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City staff propose limited fee schedule increases and correct a museum fee typo; council reviews changes
Summary
City staff presented proposed changes to the 2025 fee schedule including modest increases to initial fire inspection and fingerprinting fees, updates to museum tour rates and zoning/development fees, and cemetery and parking permit adjustments; staff noted a typographical error and confirmed the Haunted Mine item should read as a museum tour fee.
City staff brought proposed changes to the City of Platteville's 2025 fee schedule for council review on Oct. 22. The changes are the outcome of the annual staff review and appear in the fee packet supplied to council members.
Key proposed adjustments listed in staff materials included a small increase in the fire initial-inspection fee from $70 to $75; fingerprinting fee change from $24 to $25 under police services; museum tour rate increases for non-Platteville K'12 chaperones and a higher haunted mine tour general-admission fee for ages 13 and over (staff confirmed a typographical error on the distributed draft: an HVAC label was misplaced and the line should read the haunted mine tour general admission, increased from $14 to $20). Planning and development fees included modest increases for items such as certified survey maps, street/alley discontinuance petitions and Board of Appeals requests.
Public questions during the discussion included confirmation of the museum-fee typo and why a $1 fingerprint fee increment was proposed. Staff said the changes are small, align fees with administrative costs where appropriate and will be included in a formal resolution if the council wishes to adopt the updated schedule.
Why it matters: Annual fee adjustments are a routine part of municipal budgeting and ensure that permit, program and administrative fees reflect current costs; the council noted a correction to the museum line item and instructed staff to incorporate the change.
