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City, county and school district discuss formalizing waiver of building permit fees for public projects
Summary
Officials discussed a staff proposal to adopt a resolution or MOU to waive building permit and inspection fees for the city, county and school district while keeping a modest application fee, so that internal public construction is not charged administrative fees twice.
City and county officials discussed formalizing a practice—already used in some cases—of waiving building permit and inspection fees for public entities when the city, county or Vermillion School District builds a public facility.
City and county staff said in practice they had waived permit fees in prior cases, for example when the school applied for a permit for a wastewater project, and suggested the three entities adopt a resolution or memorandum of understanding that would make the waiver routine going forward while retaining a nominal application fee (cited in discussion as $75) so projects still pass through the permit process and staff can verify setbacks and compliance.
“Everything else would apply except for the fees,” one city official said, describing the intent to continue routine plan review and inspections while not charging duplicative administrative fees when the city, county or school is the project sponsor. School superintendent Dr. Damon Elvey told the council the Vermillion School District would be “supportive” though he said the district did not have major building projects planned in the immediate future.
City and county legal and finance staff said they would draft either a resolution or MOU and run the proposal past respective legal counsel before returning the item to each governing body for formal adoption. No binding change was adopted at the meeting; both bodies asked staff to prepare formal language for consideration at a future meeting.
