Starr County adopts $600 permit fee for fiber-optic work and approves multiple permits
Summary
After a planning recommendation, commissioners approved a $600 active-fiber permit fee and signed off 11 through 17 on permanent fiber permit applications; the fee was amended to take effect immediately.
Starr County commissioners approved a new $600 permit fee for active fiber-optic applications and approved a group of permanent fiber-permit applications in one vote.
Planning staff recommended setting a $600 application fee for active fiber-optic providers, saying neighboring jurisdictions charge between $500 and $700 and $600 represented a middle ground. The court moved, seconded and approved the fee. Commissioners then considered items 11 through 17 — permanent applications for fiber use of county right-of-way — and approved the batch, confirming that each permit would be charged the new $600 fee.
Before concluding consideration of the permits, the court amended the action on the fee so it would take effect immediately; commissioners voted to approve the amendment. No appeals or abstentions were recorded in the meeting minutes.
The county did not provide a written fee ordinance in the meeting packet; planning staff said the proposed amount aligned with neighboring communities. Commissioners recorded motions to adopt the fee and to approve the listed permits.
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