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INDOT proposes phased fee increases to fund new inspectors, operations staff
Summary
Diana Alarcon, director of INDOT, told the Budget & Finance committee INDOT completed a fee study and proposes a three‑year, tiered fee increase to fund roughly $88 million in expenditures and new staff positions. Council approval of the fee ordinance is required before positions tied to the fee revenue can be hired.
Diana Alarcon, director of the Department of Transportation Multimodal Infrastructure (INDOT), told the Budget & Finance committee that INDOT will ask the council for a tiered fee increase over three years to pay for additional staff and services.
Alarcon said the department “actually went out and did a fee study,” noting the last comprehensive update to many permit fees dated to 02/2003. She told members that fees under review include lane‑closure permits, special‑event permits and right‑of‑way excavation permits — categories INDOT says have not covered their full costs for two decades.
The proposed operating and transfer totals discussed at the hearing were roughly $88,000,000. INDOT presented a package of staffing requests…
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