Layton's sewer and garbage rates rose July 1 under a fee schedule adopted with the budget
The council approved Ordinance 26-20 on June 18, raising the combined single-family sewer rate to $40 a month and the first garbage can to $16. The May proposal also listed further sewer increases for July 2027 and July 2028.
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Layton's monthly sewer and garbage rates increased on July 1, 2026 under Ordinance 26-20, which the City Council approved on June 18 as part of its consent agenda, according to the meeting minutes. The ordinance amended the city's consolidated fee schedule for sewer, garbage and recycling rates and other administrative fees. [1][3]
Councilmember Bettina Smith Edmondson moved to approve the consent agenda with two corrections to the ordinance, one listing businesses that need annual fire inspections and one removing an outdated effective date. Councilmember Dave Thomas seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. [1]
Sewer
The proposed sewer table in the council's May 7, 2026 work meeting packet raised the city's share of the rate by $3.00, to $16.00, on July 1, 2026. The North Davis Sewer District share stayed at $24.00, for a combined rate of $40.00. [2]
The same table listed proposed increases to a combined $43.10 on July 1, 2027 and $43.70 on July 1, 2028. [2]
The amended fee schedule in the June 18 packet lists a single-family sewer rate of $40.00 a month, effective July 1, 2026. [3]
Finance Director Tracy Probert told the council the sewer increase is set by the city's master plan and rate study and is directly related to the city's need to increase its rate. [1]
The city's own published fee schedule, which shows an effective date of July 1, 2026, lists the same $40.00 monthly sewer fee for a single-family unit. It applies $40.00 per unit to multiple-family units and trailer courts as well, adds a charge of $2.85 per 1,000 gallons over 5,000 gallons for churches, schools, commercial users and hotels, and says service outside the city is charged double. It lists no sewer rate for 2027 or 2028. [4]
Garbage and recycling
The May 7 packet proposed per-can increases of $2.35 for the first garbage can, $1.75 for a second can and $0.50 for a recycling can. [2]
The June 18 packet's fee schedule lists $16.00 a month for a household with one container, $12.70 a month for each additional container and $8.00 a month for recycling collected every other week. [3]
That published schedule lists the same $16.00, $12.70 and $8.00 refuse and recycling amounts. [4]
A new water fee for developers
Probert also described a water exaction fee for development where the developer cannot locate and access water shares. The city would assess the fee and buy shares, typically from Weber Basin, the minutes say. [1]
The fee schedule in the June 18 packet lists the water exaction fee in lieu of water shares at $24,645.50 per acre-foot. [3]
It also lists the $24,645.50 per acre-foot water exaction fee. [4]
The budget
The same night, the council adopted the fiscal 2026-27 budget, Ordinance 26-19, 5-0. The council adopted the certified tax rate, so no property tax rate increase was proposed. [1]
The fee schedule in the June 18 packet is a marked-up draft whose old and new figures run together in the text; the city's later published schedule is a clean copy. The new rates given here are the ones that match the May 7 proposal tables. Later-year sewer figures are proposals, not adopted rates.
Sources
- Layton City Council · Minutes, June 18, 2026 (Ordinances 26-19 and 26-20)
- Layton City Council · Work meeting packet, May 7, 2026 (2027 proposed budget, sewer and refuse tables)
- Layton City Council · Packet, June 18, 2026 (Consolidated Fee Schedule)
- City of Layton · Consolidated Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2026 (published on the city's public notices page)
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.