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Pasco County planning commission forwards county’s proposed fire/rescue impact fee increase after staff workshop
Summary
Pasco County staff and consultants presented a study recommending increases to the county’s fire-combat and rescue service impact fees to address population growth and construction-cost inflation; the commission moved to forward a county ordinance to adjust fees after a workshop and a required vote on the legislative item.
Pasco County planning and fire-rescue officials presented a workshop and a related ordinance to the Planning Commission seeking authority to raise fire-combat and rescue service impact fees. Presenters cited rapid population growth, rising construction and land costs, and a shortfall in capital funding for new fire stations and apparatus.
Fire Chief Ryan Gwen and Fire Marshal Justin (presenting) summarized the department’s operational pressures: population growth since the county’s 2003 adoption of the current fee structure, a jump in calls for service and capital-cost inflation that has outpaced the county’s impact-fee revenue stream. Consultants from Stantec (presentation summarized by Peter Napoli)…
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