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Fort Lupton approves pump charges regardless of pipeline capacity use

·Fort Lupton·Weld County

From the Fort Lupton City Council meeting of

The amendment applies with fiscal 2027 billing, requiring allottees to pay their allocated share of annual administration, operation, maintenance and repair costs. It removes a contract provision that recalculated shares when other participants in the same phase did not use…

The Fort Lupton City Council approved a contract amendment Oct. 6 changing how pipeline allottees pay pump costs. Beginning with the fiscal 2027 billing statement, they must pay their allocated share of annual administration, operation, maintenance and repair costs for the Pump Project. The charges apply whether or not they intend to use or have used their additional pipeline capacity.

The amendment deletes one paragraph and a sentence from another in the 2001 contract. The deleted sentence recalculated cost percentages for participants using capacity when others in the same phase were not. The amendment says it aims to simplify how allottees are charged for annual pump costs and clarify three current contract schedules.

“It should be,” a presenter said when asked whether the cost amount would stay the same. Fort Lupton would probably get a little more from the western side because a larger share it needed to take had been held off by the pump plant, the presenter said. The city's proportional capacity allocation and related payment obligations cannot change without its prior written consent.

Northern's board would also approve and update the agreement, the presenter said. The amendment is between Fort Lupton and the Southern Water Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise. The enterprise is owned by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

More from this meeting

  1. Fort Lupton City Council, Oct. 6, 2026

    Fort Lupton approves adjustable 70-mill post-debt levy limit for proposed industrial district; Fort Lupton approves estimated $83,992.62 deposit for water tower power; Fort Lupton approves up to $99,950 for water-valve trailer; 9 consent items adopted.

  2. Item 10.aFort Lupton approves adjustable 70-mill post-debt levy limit for proposed industrial district

    Before debt is issued, the operations and maintenance levy is capped at 55 mills; debt and repayment fees cannot begin until the city approves a development plan. Each phase still requires public hearings and final city review.

  3. Item 11.a and Item 11.bFort Lupton approves estimated $83,992.62 deposit for water tower power

    A separate pump-station deposit was also approved. Both estimates may change; United Power will refund overpayments within 30 days after work orders close, while shortfalls are due within 30 days of written notice.

  4. Item 11.cFort Lupton approves up to $99,950 for water-valve trailer

    The Fort Lupton City Council approved buying a Wachs valve exercise trailer from Intermountain Sales for Public Works water-line maintenance for up to $99,950 from the Utility Fund.