AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2025-51, on the second of two readings, amending Section 2.333 of the San Marcos City Code regarding duties of the Human Services Advisory Board to change reporting requirements for outside agencies from quarterly to annually and remove the requirement for the board’s monitoring of payments to outside agencies to be quarterly; including procedural provisions; and declaring an effective date.
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Meeting date: December 16, 2025
Department: Planning and Development Services
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: July 1, 2025 City Council Work Session: City Council provided direction to staff; December 2, 2025 City Council Regular Session: City Council provided direction to staff on the documents and approved the ordinance changes on first reading.
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Background Information:
DOCUMENT CHANGES DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL
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San Marcos Code Of Ordinances Chapter 2, Article 3, Division 9 - Human Services Advisory Board
Item 5 and 6: Change references to quarterly reports by replacing the word quarterly with annual.
Item 8: Change the phrase “quarterly payments” to just the word “payments”
Recipient Agencies’ Annual Report
Add “number served last year” and “number served this year” to the Annual Report Form.
HSAB FY2027 Application Form
On the first page:
• Add “Do you have a location in San Marcos where people can walk in and ask questions about the program? What is the address?”
In the Council Priorities section:
• Change Question 2 from “Does the agency have an office in San Marcos (10 points if it does)” to “In what ways does your agency actively conduct outreach to engage San Marcos residents in its programs and services? How will San Marcos residents access those services? (up to 10 points)”
• Delete Question 3 (about an increase) and move 5 points to the Community Impact Section and 5 points to the Community Need Section.
Note that the HSAB will review other sections at the public hearing to be held January 21, 2026, and may make changes to the sections other than Council Priorities.
Council Committee, Board/Commission Action:
Changes to these documents recommended by the Human Services Advisory Board were presented to City Council for direction at the July 1, 2025, City Council Worksession.
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Recommendation:
Staff recommends approving the proposed Ordinance changes on second reading.