or abating air pollution in their regular meeting Tuesday. The ordinance would create associated offenses and penalties as well.
The item came about after the city received numerous complaints about a local manufacturing business and the odor associated with their manufacturing process.
According to the agenda materials, the business is not violating any waste water requirements and there are no enforceable municipal air quality ordinances in place to allow staff to address the odor issue from an enforcement perspective.