The City of Davis has officially sent out its Prop. 218 Notices to the public following council’s actions ...
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City Sends Out Official Prop 218 Notice, Hearing Sept. 16
City Sends Out Official Prop 218 Notice, Hearing Sept. 16
The City of Davis has officially sent out its Prop. 218 Notices to the public following council’s actions on July 15 to implement the Bartle Wells version of the 87-13 water rates. According to the ci ...
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My View: Water Rates and Who Got It Right
My View: Water Rates and Who Got It Right
An argument was made on the Vanguard yesterday with regards to CBFR. I do not believe this to be a moot p ...
An argument was made on the Vanguard yesterday with regards to CBFR. I do not believe this to be a moot point here. There are still some decisions that will be made about rates and future lawsuits tha ...
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Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?
Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?
The council quickly passed the staff recommendation to “Accept the Water Rate Cost of Service Study prepa ...
The council quickly passed the staff recommendation to “Accept the Water Rate Cost of Service Study prepared by Bartle Wells Associates (BWA) dated July 2014, subject to minor modifications,” “Approve ...
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Will Council Put to Rest the Water Rate Discussion?
Will Council Put to Rest the Water Rate Discussion?
At the last city council meeting, the council moved for staff to prepare the Prop 218 to adopt a five-yea ...
At the last city council meeting, the council moved for staff to prepare the Prop 218 to adopt a five-year water rate structure with a 13 percent fixed component and an 87 percent variable component. ...
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Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users
Analysis: Conventional Rate Structures Punish Low End Users
We have heard much about the inadequacies of CBFR. The look-back is considered unfair. The public does no ...
We have heard much about the inadequacies of CBFR. The look-back is considered unfair. The public does not understand the rates. CBFR was said to punish people who chose to have water and summer inten ...
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Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide
Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide
The result was almost inevitable as the council asked the URAC (Utility Rate Advisory Committee) to do so ...
The result was almost inevitable as the council asked the URAC (Utility Rate Advisory Committee) to do something that they were not created to do, were not equipped to do, and should not have been ask ...
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URAC Member Clumpner’s Recommendations on Rate
URAC Member Clumpner’s Recommendations on Rate
by Greg Clumpner Introduction Having listened to the opinions presented to and by the URAC, reviewed the ...
by Greg Clumpner Introduction Having listened to the opinions presented to and by the URAC, reviewed the data available, and considered the critical factors and decisions the City must respond to, the ...
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Water Rate Proposal Fairness, Equity, Revenue Resilience
Water Rate Proposal Fairness, Equity, Revenue Resilience
by Donna Lemongello Matt Williams and I have been fully engaged in the URAC process for the past 2.5 wee ...
by Donna Lemongello Matt Williams and I have been fully engaged in the URAC process for the past 2.5 weeks. On Thursday evening that process was dominated by a thorough discussion of ten criteria: R ...
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CBFR: Complicated Structure or More Fair to Majority of Rate Users?
CBFR: Complicated Structure or More Fair to Majority of Rate Users?
Tonight at the Davis Community Chambers will be a debate over Measure P. At the center of that debate wil ...
Tonight at the Davis Community Chambers will be a debate over Measure P. At the center of that debate will be the issue of CBFR and whether it really does what it claims to do. In their column this we ...
| by David Greenwald