Council keeps Boca Ratons fire assessment steady, approves user‑fee changes including library billing grace period

Boca Raton — The Boca Raton City Council adopted two fee measures on Sept. 8, 2025: it left the fire assessment rates unchanged for the coming fiscal year and approved an amended municipal facilities and services user fee schedule effective Oct. 1, 2025, with several department‑driven fee adjustments.

Fire assessment

Staff told the council they recommend no change to the fire assessment. The adopted resolution maintains the residential fire assessment at $155 and keeps commercial and industrial rates unchanged. The public hearing on the assessment drew no public speakers and the council approved the resolution 5–0.

User fee schedule and select changes

Jean Michel Knott, internal audit and compliance supervisor, presented the proposed revisions and described the rationale: “The user fee schedule presents the fees charged by the departments to support some of the facilities and services that they offer.” Staff said the schedule takes effect Oct. 1 and that some increases reflect an annual Consumer Price Index adjustment. The city used the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI for urban consumers for…