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Chippewa County board approves revised planning and zoning fees and creates full-time building inspector funded by fees
Summary
The county board approved a revised schedule of Planning & Zoning fees effective Jan. 1, 2026, and approved creating a full-time building inspector position to be funded solely by inspection fees; board members discussed fee increases, signpost costs and inspection workload.
The Chippewa County Board approved a revised schedule of fees for the Department of Planning and Zoning and separately approved a midyear request to add a full-time building inspector position funded by inspection fees.
Doug (department director, Planning and Zoning) told the board the fee changes are intended to bring the county's charges closer to regional peers and to cover specific program costs. "We really gotta rebuild those signs," he said about drive‑address signposts that shatter when they hit cobblestones; the revised address fee is intended to cover replacement costs over the next eight to nine years assuming about 30% breakage.
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