42.9 Per Cent Water Base Rate Increase?

NOTE (Apr.17/15):  GVW's Zee Marcolin phoned Wed., Apr.15/15 to state that Coldstream "made a billing error" by including a $118.07 Fire Hydrant Charge on the 1st Q irrigation invoice.  Zee added that base and consumption rates "had only gone up 2%", and that the fire hydrant charge should be $33.00 per Quarter. 


Wow.

It's for 1st Quarter (Jan-Mar 2015) golf course IRRIGATION meter.
Irrigation?
In the first quarter?

Zero consumption, both in 2015 and 2014 (obviously, during winter).

But the Greater Vernon Water base rate has jumped to $425.87 from $297.95 for the same period last year.

That's a 42.9% increase.

Presumably base rates are used to pay for infrastructure renewal (ahem...cough cough).

So why would it cost more for the pipe to go along the street past Highlands Golf than it does as it passes residences along the street?

Same pipe.
Same cost to renew the infrastructure.

"Same majority group of morons approving Greater Vernon's budget,"  Kia sneers.

Deceived by the deceivers...again.