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Board asks for cost estimate to study public‑safety impact fees after Ehlers outlines options
Summary
Ehlers sketched how a law‑enforcement impact fee could recover a portion of the planned police station; trustees directed staff to return a proposal and cost estimate to bundle a public‑safety impact‑fee feasibility analysis with pending water and sewer fee updates.
Ehlers presented a high‑level overview of municipal impact fees and then examined whether a law‑enforcement (police) impact fee could legally and practically recover part of the planned police station costs.
John Cameron told trustees the firm had done a preliminary analysis and estimated that roughly 45% of the police station's total construction cost — about $7.3 million on a $16.3 million building — could plausibly be attributed to new development rather than existing demand. That maximum recoverable amount depends on the methodology and the service‑level standards selected…
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