As a followup to the May 1, 2012 City Council regular meeting, where various city staff and outside consultants presented data supporting the still pending water rate ordinance revision recommendations, we'll embed for our readers' enlightenment the full council video from the 5/1/12 meeting, which has now been uploaded to the Ogden City website. Fast forward to 1:32:47 to view the entire utility rates presentation and discussion:
Don't miss out on Dan Schroeder's public remarks at 3:08:19, where he proficiently presents to the Council the same informative charts, graphs and analysis furnished in the WCF article linked above. His gentle "dig" at water hog Council Member Hyer will put a smile on your face too, we're sure.
Remember, folks, this matter has now been scheduled to May 15, 2012 for final public comment, prior to the Council's vote on this "water conservation unfriendly," bass-ackwards ordinance. That'll be your last chance to publicly register your objections, folks.
We'll also note that the water rates topic was an agenda item in last night's council work session, in which connection we'll invite any readers who sat in on last night's meeting to jump aboard the lower comments section to flesh out what aspects of this new water rates plan the council most recently discussed.
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Thanks for highlighting this issue again, Rudi.
Without giving a full report on last night's work session, let me just say that I was struck by the utter lack of concern for the ratepayers on the part of most of the council members and all of the bureaucrats. The view seems to be that as long as you spread the burden thin enough, you can raise as much revenue as you want.
Mr. Hyer is specifically fighting for lower rates for the biggest lawn-waterers, while Ms. Gochnour seems tentatively concerned about potential rate increases for certain commercial customers, and about using the utility funds as cash cows for the general fund. But only Ms. Wicks expressed any broader concern for the ratepayers in general, and the most she might have accomplished was to prevent the new rate proposal from hitting the average citizen even harder than it already will.
You're welcome, Dan. Thanks for the work session update, too. Seems as per usual that its once again Amy Wicks who's fully looking out for the interests of her constituents, although I'm also moderately impressed with Gochnour's posture in re the narrower issue.
Councilman Hyer "leaks" 76,000 gallons on a "hot" August? Perhaps he needs to install an intelligent computer-based water management system. Perhaps this water-wasting dimwit should consider resigning from the Ogden City Council, since he's promoting his own selfish interests, at the expense of fairness.
There nothing new here, Hyer is a self-serving jackass, who wants other water users to support the price of his profligate bad habits.
76,000 Gallons? hat a slut!
The abandoned school through the block from Hyer leaks that much in any given summer day (at least it did when I lived in the neighborhood ...
I remember calling City Water more than one ocassion to get someone to come and turn off the water that had been going into the street and gutters for more than 12 hours ... making the gutters green with slimey algae ...
But, of course the schools are immune from regulated water usages and rate tiers, right?
TLJ
Councilman Hyer is neither a dimwit, a jackass, nor a slut. He and I disagree about some things, but I admire him for asking questions and for being open about his views. He happens to be the only council member who doesn't have secondary water at home, so I guess he sees himself as representing the majority of Ogden residents who are in that category. He uses considerably more than the average among them, but he attributes that to living on a corner lot with extra frontage and city-owned right-of-way that he's responsible for keeping green.
"Councilman Hyer is neither a dimwit, a jackass, nor a slut."
We disagree.
Councilman Hyer is a self-serving scoundral, Dan. Surely you mist recognize this.
On this issue his positions have indeed been self-serving. I'll disagree on scoundrel.
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