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Board reviews schedule‑of‑fees changes, business license ordinance language and event staffing charges

Smithville Board of Aldermen · August 7, 2024
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Summary

Staff identified an ordinance insertion that weakens late‑fee enforcement for business licenses, proposed fee changes for rezoning and site‑plan review, added a police sergeant hourly fee for large events, and clarified a Stonebridge sewer connection impact fee and sump‑pump charge.

City staff reviewed a set of amendments to the schedule of fees and associated ordinance language and sought board direction on cleaning up application and enforcement provisions.

Jack (speaker 15) told the board he discovered a line added to the business license ordinance that reads "or renewal," and warned that the insertion unintentionally undermines late‑fee enforcement and prorating provisions. "That language... effectively means that every bit of the previous section on late fees kinda goes away," he said, and recommended deleting the renewal language or otherwise…

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