Utility rates will increase in GR

Utility rates in Green River will not decrease.

A utility rate study conducted by NewGen will not have solid estimates of what the rates may look like in the future, but rates will increase.

The recommended changes will more than likely be implemented by the next fiscal year, July of 2017, city finance director Chris Meats said at a city budget workshop last week.

“The rates aren’t going down,” Meats said. “All the funds will need to increase to different extents. There’s some big ticket items. We’re just trying to mitigate the increase.”

Meats said the various enterprise funds and rates throu...