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Pleasant Grove outlines proposed utility rate increases and impact of TSSD hikes
Summary
Finance Director Denise Roy proposed a 3% CPI increase across utilities to generate roughly $510,000 in additional revenue (culinary water $180,000; secondary water $120,000; stormwater $125,000; sewer $85,000) but warned $1.186 million of the City’s requested $1.7 million in fee increases would be pass-throughs to TSSD and Republic Services; the City will owe about $4.9 million to TSSD for FY2026.
Finance Director Denise Roy presented proposed utility adjustments largely tied to inflation and external cost pressures. The recommended 3% CPI increase would produce estimated FY2026 revenue increases of: culinary water $180,000; secondary water $120,000; stormwater $125,000; sewer $85,000. Roy emphasized a substantial portion of the requested fee increases—about $1.186 million of $1.7 million—are pass-through charges to other providers, principally the Timpanogos Special Service District (TSSD) and Republic Services.
Roy said TSSD had implemented a large rate increase in the prior year (noted as a 55% increase between 2024 and 2025), and that for FY2026 Pleasant Grove will owe roughly $4.9 million to TSSD. The Council discussed the difficulty of absorbing pass-through increases, the public perception that the City controls those charges and the upcoming expiration of the Republic Services contract in Summer 2025, which staff said would be an opportunity to review solid-waste procurement and costs.
