Staff proposes impact-fee study and a building enterprise fund to separate permit services

Sep 15, 2026

Heidi recommended holding off on a consultant-driven assessment study until the ballot measure outcome is known, and proposed exploring a building enterprise fund and impact fees to capture costs of new development and better align building-permit revenue and expenses.

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Heidi said the draft budget contains a professional-services line that could fund an assessment study required to justify impact fees if a ballot measure passed. She recommended delaying a full consultant effort until the ballot result is known and noted the town could be part of a larger regional study to save costs. "50,000 of that would be if we go out and do an assessment study as required, like, people to law to do the methodology right, and that is if the ballot measure passes," she said.

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