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Engineering office links 2024 revenue surge to GAF, Fox Ridge development
Summary
City engineering staff told commissioners that higher building permit and engineering service fees in 2024 — including $389,000 in permit fees from GAF and about $491,000 in engineering service fees — resulted from large private developments and increased housing starts.
The Newton City Commission heard from engineering staff about how private development drove a substantial increase in building-permit and engineering-fee revenue in 2024.
Miss Anne, speaking for the engineering office, said building permit values and resulting permit-fee revenue spiked in 2024 because of large projects including the GAF facility and the Fox Ridge housing development. She said total building-permit fees for 2024 were about $867,000, and that GAF’s portion of that total was $389,000.
Anne explained…
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