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Stevens County HRA seeks rental-license fee hikes to keep program solvent
Summary
Kayla Blair of the Stevens County HRA told Morris council the agency proposes fee increases that would take effect with 2025 billing to bring the rental-license program to cash-flow neutrality; council asked for more outreach materials and agreed staff would bring a resolution if the council wishes to adopt the increases.
Kayla Blair, finance manager at the Stevens County HRA, presented proposed increases to Morris’s rental-license fees and said the changes are intended to restore the program to cash-flow neutrality beginning with 2025 billing.
Blair told council the program operates on a four-year inspection cycle and that the number of inspections — and therefore staff time — varies by year. “Payroll is the biggest driver of a budget,” Blair said, describing a June analysis she performs each…
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