HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 10/11/2011 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION)Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Council Information Center
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WORK SESSION
October 11, 2011
after the Adjourned Meeting
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Residential Electric Rate Options, Efficiency and Conservation. (staff: Brian Janonis,
Patty Bigner, John Phelan, Laurie D’Audney, Bill Switzer, Steve Catanach; 90 minute
discussion)
In two previous City Council work sessions, May 10 and September 13, 2011, staff
presented electric rate design principles, four residential rate options, a change to the
residential demand rate and a pilot Time of Use rate for electric vehicles. At the
September 13 Work Session, Council also discussed a change to the General Service
(GS) or commercial rate proposed by staff that will result in two rate classes, a GS (up to
25 kW) and GS 25 (25 – 50 kW).
The September 13 Work Session resulted in two areas of follow-up: (1) further review of
the four residential electric rate options with answers to five specific questions as noted
in the work session summary; and (2) scheduling of a work session discussion on energy
efficiency and water conservation. Staff and SAIC consultant Joe Mancinelli will
provide additional information to answer questions from Council regarding the four
residential energy rate options. Also, for this follow-up work session, staff will present a
review of the City’s efficiency and conservation programs.
Ordinances for General Service (GS or commercial) rate changes and the Residential
Demand (RD) rate will be considered on October 18, 2011 and November 1, 2011.
These Ordinances do not include proposed changes to the Residential (R) energy rate.
Public outreach for these draft ordinances began on September 29 with a post card mailed
to out-of-city limits customers and a public notice published in the Coloradoan on
October 2, 2011. Once the Ordinances are adopted, additional public outreach will take
place, beginning with a bill insert mailed throughout late November and December.
Feedback from this work session will be used in drafting rate ordinances for public
comment and Council consideration and implementation early in 2012. The tentative
schedule for implementing changes to the Residential (R) rate include beginning public
notification on November 6, followed by First Reading of the Residential rate Ordinance
on November 15 and Second Reading on December 6, 2011. If this tentative schedule is
finalized, the rate change will be effective February 1, 2012. Public outreach will begin
January 1, 2012. Additional outreach will occur throughout the spring and early summer
as needed to support customer understanding.
3. Presentation of the City Manager's Recommended 2012 Budget Revision Requests.
(staff: Darin Atteberry, Mike Beckstead; 90 minute discussion)
The purpose of this work session is to review the 2012 Budget Revision Requests to be
considered for inclusion in the 2012 Annual Appropriation Ordinance. The Ordinance
will be considered on First Reading on October 18, 2011.
4. Other Business.
5. Adjournment.