{
  "region": "Iron County",
  "place": "Cedar City",
  "updated": "2026-11-02",
  "draft": false,
  "window_days": 90,
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    "cedar-city": {
      "name": "Cedar City Council",
      "pmn_url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/sitemap/publicbody/428.html",
      "members": "Mayor Steve Nelson; Councilmembers Robert Cox, Waldo D. Galan, R. Scott Phillips, Phil E. Schmidt, Carter Wilkey",
      "coverage": "Action meetings Aug 26 to Oct 14, 2026. Earlier notices aren't on the body's Public Notice page.",
      "checked": "2026-11-01"
    }
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      "id": "cedar-3325-w-general-plan-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-10-14",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Changed the city's plan for land near 226 N 3325 W from commercial to business and light manufacturing",
      "what": "Owner Brandon Knudson asked to change the general plan map for about 1.95 acres near 226 N 3325 W from Central Commercial to Business/Light Manufacturing, and the zoning from heavy industrial (I&M-2) to light industrial (I&M-1), for a commercial shell building with tenant spaces. The planning commission recommended approval.",
      "reach": "Neighbors of the land near 226 N 3325 W.",
      "cost": "Not in the agenda.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes (seconded)"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The council is set to approve these draft minutes at its Nov 4 action meeting.",
      "unknown": "What the shell building's tenants will be.",
      "flags": [
        "General plan change",
        "Zone change"
      ],
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          -113.133,
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      "at_note": "approximate, placed from the grid address in the agenda",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 minutes, draft (in the Nov 4 action meeting packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1509551.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 agenda and packet",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 7 work meeting packet (staff memos, bids, planning commission minutes)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1496903.pdf"
        }
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      "checked": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "/d/cedar-3325-w-general-plan-2026"
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    {
      "id": "cedar-bauer-meadows-zoning-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-10-14",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Zoned Bauer Meadows, a new neighborhood near Westview Drive and South Mountain Drive",
      "what": "The request was to zone about 167 to 171 acres of annexed land (estimates at the planning commission) to match the Bauer Meadows development plan approved around 2020: single-family homes (R-1 and R-2-1), two-unit homes (R-2-2), apartments (R-3-M), and some commercial (Central Commercial) at Westview Drive and South Mountain Drive. The planning commission recommended approval.",
      "reach": "Neighbors of the land, and the families who'll live there. The city engineer said a road to carry through traffic past the neighborhood is planned with federal money in 2028 or 2029.",
      "cost": "Not in the agenda.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (seconded)"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The council is set to approve these draft minutes at its Nov 4 action meeting.",
      "unknown": "How many homes.",
      "flags": [
        "Zone change"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "We couldn't place this intersection on a map, so there's no pin.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 minutes, draft (in the Nov 4 action meeting packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1509551.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 agenda and packet",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 7 work meeting packet (staff memos, bids, planning commission minutes)",
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      "checked": "2026-11-04",
      "tier_why": "Zoning for about 167 to 171 acres.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-bauer-meadows-zoning-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-cross-hollow-arena-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-10-14",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Approved bids for a covered outdoor arena at the Cross Hollow Event Center, and kept its impact fees",
      "what": "Two items: the construction bids for a 33,750-square-foot covered arena on the south side of the Diamond Z Arena, mainly for barrel racing, and waiving part or all of its impact fees. Staff recommended the low bid, Doug Hunt Construction at $396,762.23, out of seven. The project is paid for by private donations ($1,004,119), and staff said it was $17,943 over budget once the $95,242 in impact fees was counted. Impact fees are what new buildings pay toward the roads, water, sewer, and other services they'll need. The council approved the low bid unanimously. On the fees, it voted unanimously not to waive them: the city will pay them.",
      "reach": "Event Center users. The packet doesn't say what would cover the cost of any fees waived.",
      "cost": "About $1,022,062 in all, per staff: $521,258 for the pre-engineered metal building, $396,762.23 to build it (low bid), $8,800 for engineering and testing, and $95,242 in impact fees. Private donations of $1,004,119 cover all but $17,943. The council voted not to waive the impact fees; staff said the fee may come down once they find a closer match for an arena in the traffic engineers' manual the fees are based on.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (seconded)"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The council is set to approve these draft minutes at its Nov 4 action meeting.",
      "unknown": "The final impact fee, after staff's recheck, and where the extra $17,943 comes from.",
      "flags": [
        "Fee waiver"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "We couldn't place the Event Center from public map data, so there's no pin.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 minutes, draft (in the Nov 4 action meeting packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1509551.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 agenda and packet",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 7 work meeting packet (staff memos, bids, planning commission minutes)",
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      "checked": "2026-11-04",
      "tier_why": "A $396,762 construction bid.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-cross-hollow-arena-2026"
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    {
      "id": "cedar-quichapa-wells-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-10-14",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Approved $1.38 million in bids to rehabilitate the Quichapa wells",
      "what": "The consent agenda (routine items passed together in one vote, without discussion) awarded work on four Quichapa wells, meant to improve their flow and cut the sand they pump. Wells #5 and #8 went to Widdison Well Services, the low bidder, for $574,970. Wells #6 and #7 went to Grimshaw Drilling of Enoch for $801,365, $17,440 above the low bid of $783,925 (also Widdison). Staff said Grimshaw was within 5 percent of the low bid and that the council would hear whether it counts as a local bidder under the city's purchasing policy.",
      "reach": "The city's water system.",
      "cost": "$574,970 to Widdison Well Services and $801,365 to Grimshaw Drilling, $1,376,335 together. The budget revision added $1.5 million for the project.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (seconded)"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The council is set to approve these draft minutes at its Nov 4 action meeting.",
      "unknown": "Whether Grimshaw was counted as a local bidder. The draft minutes don't say; the bids were approved as listed in the consent agenda.",
      "flags": [
        "Consent item over $250,000",
        "Not the lowest bid for wells #6 and #7",
        "Grimshaw's signed addendum page came in after the bid deadline"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "The packet doesn't say where the wells are.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 minutes, draft (in the Nov 4 action meeting packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1509551.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 14 agenda and packet",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oct 7 work meeting packet (staff memos, bids, planning commission minutes)",
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      "checked": "2026-11-04",
      "tier_why": "$1,376,335 in contracts.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-quichapa-wells-2026"
    },
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      "id": "cedar-budget-amendment-nichols-canyon-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-09-23",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Moved old storm drain money to the Nichols Canyon detention basin in a budget change",
      "what": "Most of the money in this budget amendment was set aside years ago to buy the old Melling substation site at 600 South and I-15 for a storm drain. That purchase never happened, so the money now goes to raising the storm drain detention basin (a pond that holds storm water) at Nichols Canyon. Raising the basin is the last thing the city owes the state trust lands office (SITLA) under a deal that gives the city ownership of that land.",
      "reach": "The city's storm drain system.",
      "cost": "The minutes don't give the amounts. They're in the presentation attached to the Sep 16 packet.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Absent"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 4 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The public hearing was held Sep 16. The minutes show no one spoke.",
      "unknown": "The dollar amounts.",
      "flags": [
        "Budget change"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "The minutes don't give an address for the basin.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Sep 16 work and Sep 23 minutes, drafts (in the Oct 14 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sep 16 packet with the presentation",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1488411.pdf"
        }
      ],
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      "url": "/d/cedar-budget-amendment-nichols-canyon-2026"
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    {
      "id": "cedar-fund-balance-policy-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-09-23",
      "stage": "draft",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Set a rule for how much money the city keeps in reserve",
      "what": "The new policy says the general fund (the city's main operating budget) keeps at least 25 percent in reserve. The state's limit is 35 percent, and money above that moves to the capital improvements fund (money for building and fixing things), as it did this year. Between 25 and 35 percent, the council decides whether to leave it or move it.",
      "reach": "How much of each year's city money is saved and how much is spent on projects.",
      "cost": "No new spending.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Absent"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 4 to 0"
      },
      "next": "Galan asked that the mayor be part of any plan to fix reserves that fall out of range. The finance director said she'd add that next year. Staff said a review of the fees and charges for all city enterprise funds (utilities and other fee-paid services) is due back in two to three months.",
      "unknown": null,
      "flags": [
        "New policy"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "Citywide.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Sep 16 work and Sep 23 minutes, drafts (in the Oct 14 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1500661.pdf"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-broom-sweeper-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-09-09",
      "stage": "confirmed",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Bought a $372,005 street sweeper on the consent agenda (routine items passed together in one vote)",
      "what": "The council approved a new broom street sweeper as one of six consent items passed in a single vote (a seventh, the fire department masticator, was pulled out and voted on separately). Staff said it was bought on a government purchasing contract (Sourcewell), and the old sweeper, which had been overheating, goes to the airport.",
      "reach": "City streets.",
      "cost": "$372,005.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "The council passed it 5 to 0 as part of the consent agenda"
      },
      "next": "Nothing further is scheduled.",
      "unknown": null,
      "flags": [
        "Consent item over $250,000"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "Citywide.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Sep 9 minutes",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1493837.pdf"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sep 2 work minutes",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1493839.pdf"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "checked": "2026-11-01",
      "tier_why": "$372,005, over the $250,000 line.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-broom-sweeper-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-bzi-sewer-main-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-08-26",
      "stage": "confirmed",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Agreed to repay BZI Innovation Park about $729,000, the city's share of a larger sewer main built to the city's master plan",
      "what": "BZI Innovation Park built a 30-inch sewer line from the city's master plan. The developer pays for the first 8 inches of pipe size. The city and Iron County split the cost of the extra size: the city pays 62.3 percent and the county 37.7 percent, and staff said the county has already prepaid part of its share. BZI is fronting the city's share because the city's impact fee money (what new buildings pay toward the services they'll need) can't cover it yet, and the city repays it over five years.",
      "reach": "Future homes and businesses in that part of town. Staff said the line's service area is much bigger than Port 15 and BZI, and runs south, west, and north.",
      "cost": "$145,830.63 a year for five years, about $729,000 in all. The city manager said the budget covers the first payment.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The agreement also has the city and Iron County work together on annexation policy and future sewer connections and capacity, including how the county could buy in.",
      "unknown": "How many homes or businesses the line will serve, and when.",
      "flags": [
        "Over $250,000",
        "Changes sent to the council the Friday before the vote"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "The minutes don't say where the line runs.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Aug 19 work minutes, page 11 to 12, and Aug 26 minutes (in the Sep 9 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1484341.pdf"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "checked": "2026-11-01",
      "tier_why": "About $729,000 over five years.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-bzi-sewer-main-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-udot-south-interchange-land-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-08-26",
      "stage": "confirmed",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Sold city land on South Main to UDOT for $721,000 for the south I-15 interchange project",
      "what": "The council sold UDOT (the state transportation department) a piece of city land near Costa Vida and Maverik on South Main, and granted it an easement (the right to use part of the city's land), for the south interchange project. Staff skipped the usual appraisal and open bidding under the city's rule for an \"insignificant parcel\": land too small and landlocked to develop. The council set the money aside to cover any costs the city ends up owing on the interchange.",
      "reach": "Anyone who uses the south Cedar City interchange.",
      "cost": "The city receives $721,000 for the land and $9,400 for the easement. UDOT also offered $5,000 to $10,000 more for signing within the month.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The money stays in reserve until the interchange project is done.",
      "unknown": "The parcel's size and exact address, and when interchange construction starts. Why the city owned the parcel (the city manager said he didn't know).",
      "flags": [
        "Over $250,000",
        "Sale of city property",
        "Sold without appraisal or open bidding (insignificant parcel rule)"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "The minutes name nearby businesses but no address, so it isn't on the map.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Aug 19 work minutes, page 11, and Aug 26 minutes (in the Sep 9 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1484341.pdf"
        }
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      "checked": "2026-11-01",
      "tier_why": "A $721,000 land sale.",
      "url": "/d/cedar-udot-south-interchange-land-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-wastewater-study-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-08-26",
      "stage": "confirmed",
      "tier": "contested",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Chose Carollo over Stantec, 3 to 2, to plan the sewer plant's expansion",
      "what": "The council chose Carollo Engineers to study how to grow the wastewater treatment plant over the next 40 years. A five-person staff committee had scored Stantec higher. A council member said Stantec's fee was about three times Carollo's and above the $130,000 budgeted for the study. The minutes don't give either fee.",
      "reach": "Everyone on Cedar City sewer. Staff said the plant is at about 68 to 69 percent of capacity, about where planning for expansion should start, and that the projects this study sets up could cost tens of millions of dollars.",
      "cost": "$130,000 was budgeted for the study. The minutes don't give either firm's fee. A council member said Stantec's was about three times Carollo's.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "split",
        "list": [
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "No"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "No"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 3 to 2"
      },
      "sides": [
        {
          "label": "For Carollo, the council majority",
          "case": "A council member said Stantec's fee was about three times Carollo's, and cost counted for only about 10 percent of the staff's scoring. Carollo, which designed the plant, said it would use the last one to two years of plant data and not ask for more money unless the work grew.",
          "from": "Councilmember Cox; Craig Ashcroft, for Carollo (the firm chosen) (Aug 19 and 26 minutes)"
        },
        {
          "label": "For Stantec, the staff committee's pick",
          "case": "Staff said only Stantec's proposal covered the full scope the city asked for, including new sampling to calibrate the plant model, and plant operators wanted current samples. Four of the five reviewers scored Stantec higher. They said the study is a small cost next to the projects it will guide.",
          "from": "Senior Engineer Jonathan Stathis; Jeff Lennert of Public Works; Councilmembers Schmidt and Galan (Aug 19 and 26 minutes)"
        }
      ],
      "next": "The study was planned to take about three months. Its recommendations for plant projects come back to the council.",
      "unknown": "Each firm's exact fee, and the scoring sheets. They'd be in the proposals, or available by records request.",
      "flags": [
        "Split vote",
        "Council went against the staff recommendation",
        "City Engineer Kent Fugal, one of the five staff reviewers, said he scored Carollo higher but supported the team's recommendation of Stantec."
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "Citywide sewer service. The minutes give no single place.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Aug 19 work minutes and Aug 26 minutes (in the Sep 9 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1484341.pdf"
        },
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          "text": "Sep 9 minutes, which approve them",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1493837.pdf"
        }
      ],
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          "date": "2026-08-26",
          "body": "Cedar City Council",
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          "final": true
        }
      ],
      "sides_order": "After a vote, the side that prevailed is shown first.",
      "checked": "2026-11-01",
      "url": "/d/cedar-wastewater-study-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-water-meter-fees-2026",
      "entity": "cedar-city",
      "body": "Cedar City Council",
      "meeting": "2026-08-26",
      "stage": "confirmed",
      "tier": "quiet",
      "approved": true,
      "title": "Raised the city's fees for new water meters",
      "what": "The city's fee schedule now charges more for water meters. Staff said the meter maker, Neptune, raised its prices because of materials, manufacturing, and shipping.",
      "reach": "Anyone who buys a new water meter from the city, such as builders and owners adding a connection.",
      "cost": "Staff said some meter sizes went up $40 and some went up $1,000. The new fee table is in the packet.",
      "votes": {
        "kind": "unanimous",
        "list": [
          [
            "Robert Cox",
            "Yes (moved)"
          ],
          [
            "Phil E. Schmidt",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Waldo D. Galan",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "R. Scott Phillips",
            "Yes"
          ],
          [
            "Carter Wilkey",
            "Yes"
          ]
        ],
        "result": "Passed 5 to 0"
      },
      "next": "The new fees are in the city's consolidated fee schedule.",
      "unknown": "Which meter sizes went up by how much, in plain words. The table is in the packet.",
      "flags": [
        "Fee change"
      ],
      "at": null,
      "at_note": "Citywide.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Aug 19 work minutes and Aug 26 minutes (in the Sep 9 packet)",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1484341.pdf"
        }
      ],
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          "final": true
        }
      ],
      "tool": {
        "text": "Open the water bill calculator",
        "url": "/embed/water-bill?id=cedar-city",
        "note": "This decision set the one-time fee for a new meter. For your monthly bill under Cedar City's posted water rates:"
      },
      "url": "/d/cedar-water-meter-fees-2026"
    }
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        "Work truck, $54,590.25",
        "Two work trucks, $111,776.75",
        "Hydro excavation trailer, $53,323.55",
        "GSA lease amendment",
        "Change order 1 for the bike park and pump track"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1484341.pdf"
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      "entity": "cedar-city",
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      "stage": "confirmed",
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        "Fire service truck body, $54,266.88",
        "Fire department masticator, whose price rose that day from $84,850.04 to $99,987.60",
        "Fiddlers Canyon Trail extension agreement with UDOT",
        "Created the Cedar City Cares volunteer committee"
      ],
      "source": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1493837.pdf"
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        "Crossing guard for Canyon View",
        "Surplus items",
        "Change order for the 100 East road project, $117,500.05",
        "Redesign of the barrier on Royal Hunte Drive",
        "Changes to the city's personnel policy"
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