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Council places water ordinance on calendar after staff clarifies it doesn’t change retail rates
Summary
Council moved to place on the calendar an ordinance authorizing limited potable deliveries to agricultural users and giving the general manager discretion to negotiate wholesale water rates; staff said the measure does not change retail rates and council approved the item with a recorded 4‑0 vote (Bowman absent).
A council motion to place a water ordinance on the calendar passed after staff explained the measure would not increase retail water rates. A resident, Chris Robles, warned the ordinance would “make it that much easier for this city council to raise your water rates.” City staff (Speaker 5) responded that the ordinance addresses two narrow items: occasional delivery of potable water to agricultural users where it makes economic sense with partners, and giving the general manager flexibility to…
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