Despite Concerns from URAC, Staff Continues to Recommend Council Authorize Waste Agreement
In a rare early release of the staff report for next week’s city council meeting, staff recommends…
URAC Recommends Council Defer Action on the DWR Transfer
According to a release, Lorenzo Kristov was scheduled to present to the City Council last night prior…
Council Moves Forward on Changes to DWR Franchise Agreement
Back in September, the current DWR owners notified the city of their intent to sell Davis Waste…
Benefits and Potential Concerns Related to Davis Exercising Its Right of First Refusal for DWR
By Richard McCann and Jacques Franco Davis Waste Removal’s owners would like to sell their business and…
Open Letter to Supporters of Measure P
by Matt Williams and Donna Lemongello The following letter was sent electronically to Michael Harrington and Pam…
A 6-Month Plan to Meet Our Challenges
by Dan Wolk and Robb Davis A week from this Tuesday, a new City Council and Mayor…
Sunday Commentary: Predictable Ending for URAC Process, Council Has to Decide
The result was almost inevitable as the council asked the URAC (Utility Rate Advisory Committee) to do…
URAC Member Clumpner’s Recommendations on Rate
by Greg Clumpner Introduction Having listened to the opinions presented to and by the URAC, reviewed the…
Stonewalling Fair Water Rates?
by John Munn I had hoped to fade back into the woodwork after the City Council election,…
URAC Member Explains His Thoughts on Water Rates
by Richard McCann originally posted here The URAC could not agree on a recommendation to the Davis…
URAC Cannot Come to Decision; Punts Water Rates Back to Council
Ironically for critics of the council pushing the rate setting discussion to the Utility Rate Advisory Committee…
CBFR Dead, But Council Leaves it to URAC to Determine Rate Recommendation
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council considered narrowing the scope of discussion for the URAC, but ultimately…
Commentary: The Death of CBFR
Many in and around the city believe that the vote for Measure P was a vote against…
URAC Pushes Off Water Rate Recommendation for Another Week
The Utility Rate Advisory Commission (URAC) struggled to gain traction in a daunting approach on how to…
Sunday Commentary II: What is the End Game for Water in Davis?
If you listened very carefully to the words of the City’s General Manager for Utilities, Herb Niederberger,…
My View: Council Not the URAC Needs to Make the Call on Water
I spent about an hour on Thursday evening at the Utility Rate Advisory Committee meeting and, after…
City Weighs Options in Wake of Measure P’s Passage
Despite claims that the passage of Measure P would spell the end of the surface water project,…
Commentary: Wrong Message Sent on Water Rates
I listened to the water discussion on Tuesday night fully agreeing that the proposed revisions to CBFR…
Council Directs URAC to Alter the Water Rates
One week before the election that may decide the fate of the city’s surface water project, the…
Commentary: Tonight Critical For Future of Water Project
The Vanguard has received word that, while the staff report is perhaps more limited that we would…
