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North Ogden staff: utility bills likely to rise about $4.50 per month; sewer and trash drive most of increase
Summary
City staff told the Citizen Budget Committee that preliminary utility-rate modeling shows about a $4.50 monthly increase per account, driven mainly by sewer pass-throughs and solid-waste contract caps; council will review detailed line‑item numbers in two weeks.
City staff told the North Ogden City Citizen Budget Committee that the city expects an initial utility-bill increase of roughly $4.50 per month for a typical account, with most of that coming from higher sewer charges and a capped solid‑waste contract increase.
John, a staff presenter, said the bulk of the change is a pass-through from outside providers: “Weber Basin or, Weber Sewer District is saying, hey. We are increasing our fees to the cities, and so we have to pay for it.” He gave a breakdown to the committee: roughly $2.30 of the monthly increase is tied to sewer charges, about $1 comes from storm and water internal costs, and part of…
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