𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝟑𝟑% 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

At next Tuesday's Committee of the Whole meeting (July 28), City staff will ask the Committee to direct Administration to prepare bylaws for Council's consideration that would:

+ 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟏𝟎%.

- 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟑𝟑%:

• Winter: 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟒𝟓 𝐦³ → 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝟑𝟎 𝐦³

• Spring/Summer: 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟗𝟎 𝐦³ → 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝟔𝟎 𝐦³

The staff report highlights an example showing only 𝐚 $𝟏𝟔 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 for a household that stays within the new, reduced water allotment.

We applied the proposed rate structure to the actual water bills of one of our members - a 2,400 sq. ft. home with four people and a backyard pool.

Based on that household's actual water use over the past year, the proposed rates would increase their annual water bill by 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 $𝟏𝟐𝟎 (𝟏𝟓%).

Every household will be different depending on water use. After several years of utility and property tax increases, we'd like to see the City provide examples for a range of typical households - not just one that remains within the new reduced water allotment - 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬.

*𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦. 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠.

Link to report: 2027 UTILITY RATE REVIEW AND BYLAW UPDATES