San Marcos City Council — January 2012

• Elected November 2010, term expires 2013
• 749-7311 | [email protected]

Place 3 John Thomaides

• Elected November 2011, term expires 2014
• 757-3634 | [email protected]

Place 4 Wayne Becak

• Elected November 2011, term expires 2014
• 757-6588 | [email protected]

Place 5 Ryan Thomason, mayor pro tempore

• Elected November 2009, term expires 2012
• 395-5211 | [email protected]

Place 6 Shane Scott

• Elected November 2010, term expires 2012
• 619-3911 | [email protected]

Accomplishments for 2011

• Dedicated 550 city employees to providing essential services to the San Marcos community—core services such as public safety, utilities, parks and recreation, library, transportation, streets, and enhancing quality of life
• Helped achieve regional consensus on the Edwards Aquifer Authority Recovery Implementation Plan
• Won the Texas State Comptroller's Gold Award for Financial Transparency
• Added single-stream recycling for all apartment complexes
• Initiated the Visioning Process of Dream San Marcos as a preliminary step for the Comprehensive Plan
• Broke ground with Texas State University on the Science, Technology and Advanced Research Park

Issues for 2012

• Review and update the City Council's Strategic Initiatives
• Begin the 18-month process to update the City Comprehensive Plan
• Engage residents in Level of Service discussions at neighborhood meetings
• Deliver the mayor/City Council's State of the City report on Jan. 26
• Begin major transportation and neighborhood improvement projects

Outlook for 2012

City Manager Jim Nuse: "One way we'll probably go into the year is to reaffirm or modify the five initiatives of sound finance, customer service, big-picture infrastructure, the San Marcos River and strengthening the middle class. The goal of the council is to refine our focus so that we can have the best information possible as we go into the Comprehensive General Plan."