Monday, December 18, 2023

Walsenburg Water Exceptions

As most residents know, there are several charges on the city utility bills.  The water bill has three categories, the gas has three categories, and the sewer bill has three categories.  

As far as I know, each residence has these charges.  When Love's petitoned the city council to add an rv park, I remember Veronica being concerned that the rvers pay their fair share for these services.

My question is whether a mobile home park should be exempt from all these charges and not  be required to have individual water meters to audit water usage.  

Walsenburg is required to account for water usage in the Northlands and augment for over usage which means that residents of Walsenburg are required to subsidize water cost in the areas north of the city.  

In the interest of fairness and keeping utility costs down, every home should pay their share. If I were to move 30 plus homes in and connect them to my water or gas meter, would the city not require separate meters and separate bills for each home?

I have been consistent in my criticism of the handling of Northlands utility problems. Early on it was apparent that any loan defaults for the sewer infrastructure would be the city's responsibility. 

When the situation is seen from a city resident's perspective, we are paying higher utilities for older infrastructure with no plans to upgrade it in the forseeable future.

Also, the city should not allow appartments or mobile parks to retail utilities provided by the city.

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