Moab council to vote on budget amendment, fee schedule changes and a $142,100 drainage easement

Decisions at a glance

Agenda, item by item

1. Item 5.1 · Public hearing

   Public hearing on Resolution 18-2026: 2026 Water Conservation Plan update

   Pending

   The council was to hold a public hearing on the city's draft 2026 Water Conservation Plan update, which Utah law requires every five years and which is due to the state Dec. 31, 2026. Staff said the hearing is the last chance for public input and that the final plan would be adopted at a later meeting after feedback is considered.

   • Water use: 269 gallons per capita per day in 2025, down from 333 in 2015
   • State target: a 20 percent cut from 2015 to 2030, or 267 gallons per capita per day; the city's own challenge goal is 245 by 2030
   • Planned measures: outreach, continued enforcement of daytime watering restrictions and the waterwise landscape and indoor water conservation codes, and possible billing rate changes, internal water audits and a Water Master Plan
   • The plan does not obligate funds

2. Item 5.2-5.3 · Budget

   Resolution 19-2026: amend the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget (public hearing and vote)

   Pending

   The council was to hold a hearing on and consider an amendment responding to a state compliance review. It moves transfers to capital projects from the capital section to the operating section of the Water, Sewer and Stormwater funds and corrects a $1,133 mismatch in the Transit Fund's overhead expense. Staff said it does not raise total spending.

   • Budget$175,000 Water Fund transfer to capital projects (4th East waterline design $100,000 and 100 West waterline design $75,000), moved from capital to operations. Paid from Water Fund
   • Budget$175,000 Sewer Fund transfer to capital projects (same two waterline designs), moved from capital to operations. Paid from Sewer Fund
   • Budget$250,000 Stormwater Fund transfer to capital projects (the two waterline designs and $75,000 for 100 North stormwater improvements), moved from capital to operations. Paid from Stormwater Fund
   • Budget$1,133 Increase to the Transit Fund overhead expense to match the General Fund receipt. Paid from Parking and Transit Fund

3. Item 5.4 · Taxes and fees

   Ordinance 2026-20: planning and engineering fee changes in the master fee schedule

   Pending

   The council was to consider changes to planning and engineering fees in Title 3, Chapter 3.50. The Planning Commission held a hearing on them Oct. 8. Staff called it a routine update and said more money may be collected.

   • New or revised fees include boundary adjustment $50, development agreement $1,000, development agreement amendment $500, development code amendment $350, floodplain development permit $50 or $200 by level, and a grading and excavation permit at $200 for level 2
   • Master planned development and planned unit development fees would be restructured, and site plan fees would be based on reviewable area instead of building floor area

4. Item 5.5 · Roads and utilities

   Purchase of a permanent drainage easement for the Whites Canyon Detention Basin

   Pending · Whites Canyon Detention Basin

   The council was to consider buying a permanent drainage easement of about 4.06 acres for $142,100 from Panorama Holdings LLC, at $35,000 an acre. The basin was built in the 1970s by the state and the city, but staff found no record of an easement ever being granted, and said the city has not been able to access the basin for several years.

   • Land deal$142,100 to Panorama Holdings LLC Permanent drainage easement of about 4.06 acres for access, maintenance and repair of the Whites Canyon Detention Basin. Price negotiated with the owner from recent appraisals and comparable sales. Paid from Stormwater Enterprise Fund

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5. Item 4.3 · Other

   Bills against the city

   Pending

   The consent agenda included approval of bills against the city totaling $141,965.06.

   • Payment$141,965.06 Bills against the City of Moab on the consent agenda