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Board debates charter and oversight for new Utilities Advisory Committee
Summary
Directors and staff discussed amendments to the proposed Utilities Advisory Committee charter, with questions about appointment procedures, board oversight, potential duplication of staff work, and whether the board should instead schedule recurring study sessions on water and sewer issues.
Fort Smith directors spent considerable time Jan. 14 reviewing proposed amendments to the Utilities Advisory Committee charter and aired concerns about member selection, the committee’s scope and whether it duplicates staff responsibilities.
Administration presented a revised charter that includes a provision to reference directions from the board of directors and to use the municipal code’s standard application and appointment process rather than designating the city administrator as the appointing official. “Those are the two changes that administration will make to the one that gets brought back before you for consideration,” an…
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