Once temperatures warm and stabilize, expect to see Glenwood Springs city streets crews out doing regular road maintenance and preparing for some larger street repair projects. Some of the initial maintenance work is to include.
Plans to increase water rates over the next 10 years will also cover capital projects that Glenwood Springs has planned during that time, Public Works Director Matthew Langhorst said.
City officials are proposing to raise water rates an average of 36.8% per user on July 1, followed by 5% increases annually for the next nine years. That would generate $36 million.
For a resident who uses 2,000 gallons, their monthly water and wastewater bill is currently $85.41. With the water rate hike, their bill would increase by $18.71 per month.
“The annual operating costs for the Water and Wastewater Department in total is around $4.1 million dollars a year,” Langhorst said.