Aurora Water Working on 2008 Water Rate Structure
If your association is a customer of Aurora Water, you may well have received whopping water bills this summer. Aurora Water, recognizing that the water rates for 2007 were a problem for many community associations, is beginning the process of working with HOAs and community association managers to look at rate structure options for 2008. In a meeting held on September 25th to address water rate issues, Aurora Water announced that focus groups and meetings to gather input from HOAs and managers will be conducted in November and December to assist in the development of the new rate structure for 2008. We strongly recommend that representatives of associations that are customers of Aurora Water get involved in these focus groups and meetings to ensure that your voice is heard. Aurora Water needs to know how rate structure options will affect your associations. To learn more about how you can get involved, contact Melissa Elliott, Public Relations Manager for Aurora Water, via email at melliott@auroragov.org or by phone at 303-739-7081. To find out more about the meeting that was held on September 25th, Aurora Water's timeline for developing the 2008 rate structure and suggestions from Aurora Water on what your association can do now to deal with water rates - visit our homepage at www.hindmansanchez.com and see our article entitled City of Aurora Addressing Water Rate Issues.
Aurora should be ashamed for doing this to its neighborhood associations! And these unbudgeted expenses come hot on the heels of last winter's snow-removal bills. I thought Aurora was supposed to be community friendly, but then it goes & drops this bomb on us. A "new rate structure" for 2008 doesn't put any money back in our bank accounts.