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Meridian finance department outlines broad citywide fee update; council asks for details and timeline
Summary
City finance staff presented a citywide fee study showing many fees last updated years ago and recommending cost-recovery adjustments; council members pressed for clearer communication, net fiscal impacts by department, and requested follow-up by Sept. 30.
Ginny Fields, representing city finance staff, briefed the council on the fiscal year 2026 citywide fee update, describing a department-by-department cost analysis and the administration's preferred cost-recovery approach. "The results have been prepared and have been sent to Mayor for review and feedback," Fields said, and added that finance had calculated "full cost" amounts for each fee, then recommended recovery levels for council consideration.
Fields said that several departments had not updated fees in many years: the Clerk's Office last…
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