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City presents draft fee schedule; short-term rental permit jump prompts objections
Summary
Finance director presented a first-draft fee schedule that would raise the short-term rental per-unit registration from $160 to $540. Residents and council members questioned the methodology, legal limits and fairness; no vote was taken—the schedule was presented as a draft for further review.
The city’s finance director presented a first draft of the fiscal 2025–26 fee schedule on March 3 that would raise the annual per-unit short-term rental registration fee from $160 to $540 and set the long-term rental fee at $125. The draft prompted objections from residents, council members and a local attorney who said the proposal may violate state limitations on user fees.
Emily Green, the city’s finance director, told council the figures were derived from a “deep dive” into personnel time and other program costs. “These fees are based on actual numbers of actual employees that take that have…
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