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Public Utilities presents $35M budget; proposes $2.50/month stormwater rate increase to fund pipe replacements
Summary
Sandy’s Public Utilities Department presented a roughly $35 million tentative budget for 2025–26 and proposed a $2.50-per-ERU stormwater rate increase to replenish reserves and fund priority capital projects, including corrugated metal pipe replacement and neighborhood drainage projects.
The Sandy City Public Utilities Department presented its 2025–26 tentative budget to the City Council on May 20, 2025, outlining roughly $35 million in total spending across water, stormwater and street lighting funds and proposing a stormwater rate increase intended to shore up capital funding.
Myrna Groomer, the city’s business services manager for public utilities, told the council the department’s overall budget is “about $35,000,000” for the upcoming fiscal year, with water comprising roughly $28 million, stormwater about $6.4 million and street lighting approximately $1.1 million. She described a portfolio of rising operating costs — notably a Metro Water wholesale increase, higher Rocky Mountain Power charges and inflation for parts and services — that are pushing up baseline expenses.
On stormwater specifically, Groomer said the…
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