Bruce Baker
Westminster City Council 2021
Fixing the outrageous water rates is easy; insuring a bright, green, attractive Future for Westminster is the more vital task.
To have an attractive City we need attractive neighborhoods. Attractive neighborhoods need affordable water so all homeowners can keep their landscape nice. Westminster water prices are unnecessary and outrageous! A stark difference will become crushingly apparent between different neighborhoods in Westminster if we don't have affordable water. This is not right. Westminster must be a place where all our citizens can afford to carry their share of the beauty of our neighborhoods and City.
Denver's highest water rate is $5.74. Fort Collins highest water rate is $3.75. Broomfield sells water for $3.36 per thousand, as much as you need. Pueblo is $2.98. The highest water rate in Westminster is all water over 20kgal at @$12.88 per kgal. The current Council has misled us. Our staff is not incompetent, Council won't let them provide water at prices equal to other cities?
And speaking of misleading claims from the Council, according to the 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, as of Dec 31, 2020 the Water/sewer Proprietary Fund had $129 million dollars in cash and cash equivalents and $48 million in restricted cash and cash equivalents. We have enough cash to buy anything we need! We don't need high water rates.
City of Westminster - 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
I FOUGHT for lower water rates in 2018.
I CAMPAIGNED for lower water rates in 2019.
I PETITIONED for lower water rates in 2020.
I HELPED in the District Court Case to honor the petition signatures in 2021.
I NEED your help and your vote to be ELECTED to council 2021.
We will SET lower waters rates in 2021 when we have the majority in Council.
Denver's highest water rate is $5.74. Fort Collins highest water rate is $3.75. Broomfield sells water for $3.36 per thousand, as much as you need. Pueblo is $2.98. The highest water rate in Westminster is all water over 20kgal at @$12.88 per kgal. The current Council has misled us. Our staff is not incompetent, Council won't let them provide water at prices equal to other cities?
And speaking of misleading claims from the Council, according to the 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, as of Dec 31, 2020 the Water/sewer Proprietary Fund had $129 million dollars in cash and cash equivalents and $48 million in restricted cash and cash equivalents. We have enough cash to buy anything we need! We don't need high water rates.
City of Westminster - 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
I FOUGHT for lower water rates in 2018.
I CAMPAIGNED for lower water rates in 2019.
I PETITIONED for lower water rates in 2020.
I HELPED in the District Court Case to honor the petition signatures in 2021.
I NEED your help and your vote to be ELECTED to council 2021.
We will SET lower waters rates in 2021 when we have the majority in Council.
Westminster should have water at no more Six Dollars per thousand gallons!
- I have the tenacity, determination and passion that we must have in Westminster City Council members. Westminster needs me on Council!
