One month after the City said they weren't raising tax rates, but did, the Llano City Council voted to increase water rates (ordinance 1230). Despite Finance Director Lynda Kuder's assurance that low water users wouldn’t be affected, the hardest hit are families who can't stay under the minimum 3K gallons/month. The math below shows that a family of four is doing some serious conservation to stay under 8K gallons - without watering the grass. It is hard to imagine how 100K gallons could be used, but shouldn't that rate go up significantly, leaving the families alone? Of course, the real answer is have a city government that controls their spending.