Enterprise council tables a proposed $10 sewer-fee cut
At a May 27 meeting, Enterprise council members discussed lowering the monthly sewer fee because the last sewer bond payment was about to be paid. They tabled the proposal so the city administrator could check the budget. The city's fiscal 2027 budget report has no sewer debt-service line.
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Enterprise City Council members discussed lowering the city's sewer user fee at their May 27, 2026 meeting "because the last sewer bond payment was about to be paid," according to the minutes. They tabled the proposal so the city administrator could check whether the cut was affordable. [1]
The proposal, Resolution 2026-008, was titled "Reduction of Waste Water (Sewer) User Fee." Council member Delbert Staheli proposed lowering the rate by $10 a month, according to the minutes. [1]
The council asked City Administrator Adam Bowler "to look at the budget to make sure that amount is feasible, before making a decision," the minutes say. Council member Kanton Vause moved to table the resolution, Staheli seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. [1]
Who was present
Mayor Brandon Humphries and council members Staheli, Justin Seegmiller and Vause attended the May 27 meeting. Council members Bill Fowler and Roy Adams were absent, according to the minutes. [1]
What the sewer budget shows
A fiscal 2026 sewer fund worksheet in the packet prepared for the June 10 meeting lists sewer services revenue of $375,000 in the original budget and $425,000 in the revised budget. It also lists $80,000 for other capital outlay. [1]
The fiscal 2027 budget report the city filed with the state lists $455,000 in sewer operating income: $425,000 from sewer services and $30,000 from commercial sewer services. It lists $329,000 in operating expense, including $85,000 of depreciation, and no debt-service line. [2]
The water fund's fiscal 2027 budget, by contrast, includes $90,000 in debt-service principal and $15,000 in interest. [2]
A tabled rebate
At the same meeting, the council considered Resolution 2026-007, an appliance rebate program requested for new homes in a planned all-electric subdivision. Staheli calculated that with the 60 houses planned for the subdivision, "it could cost the city as much as $120,000.00 for those rebates," according to the minutes. [1]
Seegmiller moved to table that resolution, Vause seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. [1]
The June 10 agenda
Both resolutions were listed for action on the council's June 10, 2026 agenda, along with the amended fiscal 2026 budget and the final fiscal 2027 budget. The minutes of the June 10 meeting are posted as a Word file. [1]
The May 27 actions were decisions to table, not approvals. The $120,000 figure is a council member's estimate recorded in the minutes, not a budgeted or approved amount.
Sources
- Enterprise City Council · June 10, 2026 packet, including May 27, 2026 minutes
- City of Enterprise · Fiscal 2027 operational budget report (state-filed copy)
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.