Town board okays implementing updated water-rate tracker under existing ordinance language
The Francisco board agreed to implement a pared-down water-rate tracker and to record the change in the minutes after counsel located ordinance 2023-03, which allows supplier increases to be passed through automatically; the clerk recommended a full cost-of-service study later.
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The Francisco board agreed to implement an updated water-rate tracker presented by the clerk-treasurer, citing existing ordinance language that lets supplier rate increases be reflected in the town's rate schedule. Town attorney located ordinance 2023-03 and told the board the ordinance "does say rate increases passed by the top of our supplier type gifts and shall be automatically implemented in the existing rate schedule," enabling the board to adopt the tracker without additional advertising.
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