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County hires Kimley‑Horn to prepare impact-fee study; board asks for fast timeline and public workshop
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The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday directed staff to hire Kimley‑Horn and Associates to prepare a countywide impact‑fee study covering transportation, schools and other public facilities, and to return a written proposal on an expedited timetable.
The Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday directed staff to hire Kimley‑Horn and Associates to produce a new impact‑fee study for the county and set a fast schedule for public outreach.
Mike Woodward, a Kimley‑Horn consultant, told commissioners the study would compute one‑time development fees by measuring the capacity new development will consume and the cost of that capacity. “The basic calculation starts out fairly straightforward: it’s the amount of capacity that’s going to be consumed by the new development times the cost of that…
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