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Topeka staff present citywide fee-schedule updates; committee approves moving changes to full council
Summary
City staff presented an initial overhaul of the municipal fee schedule — updates to permit, technology and fire fees and other departmental charges — and the Policy and Finance Committee voted to advance the proposal to the full council for consideration.
City staff presented a proposed, citywide update to Topeka’s fee schedule on March 25, noting many fees had not been adjusted in a decade and some charges do not recoup cost of services.
A staff presenter told the committee that moving the technology fee from $3 to $5 per permit/license would generate roughly $15,000 annually (based on about 7,500 permits/licenses), while changing a $10 fee to $15 would yield approximately $3,000 more a year. Staff said newly proposed fire…
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