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W ith Colorado Springs' publicly owned utility poised to spend $3 billion over the next 10 years on pipe and infrastructure projects to fuel a sprawling city, voices of dissent grew louder this week. After taking a close look at the various/ fat cat proposed 2006 Colorado Springs Utilities budget, activists from the local growth-control group SaveTheSprings are crying foul. "It is time to get our utility various/ fat cat out of the economic development business," says the group's founder, Dave Gardner. Gardner points to an almost threefold increase various/ fat cat in utility system construction costs by 2010, while 'tap fees,' or revenues collected from new businesses and developments connecting to the city's utility systems, remain largely flat. The result, he says, is that residents and businesses already in Colorado Springs will see bill increases to subsidize growth. On Nov. 16, Gardner plans to present a recently completed report to the city's Utilities Board, comprised of City Council members, asking that new businesses and developers pay a higher share of growth costs.
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