From the Cañon City Daily Record (Charlotte Burrous):
“Most people will either see no change or a decrease in their water rates,” said City Administrator Steve Rabe. “Minimum water users will see an incredible drop. Overall, when we come back with a cost of service review, it showed us we needed to make a 5 percent increase in the amount of revenue that we make. We needed to do that over about three years.” “We will go from $5.4 million in 2009 to $5.7 million in 2010,” Rabe said. The bulk of the 5 percent hike will be made up with the change in the rates for Cotter and the two golf courses, based on cost of service rather than water contracts.
Customers inside city limits pay $40.68 without even using any water, he said. The rate will drop to $27.90, which is a 31.4 percent decrease.
However, customers, who use up to 80,000 gallons in a three-month period will pay $222.50 rather than $202.50 for the quarter because they are high water users.
On the non-residential side, customers using an average of 5,000 gallons per quarter will pay $9.30, compared to the current rate of $21.77, which is a decrease of 57.3 percent.
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