The Sedalia Community Development Department on July 21 presented a package of proposed ordinance fee updates intended to align charges with current staff time and mailing and advertising costs.

CBO Bridal Kopp said the city’s fee matrix cites multiple ordinance sections last modified on varying dates and that updates will simplify and recoup actual costs. Notable proposals include increasing public‑hearing fees to $500 to cover certified‑mailing and advertising costs; adding a fee for annexations (previously not assessed); creating a floodplain development permit fee; and adding a reinspection fee for repeated failures on the same inspection item.

Kopp proposed a uniform fee structure for building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits by combining a base fee with a percentage or multiplier tied to the total cost of construction, citing an ICC formula that produces a $6 per $1,000 basis for the multiplier. Under that model, some small mechanical permits would be less expensive while large projects would pay proportionally more.

The proposal would also change plumber certification fees (historically a $5 master plumber/$1 journeyman structure) to a uniform fee up to $25 and raise demolition permit fees to better cover staff time. Kopp identified an ordinance section (34‑26) that currently exempts fees for a temporary mobile home park permit; staff recommended removing that exemption to clean up the code. Several minor cleanups — such as removing a zero fee for a noise permit — were included.

Kopp asked council members to review the matrix and provide feedback; no ordinance readings or votes on the fee schedule occurred that night.