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Yamhill council approves SDC increase and raises monthly police service fee
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the Yamhill City Council voted to update system development charges and raise the monthly police service fee to align with CPI-based increases the code required; council also directed staff to research collection practices and to return with comparisons next month.
The Yamhill City Council voted May 14 to raise the city's system development charges (SDCs) by 4.5% and to increase the monthly police service fee to $6.20, bringing those fees up to levels the council and staff said should already have been in effect.
Council members and staff framed the vote as an update to fees that, by the city's existing formulas, had not been adjusted each year since 2021. Finance staff and the acting city administrator told the council the step corrects an overdue schedule and adds modest revenue for utilities and public safety without affecting the water…
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