Council adopts public safety impact fee increase and approves city stormwater management plan

The council voted to adopt an updated public safety impact fee and to approve the city’s stormwater management plan.

Impact fees: staff presented a Zions Bank impact‑fee study recommending increased impact fees to help fund public safety capital needs, specifically a planned new police facility. At the meeting staff reported the proposed residential public safety impact fee as $384.49 per dwelling unit and the nonresidential fee as $158.00 per 1,000 square feet of building area. Council members discussed the intent of impact fees — to have growth pay for infrastructure — and noted the effect higher fees may have on development and on residents who are future homebuyers. The council approved the ordinance adopting the public safety impact fee; the motion passed on a recorded roll‑call vote.

Stormwater management plan (SWMP): the council also considered and approved the city’s stormwater management plan and associated procedural items related to MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) responsibilities. Staff emphasized the plan establishes phased compliance timelines and minimum control measures rather than a single year’s “flip of a switch”; staff said the planned rollout is multiyear and that city personnel will coordinate implementation. Several council members expressed discomfort with the state/federal mandate but said the city needs to comply. The council adopted the plan by motion.

Why it matters: the public safety fee changes increase developer‑paid capital contributions for police facilities and will automatically adjust under the adopted indexing approach; the stormwater plan is a required compliance document that will shape city capital and operational priorities for stormwater controls, inspections and long‑term maintenance.

No further legislative action on these items was recorded at the meeting beyond the adoptions.