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Council debates Cemetery Lane fixes and broad fee-schedule update
Summary
Councilors flagged heavy-truck damage on Cemetery Lane and discussed options including targeted fees for heavy users and transportation-impact zones; staff also presented a broad package of fee and code updates covering cemetery plots, kennel and solicitor licenses, commercial development fees and gas-utility charges.
At the Mona City Council work session, members devoted substantial time to road maintenance and a wide-ranging update to the city's fee schedule.
Several councilors described heavy truck traffic on Cemetery Lane and urged the city to explore charging businesses that regularly run heavy trucks or require alternative maintenance-cost-sharing agreements. "I just feel like Jay's making the money," Committee member (S7) said earlier in the meeting in reference to perceived private benefit from heavy commercial activity; in the Cemetery Lane discussion council members emphasized the road's chip-seal construction and high repair costs if rebuilt from scratch.
Staff (S1/S2) presented a draft fee schedule that would add or adjust multiple line items: cemetery nonresident pricing, kennel noncompliance fines, public-use permits for mobile food businesses, pre-submittal and phase fees for commercial development, and engineering-review hourly rates (staff suggested $200/hr with a possible multi-hour minimum). Examples discussed in the work session included other municipalities' nonresident cemetery rates (one referenced nonresident fees of $1,300 and a distant city with $6,400) and the trade-offs of posting ranges vs. fixed maximums for gas-utility or development fees.
Council members urged staff to return with legal clarity and benchmarking: whether targeted user fees for heavy truck routes are permitted, how impact-fee zones would be structured, and how to document and justify fee amounts for audit purposes. Staff confirmed that substantial fee changes would require public notice and comparative postings of the old and new schedules before a hearing.
No ordinances or formal fee changes were adopted at the work session; staff was asked to research transportation-fee precedents, prepare cost-justification worksheets for proposed fees and bring recommended language for public posting.
