Burns Harbor council adopts fee changes, budget transfers and multiple contracts in July meeting

The Burns Harbor Town Council voted on a package of ordinances, resolutions and contract payments at its July meeting, approving an amended building-fee ordinance, a slate of budget transfers, multiple contractor payments and a new town fund for unsafe‑building expenses.

Council members adopted ordinance 325-2025 amending the town's building department fee table and approved Resolution 2025-04, which moved budgeted amounts among police-related line items. The council also approved payments tied to town capital projects and contracts, including a Milestone invoice for the 2024 CCMG road paving project and two pay applications for the salt-dome construction.

The actions affect the town's permitting revenue rules, routine department budgets and near‑term capital payments. Council members said these votes were intended to align fees with administrative costs and ensure contracted work could proceed on schedule.

The ordinance amending the building-fee table was moved to a second reading and approved after the council suspended the rules to allow a second reading at the same meeting. Council members discussed timing for the ordinance's effective date; the adopted…