HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/9/2018 Item 11, Rowley
From:Sandra Rowley < >
Sent:Tuesday, January
To:Harmon, Heidi; Rivoire, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Pease, Andy; Gomez, Aaron
Cc:Gallagher, Carrie; Christian, Kevin; Mattingly, Carrie
Subject:Water/Sewer Rate Increases
Dear Mayor Harmon and Members of the Council,
Request you delay any decisions regarding water and sewer rate increases.
Our water rates include ALL of the costs for treating the water, including employee salaries/benefits, plus
Utilities Department overhead costs and a pro-rata share of administrative costs (which include
salaries/benefits of Administration, Human Resources and Finance personnel and the materials they
use). The same is true for our sewer rates. Any decisions regarding changing the water and sewer rates
should be delayed until after decisions have been made by the various employee groups regarding the
types and amounts of salary and/or benefit reductions that will be implemented.
Until we know the results of the streamlining of city operations and employee salary and/or benefit
concessions, it seems premature to make any decisions. Even April may be too soon. Once the facts are
available we may find we do not need this level of rate increases in order to meet expenses, maybe
nothing but a small increase in the fixed fee to add to the stability of the revenue stream.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,
Sandra Rowley
SLO Resident
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