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Yelm council approves ordinance raising business license initial and renewal fees to $50
Summary
The Yelm City Council approved Ordinance No. 1130 to set both initial and renewal business license fees at $50 and remove a sliding-scale fee; the change takes effect Jan. 1, 2026, and finance staff said the processing time for licenses is the same regardless of business size.
The Yelm City Council on Jan. 14 approved Ordinance No. 1130 to amend Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations), setting both initial and renewal business license fees at $50 and removing a sliding scale from the code.
Council members said the change is intended to simplify the fee schedule and move fee amounts to the city’s fee schedule. "We did take out that sliding scale and we did... set the initial and the renewal fees each to $50," said Council member Jen Mcgreg during the discussion. The ordinance was…
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