Park City council approves insurance renewal, infrastructure contracts and 3% water/sewer rate increase

The Park City City Council approved a package of operational and capital items at its March 24 meeting, including an insurance renewal, multiple infrastructure contracts, a personnel reappointment and a 3% increase to water and sewer rates.

Appointments and contracts - The council reappointed Leona Greenfather to the Community Relations Board for a term expiring January 2028; the appointment was moved, seconded and approved as recorded in the meeting. - The council authorized a contract with Wils Underground Utilities LLC for sanitary sewer improvements serving two commercial lots (Echo Hills second edition). Staff presented a revised bid and recommended authorization of a contract not to exceed $125,545 to be funded via temporary financing and later long-term general obligation bonds assessed as specials; council approved the contract as recorded. - Council approved an Apex Excavating LLC estimate not to exceed $323,520 to lower and upsize water lines at five locations identified during a phase-one storm drainage project; staff said the work is budgeted in the utility fund and consistent with the city’s annual replacement program. - Staff recommended, and council approved, a contract with Kansas Paving not to exceed $259,200 for an access road to the new aquatic center in Hat Mlan Park so the road can be completed before the pool’s Memorial Day opening.

Insurance renewal City staff reported the property/casualty and workers’ compensation insurance policies expire April 1, 2026, and recommended accepting an Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMC) renewal proposal. Staff reported a year-over-year increase (the transcript records the increase as 19%). Council voted to approve the staff recommendation as recorded. The transcript contains garbled formatting of some dollar figures; the meeting did identify an EMC dividend history and an early dividend check amount ($29,642.73) that was received this year.

Water and sewer rates Staff reviewed the required annual rates review under the City code (sections cited in the transcript) and recommended a 3% increase to water and sewer rates. Staff said that, by ordinance, a 3% automatic increase would apply if the council took no action, and several council members agreed voting affirmatively would make the reason transparent to the public. Jim Shrader moved to approve a 3% increase; the motion passed. Staff said the change would reflect on the May billing and estimated the average residential combined water and sewer bill would rise by about $5.17 per month.

Votes and procedure Most motions brought forward in new business were approved by recorded voice or roll-call votes as read during the meeting. Where the transcript records specific tallies or abstentions, those are noted in the actions array below. Some numeric dollar amounts and vote tallies in the transcript are formatted inconsistently; the audit (below) flags those items for verification.

The council concluded with brief announcements and adjourned.