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Board keeps $500 appeal fee and directs staff to draft refund mechanism for rare, documented errors
Summary
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors left the filing fee for administrative appeals at $500 on Dec. 17 but asked staff and county counsel to draft a narrowly tailored refund process for rare cases where an identifiable error by county staff or a hearing body is found.
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors discussed whether the county's $500 administrative appeal filing fee should be changed or refundable after staff or a hearing body is found to have made an error. The item was raised by Supervisor Cox during the Dec. 17 meeting.
Supervisor Cox said the board should consider distinguishing between appeals that reflect ordinary discretionary differences of judgment and those in which staff or a commission failed to address a specific legal or factual question, producing an improper outcome. “If it was determined that staff or the planning commission's decision was incorrect, then would we consider refunding that $500?” she asked.
County Counsel…
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