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Parowan adopts $7,284 water impact fee after split council debate
Summary
After hearing four alternatives from Bowen Collins & Associates, the Parowan City Council voted 3–2 to adopt a new culinary water impact fee of $7,284 per equivalent residential connection (ERC), effective 90 days after enactment; councilmembers split between fiscal protection of current customers and housing-affordability concerns.
Aaron Anderson of Bowen Collins & Associates presented four alternatives for a new culinary water impact fee, noting the current fee of $2,056 (set in 2011) and the IFP/IFA-calculated maximum of $7,284 per equivalent residential connection (ERC). Anderson cautioned that setting the fee below the calculated maximum would create a revenue shortfall that existing ratepayers would need to cover.
Councilmember David Burton moved to adopt the study-recommended fee of $7,284 per ERC, with the ordinance effective 90 days after enactment. The motion passed 3–2 (Burton and Lyle Barton and Rochell Topham Aye; John Dean and David Harris Nay). Supporters argued the higher fee preserves funding for future water supply needs in drought conditions; opponents raised affordability concerns and urged a lower fee to avoid pricing out younger families.
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