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Council presses staff to pilot fiscal-impact tool on existing projects before public rollout
Summary
Council members urged staff to test the town's fiscal analysis tool on approved projects with real data before releasing it to developers, and staff agreed to provide a timeline and sample results for council review.
Councilors on April 1 asked town staff to pilot a newly developed fiscal impact/cost-of-services tool on previously approved projects before distributing it to developers.
Town Manager Jody Miller said staff had finalized the tool’s process and intended to make it available within roughly 30 days, but council members pressed for an internal pilot using existing project data so the tool can be validated against known outcomes.
One council member said testing against projects with completed tax and service records could shorten validation time because the data already exist; the manager agreed to provide a timeline and to circulate pilot results for council review before public release. Staff indicated an internal pilot would add time but is feasible and that a firm schedule would be provided to council by the end of the week.
