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Commission defers vote on proposed 10% MAPD fee increase after stakeholder requests for more data
Summary
The commission agreed to defer a planned 10% increase in Metropolitan Area Planning Department application fees to allow more time for analysis and stakeholder input, including builder association concerns about impacts on housing costs.
The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners voted Jan. 8 to defer consideration of a proposed 10% increase in application fees charged by the Metropolitan Area Planning Department (MAPD), following requests from building-industry stakeholders for more time to review data.
Scott Weidl of MAPD told the commission the department is funded roughly fifty-fifty by the city and county, with the remainder coming from application fees; the 2024 budget included a planned 10% fee increase. Weidl showed MAPD cost-recovery data indicating fees currently recover about 23% of the…
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