Hathaway council adopts new culinary water impact fee after engineering study

The Hathaway Town Council voted April 16 to adopt Resolution No. 2026-O4-16, updating the town's culinary water impact fees to align with a 2026 impact-fee analysis prepared by Sunrise Engineering. The council opened a public hearing on the proposal, received a staff presentation, and approved the resolution by voice vote with no opposition recorded.

Pam, a planning and zoning staff member, told the council the town last updated impact fees in 2006 and currently maintains four separate water fees (two indoor and two outdoor). "We just had Sunrise Engineering do just a study of our water and our needs and future needs and came up with a new impact fee amount," Pam said, adding the new fee is "it's, like, just close just under 14,000 for the new impact fee," about $2,000 more than the total of the existing four fees combined.

The chair opened the floor for public comment, asked speakers to state their names for the record and limited remarks to three minutes; the council recorded no written comments and heard none in person. After the presentation and a brief procedural exchange about scope, a council member moved to adopt the resolution described as "a resolution amending resolution 2023-O1-19 to update the culinary water impact fees in accordance with the 2026 impact fee analysis." The chair announced the motion passed with no opposition.

Council members and staff then discussed whether the action fully addressed the town's impact fee ordinance and noted an ordinance process still needed to be completed. The council closed the public hearing and adjourned the meeting later the same evening.

The resolution number adopted was identified in the meeting as 2026-O4-16 and references amending Resolution 2023-O1-19. The record does not include a roll-call vote or individual vote tallies; the chair reported no oppositions during the voice votes.