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File #: 21-657    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 10/25/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/23/2021 Final action: 11/23/2021
Title: Consideration of a Resolution Setting Water Rates within Service Area of Colorado Springs Utilities Presenter: Chris Bidlack, City Attorney's Office - Utilities Division Aram Benyamin, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Attachments: 1. 2022 Rate Case Water Resolution, 2. 2022 Rate Case Water Tariffs, 3. 2022_DO_Water, 4. Signed Resolution 183-21

Title
Consideration of a Resolution Setting Water Rates within Service Area of Colorado Springs Utilities

Presenter:
Chris Bidlack, City Attorney's Office - Utilities Division
Aram Benyamin, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Body
Summary:
The City Attorney's Office - Utilities Division will present a Decision and Order and Resolution for the 2022 Water Rate Case based upon the November 9, 2021 public hearing held for Colorado Springs Utilities' 2022 Rate Case filed on September 28, 2021.

Background:
On September 28, 2021 Colorado Springs Utilities submitted a 2022 Rate Case filing that included certain proposed changes to the Water Rate Schedules effective January 1, 2022. In accordance with Colorado Springs City Code ? 12.1.108, City Council held a public hearing on November 9, 2021 regarding Colorado Springs Utilities' 2022 Water Rate Case.

The Decision and Order summarizes Colorado Springs Utilities' 2022 Water Rate Case and the record of the public hearing held on November 9, 2021. The Decision and Order also contains City Council's initial directions at that public hearing regarding the 2022 Water Rate Case. The final Decision and Order and final Resolution presented for approval by City Council at the November 23, 2021 meeting includes any City Council directed revisions from the November 22, 2021 Work Session meeting.

Previous Council Action:
City Council held a public hearing on November 9, 2021 regarding Colorado Springs Utilities' 2022 Rate Case filed on September 28, 2021.

Financial Implications:
The Decision and Order and the Resolution authorize changes in Colorado Springs Utilities' Water Rate Schedules as reflected in the 2022 Rate Case filing.

City Council Appointed Board/Commission/Committee Recommendation:
N/A

Stakeholder Process:
Public hearing held on November 9, 2021.

Alternatives:
N/A
Recommended Action
Proposed Motion:
Move approval of the Resolution.

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