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County holds impact fee rates; staff to study excise-tax option and potential enabling legislation
Summary
St. Mary's County finance staff presented the annual impact-fee update and recommended keeping current fees in place for now while studying whether an excise tax (square-foot basis) would be more equitable; commissioners asked staff to prepare an updated analysis and to assess enabling state legislation
St. Mary's County finance staff reviewed the annual impact-fee calculation during the Feb. 27 budget work session and recommended holding the county's current fee structure in place while researching alternative methods, including an excise tax based on square footage.
Finance staff said the county’s impact fees are intended for growth-related capital needs — schools, roads and parks — and explained how carryover balances and multi-year residential-construction estimates feed into the five-year capital plan. The packet showed about $6 million in uncommitted school…
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