Price Council adopts multi-year capital improvement plan, sets stormwater rates

Price City Council adopted a multi‑year capital improvement plan and set the city’s annual stormwater utility rates after a public hearing and council vote. Resolution Number 2025‑19 passed on a unanimous voice vote after a public hearing opened at 5:05 p.m.

The plan lays out projects for fiscal 2025–26 and projected future years, including vehicle and equipment payments, road maintenance, stormwater and water system repairs, parks improvements and a major water system package tied to state funding. During the presentation, a city staff member identified multiple restricted and grant funding sources and noted several debt payments the city continues to service.

City staff highlighted several near‑term projects: payments on previously purchased equipment (including a backhoe and three trucks), annual road maintenance line items (paint striping, materials, crack sealing), and a new streets maintenance shed funded partly through rural transportation infrastructure funds and community fund balance. The city also listed planned canal crossing replacement work with partial funding from UDOT’s Joint Highway Committee, and stormwater repairs and debt payments tied to flood damage from 2016 (work completed in 2017) that continue to be budgeted.

On water and wastewater, staff described an incoming state funding package (described in the presentation as more than $15 million) for a large project that includes grant and loan portions; the city expects to contribute a portion of local funds and to pursue design and treatment plant upgrades in the coming year. Staff also listed a lower elevation reservoir project still completing an environmental impact statement and estimated EIS completion costs in the current year.

Parks and recreation projects included resurfacing and upgrades at trails, replacing playground and ballfield equipment, expansion and safety repairs at Pioneer Park, addition of three pickleball courts at Washington Park (raising the total to six courts), and ADA accessibility projects at pool facilities. City staff said donor contributions and previous retainage funds will reduce the city’s share for the pickleball courts.

At the public hearing, a resident identifying himself as Joe Pickleball praised the plan but urged the council to track how many projects from prior years came in under budget and to populate years 2–4 of the CIP with realistic timelines and funding assumptions so the plan is more actionable. Staff responded that many multiyear items remain estimates and some projects were deferred pending revenue certainty.

Council members approved the resolution after the hearing closed. During discussion the council also noted the city will use a combination of grants, loans and local funds for several projects and that some line items in the CIP represent debt payments rather than new appropriations.

The meeting also included a short agenda item on a donation from Utah Power and Light Credit Union: representatives attended to describe a donated metal statue, referred to as “Ready Kilowatt,” proposed to be placed near the power plant steam turbine at First East and 100 North. City staff said Rocky Mountain Power will perform the hole excavation and the city will provide concrete and installation funds; staff estimated installation in July after formal approval.

The council adopted the CIP and stormwater resolution by voice vote; the public hearing had provided opportunity for three‑minute comments and staff answered questions on funding sources and timelines. The council directed staff to continue refining cost estimates and permitting requirements on the larger water and stormwater projects.