Garden Ridge water customers can address the commission before it makes its rate-study recommendation. The pending recommendation could affect future water bills; the posted agenda sets no new rate.
Garden Ridge's Water Commission is scheduled to discuss and make a recommendation on a fiscal 2027–2031 water rate study Nov. 17. Item 4.5 identifies NewGen Strategies and Solutions as the presenter. The agenda is not a City Council rate decision.
From the source record
Discuss and make a recommendation on FY27-FY31 Water Rate Study Results presented by NewGen Strategies and Solutions.Garden Ridge Water Commission ↗
The study and the other business
The scheduled study covers fiscal years 2027 through 2031. The NewGen figures and the commission's recommendation would be needed to explain any potential bill effect; the agenda gives no adopted rate or verified change to a customer's bill.
The commission is also scheduled to consider its Sept. 15 minutes and receive a utility-activity update covering wells, infrastructure and drought stage. The agenda lists City Council items and conservation education before the rate-study discussion, then future agenda items afterward.
When and how to comment
The Water Commission meeting is scheduled for Nov. 17, 2026, at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 9400 Municipal Parkway, Garden Ridge. The agenda provides two public-comment periods: speakers for the first must sign up before the meeting and have three minutes; the second requires no sign-up and allows two minutes.
The agenda asks people who need an accommodation or interpretation to contact the City Secretary at least 48 hours before the meeting. Residents can inspect the scheduled business in the official Nov. 17 agenda. The next record to check is the commission's recommendation or minutes after the meeting, followed by any City Council rate proposal.