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Willow Springs staff preview potential changes to electric and water rates
Summary
City Administrator Beverly Hicks briefed the council on electric wholesale costs from the Missouri Public Utility Alliance, purchase-power adjustments, and the need to protect reserves; council asked staff to return with formal rate-change suggestions and policy options.
City Administrator Beverly Hicks led a work session on utility rates, flagging the wholesale power bill from the Missouri Public Utility Alliance and describing how the purchase power adjustment affects customer electric bills.
Hicks also reviewed current water and sewer staffing and the division of duties among water, sewer and wastewater operations. She recommended the council consider policies to protect reserve funds and discussed adjusting tier structures for electric and water rates. Council members asked staff to bring back specific rate-change options and reserve policies for future consideration; no vote or ordinance was taken at the session.
The work session was advisory: it provided background on the utility cost drivers and the tools the city could use to allocate costs to customers, but the record shows no motion to change rates or set an implementation timetable.
