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Commission delays MAPD fee increase after builders ask for more analysis
Summary
The Board deferred consideration of a proposed 10% fee increase for Metropolitan Area Planning Department application fees to give builders and stakeholders more time to review fiscal impacts and comparables; commissioners asked staff for a fiscal analysis showing how the increase would change cost recovery.
Sedgwick County commissioners voted Wednesday to defer action on a proposed fee increase for the Metropolitan Area Planning Department (MAPD) after stakeholders asked for more time to review the change and staff briefed the board on funding and cost‑recovery trends.
Scott Weidl of MAPD presented background showing department funding is a mix of city/county contributions and application fees and that the 2024 budget included a contemplated 10% fee increase. He told commissioners inflation between 2018 and 2023 rose nearly 20 percent and that cost recovery for MAPD’s case-processing…
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