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Carmel council adopts updated citywide fee schedule, cuts tree-pruning permit fee
Summary
The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council approved a revised citywide fee schedule for fiscal year 2025–26, applying a 2.4% CPI adjustment to many service charges and reducing the tree-pruning permit fee after council discussion; the change was adopted unanimously.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council on May 6 approved a revised citywide fee schedule for fiscal year 2025–26 that updates many user charges for municipal services and reduces one permit fee after council amendment.
City staff presented the proposed schedule, which carries forward a cost-of-service study from fiscal 2023–24 and applies a 2.4% Bay Area CPI increase to most fees. The schedule also adds several fees that had been omitted in past updates, including library and community activity charges and ambulance service fees aligned with county ambulance rates, the presenter said.
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