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Beaver City sets May 12 public hearing to clarify culinary and sewer rate changes
Summary
City Manager Monte Hawkins told the council a prior rate increase lacked category-specific language; the council agreed to readopt the ordinance with clarified wording and set a public hearing for May 12, 2026.
Beaver City officials on April 28 agreed to readopt the recently passed culinary water and sewer rate changes to clarify which customer categories the percentage increases apply to, and set a public hearing for May 12, 2026.
City Manager Monte Hawkins told the council that the earlier rate action and the minutes did not explicitly state whether the percentage increases applied to all rate categories — commercial, residential and meter-size categories for culinary water and two commercial and one residential sewer categories — and that utility-billing staff had flagged the ambiguity. City Recorder Meranda Martin confirmed the minutes reflected only a general “culinary water rate increase.” City Attorney Justin Wayment advised readopting the ordinance with clearer language; the council agreed and scheduled a public hearing on May 12 to consider the clarified ordinance.
The council did not adopt new rates at this meeting; it set the public hearing to provide formal notice and an opportunity for public comment on the clarified ordinance.
