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Residents ask trustees to open water rate advisory meetings; board discusses transparency and process
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to make the Rate Advisory Group (RAG) meetings open and streamed. Trustees and staff discussed Colorado open‑meetings law, the advisory group’s purpose and the tradeoffs between public access and candid stakeholder discussion; board agreed to add the matter to a future agenda for further consideration.
A Wellington resident asked the Board of Trustees May 27 to make the town’s Rate Advisory Group meetings open to the public and livestreamed, arguing the RAG will make policy recommendations affecting residents and therefore should comply with Colorado’s open‑meetings law.
Steven Carmen, identified as living in Park Meadows, told trustees the RAG “will play a key role in ensuring transparency, public engagement, and community representation in the rate‑setting process,” and that closing those sessions would be “inconsistent with the stated objective” of the group. Carmen urged trustees to publicly…
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