Derby — At its Nov. 10 meeting, the Derby City Council adopted a fee-resolution updating multiple municipal charges to reflect state changes and administrative needs.

Deputy City Manager Dan Brossen told the council the city removed a $25 stamp fee for cereal-malt-beverage applications because that payment now goes directly to the Kansas Department of Revenue. The city also removed per-page public-records copying charges and will instead estimate costs based on staff time for fulfilling open-records requests, he said.

Brossen described several court-related fee adjustments based on the Kansas League of Municipalities fall update: officer-training and technology fees that had been $6 will increase to $12 to simplify billing and cover higher software and training costs tied to a planned upgrade to Tyler Courts. Probation and diversion monitoring fees will rise from $125 to $150, and the $50 diversion-application fee will be clarified as nonrefundable.

On incarceration costs, Brossen said Sedgwick County now charges about $60.70 per day to house inmates and that the city will assess the incarcerating agency's charge to convicted defendants in municipal cases. The council’s city-attorney representative clarified that the city cannot impose those charges absent a conviction; if a defendant is not convicted, the city has no mechanism to collect those costs.

Councilmembers framed the resolution as largely procedural and aimed at matching state practice and covering rising costs. Councilmember (speaker 6) moved to approve the resolution and it carried 6-0.