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Rangely council adopts water and wastewater rate increases after consultant review
Summary
Council voted to adopt Ordinance 706-2025 increasing water and wastewater fees to maintain enterprise fund balances; town manager said the consultant's rate analysis recommended slightly higher increases than those adopted.
The Town of Rangely adopted Ordinance 706-2025 to raise water and wastewater rates, citing the need to maintain balances in the water and wastewater enterprise funds.
Town Manager Lisa told the council the town received a draft rate-analysis report from the contracted firm "about a 170 pages" long and that "his recommendations were actually a tad higher than what we actually increased the rate," indicating the council chose a somewhat smaller increase than the consultant recommended. Council members recorded that an external evaluation had been completed to support the decision.
Council moved and seconded the ordinance and recorded an 'aye' vote; the motion carried. Staff said the analysis factored in customer counts, capital needs and rate structure differences across customer classes. The council noted cash balances in both funds were low because of ongoing capital projects and that future rate action may be needed depending on capital requirements and wildfire impacts.
Next steps: staff will publish rate ordinance details and monitor fund balances; the town will distribute the consultant report to council and make it available to the public once finalized.
