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Council approves policy to evaluate prepaid utility fees after edits
Summary
Following public comment and a brief executive session, the council approved Resolution 2025‑R‑043 to adopt a policy for evaluating prepaid utility fees, replacing wording referencing "refund requests" with "prepaid fees."
The City Council approved Resolution 2025‑R‑043 on July 23 to establish a policy for evaluating prepaid utility fees submitted in anticipation of utility service.
Legal staff explained the resolution and a related Exhibit A was revised to replace references to "refund requests" with "prepaid fees." During public comment Todd Disher, an attorney representing developers in a nearby project, told council his clients had paid impact fees (he stated $10,600,000 for both water and wastewater) and said the resolution would not affect those reservations or fees.
Council voted to take the item into executive session for consultation with the city attorney and returned with agreed edits: remove "refund requests" and insert "prepaid fees" in Exhibit A and the resolution text. Councilmember (speaker 4) moved to approve Resolution 2025‑R‑043 with the corrections; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
The approved resolution establishes an internal evaluation process for prepaid utility fee requests; staff will finalize the corrected Exhibit A and distribute it per standard administrative procedures. Council did not specify a timeline for individual refund evaluations during the meeting.
