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Green Bay committee reviews broad 2026 fee schedule changes, holds vote after amendments
Summary
The Finance Committee reviewed proposed changes to the City of Green Bay's 2026 fee schedule — covering animal licenses, massage licenses, inspection and permit fees, short-term rentals and more — approved two fee amendments and voted to hold final approval until staff refines language and budget impacts.
The City of Green Bay Finance Committee on July 29 reviewed a proposed 2026 fee schedule that would raise a range of license and permit costs, approve two amendments to development-related fees and defer final action to a later meeting.
The committee debated hikes and structural changes to multiple fees — including late processing for liquor licenses, higher initial fees for chicken coop inspections, increased reinspection and minimum inspection charges, higher massage-establishment fees and changes for direct-seller and solicitor permits — before voting to amend parkland and street‑tree charges and to hold the schedule so staff can finish ordinance changes and budget work.
Committee members and staff said the package is intended to align permit fees with the city’s actual inspection and enforcement costs and to move common fees out of city code and into a centralized fee schedule. Clerk Jeffreys explained that many ordinance updates will be required and that some line items would still need law‑department…
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