Fruit Heights council approves update to culinary water rates

Fruit Heights City Council approved Resolution 2025-01 to update the citys culinary water rates, a measure staff said reflects treatment costs and projected revenue needs.

Council members moved and seconded the measure and the motion was approved at the meeting. City staff described a proposed 9.5% increase for treated (culinary) water this year and said the updated rates were developed with assistance from two outside firms and city staff. The discussion included a reminder that two public hearings on water were on the agenda before the council voted to adopt the resolution.

Staff described the rate calculation as tied to the cost of treated culinary water and noted the city had updated consolidated documents used to set the rates. The council entertained questions about the duration of the rate schedule; one speaker said the change would be taken for multiple years and another asked for clarification about statutory timing and effective period.

A motion to approve Resolution 2025-01 was made and seconded; the mover and seconder were identified in the meeting as Eileen (mover) and Mark (seconder). The meeting record does not include a full roll-call tally in the provided transcript, and the public record excerpt available to this article does not specify the number of yes/no/abstain votes. The council chair announced the motion carried.

The action will change the culinary water rates adopted by the city; staff did not give an exact effective date for the new rates in the portion of the transcript provided. The record shows the council discussed the item following two public hearings on water earlier in the agenda and then moved to adopt the resolution.