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St. Mary's commissioners form focus group, raise development impact fee $1,000
Summary
After public comment and weeks of debate, the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County directed staff to form a stakeholder focus group to reexamine Chapter 223 (development impact fees) and voted to raise the impact fee by $1,000 to $55,100 for fiscal 2018; commissioners also authorized limited consultant support if staff needs help.
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County on April 25 directed staff to convene a stakeholder focus group to study Chapter 223 of the county code on development impact fees and set a reporting date for the work this fall, and they voted to increase the county’s residential development impact fee by $1,000 for fiscal 2018.
Finance staff told commissioners that about 100 people attended an April 4 public hearing and that the county had received extensive written comments, including a petition with more than 125 signatures. Jeanette Cudmore, chief financial officer, summarized public input and described a consultant estimate of roughly $100,000 to perform a comprehensive, outside impact‑fee study; she also said…
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