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Residents say fire-line fee increases are steep; council defers Department of Public Utilities fee-schedule correction

Salt Lake City Council · January 14, 2026
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Summary

At a public hearing the Department of Public Utilities asked the council to adopt a correction to the consolidated fee schedule; residents said unpublished rates led to a 740% increase on one bill. The council closed the hearing and deferred action to a future meeting.

The Salt Lake City Council received a public hearing Jan. 13 on an ordinance proposed by the Department of Public Utilities to correct the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (CFS). Austin Kimel, a council policy analyst, said the correction would add a missing "fire line per inch" title/description to the water rate table and that…

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